Anti-Wokeism is America’s “Anti-Formalism”

History repeats itself. Just as the Soviet Union used “formalism” as a vague ideological weapon to suppress artists, today’s anti-woke crusade is being used to justify the dismantling of arts funding.

#Censorship is happening in real-time on #IG and #meta. #AidAccess is an organization that provides info about #abortion access. If you try to click into the greyed-out posts, you’ll get a loading error that doesn’t resolve.

#Introduction: Classically-trained new music flutist. Educator. Technology researcher. I perform: solo and chamber music by living composers. I love: connections and collaborations.

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Listen to me perform: sashaishov.com/video

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Toru Takemitsu: Voice (1971)
𝘘𝘶𝘪 𝘷𝘢 𝘭𝘢? 𝘘𝘶𝘪 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦!

Catching up with recordings I made during my time at @ucsandiego.bsky.social

Mixing/Mastering: @mattsargent.bsky.social

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