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ARTIST RESUME
Malik Salaam
678.580.5631
[email protected]
Artist Statement
It is my prayer that somewhere within my talent there lives the ability to impact Black Men. I write through our eyes. My words come from the passion that can only be understood through the journey Black males experience on the trail to manhood- with all of its’ booby-traps and pitfalls. Our struggle is amazing… complex… and original. It has to be examined and celebrated… that is my mission.
Artist Resume
Publications
Art of War- News Article
Creative Loafing- 2003
What Your Eyes Cain’t See (anthology) - 2004
Goode Stuff Publishing – Atlanta, Georgia
Vandalism (poetry collection) - 2005
Auburn Clay Publishing- Atlanta, Georgia
Nosizwe (novella) – 2005
Auburn Clay Publishing- Atlanta, Georgia
Java Monkey Speaks (anthology) - 2007
Poetry Atlanta- Atlanta, GA
Film
Lost In the Rubble- The Docu-poem
Directed, Produced, and Wrote:
National Association of Television Arts and Science- Selected Screening
2006
Urban Media Maker’s Film Festival- Won Best Documentary
2006
Regal Cinefe 8- Theatrical Premiere
2007
Black Man Film Festival- Audience Choice Award
2007
Illumination Film Festival
2007
Theatre
The Block- 2001 (actor)
7Stages- Atlanta, Georgia
My Soul Untitled- 2002 (actor)
14th Street Playhouse- Atlanta, Georgia
Mental Tattoo- 2003 (actor)
14th Street Playhouse- Atlanta, Georgia
Borderline- One Man Stage Play
Writer, Director, and Actor:
Borderline- One Man Stage Play (excerpt for Emerging Playwright Series) - 2006
7Stages- Atlanta, Georgia
Borderline– One Man Stage (Premiere) – 2008
Atlanta Lyric Theatre- Atlanta, GA
Borderline- One Man Stage Play (Encore) - 2008
Atlanta Lyric Theatre- Atlanta, GA
Television
American Music Makers- Black History Celebration
2002
Russell Simmon’s HBO Def Poetry Jam- Season Finale
2003
PSA for Center for Disease Control- Aids Awareness (aired nationally, and in Cuba and Sudan)
2004
Robert Townsend’s Black Family Channel- Spoken
2005, 2006
BET Lyric Cafe
2007
Discography
Lost in The Rubble- Spoken Word- Voted Best CD Atlanta Under-Grammys
2003
Conferences/Festivals/Lectures
National Poetry Slam- MooreEpics Team Member
2001
Southern Poetry Conference- Organizer, Workshop Facilitator, and Panelist
2004, 2005
Congressional Black Caucus- Panelist (along with Rev. Jesse Jackson and Armstrong Williams)
2007- Washington, DC
National Spoken Word Festival- Feature
2007, Oakland, CA
Georgia State University- Introduction to Black Psychology- Lecturer
2008- Atlanta, GA
Clubs/Organizations
The Sanctuary Literary Cafe- Owned and Operated
2007- Atlanta, GA
Colleges/Universities
Georgetown University, University of Maryland, Georgia Tech University, Agnes Scott College, Indiana University, University of Louisville, Morehouse College, Spelman College, Tuskegee University, Knox College, Xavier University, Alabama A& M, Long Island University, Georgia State University, Clark Atlanta University, and many more.
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She: Kim "kimotion" Caldwell
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"kimotion", which is a play on words to describe the quiet riot she invokes when she speaks is a Louisiana native who cut her teeth in the same "open mic" scene that groomed HBO Def Poets Malik Salaam, Amir Sulaiman, and Georgia Me. She exemplifies grace and dignity in her quiet demeanor.
However quiet, her demeanor is no indication of the riot brewing inside. She is a walking, talking dichotomy... She is soft and sensual and intellectual and honest and loving and... she brings all of that into her stage performance. She speaks to the woman, for the woman, and the girl inside.
"kimotion" has released two a capella collections of her poetry - the first entitled griot...why i write and the second entitled black butterfly.
Kim has penned an eclectic mix of poetry, personal journal entries and email conversations entitled ramblings, rantings and lamentations : from the collective consciousness of black women.
Also a photographer, Kim is traveling the world documenting the homeless for a body of work that with intertwine the mediums of photography and poetry to produce A Place To Lay My Head. Not to be limited, Kim also has produced a line of wood burned purses and is currently working on a fashion line named nnuendo...
