SOUNDWRDS

May 12, 2026 at Downtown Music Gallery, NYC with Ellen Christi •  voice // On Ka’a Davis •  guitar // Bob Holman, poet •  voice // Susan Hwang •  voice // Claire de Brunner •  bassoon  // Dafna Naphtali •  voice + electronics // Michael T.A. Thompson  •  percussion // pb • composition / conducting / voice

Performed by SOUNDWRDS:

“The Thing They Cannot Imagine is Us” is a poetic and sonic reconfiguration of feminist Rebecca Solnit’s winter 2026 essay focusing on people’s up close response to the seige of Minneapolis & the pitifully circumscribed imaginations of those perpetuating the siege.  Also Randee Silv’s wordslab“Disarray”

June 2, 2026 at DADA, Ridgewood, Queens, NYC, with On Ka’a Davis, / guitar, Susan Hwang / voice, Claire de Brunner / bassoon & voice, Westbrook Johnson / trombone, Dafna Naphtali / voice & electronics, Michael T.A. Thompson / percussion & pb / voice, saxophone, coordination. Presented by Arteidolia Press. Performed by SOUNDWRDS: The Thing They Cannot Imagine is Us & Disarray.