BREONNA TAYLOR ART TRIBUTE TO BE DISPLAYED AT LINCOLN CENTER
It has been two years since the death of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old who was fatally shot by police during a no-knock raid in Louisville. A new audio-video exhibit will be on display to honor her. It’s an immersive audio installation called “OpenProcess.”
Classical singer Davone Tines created the exhibit. Tines’ immersive audio installation is called “OpenProcess” which centers around his heartfelt tribute to Taylor called “VIGIL.” Guests will be able to engage with up to six different content nodes that highlight various aspects of the song, allowing them to enrich their experience of the music.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where the art will be displayed, describes OpenProcess as an exhibit that aims to “model how art around social issues can be done responsibly and be a partner in leading toward change.”
“The history of that song, long story short, it first came out of improvisation with a close friend and colleague, Igee Dieudonné. He came here from Amsterdam. We kind of have a musical process of, you know, head to the studio late in the evening, to just set a bunch of different moods and improvise within them. So the song was born out of improvisation between Fauré, a French impressionist composer, and gospel music,” he explained.
“That song came out about a year before the tragic death of Brianna Taylor,” Tines continued. “In the midst of a pandemic, in the midst of engaging that death, even months after it actually happened, I was asked to create a video performance as part of an online music series. So I chose that song because for me, it provided a meditative space to engage what was going on in society and within me.”
The art display will be available in New York at Lincoln Center on Tuesday, March 29.
