Radio III / ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᏦᎢ Limited Edition Double LP

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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.