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Marc Bamuthi Joseph/The Living Word Project
My work changes,
but philosophically my goals do not.
Aesthetically
urban, pedagogically Freirean, I derive personal performed narratives out of
interdisciplinary collaboration. This
work as writer and performer reflects an
evolving aesthetic that integrates spoken word poetry with contemporary
movement to birth a new theatrical form based on hip hop aesthetics.
The approach is populist, intentionally
instructive, and demonstrably experimental in terms of literacy and literary
form.
The aesthetic is principally
non-European or "alt-white," which is to say that I challenge models of
classicism from both cultural and environmental perspectives.
I seek to create space for ritual magic AS
performance, and also ritual magic IN performance.
I EXPLICITLY seek to present art that reflects
and inspires transformation on personal and collective levels, and that
constructs safe space for this transformation to take place.
downloads
- Word Becomes Flesh Press Reviews
- Word Becomes Flesh Press Kit
- red, black & GREEN: a blues Press Kit
- red, black & GREEN: a blues Press Reviews PDF
- A Rite to Heal by Shannon Jackson
links
- Marc Bamuthi Joseph on Great Day Houston
- Marc Bamuthi Joseph on KQED First Person
- Houston Chronicle Article
- San Francisco Chronicle Review
- 2011 Alpert Award in the Arts
- UTNE Reader: Less About Green, More About LIfe
- The Root Interview
- S.O.S. Video - red, black, and GREEN: a blues
- Theaster Gates' website
- LIFE is LIVING website
- John Stoehr blog response to the break/s
- Youth Speaks website