Jason Moran
Sept 20, 2019–Jan 5, 2020
Collaborations
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Collaboration has been central to Moran’s experiments, and among the many artists with whom he has collaborated include The Bandwagon (Tarus Mateen and Nasheet Waits), Stan Douglas, Lizzie Fitch, Theaster Gates, Joan Jonas, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, Ashland Mines (Total Freedom), Alicia Hall Moran, Adam Pendleton, Adrian Piper, Lorna Simpson, Ryan Trecartin, Kara Walker, and Carrie Mae Weems.
Jason Moran and The Bandwagon (Tarus Mateen and Nasheet Waits), Alicia Hall Moran, and Adrian Piper
Excerpt from Milestone, 2005 and 2007
Jason Moran and The Bandwagon (Tarus Mateen and Nasheet Waits) with Alicia Hall Moran and Adrian Piper, performance still of Milestone, 2005 and 2007. Performed at the Cullen Theater, Wortham Center, Houston, February 10, 2007. Commissioned by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; courtesy the artists. Director: Alicia Hall Moran; performers: Jason Moran and The Bandwagon (Tarus Mateen and Nasheet Waits), Marvin Sewell, and Alicia Hall Moran; video design: Brian Dehler; voice recordings: Adrian Piper. Photograph by Gene Pittman
This theatrical project, a collaboration between Moran and his wife and fellow musician Alicia Hall Moran, draws inspiration from The Mythic Being; I/You (Her) (1974) by Adrian Piper, a conceptual artist whose work investigates identity and society. Produced with his trio The Bandwagon (Tarus Mateen and Nasheet Waits, with guest guitarist Marvin Sewell) and Hall Moran, Milestone premiered in 2005. It includes video projections and recordings of Piper’s voice that were backed with original music compositions in an effort to upend the traditional concert formula.