Selections + Selectors 013: Images & Sounds: Collaboration Works by Lara Vallance & Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning.
If you attended last month’s installment of Selections + Selectors, you saw the stop-motion animation piece La Nouvelle Ere by this month’s filmmaker, Lara Vallance, which was scored by her husband, Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning. This month, Vallance returns for an evening completely dedicated to her work.
In this month’s program, the wife/husband team highlights their favorites of the shorts they have been making together for the past 6 years. Vallance makes the images and Manning makes the sounds. Their program shows the development of a complimentary language of expression ranging from the abstract and personal to the political.
Moving Spaces, which marked the beginning of their relationship, will begin the night with Manning’s band OYASABA performing a live score. The program will end with the premiere of their latest work entitled White Boy, after which there will be a closing instrumental piece performed by OYASABA.
Q&A will follow.
DJ Lilbitcoin will close out the night with one of her signature sets.
In addition to the screening, Vallance will have a number of hand-pulled prints on paper and apparel on hand.
Manning’s BEHIND the STICK - vol. 1 newsprint zines and large b/w prints, as well as his 2nd OYASABA album, AfroCentaur, will be available.
The after-party will be nearby at A Bar, 597 Manhattan Avenue.
