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AAFR Founder Ashara Ekundayo caught up with Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Vice President and Artistic Director of Social Impact at the Kennedy Center who in collaboration with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington national Opera are commissioning a set of musical works from Black composers and vocalists that map a handful of extrajudicial killings of Black people in the USA. Go to our Patreon to view the complete short interview and behind-the scenes images epitomizing #artistasfirstresponder through sonic organizing and creativity. AE: Describe The Cartography Project and its aim to pay due consideration and homage to Black lives lost through State-sanctioned violence MBJ: The Cartography Project is an attempt by classical music organizations to intentionally expand the radius of their own cultural memories. It is a curatorial project that evolves beyond the paradigm of equity as a numbers game, and embraces a more sophisticated and compassionate practice of equity as a function of solidarity.
It surfaces talent of diverse backgrounds while also challenging both organizations and audiences to engage new sources of inspiration and discourse as we collaboratively bring classical music into the American future. READ THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE
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