www.laurenkalman.com

I am invested in using assertive and powerful performances of the female body in relationship to the built environment, wearable objects, and systemic power structures. I explore this territory through the lens of craft media. I am a former brass band musician and co-organizer of the Crash Detroit music festival.

Crash Detroit is a two-day street band festival that invites bands from around the country to perform in underused spaces and businesses throughout the city of Detroit.

Street bands are unamplified musicians who have the power to surprise and inspire their audiences, bringing life to the spaces where they perform. Crash Detroit brings this power to the city, encouraging the community to revel in the joyous sounds and movements found in street band culture and music.