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Creative Time

With Maia Chao, Erik DeLuca, Matt Evans, Amirtha Kidambi, and Daniel Midgley

CTHQ

With Maia Chao, Erik DeLuca, Matt Evans, Amirtha Kidambi, and Daniel Midgley How do we express the act of listening through language? Often, it’s through small, easily overlooked sounds—“mm-hmm,” “yeah,” “right,” “I see.” In linguistics, these backchannels, or response tokens, are known as phatic expressions: they don’t carry semantic meaning, but serve as vital relational tools. This live lecture-performance will animate theories of discourse analysis, performed by a new music ensemble specializing in improvisation and collective composition. Audience members will consider questions like: How might we find poetry in the everyday utterance? This performance is an invitation to reflect on how power circulates in conversation, and how the subtlest inflections—an audible exhale, a repetition, a pause—might reveal the ways meaning is made and unmade.

AccessibilityCTHQ is located on the 7th Floor of 59 East 4th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue in Manhattan. The building entrance has no steps and elevator access is provided directly to CTHQ. Service animals are welcome.A variety of seating options are available including: plastic chairs with backs and wooden benches and stools. This event begins at 6:00 pm and ends at 8:00 pm.Accessibility RequestsIf you have any questions regarding accessibility or to request specific accommodations, please email: curatorial@creativetime.org.Covid GuidelinesWhile masks are not required, they are available to all guests at CTHQ and mask-wearing is encouraged. If you are feeling sick or have tested positive for Covid-19, we ask that you please refrain from participating in CTHQ programs in order to care for fellow community members.TransportationThe closest MTA subway stations are: Astor Place on the 6 line, 2nd Avenue on the F line, and 8th Street-NYU on the R Line. These stations are not wheelchair accessible. The closest wheelchair accessible stations are: Bleecker Street on the 6 line and Broadway-Lafayette on the B/D/F/M line, with an elevator on the north side of Houston St. between Lafayette St. and Crosby St. Parking in the vicinity is free after 6 PM.

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