In the after-shock of the political upheavals of 1968, Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) wrote an orchestral score titled To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of Their Desperation. Proposing a leaderless orchestra within an immersive environment of coloured light, the piece considers music’s capacity to express another way of being together–of orchestrating action through a collective practice of listening.

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