Deluge, in collaboration with Alicia Bunton (Assistant Vice President-Community Affairs) and Michelangelo Sabatino (IIT CoA PhD Program), present Echoes of Bronzeville: Memories of the Mecca featuring avery r. young, Poet Laureate City of Chicago.
In the first edition of the Echoes of Bronzeville series, S. R. Crown Hall is activated with site-specific soundscapes by Chicago-based artists Jared Brown and PANTY, and spoken word poetry by Chicago’s Poet Laureate, avery r. young. The program responds to archival materials documenting the everyday vibrance of the former Mecca Flats community, the subsequent displacement of its residents in the design, and building of the IIT Campus. This evening of sound performance will conjure an intimate, ephemeral space of celebration, reflection, and remembrance.
Entry is free and open to all w/ RSVP. Refreshments to be provided. Free parking available on the IIT Campus on State Street at lots D4 + D5.
