TOPOS
August 28–30, 2025
Thursday- Lazyhorse 7PM
- King Britt 9PM
- Festival BBQ 12PM
- Xenakis Portrait Film 1:30PM
- Xenakis x Micah Silver 3PM
topos (noun)
“place” Greek.
“a space, locality, position” Latin.
TOPOS is a gathering for listening, exploration, and discovery—a place where musical experimentalism becomes an experience open to all. Join us for five extraordinary productions that invite inquiry and pleasure, provocation and dance.
From country to house, chamber music to noise, TOPOS features the world premieres of commissioned projects by composer-performers Raven Chacon and Sarah Davachi, alongside performances by King Britt, Suzi Analogue, and Myles Ortiz-Green in Liberation Meditations: A Call.
Two rare presentations of Iannis Xenakis’s landmark electronic piece Persépolis, realized by sound artist Micah Silver, and a screening of the documentary Xenakis: Portrait 1971-72 round out the program. A community barbeque open to all celebrates the festival’s final day.
Each festival event becomes its own topos: a charged site of experience and wonder for every listener.
Schedule
- THURSDAY, AUGUST 28
- 7PM, Gasholder House, 113 Jefferson St., Troy
- PERFORMANCE, FREE
- Lazyhorse / Raven Chacon, Miriam Elhajli, Steve Hammond, Mali Obomsawin, The Living Earth Show
- 9PM, Studio 1—Goodman
- PERFORMANCE, DJ SET
- King Britt presents Liberation Meditations: A Call / with special guests Suzi Analogue and Myles Ortiz-Green
- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29
- 6PM, Concert Hall
- TALK
- In Conversation: Sarah Davachi & Amadeus Julian Regucera
- 7PM, Concert Hall
- PERFORMANCE
- The Rose Dialogues & Interludes / Sarah Davachi
- 9PM, Studio 1—Goodman
- PERFORMANCE
- Persépolis (1971) / Iannis Xenakis realized by Micah Silver
- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30
- 12PM, East Entrance
- BBQ
- Festival BBQ
- 1:30PM, Theater
- Film/Video, FREE
- Xenakis Portrait 1971–72 / Directed by Pierre Andrégui
- 3PM, Studio 1—Goodman
- PERFORMANCE
- Persépolis (1971) / Iannis Xenakis realized by Micah Silver
Festival Passes
All-access pass for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, August 28–30, 2025.
$25 early bird pass available through July 14. $32.50 all-access pass is required for entry to any ticketed presentation in the TOPOS Festival. $20 reduced rate pass for RPI students.
Seating is first come, first served.
TOPOS Music Festival 2025 is made possible by RPI. EMPAC programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. TOPOS Media Partners are The Wire and Metroland Now.
