About
I am a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary conceptual artist, photographer, emcee, educator and instrumentalist. In 2010, I founded Brooklyn Wildlife, a creative arts incubator specializing in independent art and music. I host podcasts and interview series and have organized hundreds of live events and performances. I’ve spent twenty years playing music and have toured more than half the country. Along with Melissa Hunter Gurney, I co-founded the art space Gamba, the GAMBAZine publication, and Black Land Ownership. I lead Diversity and Inclusion workshops and developed Curating the Classroom to help schools deactivate systemic oppression.
I am intrigued by the history of cultural expression, power relationships, semiotics, post-modern sociological theory, and interpersonal dynamics. My work takes on themes of normalcy vs. deviancy, alternative culture, social inequality, and the metaphysically interstellar.
INTERVIEWS & PRESS
Turton, Jonathan. Brooklyn Wildlife: The NYC Collective Bringing the Club to your Living Room. Huck Magazine. September 25, 2018.
McEntee, Billy. Thursday Spotlight: Christopher Carr Continues to Foster Community Through Brooklyn Wildlife Summer Festival. Greenpointers. August 30, 2018
Bushwick Variety Show. Chris Carr: From Brooklyn Wildlife. Podcast Interview by Alec Stephens III. April 16, 2018.
Across the Margin. Podcast — Across the Margin: Into the Heart of the Gamba Forest. Host Michael Shields. April 18, 2017.
Across the Margin. The Parnhash Manifesto by Chris Carr. Jan 2, 2017.
Nomadic Press. Talking Interview Series: Melissa Gurney and Chris Carr. June 14, 2016.
Deming, Garett. Behind The Wildlife: An Interview with Chris Carr. Broken Glow. August 20, 2013.
EDUCATION
Morehouse College BA 2001 - Sociology (major) Psychology (minor) with a concentration in capitalism as an economic form, intellectual history and paradigmatic ideation.
Columbia University (2001-2003) - Medieval Studies MA. Thesis: ideological construction of orthodoxy and heresy during the medieval time period with a specific exploration of the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Franciscan Order during the 15th and 16th centuries.
Note: I left the program prior to completing my thesis due to family health issues.