Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Redcat, Los Angeles
The Industry celebrates the return of its [LAB series](https://www.redcat.org/industrylab26), in partnership with REDCAT, featuring new works in opera by renowned artists Guillermo E. Brown, Carmina Escobar, and Matana Roberts. [*BUY A FESTIVAL PASS! SEE ALL 3 WORKS FOR $35! *](https://ci.ovationtix.com/34348/store/packages/150460) Guillermo E. Brown presents a triptych of performative strategies, playing with and about time inside a maximalist, roulette-like approach. With *The Instrument*—a boundary-pushing performance system fusing drumming, singing, electronics, and custom sensors—a 30-inch, gong-like projection surface becomes both drum and screen, encoding touch into sound and image to shape stories in the ether. *Romance*, inspired by Claude McKay’s novel *Romance in Marseilles*, distorts storytelling through the manipulation of time, place, and space. In *Bee Boy*, Brown charts metamorphosis and community, letting change ring out as a percussion-driven rhythm of resistance. *Guillermo E. Brown and Carmina Escobar share a program. * *Please note: This program contains flashing lights, loud sounds, and mature content. * [LAB 2026](https://www.redcat.org/industrylab26) / [Carmina Escobar](https://www.redcat.org/events/2026/carmina-escobar) / [Matana Roberts](https://www.redcat.org/events/2026/matana-roberts)