Black History/Art History Lecture & Performance Series - "John Brown Song!" An Artist's Talk by Laylah Ali
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Location:
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University
Contemporary artist Laylah Ali will discuss John Brown Song! (2013), an online project commissioned by the Dia Art Foundation. Exploring her longstanding interest in the radical abolitionist John Brown, Ali asked 19 people to sing “John Brown’s Body,” a song that became popular during the Civil War. The resulting assemblage of performances and video clips raises important questions about iconic – and forgotten – moments in American history.
Free
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