Dawson’s great-grandfather Will with his acoustic guitar (pre-redhand) sings songs of the working man on the back of a pickup truck heading West out of the dust towards California, 1938.
Peake (married to Will’s daughter Billie), backed by a rock trio and oil lamp projections, performs in a San Francisco club in 1969.
Flanery (Billie’s niece), also backed by bass, guitar, and drums, plays a Seattle basement, 1991.
Dawson, accompanying herself with tracks from her laptop, sings songs of protest, 2014.
Atticus and Zak, D/VJs from a future dustbowl, commandeer the warehouse for their own protest rave.