An aural and embodied opportunity to experience, gather, and listen. We invite SUN SONGS to charge the Museum’s gallery space in this multi-day sonic performance.

Inspired by an indigenous African Folktale, SUN SONGS explores how our relationship to the natural world can help inform our relationship to ourselves and others, especially in moments when the systems that try and tell us how to be can feel limiting. Featuring vocals, piano, cello, upright and electric bass, guitar, and percussion, the piece is a musical exploration of history, ancestry, light, sound, color, space, movement and time rooted in truth. The piece explores how word, rhythm, sound, and light call the most enlightened parts of ourselves into being.

Join us for this collaborative aural experience developed in folk-form and drum circle theory, that asks us to listen not just with our ears, but with our whole selves. Listen with and listen to the parts of you that show through the notes set free from the page.

Following the performance, we invite you for a brief reception in the Museum.

Run time:

2hr30

10min intermission

The meditation constellation:

The meditation constellation includes: Katie Madison (music & lyrics, YATASA’AL), Deborah Cowell (book & videographer), Laura White (stage manager), MJ Martinez (archivist), Veronica Jiao (CHILD OF THE FIRE), Zia (SABEDORIA), Genesis Adelia Collado (SONALI), Lola Johnson (guitar), Clérida Eltime (cello, narration), Jas Ogiste (piano), Jarrett Murray (bass), Jay St. Flono (ANCESTOR), Thani Brant (ANCESTOR), Sen Raines (rehearsal bassist), Sam Fougere (audio), Matthew Ritchie (photo), Aaron Hernandez (audio assistant)

Presented with support from Hi-ARTS

Accessibility

This event will be filmed for archival and sharing purposes. Refreshments will be offered.

5 external steps lead to our entrance doors: a wheelchair lift is available. All galleries are wheelchair-accessible, and a single-occupancy accessible restroom is located behind the visitor experience desk: all restrooms are gender-neutral. Large print didactics are available. To request access accommodations please contact info@leslielohman.org at least one week in advance of your planned visit.

ID: 3 Brown skinned, non-gendered entities standing in front of the Sun and cloud cover in the background.

Sarah Dahir @nawaal_illustrations