Grace Wales Bonner

Grace Wales Bonner

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Devotional Sound

Grace Wales Bonner

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Enter into the world of “Devotional Sound.”

Project name

Devotional Sound

Collaborators

Solange

Brian Jackson

Laraaji

Category

Music

Fashion

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Born in Southeast London to a Jamaican father and English mother, Bonner is the founder of the menswear label WALES BONNER. She uses her mixed-race heritage as a defining influence, and her collections explore representations of Black male sexuality and identity through extraordinary craft.

Bonner created “Devotional Sound,” a sound healing event in New York that wove together mysticism, spirituality, and ritual across the Black Atlantic. She brought in Solange, Brian Jackson, Laraaji, Standing on the Corner, and others to perform. She and her creative collaborators used Dropbox to bring this immersive sensory experience to life.

“I’m interested in collaboration because it expands my vision of a space. I’m interested in a multiplicity of voices that can help me understand a universe.”

 - Pianist performing at a grand piano in a dimly lit indoor venue.Bassist playing upright bass in warm light, with blurred musician in foreground.

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