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LaJuné McMillian

LaJuné McMillian is a new media artist, and Creative Technologist creating art that integrates performance, extended reality, and physical computing to question our current forms of communication. McMillian has shown and spoke about their work at Pioneer Works, National Sawdust, Leaders in Software and Art, Creative Tech Week, and Art && Code’s Weird Reality. The artist was previously the Director of Skating at Figure Skating in Harlem, where they integrated STEAM and Figure Skating to teach girls of color about movement and technology. They have continued their research on Blackness, Movement, and Technology during residencies at Eyebeam, Pioneer Works, Barbarian Group, and Barnard College.

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January 15, 2025Guggenheim Museum

2025 YCC Artist Collaboration with LaJuné McMillianFor this year’s Young Collectors Council (YCC) Party, the artist will take over the iconic Guggenheim rotunda, making it an arena for a collective experience of “motion witnessing.” Syncing different technologies, McMillian will transform the environment into a fractalized universe liberated from limitations of space, time, and other constructs.

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February 2, 2024Jacob’s Pillow: YouTube

Inside the Pillow Lab: LaJuné McMillianFor this project, LaJuné McMillian is developing “Spirit and Child”, a series of prayers between Child and Spirit, presented as a live motion capture performance and installation. via YouTube

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September 22, 2023DiMoDA

DiMoDA 4.0: Dis/Location Performances: Spirit and Child by LaJuné McMillianSpirit and Child is a series of prayers, poetic exchanges between the characters of Child and Spirit that are presented as a live motion capture performance and installation. A healing ceremony unfurls as Child extends gratitude to Spirit for holding them through times of struggle and abandonment.

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August 15, 2023Jacob’s Pillow

Pillow Lab: LaJuné McMillianLaJuné McMillian earned a residency at Jacob’s Pillow, which takes place November 8 – 19, 2023. Their work will be on view November 18, 2023 in Brooklyn.