FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Low Lives, presented
by FiveMyles
in Brooklyn,
Diaspora Vibe Gallery in Miami,
and labotanica in Houston in partnership with Project Row Houses
Saturday, August 8,
2009, 6 – 9pm (EST)
Contact:
Jorge
Rojas, Curator
(Brooklyn, Miami, Houston)-
Low
Lives is a one-night exhibition of live performance-based
works
transmitted via the internet and projected in real time at three venues
throughout the U.S.-- FiveMyles,
Brooklyn; Diaspora
Vibe Gallery,
Miami; and labotanica,
Houston in partnership with Project
Row Houses
(5 – 8 pm in Houston). Low Lives examines
works that explore the
potential of performance practice presented live through online
broadcasting networks. These networks, though seldom utilized for
performance art, provide a new alternative and efficient medium for
presenting and viewing performances.
Curated
by Brooklyn-based artist and curator, Jorge Rojas, Low Lives embraces
works with a lo-fi aesthetic such as low pixel image and sound quality,
contributing to a raw, DIY and sometimes voyeuristic quality in the
transmission and reception of the work. The artists and artist
collectives participating in this exhibition will transmit their
performances from countries including Argentina, Austria, Canada,
England, France, Germany, Macedonia, Mexico, United States, Vietnam and
Wales.
“Low
Lives is about not simply the presentation of
performative gestures at
a particular place and time but also about the transmission of these
moments and what gets lost, conveyed, blurred, and reconfigured when
utilizing this medium,” states Curator Jorge Rojas. Rojas, whose
artwork has increasingly involved performative elements, proposed this
exhibition to FiveMyles, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, and labotanica because
of their commitment to experimental art and framing local and
international art-making.
Artists
include Abby Donovan; Adam Trowbridge; Amanda Alfieri; Bishop Bishop;
Carlos Rodal; Carol & Jonas Pereira-Olson; Carolina Vasquez
&
Bethan Marlow; Caroline Boileau; Danielle Abrams; Denise Prince; Eden
Mazer & Rachel Frank; ErikAndTheAnimals; Eseohe Arhebamen /
edoheart; Flounder Lee; Franko B; Fred Koenig; Genevieve Erin O'Brien;
Igor Josifov; Inge Hoonte & Michelle Tupko; Javier A. Lara,
Rose
DiSalvo, Chris; Jeanne Jo; Joe Nanashe; Johanna Reich; Kelly
Kleinschrodt; Kenya (Robinson); Mark L. Stafford; Profesor Bazuco;
Robert Crosse; Rosamond S. King; Rotliebend: Johanna Bruckner &
Melissa Steckbauer; Sergio Lamanna; Y. E. Torres (ms.YET) &
Sandy
Ewen.
The exhibition will take place
at the following locations: FiveMyles,
558 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, NY; Diaspora Vibe Gallery, 3938 North
Miami Ave, Miami, FL; and labotanica in partnership with Project Row
Houses, 2521 Holman, Houston, TX.
For
additional information on this exhibition, please contact Curator,
Jorge Rojas at keoqui
(at) gmail dot com. High resolution photos available upon
request.
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