On Thursday November 15, 2018 we will also host special salon at the 75 Club at Bogardus Mansion, celebrating the announcement of Andrew Cyrille's award, and featuring solo performances by Cyrille and 2018 honoree Dave Burrell. Details below.
Mark your calendars! Vision Festival returns to Roulette June 11-16, 2019. Arts for Art is honored to announce that drummer Andrew Cyrille will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Opening night, June 11, will feature Mr. Cyrille in performance with artistic collaborators from across his career including Milford Graves, Peter Brötzmann, Wadada Leo Smith, Brandon Ross, and more to be announced.
On Thursday November 15, 2018 we will also host special salon at the 75 Club at Bogardus Mansion, celebrating the announcement of Andrew Cyrille's award, and featuring solo performances by Cyrille and 2018 honoree Dave Burrell. Details below. Fred Moten is recognized as one of our most influential modern scholars. With research interests revolving around black studies, performance studies, and the relationship between social movements and art, he is especially concerned with the social force and social origins of black expressive cultural practices. Moten is a leading theoretician of a school of thought known as jazz studies, which investigates the intersections of music, literacy and aesthetic theory, and politics. Moten focuses on the notion of improvisation which enables him to investigate the potential connection between music, sexual identity, and radical black politics. In his work he has consistently argued that any theory of politics, ethics, or aesthetics must begin by reckoning with the creative expressions of the oppressed. Moten has released several collections of poetry, including The Feel Trio, a National Book Award Finalist in 2014. His writing is a radical critique to the presence where he is always seeking out sites where a greater humanity might unexpectedly break through. AFA Event Performance Archive Vision Festival at Tufts AFA Fundraiser Honoring Cecil Taylor Vision Festival 22 William Hooker developed his idiosyncratic drumming style across a diverse array of experiences. Raised in Connecticut, he came up through the gospel tradition, going on to study political science, sociology, and history, all while feeding an insatiable appetite to hear and learn as many musical styles as he could. According to William, at no one point did he become a musician, he had always been one. Hooker began refining his free jazz chops in the seventies as an important player in the New York loft scene. As a bandleader, he has fielded ensembles with artists like Billy Bang, David Ware, William Parker, Thurston Moore, Zeena Parkins and many more. His original productions seamlessly incorporate dance, video, text, and other multimedia. In his words, Hooker is not willing to accept the role of the drums as 'a rhythm section.' He challenges the established stigma around the drums, by presenting them upfront of the band, and exploring and presenting all the characteristics of his instrument. "When I play, I always try to go outside of me being here as a human. I try to go someplace where a sound is inanimate and unseeable; to deal with those tools that it takes to create the unseen." |
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