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.
Joan Jonas
Excerpt from They Come to Us without a Word II, 2015
Joan Jonas, performance still of They Come to Us without a Word II, 2015. Composer and performer: Jason Moran; director: Joan Jonas; video backdrops: Joan Jonas. Courtesy the artist. © 2018 Joan Jonas/Arts Rights Society (ARS) New York
They Come to Us without a Word II was commissioned for the 2015 Venice Biennale and marks the fourth collaboration between Joan Jonas and Jason Moran. Through the layering of materials and media, Jonas creates an immersive experience that combines ghost stories from Nova Scotia, mythology, ritual, and references to the fragility of nature. Moran composed music for the video components of the gallery presentation and improvised a score for the performance.