Lonnie Holley
Sunday 05 May 2019 from 4pm to 6pm
Lonnie Holley
© Lafayette Anticipations
Born in the Jim Crow-era in the American South, Lonnie Holley faced a bevy of hardships - abusive foster homes, poverty, abject racism - but found a source of strength through improvisional arts.
Through painting, poetry, sculpture, drawing, performance and sound (as well as advanced technologies of his own construction), Lonnie Holley portrays the black American experience and liberates himself and those around him from the shackles of traumatic history. Late last year he released his first album in five years, MITH, a collection of stream-of-consciousness tracks that touch on the Black Lives Matter movement, Standing Rock and contemporary American politics.
A particularly poignant track from the album, “I Snuck off the Slave Ship,” which was written in reaction to 2016’s presidential election, was the source of inspiration for Holley’s directorial debut of the same name.
Lonnie Holley's film "I Snuck off the Slave Ship" will be screened after the concerts.
First Part : Christopher Paul Stelling
Musical Programmer : Etienne Blanchot
A particularly poignant track from the album, “I Snuck off the Slave Ship,” which was written in reaction to 2016’s presidential election, was the source of inspiration for Holley’s directorial debut of the same name.
Lonnie Holley's film "I Snuck off the Slave Ship" will be screened after the concerts.
First Part : Christopher Paul Stelling
Musical Programmer : Etienne Blanchot
Christopher Paul Stelling
© Lafayette Anticipations
Lonnie Holley
© Lafayette Anticipations