Radio III / ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᏦᎢ Limited Edition Double LP
Vinyl
Available to purchase here.
Radio III / ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᏦᎢ is the first collaboration between Hanako Hoshimi-Caines, Zoë Poluch, and Elisa Harkins. It is an Indigenous futuristic concert, a beautiful and uncomfortable dance performance, and a perverse triangle of shifting power that seeks to be unfaithful to both minimalism and postmodern dance’s claims to so-called “neutrality.” This collaboration combines disco and Indigenous languages in an effort to alter the fate of these endangered languages through active use, preservation on pressed vinyl, and radio play. Radio III / ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᏦᎢ features songs by Elisa Harkins, some of which are in Cherokee and Muscogee (Creek).
Collected together here is the Radio III / ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᏦᎢ album, which contains all nine songs from the performance. The limited edition double LP comes in a deluxe gatefold sleeve designed by Harkins with extensive photos from the performance and liner notes by James Goddard. Included with the double LP is a black and white program with lyrics and translations.
Radio III / ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᏦᎢ is produced by Elisa Harkins, the Western Front, and Portland Institute for Contemporary Art/Time Based Arts Festival with additional support from the Tulsa Artist Fellowship.