Sanford Biggers April 16, 2009

Visual artist and musician Sanford Biggers' work examines the complex collisions between culture and commodity in contemporary society. For these evenings, Biggers presents a unique mash-up of improvised music, live video mixing and text. The choreography of a small ensemble of dancers casts geometric light patterns throughout the space. Drawing from ancient African and Buddhist spiritual traditions, Dadaist theory, YouTube music culture, and John Biggers' afro-futurist paintings, Biggers uses songs, symbols, and geometries to transform the mundane into the remarkable. These performances feature Biggers (keyboards, laptop), Mark Hines (video), Imani Uzuri (vocals), and Martin Luther (guitar and vocals), with several other guest performers.