Oscillation: (For a minute there, I lost myself) by Xaviera Simmons 
A collaboration with Jibade-Khalil Huffman

Thursday, December 18, 2008
7:30 – 9:00 PM
$15 ($12 members)
Advanced tickets on sale September 24, 2008. Please call 212. 299.7790 for reservations.

In her first work designed for theater, visual artist Xaviera Simmons combines audience interactivity, experimental electronic sound, photography, video, movement and text work. This world premiere event is a part of the artist's continued exploration into landscape, history, performance and play. Much of the inspiration of this work comes from Jibade-Khalil Huffman's newly published collection of poems, 19 Names For Our Band, from Fence Books, a look into youth culture and rock 'n roll.

Xaviera Simmons
Xaviera Simmons lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA from Bard College, N.Y (2004). In 2005 she completed the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program and a 2 year acting program with The Maggie Flanigan Studio. Her work has been exhibited at venues including The Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning; Art in General; The Studio Museum in Harlem; and the Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland. She received the 2008 Public Art Fund commission and the David C. Driskell prize from The High Museum of Art, Atlanta.

Jibade-Khalil Huffman
Jibade-Khalil Huffman is the author of 19 Names For Our Band (Fence Books, 2008), as well as the forthcoming chapbook, James Brown is Dead. His poetry, fiction, and photography have appeared in numerous publications, and awards include the Grolier Poetry Prize and fellowships from the Millay Colony for the Arts and the Ucross Foundation. Huffman he lives in New York where he is at work on a novel and a collection of short stories.

This performance is part of MIX: New Performance at MAD, curated by Steffani Jemison.