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Music & Performance
Part of the series Turiya Rising Performance Series

Turiya Rising: The Day I Met the Sun

Step into the galleries of Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal every Sunday for special performances on a stage designed for the exhibition by artist GeoVanna Gonzalez. Each performance is presented in celebration of Coltrane’s legacy as a musical innovator and as an ode to her Sunday services at the Sai Anantam Ashram. 

In this concert, Devin T. Mays performs in collaboration with Bill Harris and Gerrit Hatcher.

This event takes place inside of the galleries, and seating is strictly limited. To attend this performance, tickets will be issued on a first come, first served basis. Ticket line will queue outside of the Alice Coltrane galleries starting at 4PM. Entry is not guaranteed.

Bios

Devin T. Mays (b. Detroit, MI) works with sculpture, installation, performance, and pictures to locate the seen, unseen and understood. His literal use of the temperamental and temporary is an attempt to work with the materiality of everything and nothingness. The materials being used in his practice do not always present themselves as anything more than what they appear to be. There is not always a physical transformation at the hands of his facilitation. He often refers to his interdisciplinary practice as a practice-in-practice, a place for things to become Things. He has exhibited and performed at Martin Janda, Vienna; The Renaissance Society, Chicago; Neubauer Collegium, Chicago; gta exhibitions, Zürich; Sweetwater, Berlin; F, Houston; SculptureCenter, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago among others.

Gerrit Hatcher (B. Boston, MA) is a Chicago-based tenor saxophonist. Hatcher's work approaches free jazz as an experimental as well as historical practice, employing free improvisation, original composition, and foundational repertoire. Hatcher founded his imprint Kettle Hole Records in 2019; in addition to his releases there, he has released work on Aerophonic Records, Amalgam Music, JAKI Records, Astral Spirits, No Index and The Bridge Sessions. Hatcher has performed at The Renaissance Society (Chicago), Unda.m. 93 (Chicago), The Logan Center for the Arts (Chicago), Studio Grez (Brussels), Paviljoen Ongehoorde Muziek (Eindhoven), Downtown Music Gallery (New York), iBeam (New York), Constellation (Chicago), and Experimental Sound Studio (Chicago), amongst other venues. 

Bill Harris is a percussionist, improviser, and audio engineer in Chicago. He also operates and produces for Amalgam, a Chicago-based  label and collective, and co-operates Chicago recording studio Marmalade. Bill is a prominent Chicago-based percussionist, improviser, audio engineer, and curator working in areas of improvisation, jazz, noise, rock, and bluegrass. Presented both nationally and internationally, Bill's work focuses on a number of dedicated groups, ad hoc groups, and solo work, with over three decades of experience studying, practicing, and creating music. He has recorded three solo records: MACRODOSE (2024), Blinking Glue (2022), and ONOMAT (2021).
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Ticketing: This free program is not ticketed. Limited seating in gallery will be available on a first come, first served basis.
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