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SUMMARY:“Hymns for Humanists”: Dessa on Religion\, Humanism\, and Artistic Inspiration
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed rapper\, singer\, and writer Dessa will speak on secularism and artistic inspiration during a public lecture and book signing on November 18\, 2021\, at 5:00 pm in Aaron Burr 219. \nRegistration is Required – REGISTER HERE \nSinger\, rapper\, and writer Dessa has made a career of bucking genres and defying expectations—her résumé as a musician includes performances at Lollapalooza and Glastonbury\, co-compositions for 100-voice choir\, performances with the Minnesota Orchestra\, and top-200 entries on the Billboard charts. She contributed to the #1 album The Hamilton Mixtape: her track\, “Congratulations\,” has notched over 16 million streams. As a writer\, she’s been published by The New York Times and National Geographic Traveler\, broadcast by Minnesota Public Radio\, and published a memoir-in-essays (My Own Devices\, 2018) in addition to two literary collections. As a speaker\, Dessa has delivered keynote speeches and presentations on art\, science\, and entrepreneurship; guest lectures at universities and colleges across the US; and a TED Talk about her science experiment on how to fall out of love.  She’s also the host of Deeply Human\, a podcast created by the BBC and American Public Media. Dessa has been covered by Pitchfork\, Forbes\, and The Wall Street Journal amongst others. The LA Times says she “sounds like no one else.” NPR’s All Songs Considered calls her “a national treasure.” On the stage and on the page\, Dessa’s style is defined by ferocity\, wit\, tenderness\, and candor. \nDessa will  speak on secularism and artistic inspiration. Conventionally religious assumptions\, symbols\, and forms are often taken as synonymous with artistic inspiration\, now as ever. What role\, then\, do avowedly non-religious beliefs play in art? Moreover\, because of their ubiquity those conventionally religious/spiritual forms and symbols are always present as interlocutors for secularly-inclined artists\, as rhetorical symbols and as poignant foils. So\, how does that work? This event will be an opportunity to hear from an accomplished artist about\, to summarize it bluntly\, “doing art while not being religious.” \nEvent Sponsors:\nDepartment of Religion\, Council of the Humanities\, Lewis Center for the Arts\, Center for Culture\, Society and Religion
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/hymns-for-humanists-dessa/
LOCATION:219 Aaron Burr\, Princeton\, 08544\, United States
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