Collaborative work is a key element in performance, within and between teams attempting to articulate a singular or a collective vision. In the new world of hybridity, familiar terms such as "the play", "the concert", "the art exhibit", "the art installation", "the opera", "the film", and "the dance recital" are stretched beyond their original meanings as 21st-century artists attempt to present and/or explore new modalities of performance and production. Multidisciplinary collaboration is a necessity in order to thrive in an age of constant disruption, but multidisciplinary collaboration is only possible when leaders themselves invest in a careful study of linguistics, and semiotics; allowing creative artists to mirror (rather than emulate) form. This discussion attempts to introduce students to a variety of groundbreaking performative mediums (Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Modernism, etc.) as they are encouraged to employ their own artistic imaginations and explore new approaches to creativity as they devise and define new cultures of presentation and interrelated art forms.

Carl Hancock Rux is an American poet, OBIE award-winning playwright, recording artist, actor, essayist, novelist, radio journalist, theater & film director, and visual artist as well as a BESSIE award-winning frequent collaborator in the fields of dance and performance. His work has been presented globally on many stages, including The Paris Opera (Garnier); The Whitney Museum (Biennale); the Kennedy Center, and the newly reopened David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Collaboratively, he has worked with many artists including Bill T. Jones, Carrrie Mae Weems, and Nona Hendryx, among others. Mr. Rux is the co-Artistic Director of Mabou Mines (a multidisciplinary theater collective founded in 1970 by Lee Breuer, Phillip Glass, Ruth Maleczech, and JoAnne Akilitus, among others) and Associate Artistic Director of Harlem Stage. Mr. Rux is the former Head of the MFA Writing for Performance Program at the California Institute of the Arts, and has taught at Unuversity Iowa, Yale University, Brown University, Princeton University and Hollins University (among others).

Moderated and organized by Andie Berry.

The Arts Platform Fall 2022 theme is Staging a Revolution: Black Arts Now which explores the relationship between artistic expression, social justice, and politics during the contemporary Black arts movement that has exploded over the last decade. As such, we welcome presentations by artists, activists, curators, scholars, and other practitioners who are working toward and reimagining racial justice within the arts industries. While the course was born out of this boom in Black theater and arts, it is also interested in coalition-building across different identities and communities.

Hosted by Lang staff and faculty from the Department of The Arts at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School. All events are free and open to the public, but prior registration is required.

Zoom link will be sent in advance of the event.