# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Performance & Project Launch: Joelle Mercedes and A.J. McClenon
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 09 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Sat, 09 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Celebrate the launch of the Troubled Waters Arts Archive with a night of performances by Joelle Mercedes and A.J. McClenonAbout this EventPerformancesLabratory (Mars): This iteration of Laboratory (Mars) by Joelle Mercedes continues with four core sound compositions that contemplate Lake Michigan, Roger Payne’s album Songs of the Humpback Whale (1970), and scholar Ochy Curiel’s discussion of the Dominican Republic and Haiti as entry points for colonization in the Americas. Laboratory (Mars) is constructed from various auditory textures: field recordings of nature, interviews, archival clips, personal field notes, and citations.VEGA & Ramo: This excerpt presents an iteration of an ongoing interdisciplinary performance project by A.J. McClenon, developed in collaboration with Zachary Nicol, and centered on the speculative figures VEGA and Ramo. The work mobilizes science fiction as a critical methodology to interrogate systems of containment, surveillance, and futurity.About Troubled Waters Arts Archive (TWAA):TWAA is a digital humanties project dedicated to housing ecological performance artworks by black artists. The archive is currently in its developmental stages thanks to support from Northwestern's HAT Lab and The BAC. Mercedes and McClenon will be joined by TWAA co-founders Junika Hawker-Thompson and Madeleine LeCesne for a post-performance Q & A.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/performance-and-project-launch-joelle-mercedes-and-aj-mcclenon/100001987346058559
- **Event Categories**: art
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Evanston
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Annie May Swift Hall
- **lat**: 42.0522864
- **long**: -87.67505609999999
- **full address**: Annie May Swift Hall, 1920 Campus Drive, Evanston, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Performance & Project Launch: Joelle Mercedes and A.J. McClenon being held?
  - **A:** Performance & Project Launch: Joelle Mercedes and A.J. McClenon takes place on Sat, 09 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Sat, 09 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Annie May Swift Hall, 1920 Campus Drive, Evanston, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Performance & Project Launch: Joelle Mercedes and A.J. McClenon?
  - **A:** Performance & Project Launch: Joelle Mercedes and A.J. McClenon is organized by Black Arts Consortium.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Performance & Project Launch: Joelle Mercedes and A.J. McClenon is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Evanston, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Performance & Project Launch: Joelle Mercedes and A.J. McClenon sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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