BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
PRODID:adamgibbons/ics
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:164@stl.askapunk.net
SUMMARY:Opening + Performance: Benjamin Patterson
DTSTAMP:20260909T155703Z
DTSTART:20260910T230000Z
DTEND:20260911T000000Z
DESCRIPTION:A co-founder of Fluxus and its sole African American member\, B
	enjamin Patterson\nconsistently treated the score as an ethical prompt: a 
	call to act\, listen\, and\ncompose social relations anew.\n\nStarting in 
	Spring Church\, local musician Damon Smith will perform Patterson’s\nwork 
	Variations for Double-Bass (1961). Moving to Park-Like\, there will be a\n
	special performance of the installation When Elephants Fight\, It Is the F
	rogs\nThat Suffer—A Sonic Graffiti (2016–2026) an amplified artwork instal
	led\nthroughout the garden. The artwork includes local frog sounds\, human
	s imitating\nfrogs\, and readings from Benjamin Patterson\, Maya & Lily Cr
	others\nGallego-Patterson\, Eirini & Melina Charalampous\, Keno Graumann\,
	 and St. Louis\ncontributors. Local contributors include Father Panagiotis
	 Kostoulas\, Sonia\nZamanou\, Alkistis Lappas\, Lyndsey Ellis\, Kayla Reed
	\, Charlie Farrell\, Tef Poe\,\nand Nevada Nieves.
URL:https://stl.askapunk.net/event/opening-performance-benjamin-patterson
LOCATION:Spring Church - 620 N Spring Ave\, St. Louis\, MO 63108
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:live music,all ages,experimental,community event,art,counterpubl
	ic
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>A co-founder of Fluxus and its sole African
	 American member, Benjamin Patterson consistently treated the score as an 
	ethical prompt: a call to act, listen, and compose social relations anew.<
	/p><p>Starting in Spring Church, local musician Damon Smith will perform P
	atterson’s work <em>Variations for Double-Bass</em> (1961). Moving to Park
	-Like, there will be a special performance of the installation <em>When El
	ephants Fight, It Is the Frogs That Suffer—A Sonic Graffiti</em> (2016–202
	6) an amplified artwork installed throughout the garden. The artwork inclu
	des local frog sounds, humans imitating frogs, and readings from Benjamin 
	Patterson, Maya &amp; Lily Crothers Gallego-Patterson, Eirini &amp; Melina
	 Charalampous, Keno Graumann, and St. Louis contributors. Local contributo
	rs include Father Panagiotis Kostoulas, Sonia Zamanou, Alkistis Lappas, Ly
	ndsey Ellis, Kayla Reed, Charlie Farrell, Tef Poe, and Nevada Nieves.</p>
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Opening + Performance: Benjamin Patterson
TRIGGER:-PT1H
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR