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ArtsEmerson: ‘On the Eve of Abolition’

November 1 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT

$10 – $92.50
man in papier mache mask stands surrounded by tarot cards

In this multimedia masterpiece, puppets, video projection, and miniature sets collide to transport audiences to a future where prison abolitionists have created the conditions to end the prison industrial complex in the liberated lands formerly known as the U.S. and Mexico.

Set in 2047, this performance imagines abolition camps, formerly incarcerated people, families, and organizers working together in a fight to end all prisons, all rooted in the realities of modern-day United States and Puerto Rico.

Developed and performed by the visionary artists of Papel Machete, this project centers on community engagement with abolitionist organizations and currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families in an effort to create a vision of an abolitionist future. On the Eve of Abolition offers pathways to engage in real-time organizing toward the abolition of the prison industrial complex.

Through a partnership with Prison Radio, Papel Machete has engaged with political prisoners and currently incarcerated artists and accessed materials created by incarcerated people in Prison Radio’s archives.

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Date:
November 1
Time:
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
EDT
Series:
Cost:
$10 – $92.50
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Website:
https://artsemerson.org/events/on-the-eve-of-abolition/

Organizer

ArtsEmerson
Phone
6178248400
Email
listings@artsemerson.org
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Events Open to
Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, Open to Public
Department
No Affiliation
Location
In-person, Boston Campus
Entertainment Type
Drama, Performance, Theatre
Themes
Experimental, Racial Justice
Entry
Ticket Purchase Required