Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio

Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio: Armageddon Flower

by Mark Corroto
May 19, 2025

Imagine our earliest ancestors huddled deep inside a cave, safe from the howling wind and stalking predators outside. A fire flickers at the center, casting erratic shadows onto the jagged walls. Among the tribe, someone watches those shadows--not with fear, but with imagination. Perhaps they see, in the dancing silhouettes, the outlines of animals hunted earlier that day. This individual reaches out, dips a crude brush in pigment and begins to trace the forms on stone. In that moment, a ...