Ann Carlson

Ann Carlson is an interdisciplinary artist whose work involves solo performances, large-scale site-specific projects, ensemble-stage-based dances, and performance video. Her awards include a Creative Capital Award, a Doris Duke Award for Performing Artists, two American Masters awards, a USA Artist Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and a Fellowship from the Foundation for Contemporary Art. She also has had numerous awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and was the first recipient of the CalArts/Alpert Award in dance.

SINK OR SING is a series of public performances sited at locations vulnerable to coastal flooding, The central strategy features a local choir, perched on a platform on a body of water, performing a movement/vocal work while slowly sinking beneath the surface then re-emerging transformed. SINK OR SING seeks to embrace, reflect, and bear witness to the process of a communities’ coming to grips with the challenges and hopes of living on our ever-changing earth.