Frederic Rzewski's 'Coming Together' Resonates with Anarchist Audiences in Athens

A post on minusplato.com titled 'Such Despotism (Second Draft, Mid-June, 2026)' compiles a conversation between composer Frederic Rzewski and David Plylar, alongside links to performances, exhibitions, and texts. In the conversation, Plylar recalls programming Rzewski's 'Coming Together' at the Grahamstown Festival in South Africa in 2012, where the piece received an overwhelming positive response. Rzewski then recounts a similar experience in Athens, Greece, where a concert of his attracted a large anarchist audience; he notes that the text of 'Coming Together' was written by an anarchist. The post also embeds a SoundCloud track titled 'Such Despotism (Coming Together Anarchist Version, for Athens, June 12, 2027)' by Richard Finlay Fletcher, and links to a documenta14 calendar entry, a Fridericianum event, a Bandcamp track, a BOMB magazine interview with Naeem Mohaiemen by Adam Szymczyk, a Wexner Center exhibition, a Hunterian event, an e-flux resignation letter, and a previous minusplato post. The post is dated June 2026 and appears to be a draft collecting materials related to political music and art.