The Weight of Detritus
30m, 2015-2018
Choreography, performance: Constance Humphries
Costume: Constance Humphries in collaboration with Genie Maples
Music: Zach Cooper
Zach Cooper
After escaping the the savage clutches of his native NYC, Zach Cooper has retreated to the warm slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, like many New Yorkers before him. While he continues to develop his personal craft and collaboration with Vic Dimotsis, as King Garbage, Zach has been keenly focusing the aperture of intention behind his music. Zach has fulfilled commissions for The New York Botanical Gardens, The Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, St. Michael’s College and Black Mountain College Museum’s {Re}HAPPENING among others. Zach has provided music for numerous short films and can be seen playing various instruments in bands like King Garbage, Free The Optimus, Searra Jade & The Jazzy Folk, STENCIL / MAGIC and various ensembles and orchestras. Zach has produced music for several independent Hiphop/RnB artists, including Thurmon Green, SK the Novelist, Mike Live and Grammy-nominated artist, Jogyo. Zach's music has been featured in such publications as Pitchfork, The Fader, SPIN, PASTE, XLR8R, The 405, Interview, Ibiza Space Magazine and on record labels such as RVNG Int'l, Styles Upon Styles, South Fork Sound, Last Night On Earth and Slanted Black. In 2010, Zach launched end fence, an all-digital free-label specializing in undiscovered, high-quality electronic music. End fence has helped to promote such artists as Archie Pelago, Doctor Jeep, Create Her and Zach’s own kuxxan SUUM moniker.