Michael Sakomoto + DJ Spooky: Work in Progress

Michael Sakomoto DJ Spooky
Presented in partnership with Texas Performing Arts

A unique integration of hip-hop mixology, new music, dance theater, and integrated media visuals, time/life/beauty is inspired by the music and artistry of legendary composer, musician, and activist Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952- 2023), whose long and varied career in multiple genres and media surpassed definition.This project channels the artists’ shared and distinct approaches to interdisciplinary performance, intercultural dialogue and social concerns.

Tracing Sakamoto’s creative, cultural and social concerns, the artists unpack and embody the nuanced connectivity among languages and forms of expression, environment, science and culture. How do shared languages form between creators and communities? How do individual and collective human behaviors influence ecologies small and large? What is the relationship between community, place and the larger environment over time?