Promises: Through Congress / World Premiere   Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 3 pm

Promises: Through Congress
World Premiere  

Sat, Apr 24, 2021
3 pm

A series of multicolored shapes, lines, and strokes overlap.
A series of multicolored shapes, lines, and strokes overlap.

Trevor Tweeten, still from Promises: Through Congress, 2021. Video, color, sound, 46 min. With the music Promises by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra. Congress, 2003, ink and acrylic on canvas, 72 × 96 inches (182.88 × 243.84 cm). The Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles. © Julie Mehretu

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Promises: Through Congress is a collaboration between Julie Mehretu, electronic music composer Floating Points aka Sam Shepherd, and filmmaker Trevor Tweeten. This 46-minute film features Mehretu’s expansive painting Congress (2003) and Promises, the acclaimed album from Floating Points and jazz titan Pharoah Sanders featuring the London Symphony Orchestra released by Luaka Bop. Filmed on location at The Broad in Los Angeles.

This world premiere screening of Promises: Through Congress is introduced by Julie Mehretu.

Free with registration.

The event is produced in collaboration with The Broad and the record label Luaka Bop. A concurrent screening is hosted by The Broad on their website at 12 PM PST.


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