The Hudson Eye: Jonah Bokaer Choreography x Rachel Libeskind
Friday, August 23 | 7.30PM
Dry Docking
// $10 general admission advance | $5 student advance //
As the launch night inaugurating The Hudson Eye series of public programs and urban showcases, long-time friend of Basilica Jonah Bokaer of Hudson will host an innovative evening of contemporary dance and performance, in partnership with renowned visual artist Rachel Libeskind, also based in the Hudson Valley.
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series: Dreaming of a Vetter World
Thursday, August 29 | 7.30PM
// FREE //
Food truck 6.30PM
Screening begins 7.30PM
Followed by a Q & A with filmmaker Bonnie Hawthorne
BASILICA SCREENS THE BIFF: Summer Series of Non-Fiction Films
On the Vetter farm, their most important crop is the soil.
Basilica Back Gallery Artist In Residence Series: Davon
One Night Only
Friday, August 30 | doors 6.30PM | performance 7.30PM
// FREE //
Dancer/performance artist/hostess/southern girl Davon will be the final August 2019 participant in the Hudson As Muse Basilica Back Gallery Artist In Residence Series, presenting a FREE public performance of new work as part of The Hudson Eye series of programs, presented by Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation.
Basilica Back Gallery Artist In Residence Series: Daniel McCabe
Opening Thursday, September 5 | 6PM
// FREE //
Basilica Hudson will present an exhibition of new photographic works by Daniel McCabe as part of our Hudson as Muse Basilica Back Gallery Artist in Residence Series. The images will meditate on man’s interaction with his environment – in McCabe’s case, the Hudson River Valley.
BASILICA FARM & FLEA SPRING MARKET 2019 RECAP
THANK YOU to the independent spirits and creative minds who joined us for a beautiful, bountiful weekend at Basilica Farm Flea Spring Market. And to our neighbors at Processional Arts and Hudson Area Library for the incredible Parade!
THANK YOU to every one of the 93 vendors that joined us, and deep thanks to our supporters and community sponsors for Basilica Farm & Flea Spring Market 2019: Green Mountain Energy, CYCLEffect, SunCommon, Columbia County Tourism and Drop Forge & Tool. We were also delighted to welcome Rural Intelligence and Edible Hudson Valley back as media partners.
IMAGE CREDITS: Aoko Su by Elise McMahon, Nina Z by Elise McMahon, Suncommon by Elise McMahon, Petit Pilou by Elise McMahon, Russell Jones Jewelry by Elise McMahon, Bells Beeswax Candles by Elise McMahon, Shana Lee Jewelry by Elise McMahon, Fahari Bazaar by Elise McMahon, Aubry by Elise McMahon, Folkart by Mary Shelley carving demonstration by Elise McMahon, Crooked Stick Pops fan wearing Petit Pilou by Elise McMahon
Melissa Auf der Maur’s love letter to Moor Mother
I first saw Camae Ayewa perform as Moor Mother when Brandon Stosuy invited her to play our 2017 festival Basilica SoundScape. Watching her set, I was shocked and activated. I turned to my friend and tried to explain my mind’s attempt to make sense of what I was watching:
“Moor Mother is like Courtney Love merged with H.R. from Bad Brains, and a jazz mashup playing backwards on a broken machine — with the angel of Eazy-E hovering above her shoulder.”
Totally nuts. It was the most exciting performance I had seen in years.
It was something brand new and a reflection of a future I could believe in.
As a Canadian living in the USA, and searching for the meaning of ‘American’, I see Ayewa as the most relevant American voice working in music and sound today. Black. Female. Political. Noise Artist. Performance Artist. Technically masterful. Empowered. Unafraid. Confronting. Honest. Beautiful.
As a lifelong devoted musician, who has spent most of the last decade on ‘maternity leave’ to raise a daughter and an arts center that strives to be platform for independent and innovative voices in arts & culture, Moor Mother is an example of what I am seeking. In an oddly ever-evolving world of arts, culture, corporate takeover and political mania, our music festivals at Basilica Hudson, in particular, are where I am learning the most. From a producer and audience perspective, Moor Mother is one of the greatest revelations of this new chapter of mine.
It’s rare when the visceral power of human emotional, political and intellectual are equally woven, sounding unlike anyone but that individual’s landscape. Jazz. Feminism. Activism. Noise. Industrial. Machines. Human. Broken. Sophisticated.
You MUST go discover the world and work of MOOR MOTHER for yourself.
NYC Friends! She is with you this week! GO!
Melissa Auf der Maur
Co-Founder and Director, Basilica Hudson
24-HOUR DRONE 2019 RECAP
EXPERIMENTS IN SOUND AND MUSIC
From quadrophonic, doppler effect surround sound, to endurance tape loops and devotional dawn incantations, our fifth annual 24-HOUR DRONE: EXPERIMENTS IN SOUND AND MUSIC was everything we could have hoped for. Uplifting, buoyant and transformative, it was a homage to sound, a homage to the humanity of sharing space, and a homage to openness, willingness, generosity and stamina.
24-HOUR-DRONE is an incredibly powerful, collective endurance exercise in listening up and blissfully sitting still that – honestly – approaches holiness. One of the best and deepest ways to spend a weekend!
Ben Seretan, artist
2019 Season Announce
We are excited to announce the first key dates and details for our 2019 season, celebrating our ninth season of programming with a genre-spanning array of film, music, art, literature and live performance throughout 2019.
