WS, a longer super nova
Directed by Arthur Jafa
Live screening on loop on June 10, 9pm - 11pm
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002
Select digital streaming dates on June 12, 17, and 24 at 8pm; June 19 and 26 at 3pm, exclusively on LMCC.net
The digital screening will be accompanied by a conversation between Wayne Shorter, esperanza spalding, Greg Tate, and Craig Street.
Presented in partnership with The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center and The Broad Stage
Arthur Jafa separates sound from image, only to collide them, forcing both eye and ear to find their balance in heart connection. He is an artist in search of a precise proximity between the seen and heard. In his WS, a longer super nova, Jafa gives us a glimpse into the genius mind of Jazz Master Wayne Shorter being his inimitable stream of conscious self. Jafa records an ongoing and intimately wild conversation between Mestre Shorter and brilliantly inspired Jazz force esperanza spalding. The conversation takes place in the eclectic home of Shorter’s friend, architect Frank Gehry. The Gehry Residence, a famously deconstructed habitable art space, makes room for Mr. Shorter’s stories to, like his music, zig zag their way to the point. WS, a longer super nova, a slice of life profile, a blues haiku, captures the dark matter entity that is Wayne Shorter.
Each online screening of WS, a longer super nova will be followed by a separate, filmed conversation between spalding and Shorter, moderated by Greg Tate + Craig Street. This conversation will delve into the relationship between spalding and Shorter as they collaborate on building a new opera, Iphigenia.