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This Sunday, Feb 8 at 4 pm, anarcho chamber music and salon at Pipsqueak featuring two trios and a sextet. "Parallelogram: History doesn't repeat but it does rhyme" composed by Jackie An. How can improvisation dream of solutions and possibilities with existing structures? What parallels are we experiencing now? There will be a salon share-out after the performance. Masks required. @imprecision.art on Generator organ @golan__globus on Hurdy gurdy @noel_________________ on Viola @circadies on Piano @stefangruber on Organaire @aaronmichaelbutler on Vibraphone

From August 2025 - We Keep Us Safe. Improvisation is inherently liberatory. It just feels right to improvise and play with other musicians in liberatory spaces. We had a hawk flying overhead during our performance and a brilliant sunset. It is so good to feel so free. Photos by Louis Shoecraft @imacomputa @leanninja @ssszenia @stephneums

I'm so excited to share this new work! We Keep Us Safe is based on the relationship between Blue Herons and Bald Eagles. It's a community-based work that's a contemplation on the call and response movement chant: "Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe!" @ssszenia , @stephneums , @leanninja and I are classically-trained musicians who rewild our musical gifts by improvising. And we're going to be improvising outdoors on land that has been in the process of rematriation. Land that the Duwamish have been stewards of since time immemorial. Bring a picnic! Let a nice volunteer shuttle you from the Longhouse to The Heron's Nest. Learn more about the process of this work during the discussion afterward, which will be moderated by Jabali Stewart. Deep gratitude to @buttonstothetop for your tending and facilitation of relationship at The Heron's Nest. I look forward to hearing your reflections in the discussion after the performance. slide 1: Flyer with details about the performance. The TLDR is-Sunday July 27th, you can enter the land at 6:40. Show starts at 7:00. Volunteer shuttles run 6:35-6:50. Suggested donation $5-$50, no one turned away for lack of funds. Bring a picnic! slide 2: Additional details about transportation. TLDR-park at the Duwamish Longhouse, let a nice volunteer shuttle you to The Heron's Nest. Or use the King County Metro Flex app or website if it's past 6:50 when you get there. slide 3: This video is the aftermath of when I heard two entangled male Bald Eagles crashing through the trees, hitting the ground with a thud. Their talons are locked onto each other, and they can't get up. The manosphere is not okay. slide 4: An eagle that is stunned by the consequences of his own actions. slide 5: Two dumb, dirty eagles on the ground. slide 6: A blue heron, sitting on a luxury SUV in Eastlake. slide 7: That same blue heron, having taken a shit on that same luxury SUV. slide 8: An insane *real* picture taken by Owen Deutsch of a Blue Heron and a Bald Eagle.

dear friend @circadies & i are doing a duo improv set on february 16 at a benefit show at the @woodlandtheater ! come see us and help raise funds for LA fire relief. thanks to @mira.tsarina for organizing.

Meet the #12MinutesMax Artists! ➡️ Event details + tix at link in bio for December 8 + 9 live performances. Violinist, composer and improviser Jackie An (they/them) was born and raised on the unceded land of the Pueblos (Albuquerque, New Mexico) and now resides on the ancestral lands of the Duwamish (Seattle, Washington).  Their violin is fitted with a contact mic, turning the violin into a microphone that is actively listening for sound.  The signal from the violin is channeled through guitar pedals plugged into an amp.  The resonant frequencies create vibrations in the air that move any responsive membrane against mallet, wire, memory: The resulting auditory textures evoke subconscious imagery and stories for the audience to journey through.  Photo by @smiller555 [ID: Jackie An is seated in a dark void, playing the violin. They are a person of Korean descent with dark hair and eyes. They are wearing a light, neutral-colored shirt, and their dark pants are blending into the darkness of the background. The arm they are bowing the violin with is captured by the camera at multiple angles over and over, in a strobing effect.]

Playing tonight at What’s Going On Fest at the Royal Room!

Join us October 26-27 for the premiere of "she's buoyant" at Base in Georgetown, Seattle! Sliding scale and comp tickets available by request.

Reposted from @marchforpalestine.seattle 🌊What we mean when we say "Freedom from the River to the Sea" 🌊 When we call for “freedom from the River to the Sea,” we call for a just peace for all people and land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. For some of us, the phrase has always meant a beautiful aspiration for liberation. Some of us were brought up to fear it. All of us were drawn to this phase because of its simple and essential message: freedom must be collective and complete. The call for the liberation of all people is indispensable because no people are dispensable. Read the meaning of “freedom from the River to the Sea” in the words of a few core organizers in the carousel or the comments! #marchforpalestineseattle

Join us APRIL 18th for an acoustic & multi-media concert celebrating the release of the new LP: Of Blood And Memory. Nuanced master percussionist Greg Campbell will open the show, followed by our complete album arranged for a chamber ensemble featuring: Joy Von Spain (voice, piano) Rachel LeBlanc & Susana DuMett (voice) Jackie An (violin), Lori Goldston (cello) Masaaki Masao (sound collage). We’re accompanied by video projections created for the album, & butoh artists Vanessa Skantze, Kaoru Okumura, & Douglas Ridings. ONE NIGHT ONLY. Presented as part of the Wayward Music Series at Seattle’s Good Shepherd Ctr Chapel Performance Space.

It has long been reported on regarding the use of disinformation by the CIA, to shape narratives or influence public opinion. Tactics such as propaganda, psychological operations (psyops), and misinformation campaigns aimed at achieving strategic objectives or undermining perceived threats are widely used today. Question the narrative. Reposted from @ thegreekcommunist

Reposted from @ocjusticeinitiative ‼️‼️LAND BACK NOW 👏🏾👏🏾 —— Listen to presidential candidate Jasmine Sherman educating other presidential candidates on their land back policy planned for indigenous communities!! Amplify,share and educate yourself on the work that is being done‼️‼️ #bipoc #indigenous #landback