The Video Work of M. Lamar

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The Video Work of M. Lamar M. Lamar (bio) [End Page 78] Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 1. Trying to Leave my Body 1. Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 2. Trying to Leave my Body (noose). Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 3. Death and the Overseer. [End Page 79] Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 4. Death and the Overseer II. Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 5. Badass Hegel (Whipcracker III). Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 6. Whip Cracker. [End Page 80] Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 7. The Whip Crackers. Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 8. Yo My Cracka (Whipcracker III). Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 9. Yo My Cracka (Whip Cracker IV). [End Page 81] Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 10. Yo My Cracka (Whip Cracker III). Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 11. Yo My Cracka (Overseer I). Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 12. Yo My Cracka (Overseer II). Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 13. Yo My Cracka (Death and the Overseer). [End Page 82] Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 14. Carrying I. Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 15. Carrying II. Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 16. Carrying III. Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 17. Carrying IV. [End Page 83] Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 18. Grave Rising [End Page 84] M. Lamar M. Lamar is a composer who works across opera, metal, performance, video, sculpture, and installation to craft sprawling narratives of radical becomings. Lamar holds a BFA from The San Francisco Art Institute and attended the Yale School of Art, sculpture program, before dropping out to pursue music. Lamar's work has been presented internationally, most recently at The Cloisters at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Funkhaus Berlin, Germany; Kunstgebäude, Stuttgart; The Meet Factory in Prague; National Sawdust, New York; The Kitchen, New York; MoMa PS1's Greater New York; Merkin Hall, New York; Issue Project Room, New York; The Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco; Human Resources, Los Angeles; Wesleyan University; Participant Inc., New York; New Museum, New York; Södra Teatern, Stockholm; Warehouse9, Copenhagen; WWDIS Fest, Gothenburg and Stockholm; The International Theater Festival, Donzdorf, Germany; Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York; Performance Space 122, New York; and African American Art & Culture Complex, San Francisco; among others. Copyright © 2020 Wayne State University Press