Carl Hancock Rux
Carl Hancock Rux (/ˈrʌks/) is an American multidisciplinary artist, historian and social activist. The author of a collection of poetry, Pagan Operetta, a novel, Asphalt and the play Talk, he is also a musician, having recorded several albums, singles, and mixed tapes since the release of his Sony 550 debut, Rux Revue.
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Rux in concert, 2018 | |
| Born | Carl Stephen Hancock March 24 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, singer-songwriter, director, actor, performance artist, visual artist, radio host. |
| Period | 1989-present |
| Literary movement | Afro-Futurism, speculative and dystopian fiction, alternative music |
| Notable awards | Alpert Award in the Arts, NYFA Prize, Village Voice Literary prize, Obie Award, Bessie Award |
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Rux's mixed media works have been included in the Uptown Triennale at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery Park Avenue Armory and at the Frieze Art Fair at London's Serpentine Gallery. Rux also created the lead role in Bernice Johnson Reagon's The Temptation of St. Anthony, directed with set design by Robert Wilson, and costumes by Geoffrey Holder, the first all-African-American opera to premiere at the Paris Opera.
Rux is co-artistic director of Mabou Mines, associate artistic director at Harlem Stage The Gate House, resident artist at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts where annually he conceives and stages its campus-wide Juneteenth festival, multidisciplinary editor at The Massachusetts Review and the former Head of the MFA Writing for Performance Program at CalArts where he continues to teach.