Tekcno Powwow Jr.2 : To the Second Power
Installation photo of Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always featuring artwork by Bently Spang (center, in glass vitrine).
Tekcno Powwow Jr.2 : To the Second Power is a multi-disciplinary performance artwork, a continuation of Tekcno Powwow Jr., a scaled-down version of the groundbreaking Tekcno Powwow performance series created by Northern Cheyenne artist Bently Spang. The Tekcno Powwow series is a cultural mash-up that, since 2004, has brought together multiple dance forms including powwow and break dance and powwow drum and DJ to explore how cultures interact and influence each other in the realm of creative expression. Bently Spang, is an internationally known artist, curator, educator and writer who works in a multi-disciplinary format that includes video, performance, installation, drawing, and mixed-media sculpture.
Bently Spang is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, curator, and educator. An enrolled member of the Tsitsistas/Suhtai Nation (a.k.a. Northern Cheyenne) in Montana. He works in a variety of media including video, mixed media sculpture, performance, photography, and installation. His work confronts and confounds the persistent, romantic, and inaccurate role crafted for Native peoples in the false narrative of "The West." His work has been exhibited and collected widely in North America, South America, and Europe.
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This event takes place on the Rutgers's Voorhees Mall, adjacent to the Zimmerli Art Museum. This event is in conjunction with the Zimmerli Art Museum exhibition, Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always.