September 22, 2023 - September 30, 2023

Scott Grooves: After the Dance

Red Door Digital

After the Dance features six installations that delve into experimental expressionism in the realms of both visual arts and electronic music. Grooves' installations serve as a profound personal response to the pervasive capitalist-driven culture while also drawing inspiration from Afrofuturism. Through these thought-provoking explorations, the artist reflects on the impact of consumerism and creates a captivating visual dialogue that engages viewers with societal and futuristic themes.

Scott Grooves
Alldee People
2023
Acrylic and pigments on plastic
$250 USD 

Scott Grooves
Alldee People
2023
Acrylic and pigments on plastic
$250 USD 

Scott Grooves
Alldee People
2023
Acrylic and pigments on plastic
$250 USD 

Scott Grooves
Alldee People
2023
Acrylic and pigments on plastic
$250 USD 

Scott Grooves
Alldee People
2023
Acrylic and pigments on plastic
$250 USD 

ABOUT SCOTT GROOVES

Sgart, known in the music world as Scott Grooves (born 1969), is a Detroit-based artist and musician who seamlessly combines music and elements of industrialism to create captivating immersive experiences and artworks. Renowned for his contributions to jazz, electronic music, and balancing man with the machine; the organic with the synthetic.

Since the early 2000s, Grooves has established himself as a fiercely independent artist, primarily releasing music on his own labels: Natural Midi, Modified Suede Recordings, and From The Studio of Scott Grooves. His most recent drop, ‘E2E4 Reframed’, is a live reimagined cover of the immortal classic from 1984.

Grooves was included in an inclusive seventy-artist exhibition titled Motion, curated by Roula David at Spotlite, Detroit. In May 2023, he made his debut as an artist in residence at FILTER Detroit, the artist residency and contemporary art platform established in 2010 to promote collaboration among residents, neighbors, and the city of Detroit. The exhibition titled Free Jazz, curated by Kerstin Niemann, showcased Grooves' unique artistic style, which involves incorporating mass-produced materials from consumer culture and giving them their own distinct language. 

For his second solo exhibition After the Dance, curated by Elysia Borowy at the underground artist space Red Door Digital, Grooves crafted six installations that delve into experimental expressionism in the realms of both visual arts and electronic music. Grooves' installations serve as a profound personal response to the pervasive capitalist-driven culture while also drawing inspiration from Afrofuturism. Through these thought-provoking explorations, the artist reflects on the impact of consumerism and creates a captivating visual dialogue that engages viewers with societal and futuristic themes.

We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of Jen Lyon of Red Door Digital and Mean Red for their support and Alia Benabdellah, Ph.D. for her scholarship and thought leadership. A special thank you to Anthony J. O. Morin for his support on the installation. 

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