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Martha McDonald Performance at the Dump

Martha McDonald (ACG ’14, WOO ’03) will be performing Songs of Memory and Forgetting, an intimate song tour of the RAIR site, navigating through the sorting piles to explore ideas of impermanence and the fragile nature of memory. The performance will take place June 5 and June 12 at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm at RAIR (7333 Milnor St). Rain date is June 19.

This is the first time RAIR has invited a performance artist to do a residency and the first time that audiences will be invited on site to view artwork by a RAIR artist.  Martha McDonald is working in collaboration with Billy Dufala (co-founder of RAIR) on the music, using instruments they find among the personal possessions.

For more event and ticket information please click here.

RAIR is a nonprofit organization that builds awareness about sustainability issues through art and design. Situated inside a construction and demolition waste recycling company in northeast Philadelphia, RAIR offers artists studio space and access to more than 350 tons of materials per day. Since 2010, RAIR has provided a unique platform for artists to work at the intersection of art, industry and sustainability, while producing content that challenges perceptions of waste culture.

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