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Watershed
"The watershed is beyond the dichotomies of orderly/disorderly, for its forms are free, but somehow inevitable. The life that comes to flourish within it constitutes the first kind of community."
Gary Snyder, "Coming into the Watershed," 1993.
In September, 2019, the Incendiary Cycle performed "Watershed" in Oakland. In “Watershed,” Ted Allen uses the recorded voices of four California poets to add literary resonance to the Incendiary Cycle’s impressions of the natural and industrial processes shaping California. The poets, Juan Delgado, Imani Love, Emily Kim and Stephen Meadows, come from different generations and different parts of California, yet they all share a compelling relationship with their regional environment.
"Watershed" was made possible through the Musical Grant Program, which is administered by InterMusic SF, and supported by the Heller Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, and San Francisco Grants for the Arts.