“Hypocrisy of Justice: Sights and Sounds from the Black Metropolis” Performances and Symposium are happening on October 7th and 8th, 2022.
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival, the Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts, and the University of Chicago Presents are pleased to present a collaborative commission to Dana Hall and Cheryl Lynn Bruce to extend and further develop their 2015 project with visual artist Kerry James Marshall titled “Hypocrisy of Justice: Sights and Sounds from the Black Metropolis.” Hypocrisy of Justice explores inequities within systems and institutions, along with lived experiences of confinement, redemption, hope, and home. In addition to two performances by Dana Hall’s Sextet with special guest actor Malcom Banks, there will be a free day-long symposium on October 8th. The project is inspired by Richard Wright’s 1940 novel, Native Son.
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“With continued episodes and patterns of social, economic, political, and racial injustices in our communities, as well as the many ways that the historic worldwide pandemic of 2020 has exposed and reinforced the systemic inequalities many of us endure, I am further looking forward to raising awareness of these and other issues by engaging in conversation with scholars, critical thinkers, activists, and other artists in a convening about the ways these unjust systems intersect. It is my hope that these conversations and concerts will inspire and mobilize actions toward a more just society for all. ”
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The symposium is organized by Kate Dumbleton and the Hyde Park Jazz Festival in partnership with Dana Hall, the Logan Center, and University of Chicago Presents, with additional support from the Jazz Institute of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs, Envisioning Justice, and the National Public Housing Museum.
“Hypocrisy of Justice: Sights and Sounds from the Black Metropolis” is co-commissioned by the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts, and University of Chicago Presents. This program is supported by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), Dan J. Epstein, Judith Guitelman, and the Epstein Family Foundation, the Illinois Humanities Envisioning Justice initiative, the Jazz Institute of Chicago's Dr. Timuel Black Inspiration and Education Program, the National Public Housing Museum, the Revada Foundation with additional support from the Julie and Parker Hall Endowment for Jazz and American Popular Music, and the Reva & David Logan Foundation. Presented in partnership with Chicago Jazz Magazine, DownBeat Magazine, Jazz Institute Chicago, and WDCB 90.9 FM.
The 2015 premiere of Hypocrisy of Justice was commissioned by Symphony Center Presents Jazz series and made possible by the Dan Epstein and Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation.
