National Sawdust Video Archives
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Mexican jazz singer and National Sawdust 2017-2018 Curator Magos Herrera, assembled an all-star cast of musicians, including Venezuelan pianist Edward Simon’s trio (with Adam Cruz, drums, and Joe Martin, bass) alongside Argentine musician Pedro Aznar, to create a tribute to Argentine singer-songwriter Mercedes Sosa, known as “The Voice of Latin America.” These musicians revisited some of Sosa’s most beloved hits, which spearheaded the rise of the nueva canción (new song) movement in Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s. See excerpts from the 2017 concert.
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Deja la vida volar
Magos Herrera brings together an international line up to celebrate the life and music of this extraordinary iconic singer that became a reference for Latin American music, Mercedes Sosa.
Gracias a la vida
Magos Herrera brings together an international line up to celebrate the life and music of this extraordinary iconic singer that became a reference for Latin American music, Mercedes Sosa.
National Sawdust Pre-Opening: Helga Davis
Lena Rudnick creates a film series to document the construction process of National Sawdust through live performance art. Featuring Helga Davis, Theo Bleckmann, and more.
National Sawdust Pre-Opening: Theo Bleckman
In the second installment of National Sawdust In Situ, a film series documenting the construction of National Sawdust through performance, Theo Bleckmann explores the space! The series, shot on location at the venue in Williamsburg Brooklyn, features artists performing on site while the venue was still under construction.
National Sawdust Pre-Opening: Cornelius Dufallo
In the third installment of In Situ, Cornelius Dufallo opens North 6th & Wythe to the electric violin. His looped tracks reverberate off the brick and offer the neighborhood a moment of wonder on a late afternoon in July. Directed and edited by artist Lena Rudnick.
National Sawdust Pre-Opening: Magos Herrera
In the fourth installment of National Sawdust In Situ, a film series documenting the construction of National Sawdust through performance, Magos Herrera explores the space! The series, shot on location at the venue in Williamsburg Brooklyn, features artists performing on site while the venue is still under construction.
