12 Acts of Shelter: Act III

Join us for Act III of Twelve Acts of Shelter, where poetry, music and guided writing gather around three small houses of light.

12 Acts of Shelter is a year-long monthly performance series unfolding through object, text, and sound: a small house under light, poetry and music.

Across twelve months, the series becomes a visible archive of time. Each month, a new house. Each house, a new performance. These small hand-built structures will anchor each gathering.

Each evening features a performance by Black Geographies, alongside invited readers whose work speaks to questions of shelter, inheritance, desire, and survival, as well as a short open mic. And together, the night will move between music, language, and ritual.

A guided freewriting session, scored by Alex DT and led by Phoenix Yemi, will invite the audience into a quiet act of making. You’ll leave the evening with your own poem.

Audience members will also receive small printed tokens designed specifically for each month.

12 Acts of Shelter asks: What do we build to survive? What remains in the aftermath of ruin, and what is the body, if not another kind of house?