Echo Making: Low End Theorem is a new multimedia work by André M. Zachery and Renegade Performance Group that blends dance, film, sound, and poetry to imagine what Black futures can look and feel like. The project asks: What echoes of the past still reverberate through us? How do rhythm, movement, and voice carry the voices of our ancestors into our words intended to manifest the future?
At the center of this work are collaborations with Black poets and writers whose words become instruments—spoken live, woven into soundscapes, and projected as text that fills the performance space. The project weaves together the voices of legendary Black writers—past and present, from Amiri Baraka and Nikki Giovanni, to living voices such as Sonia Sanchez and invited Black poets that will read live in the space—creating a dialogue across generations where poetry becomes both echo and future signal.
