Spiral Body is a multimedia art collective by Japanese poet and multimedia artist Mami Takahashi and American sound/installation artist Adrian McBride.
Focusing on sound as a format of art, Spiral Body explores the meaning of presence, place, and time through a multidisciplinary approach.
Adrian McBride
Adrian McBride (St. Louis, MO) is a musician and sound artist currently based in Portland, Oregon USA. McBride received BFA in Integrated Arts and Creative Writing from Bard College, and has been performed in the U.S and internationally, including at the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A; Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland Oregon, U.S.A.; Monkey Town, Brooklyn NY, U.S.A; Flux Factory: Queens NY, U.S.A; Gallery gelegenheiten and Zvi HECKER, Berlin, Germany; Jardins Synthétiques Festival, Toulouse, France.
Mami Takahashi
Mami Takahashi is a multidisciplinary artist from Tokyo, currently resident in Portland, Oregon. Using poetry, performance, visual art formats, and urban intervention, her practice explores the complexities of being an Asian woman living in the US.
Previous exhibitions and performances have taken place at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR; San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco; DANK Haus, Chicago, IL; The International Museum of Art, El Paso, TX; Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Canada; Gwangju Folk Art Museum, Korea; Instituto Municipal del Arte la Cultura, Mexico and Toriizaka Art Gallery, Tokyo, among other venues. She holds an MFA from Portland State University and a BFA from the Joshibi University of Art in Japan. Takahashi is a recipient of the Ford Family Award for the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art residency.
For more information, please visit Mami’s WEBSITE.