Small Island Big Song
Asian and Asian American Arts and Culture Program
Sunday, March 27, 2022 - 4 p.m. ET
Framed in a theatrical narrative amongst panoramic visuals of the artist’s homelands, the audience experiences a musical journey across the breadth and into the soul of island nations of Pacific and Indian Ocean, meeting an ancient seafaring ancestry and confronting the impacts of climate crisis head on.
Drawing on a roster of renowned first nation artists from across the Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Taiwan, Rapa Nui, Madagascar, Mauritius, Marshall Islands, and Tahiti, the concert features musicians performing irresistible oceanic grooves to soulful island ballads engaging audiences from huge festival stages to intimate theatres. Combining music, spoken word and AV projections featuring footage collected during a 3-year film trip across 16 countries guided by the artists on their homelands.
Watch the video for the group's powerful new single here.
Toured to 15 countries across four continents, 170K+ audiences have seen it live since it’s premiere at SXSW 2018. It has become a feature of SIBS concerts for encore to spontaneously erupt into a shared celebration, with instruments, voices and dancing bodies rising from the seats.
Concert will be followed by a Q&A with the artists!
This and the following events on this page are part of Art. Sustainability. Activism., a collaboration between the Fine Arts Center, the MFA for Poets and Writers, and the School of Earth & Sustainability. Please join us for the full weekend of events!
Eco Lit: Readings from Paperbark magazine and The Massachusetts Review
Saturday, March 26, 2022 | 1 p.m. | Augusta Savage Gallery | Free event
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Eco Lit: Kimberly Blaeser
Saturday, March 26, 2022 | 6 p.m. | John Olver Design Building | Free event
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Art. Sustainabilty. Activism. Climate Panel Discussion
Monday, March 28, 2022, 7 p.m. ET | Bowker Auditorium | Free event | In Person & Livestreamed
Continuing our annual partnership with the UMass School of Earth & Sustainability and the MFA Program for Poets and Writers. Please join us for this meeting of minds working at the intersection of climate change, literature, and social justice. This event will be a lively discussion that connects an exciting mix of scientists, artists, changemakers, and scholars. Topics will include climate impacts on culture, the power of indigenous knowledge, and how science and art communities can work together to address the pressing issues of our time. Featured guests include international artist producers from Small Island Big Song.
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The events on this page are part of Art. Sustainability. Activism., a collaboration between the Fine Arts Center, the MFA for Poets and Writers, and the School of Earth & Sustainability.
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