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Complex Movements standing inside a dodecahedron pod installation covered by projected grid lines. (Members R to L, Wesley Taylor, Sage Crump, Carlos L05 Garcia, Waajeed, and ill Weaver/Invincible).

Photo by Doug Coombe.

Artists

Complex Movements

Wesley Taylor: He // Him // His
ill Weaver: They // Them // Theirs
Waajeed: He // Him // His
Carlos L05 Garcia: He // Him // His
Sage Crump: She // Her // Hers

Interdisciplinary Art and Organizing Collective

Detroit, Michigan

Complex Movements is a Detroit-based artist collective supporting the transformation of communities by exploring the connections of complex science and social justice movements through multimedia interactive performance work. Their creative projects are inspired by the writings, philosophy and experience of Detroit-based activist Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015) and grassroots organizing in Detroit.

Complex Movements is comprised of fine artist, designer, animator, curator, lyricist, professor, Wesley Taylor; artist, designer, and engineer, L05 (Carlos Garcia); lyricist, organizer, and filmmaker, ill Weaver; creative producer, artist, cultural strategist Sage Crump and Waajeed, who is a music producer, sound designer, and filmmaker. Collective members have expertise in fields of animation, creative technologies, performance, installation arts, design, and music production. Each member has spent years honing and evolving their craft, and has been collaborating on various projects for over a decade. Complex Movements' work moves beyond call and response into a regenerative dialogue between artistic methodologies and communities.

Donor -This award was generously supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

This artist page was last updated on: 07.11.2024

Video documentation of Beware of the Dandelions by Complex Movements, 2016. Detroit.

Video by The Right Brothers.

<em>Beware of the Dandelions</em> by Complex Movements, 2016.

Beware of the Dandelions by Complex Movements, 2016.

Photo by Doug Coombe.

<em>Kites on Kites</em> by Complex Movements, 2018. In collaboration with Siwatu-Salama Ra.

Kites on Kites by Complex Movements, 2018. In collaboration with Siwatu-Salama Ra.

Photo by Complex Movements.