#portland-arts

#portland-arts

A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin isn't a typical exhibition. Ursula Kroeber Le Guin wasn't a typical artist. Curated by her son, Theo Downes-Le Guin, the new show installed at Oregon Contemporaryis, by his definition, "nonobjective"-a sprawling love note unembarrassed by its devotion. Braiding her personal and creative worlds, the exhibition pulls together interactive installations, a working typewriter, and hand-drawn maps of Earthsea. And that's just scratching the surface.

William Thomas Berk's new play Anno Machina: An Apocalyptic Elegy follows the fortunes of a sentient AI robot, played by Gabby Bosso, whose job it was (and that of other Human Service Units) to save humanity from itself. But humanity refused to be saved despite the robots' best efforts, and now Bosso's character is forced to reconcile her failure at achieving her programmed directive against the fact of her continued existence.

"It's always been DIY. It's always been for the people, for the community. It's all about inclusivity: BIPOC and LGBTQIA2+ Portland artists playing so many different kinds of music."