now this, Critical Mass/Lewis Jordan and Music at Large

2020 Addison Street,Berkeley CA 94704

27 September, 2021

Description

Music, poetry and movement, all rapped into one, in celebration/demonstration of solidarity with artists of all callings who sustain us. Saxophonist and poet Lewis Jordan will bring a musical ensemble still at liberty—Sandi Poindexter (violin), Bruce Ackley (saxophone), Erich Hunt (bass), Jimmy Biala (drums) —joined by poet Tureeda Mikell and movement artist pearl ubungen. Lewis has a continuing focus on creative structures for improvisation, working with artists from a range of practice: dance, poetry, theater and visual arts. He continues to produce interdisciplinary and multicultural productions and to seek performers who strive for modes of expression that honor their traditions while speaking to the urgency of the present. He brings the transformative nature of human collaboration to all his projects. This performance features music, poetry and movement, all rapped into one, in celebration and demonstration of solidarity with all the folks—artists of all callings, who have sustained me/us and whom we have tried to learn from. Art is one form of the struggle because Art reminds us of who we are, which is ultimately what we are fighting for, to be who we are. photo credit: Cristina Marx