The Art of Saving Democracy
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
7:30 PM
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Scheduled
About This Event
The Art of Saving Democracy brings a research-driven, hybrid performance to BAM, framing the evening as a civic inquiry and a public gathering as much as a show. Part lecture, part staged conversation, the ensemble uses research-driven methods to test how ideas move through a room, favoring clarity of argument over conventional character work and leaving audiences to weigh the claims themselves.
About The Art of Saving Democracy
Now on at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), *The Art of Saving Democracy* arrives as a live, performance-centered inquiry into what democratic practice looks like when it is treated as a daily craft rather than an abstract ideal. The work uses the stage as a public forum, drawing on the language of civic life, disagreement, and collective responsibility. In New York City, where protest, policy, and performance frequently share the same streets, it reads as a local conversation as much as a general one. Its clearest insight is that democracy is not defended by slogans, but by attention, procedure, and participation.
About the Artist
The Art of Saving Democracy
The Art of Saving Democracy is a group project that frames performance as a civic inquiry, using the live event format to test how ideas move through a room. Their work has appeared in New York City at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), where the piece of the same name is presented as a public gathering as much as a show.