Artist Carrie Dashow and shape-note singer Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg are on a two-month tour of the Erie Canal, gathering local history in all its imaginable forms—folkloric, mythological, physical, biographical, industrial, etc. From these, the two create a series of locally inspired shape-note songs, as well as a two-channel video installation, the footage for which is shot by a diverse web of locals. Honestly, I’m not sure what that means—but they’re in Lockport for a week, and on Sunday they’ll conduct a workshop on shape-note singing at Rust Belt Books. (The price of admission is a handful of local twigs, which, at the end of the project, will be woven together to make a map of the state’s waterways.) Meanwhile, 12 Lockport participants in the project will use synchronized video cameras to collect video and further fodder for songs. The culmination of the weeklong stay will take place at the Niagara County Historical Society in Lockport on Wednesday, June 28, time to be announced. Visit subliminalstate.org for more information—or, better yet, visit Rust Belt books on Sunday and find out in person.

Sunday, June 24 from 2-5pm. Rust Belt Books, 202 Allen Street (885-9535).

A handful of twigs.