Academy Records’ DEFEAT! - the 9 Choirs

9 drummers. One rhythm. A durational percussion performance that pounds a motorik rhythm into Pioneer Square’s underground architecture.
About this Event

Where in life we must do everything we can to avoid anxiety, in art we must pursue it. Morton Feldman, “The Anxiety of Art”

Antipode presents Academy Records’ DEFEAT! - the 9 Choirs:

Every tenth October, DEFEAT! emerges as 9 drummers—3 tightly spaced trios—to batter away in unison in order to suggest a space. For 45 minutes, the pulse is inscribed upon the room… upon us. A rhythm that keeps our walls shaking, one beat after another, after another, after another – then, when silence hits, we’re the ones still moving.

Originally performed in the Midwest (’06) and again on the East Coast (’16), Academy Records’ DEFEAT! – The 9 Choirs is a durational percussion performance that pounds a motorik rhythm into Pioneer Square’s underground architecture as well as all those in attendance.

This event is supported by sliding-scale donations—please contribute according to your financial capacity.