Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
TreePeople, Beverly Hills
TreePeople and Living Earth Present: Join us this Earth Month for an evening of multi-disciplinary art convening around themes of eco-consciousness, air equity, and what we can do to confront histories of environmental racism in our communities. We’ll begin with Ashton Phillip’s Crucible (an interspecies (de)composition) as a sonic exploration of metamorphosis, plastic(ity), and interspecies (de)composition with live contributions from a colony of plastic-metabolising mealworm/beetles and the post-plastic ecosystem they make possible. Following, Nina Sarnelle’s Breath Work (a film screening) is a 40-min experimental opera that explores breath as resistance. Part documentary, part performative ritual, it was created by a group of 13 local community members aged 11-65 in Long Beach, CA. This area is home to massive oil production as well as one of the largest ports in the world, where 25% of imported goods enter the US by sea. In the film, shipping infrastructure, railyards, freeways and oil refineries provide a striking backdrop for scenes of solidarity and grief, weaving together personal stories of respiratory disease and environmental racism with collective acts of defiance. Scream Team is a collective research project focused on the queer/trans scream initiated by Emji Saint Spero. The team includes Jeremy Kennedy, Serena Kolodin, Cat Mahatta, Joseph Mosconi, Pau S. Pescador, Ashton Phillips, Nina Sarnelle & Kourtney Jackson Smith. Their first collective scream took place at 2220 Arts + Archives, with more events forthcoming.