Music Was Free... 

Music Was Free... was created by "A Generous Act" participants Lucinda Chua & Sean Carpio. This film synthesises an interview of significant local African-American sculptor Thaddeus Mosley with influential photographs of jazz greats by the renowned Pittsburgh photographer Teenie Harris.

In Music Was Free..., Mosley - a jazz aficionado - discusses the Harris photographs which depict musicians performing in clubs and dance halls of Pittsburgh's Hill District - the musical centre during the golden age of jazz. These photographs act as a catalyst for a broader discussion relating to Pittsburgh's jazz history and the jazz scene that evolved in the Hill District during the middle of the last century. Carpio and Chua arranged a percussive interpretation of a segment of this interview into this film.

- Mark Garry
Curator in Residence, The Mattress Factory 2010.

Music Was Free... 
Video Installation, 2010

Music Was Free... 
Installation at The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh

Music Was Free... 
Installation at the Limerick Art Festival

Music Was Free... 
Image Left: The Savoy Ballroom photographed by Charles "Teenie" Harris
Image Right: The Savoy Ballroom photographed by Lucinda Chua