Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/13/2019 - 05/12/2019
12:00 am
Location
Market Square
Categories
Created by Pittsburgh-based artists Alisha B. Wormsley and Ricardo Iamuuri Robinson, this installation transforms Market Square into a space for video, performance, and sound that encourages healing and reflection.
“Streaming Space” is a 24-foot-tall pyramid with mounted LED screens that display editative video montages of nature and space and show vintage jazz concerts and films, as well as highlight the work of local futurist artists. An accompanying soundtrack, created by the artists, emits from speakers inside of the pyramid.
The concept and design was inspired by Afrofuturism (a cultural aesthetic that explores the developing intersection of African Diaspora culture with technology) with emphasis on the work of jazz musicians Ornette Coleman (1930-2015), Alice Coltrane (1937-2007) and Herman “Sun Ra” Blount (1914-1993). The work and legacies of these artists revolutionized jazz during their respective time periods, and their musical practices extended far beyond the music scene and crossed into spiritual, philosophical and mythical realms.
Address
Market Square,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15222
United States