The Witness by Pauline Oliveros is “A solo duet with an imaginary partner, a duo or an ensemble” composed in 1989. The rendering here appears as a solo, but it was actually done as a simultaneous telepathic performance with an ensemble distributed in various locations around the Hudson Valley. The ensemble included the Talking Gong Trio (Claire Chase, Susie Ibarra, Alex Peh), Senem Pirler, Ione, Henry Lowengard, Peter Wetzler, Lisa B. Kelly, and Leaf Miller.

The presentation had been scheduled for outdoors at the Deep Listening Plaza in Kingston, New York as one of a series of events celebrating Oliveros’ and Ione’s birthdays. It had to be postponed because of inclement weather. For more information about both, see https://paulineoliveros.us/ and http://www.ionedreams.us/.