JJJJJerome Ellis presents “Aster of Ceremonies”

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

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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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