Letter Writing Party for the Prairieland 17
8.24.25
2pm - 4pm
8.24.25
2pm - 4pm
'vienna', a new release on Small Forms Records w FIM Basel Concert March 2023 Hypersurface is a NYC-based trio consisting of Drew Wesely (guitar/objects), Lester St. Louis (cello), and Carlo Costa (percussion). Hypersurface explores timbral, durational, and formal aspects of improvisation with lenses focused on their instruments' acoustic particularities alongside employing tiles, railroad spikes, ceramic plates and other objects to expand them further. In coming together Carlo, Drew and Lester wanted to create a music that puts emphasis on the erasure of sonic boundaries, embracing the liminal spaces between their instruments, their sounds and the greater sonic environment. Timbre, gesture, duration, particles, layers… a real time tapestry of its own. The trio has given performances throughout the United States and Europe in a diversity of concert settings from clubs to large halls and galleries; with each utilizing the acoustics to follow potent musical pathways. Kamau Amu Patton is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work examines history and culture through engagement with archives, documents, stories, and sites. Patton’s projects are dialogic and take form as expanded field conversations. http://kamaupatton.com
Join us for an afternoon of letter writing to community defenders in Texas who are jailed in abusive conditions following an anti-ICE protest on July 4th. Come to learn about and discuss this case, the importance of letter writing/prisoner support, and what resistance to ICE and authoritarianism can look like today. Snacks and letter-writing materials will be provided.
As of now, 17 people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have been arrested in association with a noise demonstration outside an ICE facility. Several of them were not even present at the protest. They are being held under inhumane conditions, with bail upwards of $10 million in some cases, no access to legal counsel, and indefinite delays to first court appearances. By fabricating a dubious conspiracy theory about these defendants, the government has greenlit a campaign of terror on their entire community—one that may serve as a blueprint for the Trump administration's repression of resistance to their deportation regime.
It's up to us to stand up for these defendants, understanding that their fight for freedom is the same as our own. We want to flood the jail with supportive letters to discourage further abuse from jail staff and give a lifeline of communication and solidarity to our comrades facing fear, violence and uncertainty. By gathering together for this afternoon, we will also be building connections for our own community defense work in NYC.
More info is available from their support committee: https://dfwdefendants.wordpress.com/
As of now, 17 people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have been arrested in association with a noise demonstration outside an ICE facility. Several of them were not even present at the protest. They are being held under inhumane conditions, with bail upwards of $10 million in some cases, no access to legal counsel, and indefinite delays to first court appearances. By fabricating a dubious conspiracy theory about these defendants, the government has greenlit a campaign of terror on their entire community—one that may serve as a blueprint for the Trump administration's repression of resistance to their deportation regime.
It's up to us to stand up for these defendants, understanding that their fight for freedom is the same as our own. We want to flood the jail with supportive letters to discourage further abuse from jail staff and give a lifeline of communication and solidarity to our comrades facing fear, violence and uncertainty. By gathering together for this afternoon, we will also be building connections for our own community defense work in NYC.
More info is available from their support committee: https://dfwdefendants.wordpress.com/