Sound Collage

Friday, December 3rd, 2021

7 PM - 9 PM

Sound Collage celebrates the intersection of visual art and music through a mixture of musical performances, illuminated installations, digital sculptures, and dance. Rooted in New Orleans’ long tradition of creative collaboration, the festival transforms the Jazz Museum grounds into a space for artists to showcase their work in new and interesting ways, playing off each other and experimenting with form. The end result is a multidimensional experience intended to engage and inspire audiences of all ages, featuring performances by Jonathan Freilich, Joshua Starkman, Tra$h Magnolia, The Origional Pinettes Brass Band, Bon Bon Vivant, and the international Rebel Babel Ensemble with the James Williams Quartet.

Throughout Sound Collage, the Jazz Museum will host a series of visual installations by local and international artists. The Crystal Efemmes, a New Orleans based all-female art collective, will present their latest project Unidentified Woman Musician, inspired by the imagined stories of underrepresented, under-credited women musicians. Alison Norlen, Canadian artist/sculptor and Professor of painting and drawing at the University of Saskatchewan, will display a piece entitled Moulin De Nouveau Orléans; an illuminated windmill staged as a centerpiece of the museum’s Decatur courtyard, paying homage to the iconic Moulin Rouge of Paris, France. Steven Montalvo will present an interactive projection mapping installation inside the Jazz Museum’s Education Center utilizing archival parade footage from the Jazz Museum’s collections to enable participants to become a part of, and interact with, one of the foundational elements of New Orleans culture. Derek Brueckner’s Social Improvisations, a participatory project featuring performers and props, will be staged in the Jazz Museum’s Esplanade St courtyard and Krewe of Vaporwave will take over the museum’s Riverside Courtyard with light and laser projections.