• NEWS 1.6.10
    Next: labotanica presents
    Carlos Pozo: Tropical Depression
    Exhibition Opening: Friday 1.15.10, 6-8pm
    Tropical Depression is a four-channel audio installation accompanied by mixed-media collages. The audio piece will combine electronics with remixed
    and distorted music blended to create a submerged, aquatic, ambient environment. The collages are inspired by technical diagrams illustrating the path of hurricanes cutting across the Caribbean towards Texas.  The intent is to evoke a sense of dread, foreboding, and doom while still retaining the feel of a "tropical" paradise. The installation hopes to explore the idea of the tropics as a state of mind and the way hurricane anxiety ("tropical depression") affects the mental state of the inhabitants of hurricane prone areas. This work was inspired by disorientation and claustrophobia experienced during power outages after Hurricane Ike (2008) and a house flood during tropical storm. more
    Next: labotanica presents preview of
    A Moving Theater of Absolute Uniqueness
    Performance: Friday 1.15.10, 9pm, $5
    Curated by Y.E.Torres, this night of dance, performance, and improvisation influenced by belly dance will give you a preview of what you will see in A Moving Theater of Absolute Uniqueness. A Moving Theater of Absolute Uniqueness will be a curated, one-night event on Saturday, January 30th at Frenetic Theater which seeks to encourage unconventional performance that is influenced by contemporary belly dance. The event intersects  discipline-defying, breakthrough projects which challenge conventional ideas about movement, costume, installation and its application in performance. more
    Good bye 2009, Hello 2010
    Created in 2006, simply as a blog, labotanica has grown to include a burgeoning resource room, public projects, and a community-driven grants program. Based in Houston, Texas’ 3rd ward community as part of Project Row Houses’ Incubation and Residency Program, labotanica is a laboratory using flexible, open-ended formats to frame new dialogues and test out new ideas. We’ve come this far, but with very few resources it hasn’t been easy. Please consider giving a small contribution of $20 or what you can. labotanica is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Your donation to labotanica is tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. You can contribute online here or mail checks payable to Fractured Atlas to: PO Box 231603, Houston, TX 77223. Thanks in advance for planting the seeds for new dialogues, collaborations, & projects. 
    Photo credits:
    1. carlos pozo tropical depression
    2. y.e.torres and sandy ewen performing sineplex, photo by ed onecic
    3. labotanica's burgeoning resource room

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