Wesley Taylor
Complex Movements is a Detroit-based collective composed of graphic designer/fine artist Wesley Taylor, music producer/ filmmaker Waajeed and hip-hop lyricist/activist Invincible, creative technologist/ performing artist Carlos (L05) Garcia. Produced by cultural strategist Sage Crump, their multimedia performance and installation works explore the relationship between complex science and social justice movements.
Presentations from Facing Race 2014
Complex Movements: connecting social movements, creative expression, and science
An interactive workshop and dialogue about the connections between complex science and social movements, with a particular focus on the application in Detroit-based local community organizing efforts and how these may be applicable to other communities. The presenters will share insights into their collaborative creative project: Complex Movements' Beware of the Dandelions, and how creative and organizing processes can mirrors these ideas through hip-hop and multimedia installation based performance. Community participants are invited to explore how concepts of complex science in nature and technology can be applied to the practice of counteracting systems of oppression and building visionary community-led movements. Participants will be invited to explore how concepts of complex science in the natural world such as bird flocking, ant societies, and emergence theory can be applied to the community practice of counteracting racism, injustice, and all forms of oppression.