This event is in the past.It took place on May 29, 2026 at National Sawdust.
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PlayPoet Robin Coste Lewis, pianist Vijay Iyer, and artist Julie Mehretu reimagine Greek poet C.P. Cavafy's sensual world through an evening of live music, verse, and abstract visuals. A meditation on desire and diaspora in one of Brooklyn's most intimate performance spaces.
Multidisciplinary performance
Poetry meets music
Intimate concert hall
Abstract visual art
Tips
🎵"Individual sonic universes that matched Cavafy's sense of solitude" (New York Times)
🎨features new visual work by Julie Mehretu
🪑seated performance, arrive early for best spots
Archive of Desire: Reimagining Cavafy's Sensual World
Williamsburg
PlayPlayPoet Robin Coste Lewis, pianist Vijay Iyer, and artist Julie Mehretu reimagine Greek poet C.P. Cavafy's sensual world through an evening of live music, verse, and abstract visuals. A meditation on desire and diaspora in one of Brooklyn's most intimate performance spaces.
Multidisciplinary performance
Poetry meets music
Intimate concert hall
Abstract visual art
Tips
🎵"Individual sonic universes that matched Cavafy's sense of solitude" (New York Times)
🎨features new visual work by Julie Mehretu
🪑seated performance, arrive early for best spots
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