ADINKRAHENE is an interactive cultural sound installation  Marcus Brown created for JAMNOLA’s New Orleans art maze.

Adinkrahene uses sounds and samples created by musicians who play an integral role in New Orleans musical culture and legacy. 

Musical artist Khari Allen Lee created soulful saxophone sounds for  Adinkrahene.

The Adinkrahene is an Adinkra West African symbol meaning King of Adinkra symbols and is a symbol of leadership and charisma.   are created by 

Adinkrahene uses  Marcus Brown's signature proximity technology allows our body’s electrical conductIve properties to trigger sounds. This was further developed by Brown in an effort to make the piece safe to use in our new Covid-19 era.

Have fun and be safe!

HUMS II  (Human Universal Musical Sculpture) an interactive sound sculpture uses your human electricity to tigger sounds. The concept and science that connects all beings regardless of gender, race and class. The HUMS II proximity technology uses our body’s electrical conductIve properties to trigger sounds created by musical artists from the region. The purpose of the HUMS II sculpture is to connect through play and fun interaction. 

To create sound the place center of your palm one to four inches away from the silver metal areas. Coming to Downtown Biloxi soon. Part of the  Biloxi Public Art Project.

Passage is an optional interactive experience meant to educate the public about the treatment of African slaves brought to the port of New Orleans during the 18th century. Geotagged on the port of New Orleans Moonwalk behind Jackson Square. Passage sits in the location of wharves formerly used for the unloading of goods and human cargo. More information coming soon....

TOUCH THE BLACK IS AN INTERACTIVE SOUND SCULPTURE THAT DEALS WITH THE ISSUE OF BLACK GENOCIDE IN AMERICA.

 TOUCH THE BLACK IS A CRY FOR REEXAMINATION INTO THE MURDER OF FERNANDO CASTILLO GEORGE FLOYD AND MANY OTHERS. 

ARTIST: MARCUS BROWN

MATERIALS :CARVED LIMESTONE AND NEW MEDIA CREDITS

AUDIO: CNN/DIAMOND REYNOLDS AND POLICE DASH CAMERA FROM THE KILLING OF PHILANDO CASTILE FOOTAGE AUDIO FROM THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD.

"AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN AND BOYS ARE 2.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS TO DIE AS A RESULT OF INTERACTION WITH POLICE, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY OUT OF RUTGERS UNIVERSITY." 

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‘HUMS’ combines both visual art and music through the sculptures hands-on components. “To me, it adds a layer of like soulfulness to a project, you know. Like it’s great to have visual things, but this is also something that I can see somebody who’s blind appreciating,” said Brown.

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