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Pieta: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss was composed by composer Jerry Mader at the invitation of Peter Koch and Edwin Dobb, cofounders of the EXTRACTION: Art at the Edge of the Abyss. EXTRACTION was mounted as a national protest movement bearing witness to the environmental devastation caused by open-pit mining, strip mining, and their ultimate impact on the Earth. The EXTRACTION project has produced hundreds of exhibitions and events. MAM presented three exhibitions under the umbrella of this project in the summer of 2021.

In lieu of a live performance, Jerry Mader has produced a 38-minute film containing the basic elements of the concert; a reading of the traditional Sweet Medicine Prophesy by Dr. Richard Littlebear, President of Chief Dull Knife College in Lame Deer, Montana, with Cheyenne Honor Songs by Conrad Fisher, Northern Cheyenne singer, and the recorded video of the Seattle Premiere of Pieta.

Q&A with Jerry Mader and Dr. Richard Littlebear will follow the screening.

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