Promises: Through Congress
221 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012
Saturday, October 2 at 5:00 PM 8:00 PM
Ends Oct 2, 2021
Enjoy the West Coast in-person premiere of Promises: Through Congress, featuring the 2021 Mercury Prize-shortlisted album Promises (Luaka Bop, 2021) from Floating Points, jazz titan Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra, and celebrate closing night of the Invisible Sun exhibition with DJs on the East West Bank Plaza at The Broad. Shot on location at The Broad, Promises: Through Congress is a collaboration between Broad collection artist Julie Mehretu, electronic music composer Floating Points, AKA Sam Shepherd, and filmmaker Trevor Tweeten. This 46-minute film pairs a visual exploration of Mehretu’s expansive painting Congress (2003), on view in Invisible Sun, with the acclaimed album Promises. Promises is one of the best reviewed albums of the year, earning a 9.0 Best New Music designation from Pitchfork, a New York Times Critics' Pick, 5 out of 5 stars from The Guardian and The Times UK, and described by The New Yorker as “a remarkably intimate experience.”
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