“Silver Fleece “ is the second part of an interdisciplinary presentation called “Black Lives Suite”, first presented in the Fall of 2021 with sponsorship of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. This project includes music, spoken word, dance and visuals. The evolution of this piece will continue in 2022 with the assistance of Harvestworks and the Fridman Gallery, where the actual performance will take place. The artist’s vision of this work is to show and document aspects of the arts from a “black” perspective.
This new interdisciplinary project will feature music, dance and poetry and will include jazz/experimental music as a foundation for this artistic statement which shows how far we have come in great black music, poetry (and spoken word) and dance(movement). The stylistic features of this work will present new artists (Ras Moshe-sax, Charlie Burnham-violin, On Davis and Jesse Henry-guitars, Jair-Rohm Wells on bass) making statements in their respective fields of music, showing how their works can be integrated into American culture at large. This will build on the interdisciplinary works Hooker has presented in the past which include “James Baldwin Suite”, “The Great Migration” and “Chimes” – all presented in the New York City area.