Elio Villafranca in residence on new platform hosted by The Showroom and film maker Reece Ewing
Elio Villafranca. Photo by Kasia Idzkowska. Courtesy of the artist and The Showroom, London
The ongoing multidisciplinary platform IN·FLO·RES·CENCE presents compositions and conversations about sound and art to an online audience
The Showroom, London and film maker/producer Reece Ewing have launched IN·FLO·RES·CENCE, a new interdisciplinary online platform for compositions and conversations that champion jazz and promote freedom, experimentation and improvisation.
Ongoing until 3 October across Instagram, Vimeo and The Showroom website, participating musicians include JD Allen, Bokani Dyer, Sarathy Korwar, Nduduzo Makhathini, Siya Makuzeni, Elaine Mitchener, Corey Mwamba, Thandi Ntuli, Luis Carlos Pérez and Leyanis Valdés Reyes, who have each composed a one minute composition that responds to the changes to daily life brought on by the pandemic. Their contributions will also be interpreted and performed by the project’s artist-in-residence, the New York based Cuban pianist and composer Elio Villafranca.
Also included is a selection of interviews conducted by Kevin Le Gendre, Kodwo Eshun, Vijay Iyer and Jason Moran.
The project was conceived by Ewing and curated with assistant curator Katherine Finerty, in collaboration with The Showroom, London, directed by Elvira Dyangani Ose.