bird mix

This mix accompanies the work: "nesting chair for charlie (yardbird), sun ra and the urban thrush," 2014. The work, which is on view October 5 -30, 2014 at Sabina Ott's Terrain Exhibitions, an alternative exhibition space in Oak Park, Il, is a nesting space and resting place in homage to jazz innovator Charlie Parker, and Afrofurturist icon Sun Ra. It is fashioned as both a chair and nest and made from found materials. It is the first in a series of abstract representations of black vocalities and birds as a symbol of migration. The work references the Great Migration that occurred during the 20th-century that included Chicago as one its major hubs. It highlights the intersections of migratory patterns of birds, people and vocalities in regards to the temporalities of home and place. The mix includes music, spoken word, excerpts from interviews and performances.