Program

5:00-5:20: mingle + food
5:20-5:30: welcome + intro
5:30-6:00: bioprism p1
6:00-6:30: rcah jam club / chill
6:30-7:00: bioprism p2
7:00-7:30: mingle

Bogue Street Records is an interdisciplinary record label and platform for artists. Founded by Austin Oting Har with fellow RCAH faculty, staff and students, it releases projects at the crossroads of contemporary music, poetry, video and sound art. Launched in December 2025, it is building a network in Michigan’s capital, Lansing, a hub for DIY culture and experimentalism. By tapping into the creative pulse of this city, it advances the active aesthetic of art as a prism, not a mirror, capable of forging new pathways for engaging with contemporary issues.

The label’s launch doubles with the album launch of our first artist, bioPrism (Josh Epperly)—by day, an ecologist in Michigan’s water department; by night, an electronic musician in Lansing’s beating heart. His debut album, “Let the Landscape Hold Your Grief” (February 13, 2026) departs from the rhythmic structures of his previous EPs in favor of shapeshifting soundscapes that are ecosystems unto themselves. The album was created in 2025, a year that dramatically accelerated the loss of wild places and functional institutions. The same year was also a period of transformation for the artist, who found resiliency within himself and his community. Acknowledging these dual realities, the album explores the inner terrain of grief and is a testament to hope amidst chaos, representing a cyclical journey that the artist repeats many times over—one that begins in isolation and returns to interrelationship. Josh offers gratitude to all the friends, family, community members, forests, and rivers who made this album possible. Tonight, he will perform the following songs alongside additional improvisations:

• microcosmos
• buried in static
• gyre
• tidesong
• heaven/void

This featured performance is supported by Noah Proctor of the RCAH Jam Club on voice and guitar.

Thank you to Juno Bursch, Angelina Franzese, Kennedy Deshazer, Cole Carlson, Chiffa Abdallah-Hassan, Lucy Moline, Grace Gamble, Elle Sanders, Jenna Klos, Sarah Lettau, Sasha Deimel, Zoë Cruz, Faith Schneider, Nate Gajan, Quinten Walega, Noah Proctor, Kristin Philips, Morris Arvoy, David McCarthy, Guillermo Delgado, Steve Baibak, Marcus Fields, Terese Guinsato Monberg, David Sheridan, and Vanessa Hanson.