In his ongoing Run series, Jason Moran gives material presence to sound. To make these works, he tapes elongated pieces of paper, at times vintage player piano rolls from his collection, to the keys of a piano or keyboard. Capping his fingers with charcoal and dry pigment, he improvises music and the paper catches the movements of his playing. What results are imprints of piano keys, ripped surfaces, and accretions of black, blue, and sienna.
