The Future Was Then
Curated by pianist/composer Erika Dohi with Metropolis Ensemble and Forgotten Futures, TITLE TBD explores the power of slowness in a culture of acceleration.
Invited artists work with Forgotten Futures’ rare vintage analogue instruments as process-driven tools; experimentation, instruction-scores, and iterative making become the performance.
Rooted in Fluxus ethics—art fused with everyday life; DIY, anti-commercial, and “intermedia” practice—the series privileges process over product and audience access, echoing George Maciunas’s cooperative Fluxhouse ethos that reframed art as social practice.
Together, these concerts form a living laboratory for invention over imitation and radical listening—right in downtown Manhattan, where that countercultural spirit first took root.
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“The Future Was Then” series is presented by Metropolis Ensemble in collaboration with Erika Dohi and Forgotten Futures, Candice Madey, and Marinaro.