In response to efforts to impose censorship by the Provost at the University of Florida, a group of UF Faculty and community members have devised a creative performance using challenged language as the text for a contemporary aria. The aria, based in part on elements of compositions by the twentieth-century Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, draws ironic parallels between the actions of a staunchly “anti-socialist” state government and Stalinist legacies of censorship. It was performed April 15th at Dad’s Bar in Gainesville, Florida, local to the university, as well as streamed online. 


In anticipation of political initiatives of the state, the provost of the University of Florida asked university lawyers to review the College of the Arts’ Meta-Strategy. The Meta-Strategy was collaboratively written by college faculty to sharpen the college’s focus, planning, efforts, and funding over the following five years. It included the following phrases:


unsettle

deeply inequitable access to power

systemic change

correcting exclusionary and repressive systems

undo systemic oppression and marginalization

dismantle obstacles to AEI ingrained in our curriculum

truth, and reconciliation

negotiations of power and privilege as defined by organizational structures in the College of the Arts

power analysis

racial equity spheres to identify and document institutional practices that are barriers to a thriving pluralistic multicultural diversity

micro-aggression 

Examine and reposition Western, white, male privilege implicit in the foundations of the style, techniques, and methodologies of historical works and traditional performance and practice. Address cultural differences within the disciplines represented in COTA

eliminating discrimination and other forms of oppression

AEI criteria at the ULO level

provocative participation

power and privilege

negotiations of power and privilege

barriers to a thriving pluralistic multicultural diversity

prepare to or continue to engage race and racism curricularly


College faculty were asked by the provost to “reconsider” these terms. In this context, that amounts to a request to rewrite–academic censorship. In response, the College faculty voted to convene a committee to review the document. A glossary exploring these terms created to assist this committee is attached. 


As a creative reaction to this pressure, a partially anonymous group of UF Faculty and community members gathered to turn the phrases “of concern” into their own melodic, conceptual performance, giving these words space to breathe on their own terms. 


The music, composed by Florida musician Stephen Germana, combines elements of Shostakovich and Mahler in looping, electronic rhythms. The phrases of concern are sung by Brooklyn-based vocalist Kayleigh Butcher. 


The performance includes projections, production, and scholarly context by anonymous community members, and a movement-based response from dancer and UF faculty member Trent Williams. 

A live performance of the Aria took place on April 15th at 8pm at Dad’s Bar, a local Gainesville venue supportive of community events: it was also livestreamed on Twitch.tv, Facebook and Instagram @culturenaturestructure.

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