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Malik Gaines utilizes performance premise writing, events exhibitions, music composition, and video work to facilitate scholarly research collaborations. His book, 'Black Performance Outskirts Left: History Impossible' (2017, NYU Press), explores the circulation of black political ideas and performances from the sixties, earning a nomination for the Lambda Literary Award. He has written essays for art and performance journals, as well as for museum books and magazines. His current book-in-progress focuses on monumental art performances that challenge the limits of U.S. sovereignty. Gaines has worked with various collaborators since 2000, including Jade Gordon and Alexandro Segade in the group Barbarian. His work employs musical and theatrical techniques to address social challenges. He has presented at significant venues like the Whitney Museum in New York for a performance survey in 2021. Additionally, Gaines is a solo musician who explores contemporary themes through historic songbooks and serves as the co-artistic director of an opera company in Los Angeles. His music composition work includes 'Star Choir,' an opera about future humans attempting to colonize a distant planet.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).