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World-Wide-Walks \/ between earth & water \/ CAPES<\/strong> (2019-21) Peter d\u2019Agostino<\/p>\n Video walks performed in and around South Africa\u2019s significant ecological and historical sites: Cape Town Robben Island Prison, Cape of Good Hope, and Cape Agulhas. In 2018, Cape Town\u2019s city managers warned of a looming \u2018Day Zero\u2019 crisis when water taps would run dry following years of severe drought. Robben Island, across from Cape Town in Table Bay, is the site of an infamous maximum-security prison for Black, Indian, and mixed race opponentsof South Africa\u2019s apartheid regime. Nelson Mandela was incarcerated there for 19 of his 27years in prison before serving as the country\u2019s first black president from 1994- 99. While the Cape of Good Hope is widely known for early Portuguese explorations (1487-98) it also played a key role in the slave trade beginning in 1652. Cape Agulhas, at the geographic southern tip of the African continent, is the geographic divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.<\/p>\n Music and sound design: Joseph M. Williams, Jr. Virtual model: Danielle Hope Abrom Walkin\u2019 & Singin\u2019 : New Songs of the Open Road\u00a0<\/strong> (2019-21) Homer Jackson<\/p>\n This installation reframes a performance event produced by Homer Jackson, director of the Philadelphia Jazz Project, celebrating poet Walt Whitman\u2019s 200th birthday in 2019. The songs, performed by participants walking through the city of Philadelphia, were inspired by Whitman\u2019s \u201cSong of the Open Road\u201d and songs that fueled civil rights marchers to \u201cchallenge with their feet the boundaries of freedom.\u201d Written and arranged by minister and vocalist, Taylor \u201cToby VeNT\u201d Martin, choirmaster, and composer Waverly Austin, and singer\/songwriter James Solomon, the musicality of these tunes were buttressed by a chorus of professional singers and members of the general public. \u201cTear Down These Walls\u201d by Austin and \u201cAs I Give\u2026As I Walk\u201d by Martin are featured in this new installation. Additional concept development: Asha Jackson.<\/p>\n Installation design: Peter d\u2019Agostino Sound mix: Joseph M. Williams, Jr. Virtual model: Danielle Hope Abrom. World Water Day \/ Earth Day CSArts presents a video-sound installation focusing on intersecting glocal (global-local) concerns related to climate change and racial matters. It is presented as an \u201centre-act\u201d between World Water Day (March 22) and Earth Day (April 22) during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: a virtual online preview for future onsite exhibitions. Harvestworks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-933","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/csarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/csarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/csarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/csarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/csarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/csarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/csarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSpecial thanks: Tom Moses, Robben Island Museum
\nSupport: Climate, Sustainability and the Arts (CSArts), Film & Media Arts Sustainability Fund, Temple University, and Harvestworks Digital Arts Center.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/csarts\/files\/2021\/03\/HJ_walls-walk-1000x234.jpeg\")
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\nSupport: Climate, Sustainability and the Arts (CSArts), Film & Media Arts Sustainability Fund,
\nTemple University, University of Pennsylvania Libraries Kislak Center and funded by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"