Concert ProgramIntroduction & Land Acknowledgement
Adinu arr. Shireen Abu-Khader & André de Quadros Rock-a My Soul arr. Stacey Gibbs Improvised Spoken Word Onyx White Say Her Name Alysia Lee Komm Süsser Tod Knut Nystedt Purgatory's Score 2rüTh7 Dos Cuerpos Julio Morales Would You Harbor Me? Ysaye M. Barnwell Como La Cigarra María Elena Walsh Virgin Lovechild of the 13th Amendment 2rüTh7 Ella's Song Bernice Johnson Reagon Standing Stone Melanie DeMore |
Spring Performance Dates:3/26/23 - University of Rhode Island
URI Fine Arts Center Tickets $10-$15 through URI Music co-sponsored by URI Center for the Humanities 4/1/23 - Assumption University Curtis Performance Hall, Worcester MA Free Admission 4/2/23 - Bunker Hill Community College A300 Lobby, Boston MA Free Admission Performance NoteThis performance interrogates our understanding of race and the prison industrial complex in the United States through music and spoken word reflecting on our country, our voices in it, lived experiences of several incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists, and how we can build stronger relationships on a path towards justice.
Each Bridging and Breaking performance will conclude with a talk back to reflect on what the audience has experienced, and hear from our artists regarding their artistic process and personal experience. These performances deal with sensitive topics and issues, including the subjects of race and mass incarceration in the United States. |
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During Say Her Name we 'put these names in the air' to honor and remember them, their lives, and their stories:
Ahmaud Arbery Remy Fennell George Floyd Rita Hester Atatiana Jefferson Amir Locke Duvall Princess Trayvon Martin Breonna Taylor We invite you to add the names of others who have been killed by gun violence, specifically those black bodies killed by police actions. Through this link you can learn about each of these individuals and many others. For a more complete list of names and the stories of their lives, visit this online space developed by Stanford University. |
Dos Cuerpos
Dos cuerpos frente a frente son a veces dos olas y la noche es océano. Dos cuerpos frente a frente son a veces dos piedras y la noche es desierto. Dos cuerpos frente a frente son a veces raíces en la noche enlazadas. Dos cuerpos frente a frente son a veces navajas y la noche relámpago. Dos cuerpos frente a frente son dos astros que caen en un cielo vacío. |
Two Bodies
Two bodies face to face Are at times two waves And the night is an ocean. Two bodies face to face Are sometimes two stones And the night a desert. Two bodies face to face Are at times two roots laced into the night. Two bodies face to face Are sometimes two knives And night strikes sparks. Two bodies face to face Are two stars falling In an empty sky. |
During Ella's Song we add the following verse contributed by Truth:
Forgiveness is often used
as a cheap substitute for the cure;
Nibbling on the crumbs of justice,
they call us greedy when we want more.
Forgiveness is often used
as a cheap substitute for the cure;
Nibbling on the crumbs of justice,
they call us greedy when we want more.
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Onyx White
Boston-based Singer and Rapper "My work is raw, real, spoken fro the heart and reflects my past, present, future, and the maze of my brain through smooth fast paced word and melodies." YouTube: @ONYX_WHITE3 |
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Truth (2rüTh7)Spoken Word Artist, Writer, & Transformative Justice Advocate
IG: @EXPLANATIONSFROMEXILE |
Images on this page courtesy of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Photos by Steve Osemwenkhae. All rights reserved.
Resources and Inspirations for this Program
Transformation Prison Project - This organization was founded in 2013 from inside the Norfolk State Men's Prison, MA to explore the meaning of restorative justice. Eric Anderson, today's collaborator, was one of those founders.
Say Her Name - Read more about the powerful work of artist Alysia Lee and the responses to this original song.
BU Race, Prison, Justice Gallery - Explore this collection of newly created art developed with current and formerly incarcerated artists and members of the Boston University Community.
Common Ground Voices / La Frontera - This organization, co-led by Emilie Amrein and André de Quadros, served as the inspiration for the original motivation and staging for Dos Cuerpos. You can learn more about their work at the U.S. - Mexico Border Wall through the link.
This program was based on the work of the race and incarceration portion of our full concert at ACDA Rochester in 2020. Complete resources on that program are available here.
Say Her Name - Read more about the powerful work of artist Alysia Lee and the responses to this original song.
BU Race, Prison, Justice Gallery - Explore this collection of newly created art developed with current and formerly incarcerated artists and members of the Boston University Community.
Common Ground Voices / La Frontera - This organization, co-led by Emilie Amrein and André de Quadros, served as the inspiration for the original motivation and staging for Dos Cuerpos. You can learn more about their work at the U.S. - Mexico Border Wall through the link.
This program was based on the work of the race and incarceration portion of our full concert at ACDA Rochester in 2020. Complete resources on that program are available here.
Other Resources and Inspirations
Equal Justice Initiative - https://eji.org/
The Marshall Project - https://www.themarshallproject.org/
Prison Policy Initiative - https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2020.html
Poor Peoples Campaign - https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/
Common Ground Voices - https://www.commongroundvoices.com/
Common Ground Voices La Frontera - https://www.cgvlafrontera.org/english
ACLU - HRCA - https://www.aclu.org/other/human-rights-council-resolution-ahrc30l16-human-rights-administration-justice-including
Equal Justice Initiative - https://eji.org/
The Marshall Project - https://www.themarshallproject.org/
Prison Policy Initiative - https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2020.html
Poor Peoples Campaign - https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/
Common Ground Voices - https://www.commongroundvoices.com/
Common Ground Voices La Frontera - https://www.cgvlafrontera.org/english
ACLU - HRCA - https://www.aclu.org/other/human-rights-council-resolution-ahrc30l16-human-rights-administration-justice-including
