About this Event
With sonia louise davis, Rena Anakwe, Sugar Vendil
What sounds emerge from a visual gesture, from a mark made with intention? Join artists and musicians sonia louise davis, Rena Anakwe, and Sugar Vendil for a participatory conversation accompanied by hands-on instrument drawing and making. Throughout the evening, the artists will reflect on their collaboration through performances at the Queens Museum last year that activated davis' sounders, a set of custom steel instruments, through improvisation. As a visual artist, writer, and performer, sonia louise davis’ working ethos is invested in improvisation as a form of research that uses the body as a guide. The artist’s philosophy is characterized by improvisation not only as it relates to experimental music, but as a daily exercise of care, resilience, radical softness, and self-determination in the face of systemic injustices. Materials will be provided for participants to make their own imagined instruments, or drawings for future sound-making, and the gathering will culminate in a collective jam session.
Accessibility
CTHQ is located on the 7th Floor of 59 East 4th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue in Manhattan. The building entrance has no steps and elevator access is provided directly to CTHQ. Service animals are welcome.
A variety of seating options are available including: plastic chairs with backs and wooden benches and stools. This event begins at 6:00 pm and ends at 8:00 pm.
Accessibility Requests
If you have any questions regarding accessibility or to request specific accommodations, please email: [email protected].
Covid Guidelines
While masks are not required, they are available to all guests at CTHQ and mask-wearing is encouraged. If you are feeling sick or have tested positive for Covid-19, we ask that you please refrain from participating in CTHQ programs in order to care for fellow community members.
Transportation
The closest MTA subway stations are: Astor Place on the 6 line, 2nd Avenue on the F line, and 8th Street-NYU on the R Line. These stations are not wheelchair accessible. The closest wheelchair accessible stations are: Bleecker Street on the 6 line and Broadway-Lafayette on the B/D/F/M line, with an elevator on the north side of Houston St. between Lafayette St. and Crosby St. Parking in the vicinity is free after 6 PM.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
CTHQ, 59 East 4th Street 7th Floor, New York, United States
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