Skirball Salon: Kyle Abraham In Conversation

Kyle Abraham, Artistic Director of A.I.M, is a 2016 Doris Duke Artist Award recipient, a 2015 City Center choreographer in residence and a 2013 MacArthur Fellow. A.I.M (formerly Abraham In Motion) was born into hip-hop culture in the late 1970s and grounded in Abraham’s artistic upbringing in classical cello, piano, and the visual arts. Abraham’s work entwines a sensual and provocative vocabulary with a strong emphasis on sound, human behavior and all things visual.  

Carol Cooper is a New York-based journalist and cultural critic who has been reviewing music, books, film, and live performance for over twenty years. Her work has appeared in national and international publications including Actuel (Paris), The Face (London), Latin New York, The Village Voice, Essence, Elle, New York Newsday, Film Comment, and The New York Times. Her work has also been anthologized in following collections: Rock She Wrote, The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock, Brooklyn, Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough: Essays in Honor of Robert Christgau and Rolling Stone Press: The ’70s. Her own collection of music, film, book, and nightlife essays Pop Culture Considered as an Uphhill Bicycle Race is available internationally from Amazon.com. Ms. Cooper has also done short tours of executive duty in the music industry, serving as East Coast Director of Black Music Artists and Repertoire for A&M Records in the mid-’80s, and National Director of Black Music Artists and Repertoire for Columbia Records in the early ’90s.