Ayumi Ishito / Daniel Carter / Demian Richardson Trio w/ Special Guest Fred Moten

Ayumi Ishito, Daniel Carter, and Demian Richardson have been improvising together for years under the auspices of the free-improv group Platypus Revenge, and have only recently begun playing in a trio. Their unique configuration of multiple horns combined with electronics creates a sonic language that quests about in the wilderness seeking emergent organisms and uncharted terraforms.
The night will begin with a poetry reading by Fred Moten, after which Ishito, Carter, and Richardson will perform.

This event is a fundraiser for words in process, Daniel Carter’s first book, forthcoming from Pinsapo Press. The book provides a glimpse into Carter’s 5-decade-long practice of improvisatory writing in response to the daily environments through which he moves. His massive oeuvre—lacking a publication history save for the bits and pieces which have appeared in a handful of journals and zines over the years—represents an ever-evolving interest in formal experimentation, playing with the limitations of various mediums (pen, typewriter, computer) and modes (drawing, scoring, field observation, stream-of-consciousness, incantation, exposition). The publication will combine drawings, handwritten pages in facsimile, and typed text, so as to approximate the multivalence and unremitting movement of Carter’s words in process.

This event is sponsored by the Berkshire Music Project.
See event website for musician bios.