The program associated with the exhibition "Corps et âmes " pays tribute to contemporary artist Arthur Jafa by exploring the significant and intimate inspirations that define his work, through a sequence of exceptional concerts.
For one evening, the ghosts of the Paradise Garage, the iconic 1980s New York downtown nightclub and a major source of inspiration for the artist, resurface. Jafa’s video work The White Album (2018), with its close-up portraits, takes its structure from DJ sets and non-stop remixes interrupted by raw a cappella interludes by Larry Levan, the legendary resident DJ of the club.
Program
9:00pm: Victor Rosado
11:30pm: Lil Mofo
Sound system: Matéo Garcia
Access until 12:30am. Bar open and snacks during the evening.
Prior to the evening, a concert in tribute to Arthur Russell is presented in the Auditorium from 7:30pm to 9pm. Tickets for this concert on February 7 also include access to the Club party Victor Rosado (Paradise Garage special + Lil Mofo).
Victor Rosado (born 1964) was one of the DJs at Paradise Garage, the legendary New York club that operated from 1978 to 1987 and played a key role in the birth of garage house. From an early age, Victor Rosado played records at his neighborhood pool near Central Park. As a teenager, he became interested in club culture, regularly performing at the private parties of David Mancuso's Loft, an iconic underground New York venue, in the late 1970s. At the time, several New York dance clubs, catering primarily to a gay audience, opened their doors. In the early 1980s, Victor Rosado began performing at Paradise Garage at the special invitation of Larry Levan, who rarely shared the decks with others. At the Bourse de Commerce, he will offer a long set blending disco and house, with elements of pop, new wave, funk, and hip-hop.
Lil Mofo, a talented Japanese DJ based in Tokyo, offers carefully curated selections, playing dub and reggae records in intimate bars and weaving captivating techno into the clubs of the Japanese capital. She is known for her wide-ranging musical tastes, from obscure Jamaican sounds to New York house. She has released mixtapes on The Trilogy Tapes and do you have peace? For the Bourse de Commerce, she imagines a set in homage to Paradise Garage, a place she admires deeply.
