TRĒ SEGURITAN ABALOS
trē, with short dark hair, large small wire glasses, and white tear drop earrings, looks toward us with trees out of focus in background. The top of a looped metal instrument is visible leaning on their right shoulder.
trē seguritan abalos (tree) is a Filipinx-American sound artist from San Jose, CA improvising with flutes and field recordings. Their interests revolve around unraveling or reimagining place / placelessness and breath / breathlessness. tre’s playing includes live soundscapes, ambient sound collage, free jazz, and collectives of electroacoustic improvisation. tre curates unmade place, a series of sound + text experiments featuring local musicians/improvisers and poets in spaces such as The Big Idea Bookstore, Abolition Coffee, and Telephone.