Cave Show is an afternoon of experimental performances by artists Kaur Alia Ahmed, Celes, Nora Treatbaby, Emir West, and Kwami Winfield  in the historic Widow Jane Mine in Rosendale, NY.  Widow Jane was a cement mine that ceased production in 1970, leaving a hollow space of resonance in the shadow of its operation. The performances and readings by artists of the surrounding Hudson Valley and New York explore empty space and its connections to risk, entropy, gradation, and total chaos. This event is sponsored and supported by EUREKA! Mindspace, an artist residency and print studio located in Kingston, NY.

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Kwami Winfield is an artist from Jersey City, NJ currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work in sound attempts to emphasize the changeable nature of musical instruments through extended technique and exploration. Kwami draws a line connecting possible sonic expressions back to the instrument via the body, betraying the intended use of instrument parts. She adds amplification to brass instruments that themselves amplify the micro-movements of the mouth and cavities within the body, approaching near-trance consciousness in performance and practice to project herself outside of a body. The body extends into the sound, within melodic and rhythmic incantations that imply a trajectory not influenced by parts, pieces, or internal chemistry.

Kaur Alia Ahmed is a writer and artist living in Brooklyn, NY. They make videos, drawings, poems, and plays. Their work has been shown with Interstate Projects, 77 Mulberry, Alyssa Davis Gallery, Rhizome, BOMB Magazine, and their manuscript is forthcoming with Wendy’s Subway.

Nora Treatbaby is a writer based in New York. She is the author of the chapbooks Ammo In Hairdo (Impunity Press) and Hope Is Weird (Other Weapons). Her work is published or forthcoming in Nat. Brut, Apricity, Sublevel Magazine, and Nightboat. She does not spend her time. 

Celes is an artist who lives in New York. From enigmatic and technically uplifting rave performances to crushing drone and synthetic machinations, her musical works convey beautiful and emotional release, through the reigning in and channeling of chaotic entities. 

Emir West is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York. Contorting sensory material as evidence through text, sound, sculpture, and the moving image, they explore counter narratives of geography, authorship, and the built environment.