Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark: WDNA Radio’s Live Transmission into Brainville

Join the hosts of WDNA Radio's Brainville crew as they present a special site-specific live transmission into Brainville from Gary Simmons's sculptural installation, Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark. Enjoy a series of activations with a special live performance "conduction" piece composed and arranged in real-time by Professor Nicole Yarling and the Brainville High School Jazz Band. Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark consists of a stage and speakers that, when activated, serve as a venue for live performances. The speakers are encased with wood salvaged from the streets of New Orleans's Tremé neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The objects bear the spray-painted traces of that history, just as they hold the memory of past performance activations. 

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