Maren Hassinger

Ulysses Jenkins composed "Dream City" from documentation of a twenty-four-hour performance he organized in collaboration with David Hammons, Maren Hassinger, and Senga Nengudi. A discordant, absurdist, and poetic montage, the video weaves together jazz and punk shows, recitations by Jenkins, and shots of the Los Angeles skyline and oil wells to comment on power and nation in the early years of Ronald Reagan's presidency.

This is the story of my Father’s family. All the past washes downriver, leaving debris as in the wake of a terrible flood.

Part 3 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Vanities" was performed for the camera.

Part 1 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Diaries" documents daily activity.

In Daily Mask (2004), Hassinger embodies the narrator caught behind the minstrel's (a racist cultural stereotype) mask. - LeRonn P. Brooks

In Legacy (2006), a thirteen-minute video projection of various words and phrases which relate to the African-American experience, Hassinger collapses present-day perceptions with a critical eye on the past history. - Shannon Egan

Part 2 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Lives" documents how mothers and their children move similarly.

An impromptu choreography of housework, including rhythmic sweeping, dancing, moving around with plastic bags filled with clothing, and demonstrating a piece of art made of paper. - Lowery Stokes Sims and Archives of American Art finding aid.