The Propeller Group at James Cohan Gallery

Vietnam-based artists The Propeller Group make a surprising connection between brass bands in New Orleans and Vietnam in a mesmerizing video created for the New Orleans biennial, Prospect 3. Here, a funeral band wades into the Mekong Delta, making an elaborate journey as they accompany the dead toward the afterlife. (At James Cohan Gallery on the Lower East Side through May 15th).

The Propeller Group, installation view of The Living Need Light, The Dead Need Music (2014) at James Cohan Gallery, April 2016.
The Propeller Group, installation view of The Living Need Light, The Dead Need Music (2014) at James Cohan Gallery, April 2016.