WEALTH OF [&&&] NATION

join s.j.a – founder & steward of the AMPERS&ND archive – as they (re)focus an intimate lens on the creative praxis of william greaves (1926-2014), the prolific experimental documentarian known to meld narrative across time, space, & cosmic threshold.

AMPERS&ND is an ongoing multimedia archive comprising audiovisual scores, cinepoems, performance lectures (&&& more), centered around the exploration of metacognition (thinking about thinking) and metacreativity (creative ways of creating). since its inception, the AMPERS&ND universe has been heavily influenced by / grounded in william greaves’ cinematic legacy, tracing creative roots back to his 1968 meta-documentary, SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE.

WEALTH OF [&&&] NATION amplifies old (&&& new) materials from both the AMPERS&ND & GREAVES archives, including excerpts from the inaugural episode of AMPERS&ND [sound machine] RADIO, a forthcoming radio special featuring conversation with artist & filmmaker liani greaves – granddaughter of william greaves & producer of the latest greaves family film, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM.