Kepla & Deforrest Brown Jr.
Saturday, May 11, 2019 8 – 9 pmThe University of Chicago
5550 S. Greenwood
Chicago, IL 60637
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U.K. sound artist Jon Davies (Kepla) and New York based-media theorist DeForrest Brown Jr. perform Substantia Nigra, the concluding opus of a three-part work.
This is the duo’s first U.S. appearance. The works follows their previous collaborations, Absent Personae and The Wages of Being Black is Death.
FREE, but PLEASE NOTE: RSVP is required, and event entry is on a first-come, first-served basis. RSVP does not guarantee entry. RSPV here »
Presented by Lampo and the Smart Museum of Art in conjunction with the special exhibition Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection, and organized in coordination with Arts + Public Life.