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.
Adam Pendleton
Excerpt from The Revival, 2007
Adam Pendleton, performance still of The Revival, 2007. Performed at Stephen Weiss Studio, New York, September 19, 2007. Musical direction: Jason Moran, Alicia Hall Moran, Vaneese Thomas, and Adam Pendleton; testimonials: Jena Osman and Liam Gillick; solos: Renee Neufville, Vaneese Thomas, and Clarissa Sinceno; recorded by ARUP. Commissioned by Performa 07. Courtesy the artist and Performa, New York. Photograph © Paula Court
Adam Pendleton’s The Revival, a live event featuring a twenty-eight-person choir, was co-directed by Jason Moran and Alicia Hall Moran. Imitating the style of a religious revival meeting, Pendleton recited a text he had composed in a methodical cadence, meandering through phrases about ethical and political values related to Black and gay life. He illuminated the space as he uttered “symbols,” or bits of everyday (and at times offensive) speech, which are common to the “dozens,” a game of spoken words aimed to insult. Moran played the piano and the choir would respond in a cappella “glory” after Pendleton’s verbal offerings. The overall project created a tension between the mundane, the sacred, and the profane.