http://www.epicnothing.org/work daily 1.0 2025-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1521731863352-9SP5GLOI004VURJ192ZV/20160420-JM-6901-Edit.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1540614460755-F0KDRB6YJR4FTQUYL5RN/4G5C5271.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1540654291841-5204IWXT6ARPXVD29XQ0/2012EOB0123005_new.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1556751740580-OKIIPLGZUAMCBVEK5CSZ/04_Mile-Long-OperaIwan-Baan.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1560876949161-GSQXX4TZFXI47BQ68QZJ/image-asset.jpeg Works - El Cimarron (2019) music by Hans Werner Henze directed by Zack Winokur Davóne Tines, bass-baritone Emy Ferguson, flute Jonny Allen, percussion Jordan Dodson, guitar (guest artist) John Torres, lighting design Carlos Soto, costume design Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, May 10 & 11, 2019 Hans Werner Henze's EL CIMARRÓN (The Runaway Slave) is a tour-de-force sonic onslaught based on the oral autobiography of Esteban Montejo, an Afro-Cuban slave who escaped bondage on a sugar plantation, survived in the jungle, fought for Cuban independence from Spain, and lived to tell about it all before dying at the age of 113. Henze's visceral score is a cry for freedom that transcends time and place—and a linchpin in Julia Bullock's vision for her season as Artist in Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 4 Musicians Chart 100 Years in the Life of a Runaway Slave - The New York Times “spellbinding…a true ensemble performance” - Financial Times “a searing portrait of a man sizing up slavery in all forms” - Musical America photos Stephanie Berger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1560899471531-HWAEKYUMJKP8Z8BKI3YI/_DSC6640Thumbnail%2B-%2BAP.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1560901904986-22GBHH8T1V34VET4SP38/04_2018OED100214.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1560905052192-RET4FQJONOO138R34WM8/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-06-18%2Bat%2B8.40.04%2BPM.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1561682293363-9W8NT61SNUZGMB2V28GE/IMG_2323.JPG Works - UR (2018) Residenztheater, Munich; premiere September 28, 2018 writer and director Sulayman Al Bassam set Eric Soyer + Anne Marcq costumes Carlos Soto music & sound design Tom Parkinson light Jean-Gabriel Valot + Eric Soyer dramaturgy Sebastian Huber production SABAB, Saif Al Areef + Natasha Freedman; Arab Fund for Art and Culture (AFAC) with Lara Ailo, Tim Werths, Hala Omran, Dalia Naous, Marina M. Blanke, Mohamad Al Rashi, Gunther Eckes, Bijan Zamani sound Matthias Reisinger; assistant direction Alias Emmert, Mirjam Loibl, Stefan Schweigert assistant set designer Leonie Wolf; assistant costume design Anna Gillis; additional costumes Virginie Gervaise assistant dramaturg Anna Gschnitzer; apprentice director Sara Stevanovic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1569607758048-MOEYC85T7LYAHRIHFGQR/Have+Mercy+on+Me+-+House+retouched.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1600185689213-5QUFV8HL6G6AR8H3ABCG/Solange_02.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1620847321144-AIVJX3FL2H13EBUMIOGK/WIGH.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1620847494110-XMXHLAVCZEWU2WLOGLVQ/656EF257-0505-4E00-867D-693298968766.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1620847957375-JCK6JBBI3B8AGEO94OZN/JULIA_BULLOCK_SBP05855_v1_current.jpeg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1620847999823-5M4XH2EBGO4OX6JJL7CI/469_180830_ART_BlackClown_MaggieHall_WEB-2.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1620848132083-3NBLKOOOX6ZFNOM4YXZM/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-06-18%2Bat%2B4.22.15%2BPM.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1620848190846-HSWOEP193QJERWMY7TA1/Solange_Chinati_Alex_Marks_2017-6.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1620848272915-GXHYEKE5SIHZYMFR5OHS/Radial%2BCourses%2B%28c%29Phinn%2BSriployrung-1.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1620848490068-66XGOL2GCICJFWVJU9FB/0CF299AF-5C1A-4CB6-8F18-7B36BD954C5B.JPG Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1620848689765-QXCM75IBM6DW6JL7SWR3/DSCF1968-2_2080.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1622756998384-6GJUFWCCVRMSEWKPAHT4/2020MESS1906a.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1622757049998-SOE3UVQLK83W7GCBGULW/SH-IBHASAN-31.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1632497582524-OV46AHNWV94HB1BRNEN7/MAS_0395.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1632495643045-43PER05V7NNEHWHHUDV0/01-03+2021PATIO091107R.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1636819400940-KIOIUPPK8OR7F3LQX1GH/26.+Shikeith_Performa-2021-Biennial_Photo-Walter-Wlodarczyk_89A3405+copy.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1642893678924-FR9SO2F1WIFB377OSCE0/hive+065_Clifford_Prince_KingEDIT.jpeg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1642894177687-NLXHOO02XR2Z8LEYHST0/OctaveApart-Live-NW-71EDIT.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1704314735745-1KL7UWERFYGYAFL02D6G/merlin_210709938_e9a85134-b362-4792-bade-57e7691b0c68-superJumbo.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1704316176884-KPD63R87CVOBTTYZJ8KO/BD+Dress+MKent-3.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1704317850233-4OWQSGTRKZDY5JI78TQ1/Intelligence+PD-292.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1704318262278-7993QURX9SEZUW2HHZTO/220805-094_ErinBaiano.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1704314927808-TDXPV3096G8AQFXQV5RY/0f252e53-7539-4365-91a5-51206431b2a3_Solange-VB-James%2BMollison-08.jpeg.jpeg Works - In Past Pupils and Smiles (2019) In Past Pupils and Smiles was performed on November 24, 2019, as the finale to the 58th Biennale di Venezia, in the Teatro alle Tese 2, Arsenale. Solange pursues an engagement with Black speculative thought by virtue of world-making. ”In Past Pupils & Smiles” meditates on the interrelations between aesthetics of the Self, the body and constructions of spatiality. We construct ourselves in relation to the spaces we imagine. It is by creating immersive landscapes that the artist expounds on Black womanhood. By reaching traditions of postmodern dance, minimalism, architecture and queer/feminist narratives; an interconnection with unrestrained presence and expression is conceived. The production was commissioned by Arts Council of England as part of Meetings on Art, the festival’s official public program, co-produced by the Delfina Foundation at the 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1704757934773-FT16PNOHE651S7IP4OU0/LYR230321_470.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1704759405471-LPPJEPI4O8KMTX9UUBHD/LAPhil20220717TN-0997.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1704761597102-7CTJ64GBBSVW9E4RLHJ2/screen+shot+2023-07-10+at+3.17.59+pm.PNG Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1704763614351-073FVYE206GAUU1SM3NS/Heart+of+Brick+4_pc+Fabian+Hammerl.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1704336328571-TQGMOWEJWDR9JIKNHQ22/BFA_38940_5465752.jpg Works - Eldorado Ballroom (2023) music series curated by Solange at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, March 30 - April 8, 2023 series curator Solange Knowles executive producer Adam Shore art & creative direction Solange Knowles for Saint Heron associate director Carlos J Soto set designer Carlos J Soto lighting designer John Torres featuring (in order of appearance) Kelela, Res, KkeiyaA, Maren Hassinger, Autumn Knight, Angélla Christie, Artina McCain, Voices of Harlem, Twinkie Clark & The Clark Sisters, Claudia Rankine, Linda Sharrock, Archie She, Amina Claudine Myers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1704997944665-C3IP4BCEJJI0O7UOCC6A/SH_00.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1706789675193-ALOF6L1BI6CUKK0PNOK2/05.02+Act+V.jpeg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1706811294020-ZJSFVQ8B7VRAP1AM7OIJ/IMG_2238.JPG Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1709942308192-7MH7N97NDPCC24LHFPIW/toscak_MB-9568.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1712176101314-DEF9QM9WYW2FA7N18A4M/JESL_2023_FG_00014005_Still014.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1742245443941-G1G77Z5OLDU6V69IONRZ/0072_SofiaNegron_GGF24_CalistoOpening.jpeg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1742246284944-D2WAUXU1X9G2FYVDGN4U/59_MAMA_Britton_and_the_Sting_Little_Island_Production_Photos_2024_HR_Final_Credit_Marc_J_Franklin.jpg Works - MAMA (2024) An evening of new music by Britton & The Sting, a funk liberation band created by Tony Award winning artist and advocate, Britton Smith. Created for Little Island, this sonic adventure embodies the transformative power of water, life, and connection. Little Island, July 24-28, 2024 created by Britton Smith performed by Britton & The Sting: Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere, Andrew Jagannath, Malachi Mabson, Tiffany Mann, Ines Nassara, Josh Roberts, Britton Smith co-directed by. Ebony Williams and LILLETH scenic design Carlos Soto costume design. Matsy Stinson lighting design Itohan Edoloyi sound Jordana Abrenica choreographer. Ebony Williams associate choreographer Christine Sheppard music director. Andrew Jagannath images Marc J Franklin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1742247548617-Z0TAMFYCVEQQFAGH7JJN/IMG_9003.JPG Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1742248602264-C0WY8XRCCITSZEROV3ZU/IMG_8655.jpeg Works - the seasons (2025) Boston Lyric Opera, March 12-16, 2025 music by Antonio Vivaldi based on The Four Seasons with additional arias and ensembles by Antonio Vivaldi libretto by Sarah Ruhl co-conceived by Anthony Roth Costanzo and Sarah Ruhl in collaboration with Pam Tanowitz and Zack Winokur choregraphed by Pam Tanowitz costume design Carlos J Soto lighting design John Torres hair and makeup Earon Nealy co-presented by ArtsEmerson images Nile Scott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/ee33b425-25c0-412a-8867-24f0a74c35d5/19cooper-hewitt-home-review-fvtc-superJumbo.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1748352622564-TQ0VVNSV64L2FNFWANR6/24-25_WEB_Robin+Hood+%C2%A9+Ine%CC%80s+Manai_DSCF6557.jpg Works - Robin Hood: A Beast Ballad (2025) For centuries, the legendary Robin Hood – the King of Thieves – and his mottled troupe of robbers have emerged from the forest wherever injustice has occurred, and have fought on the side of the weak and the oppressed. In times of corruption and avarice, he stands up to the authorities and distributes the spoils from his robberies among the poor. American director Wu Tsang, the group Moved by the Motion and author Sophia-Al-Maria are returning with a new reading of this story from the olden times: Robin Hood, a visually expressive and fantastical experience for children and adults that examines the political question of when theft can be just. Robin Hood is a story about the utopia of living together with each other and with nature in a just and respectful manner. It is a celebration of friendship and love – and it shows that we can fight for an alternative to our current ways of life. artistic direction Moved by the Motion (Wu Tsang, Tosh Basco, Asma Maroof, Josh Johnson) direction Wu Tsang movement direction Tosh Basco choreography Josh Johnson music Asma Maroof text Sophia Al-Maria stage design Nina Mader & Carlos Soto costume design Carlos Soto dramaturgy Joshua Wicke Production Schauspielhaus Zürich with the support of Stiftung Pro Helvetia, Schweizer Kulturstiftung / world premiere April 2025, Schauspielhaus Zürich photos Inès Manai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1633099447193-3P3NT3Z8YE07KUPESXGR/2021B6S0902.jpg Works - Bach 6 Solo (2021) music Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (BWV 1001–1006) concept Robert Wilson, Jennifer Koh direction, scenic and lighting design Robert Wilson choreography Lucinda Childs costumes Carlos Soto associate director Fani Sarantani associate scenic design Annick Lavellée-Benny associate lighting design John Torres with Jennifer Koh, violin; Alexis Fousekis, Ioannis Michos, Evangelina Random, Kalliopi Simou, Lucinda Childs, dance production Théâtre de la Ville-Paris; with the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels; with the help of Onassis STEGI; co-production Théâtre de la Ville-Paris — Festival d’Automne à Paris; with the participation of l’Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière AP-HP; in association with EdM Productions, Elisabetta di Mambro World premiere at the Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière, 3 September 2021 photos Lucie Jansch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1422117029062-VE3KXPHAD44KUMGYYQRR/Zinnias-web-thumbnail.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1422118424904-3H6A5HHSEZ9KPE589HSX/koh-01.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1434588773555-2NNRYP73LHK8BTJMSHK5/mg_2735-black.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1422121995667-TM9LF9PNK9OEHEZTSMLB/5927807854_b3da42fcc5_o.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1422133062502-7X80GVQHDVCXHJRC0HCR/GUGGENHEIM-GROUP-2.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1423516656081-AIMS1RDP56YUP1K9Z1SC/DONT+TRUST+ART+%28RED+CROPPED%29.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1423526787623-3WEDLIQDQ7J096AJG755/0719-tokyo-2014-cheik-d0581.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1423527368450-H23G3ASL7TCZWISBW0FB/IMG_0681-Edit-Edit-Edit.jpg Works http://www.epicnothing.org/groundcrunch daily 0.75 2015-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1422463538506-1TGK7JGYN63R3G7STYGP/5999298552_62a77c36b9_o-2.jpg I could hear the ground... (2011) - I could hear the ground crunch beneath my feet like crusted snow or glass or something The Watermill Center, 2011 performed by Jake Schlichting and Carlos Soto duration 2.5 hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1422463538506-1TGK7JGYN63R3G7STYGP/5999298552_62a77c36b9_o-2.jpg I could hear the ground... (2011) - I could hear the ground crunch beneath my feet like crusted snow or glass or something The Watermill Center, 2011 performed by Jake Schlichting and Carlos Soto duration 2.5 hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1422463532288-7HWVRCXMTWZ2V0QV9JUC/5998725649_215a74c611_o-2.jpg I could hear the ground... (2011) A single gesture that can loop infinitely. A person lies supine on a bed straddled by another person who repeatedly and slowly beats him over the head with a microphone. The amplifier is hidden behind the pillow so that the blow of the microphone creates a deafening bang followed by a sustained feedback. Periodically, Bach’s Variation 25 from Glenn Gould’s 1955 recording of The Well-Tempered Clavier plays softly. http://www.epicnothing.org/film daily 0.75 2019-06-18 http://www.epicnothing.org/about daily 0.75 2024-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c27397e4b0a0456db31737/1560903605275-6V3BJM1PHUX80MGFY95Y/Carlos+Soto+-+Self+Portrait.jpg About © 2019 Carlos Soto http://www.epicnothing.org/contact daily 0.75 2026-01-14