This event will feature a screening of the short film "SOUL(SIGNS)."
Performance: SOUL(SIGNS): 3X3X3 - Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 8p-11:30p @ Club Cumming 505 E 6th Street, New York, NY 10009
8:00pm - 8:30p - Bar opens, Cocktails, Grab Seats
8:30pm - 8:55p - Film Screening of WNET ALL ARTS SOUL(SIGNS): Making Music Visible
8:55pm - 9:10 Film Ends, 15 minute Q & A with Daphne Always, Brandon Kazen-Maddox and Kevin Newbury, ASL Interpreters
9:10p-9:30p - Cocktail break, Tip Your Bartender and Make a Suggested Donation to pay DASL and ASL Interpreters
9:30p-9:55 - First 25-minute Set, "Strange Fruit" with Jae WB, Singing/Playing Piano and BKM ASL Artist Signing, Daphne Always Interviews Jae WB, BKM and Patrice Creamer with ASL Interpreters.
9:55-10:15 - Cocktail Break, Tip Bartenders, Tip Your Bartender and Make a Suggested Donation to pay DASL and ASL Interpreters
10:15p-10:40p - Second 25-minute Set, "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" with Darnell White Singing and Playing Piano, BKM ASL Artist Signing "Singer/Pianist, , Daphne Always Interviews Jae WB, BKM and Patrice Creamer with ASL Interpreters.
11p-11:25p - Third 25-minute Set, "My Baby Just Cares for Me" with Mx Diva LaMarr Singing, Lance Horne Playing Piano, BKM ASL Artist Signing, Daphne Always Interviews Jae WB, BKM and Patrice Creamer with ASL Interpreters.
11:25-11:30 - BKM Encore: "You've Got to Learn", audio recording of Nina Simone’s voice, accompanied by Lance Horne on Piano.
11:30p - Close - End of Night, Cocktails, Tip Your Bartender and Make a Suggested Donation to pay DASL and ASL Interpreters.
About the Film:
ALL ARTS Artist in Residence: “SOUL(SIGNS)”
Premieres Tuesday, April 15 at 8 p.m. ET on ALL ARTS
Access: AD, CC available
Hosted by ASL artist and grandchild of Deaf adults (GODA) Brandon Kazen-Maddox, “SOUL(SIGNS)” explores the intersection of ASL, music and film. A collaboration between Deaf and hearing artists, the film features live performances, documentary interviews and an original Queer ASL music video set to Morgan James' song "Drown." The film co-stars Deaf actors Russell Harvard and Rosa Lee Timm, who also serves as the director of artistic sign language for the music video.
Kazen-Maddox’s work centers on accessibility and representation for the Deaf, Disability, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities. They have worked across activism, performance, politics, film, television and theater, using ASL to bridge communication and artistic expression. They hold an MFA in dance and new technology from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and are a co-founder of Up Until Now Collective. Their work has been featured by PBS NewsHour, The New York Times, ABC World News and CNN. Kazen-Maddox is a recipient of the Creative Capital Award, New England Foundation for the Arts NDP Grant and New York State Council on the Arts grant