Imani Uzuri with Black Madonna Montserrat (Catalonia, Spain)
HERE RAW
Imani Uzuri: Songs of Sanctuary for the Black Madonna
August 22
Imani Uzuri’s Songs of Sanctuary for the Black Madonna will be an immersive ritual opera inspired by her international sojourns to shrines dedicated to the holy (and oft controversial) Black Madonna.
During this Aug 22nd work in progress zoom session, Uzuri will discuss and share images from her recent research trips and sojourns to over 30 Black Madonna shrines in Kosovo, Italy, France, Spain, Macedonia, Lithuania and Bavaria; plans for future sojourns to Mexico, Trinidad, Central and South America and the themes of prayer, worship and Black feminine divinity that are central to Songs of Sanctuary for the Black Madonna.
This online event is part of HERE RAW/Resident Artist Works 2021
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Imani Uzuri
You can register for the zoom meeting below.
Imani Uzuri
Imani Uzuri, raised in rural North Carolina, is an award-winning vocalist, composer, librettist, improviser and conceptual artist called “a postmodernist Bessie Smith” by The Village Voice. She composes, performs and creates interdisciplinary works including concerts, ritual performances, albums, sound installations and compositions for chamber ensembles, voice and theater (including experimental and musical theater). As a […]