Portland State University: The Innocents

• Allen Otte, percussion
• John Lane, percussion

Now the subject of an award-winning documentary film, The Innocents is social justice advocacy through performance art. The work is an effort to delve deeply into the current issues surrounding the subject of wrongful imprisonment and exoneration, as well as a commitment to connect with the communities in which it is performed. We have embraced our role as advocates through the realization that our work cuts to the emotional core of the human experience surrounding these issues.

Using a variety of found-object and home-made instruments, electronic soundscapes, and spoken texts, we have devised a one-hour dramatic soundscape comprised of at least seventeen tableaus which explore aspects of the issues surrounding wrongful imprisonment and exoneration in the American criminal justice system: mistaken identity, incarceration, injustice, politics, psychology, and resilience. 

More information about The Innocents here: www.the-innocents.com

About Portland State University School of Music & Theater

https://www.pdx.edu/music-theater/

About Allen Otte, percussion

https://ccm.uc.edu/about/directory.html?eid=otteac&thecomp=uceprof

About John Lane, percussion

http://www.john-lane.com