- Saturday, March 28, 2015
- 2:00 PM–3:15 PM
- Commons Lecture Hall
presented by Kenyon Adams
"...An incredible display of imagination, and the potential to understand and heal, through art." - Carey Wallace, Author
LEDGER is a new inter-medial art work devised and performed by the artist little ray (Kenyon Adams). LEDGER embodies the artist's response to the epidemic violence of unconscious bias in American society, highlighted by the artist's recent, personal experience of harassment and in the killings of black men and boys by police and subsequent non-indictments. Including video art, sampled documentary text and music, LEDGER is an immersive arts experience that provides a space for lament, liturgy and empathy in the midst of the personal and national trauma conveyed in this compelling new work.
"In this work, little ray made room for not only fear and outrage, but also a desire to understand and to reach across violence and difference towards healing. In addition to addressing contemporary cultural events, little ray has grounded his personal and political responses in a range of historical religious practices, figures, and texts from his studies in theology at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. As a result, the work is multi-layered and couched within far reaching spiritual practices of representing in/justice, mourning, and emotional expression."
--Dr. Elise Morrison, Yale Theater and Interdisciplinary
Presenter Bio:
Kenyon Adams is a collaborative artist and arts advocate originally from Orlando, FL. He has been the recipient a National Young Arts Foundation Award, and was named a White House Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Kenyon received his BFA in Theater from Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts, and is currently an M.A.R. Candidate at Yale Divinity School and Yale Institute of Sacred Music studying Religion & the Arts. He has contributed art and dialogue to the National Arts Policy Roundtable, Center for Faith & Work, Festival of Faith & Music, Laity Lodge and the Jubilee Conference. His artistic collaborations include performances with Bill T. Jones, Charlie Peacock, Cindertalk and a film project with Brooklyn-based innovators Mason Jar Music.
