JJJJJerome Ellis presents “Aster of Ceremonies”

Thu Nov 21 2024 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm

Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University | New Brunswick

Zimmerli Art Museum
Publisher/HostZimmerli Art Museum
JJJJJerome Ellis presents \u201cAster of Ceremonies\u201d
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Join us for a performance by one of the artists in the exhibition "Smoke & Mirrors."
About this Event

In this performance, artist JJJJJerome Ellis presents portions of their latest transdisciplinary project, “Aster of Ceremonies.” Using piano, saxophone, electronics, and voice, they’ll perform excerpts from “Benediction,” a devotional song cycle attending to 18th- and 19th-century Black runaway slaves who stuttered. This lecture-performance is an ongoing attempt to, in the words of critic Hortense Spillers, “hear [slavery’s] stutter more clearly.”

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. / Lecture and Performance

6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. / Audience Q&A

7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. / Light Reception

Please Save a Spot: Seating is Limited

Free & Open to the Public

Complimentary Refreshments

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Image: JJJJJerome Ellis (with m. nourbeSe philip, Roshaya Rodness, and Maria Stuart), Impediment is Information, 2021. Single channel video. 15 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, United States

Tickets

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