LONGFORM: Sanford Biggers Challenges Historical Amnesia
The "C" Files with Maria Brito on All Arts
11.01.2019
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“Part of what I do to eradicate that notion of historical amnesia is still to present some of those ideas, but creating a more nuanced way of looking at them.” — Sanford Biggers
Sanford Biggers (b. 1970, Los Angeles, CA) takes the notion of a multi-disciplinary artist to a whole new level, mixing every media imaginable including music, performance, social activism, quilting, video, painting, institutional critique, sculpture, photography, and more.
In this video, Biggers talks with Maria Brito for the first episode of her new show The “C” Files with Maria Brito on public television WNET’s new ALL ARTS platform. In a studio visit and tour of his Harlem neighborhood, including chats with restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson and jazz musician Jason Moran, Biggers talks about the inspirations for his work and how he has made the history and complexity of the neighborhood into an integral aspect of his practice.
From The “C” Files:
Maria Brito and artist Sanford Biggers discuss issues related to syncretism, black history, police brutality and the influences that jazz and hip-hop have had on Sanford’s multimedia practice. Then she meets Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman, co-founders of the collective For Freedoms, to discuss freedom in America, voting rights and art as a medium for participatory engagement.
