Retreat is a blank protest.
Retreat is for every reason and no reason.
Retreat is time out.
Retreat is completely unproductive.
Retreat is something anyone can do.
For 24 hours, an assembly of strangers will help carry one unbroken hum.
A steady hum emanates from within the Mechanics Institute. Seated informally in a broken circle are people from the surrounding suburbs, gently humming. The room is dressed simply in draped materials. Anyone can join at any time. The reverberations bounce off the walls and envelop the participants. One person leaves, then two people join from outside. Someone will be here from 9pm to 9pm, humming
Although it may seem like a spiritual event or a sit in protest, this gathering is not affiliated with one cause, even though people may project their own cause onto it. They are rising to a task – born of nothing but fatigue – to help keep a hum going for 24 hours. The many vibrations combine into one reverberation.
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