Jennifer Ko and Davóne Tines premiere:

Tuesday April 12th @ 8pm

UCSB Campbell Hall

 

 

When critically acclaimed musician Jennifer Koh (2022 GRAMMY winner - Best Classical Instrumental Solo) and Davóne Tines’s paths crossed, they saw in each other an ally struggling with the same issue: being an artist of color in a culture dominated by whiteness. Their new work - Everything Rises - is both a record and artistic product of that mutual encounter. Their collective exploration leads them to their family histories, sharing stories of Jennifer’s mother's experiences of the Korean War and immigration to the U.S., as well as Davóne’s grandmother's memories of anti-Black discrimination and violence. It asks what it would take for all this grief, frustration, and anger to finally be heard. In the multiple years that Everything Rises has been in development, there has been a new surge of activism against racist violence targeting Black and Asian Americans. Inspired by the recent outpouring of support and solidarity across racial identities, the piece proposes a united front through music.

 

Featuring music, projections and recorded interviews, it centers the need for artists of color to be seen and heard through connection and the creation of a new artistic space. Created by an all-BIPOC creative team.

 

We invite our campus community to the world premiere of this brand new 1-hour musico-theatrical multimedia collaboration between socially engaged artists of color.

 

Stay after the performance for a Q&A with the artists.