June 18, 2010 at 12:14 am · Filed under Programs, School of Latitudes
School of Latitudes #1 at labotanica
Artists as Activators
August 17 – September 11
Applications due: July 15
Call for proposals for a four week creative residency in Houston, Texas. Applicants must live in the Houston area.
lat·i·tudes (noun) – freedom of action and thought; freedom from normal restraints, limitations, or regulations
labotanica is accepting applications for School of Latitudes, a four-week creative residency beginning in August 2010. Participants will be provided with practical tools to make art and develop new creative infrastructures in Houston through studio visits, workshops, lectures/ discussions by cultural leaders, movie screenings, collective readings, and field trips. The residency will culminate in an exhibition and publication documenting the start of these new projects.
School of Latitudes explores new approaches to creating and presenting art that are artist-driven, DIY, and that locate creativity in all sorts of environments and places. Individuals should submit proposals for new creative projects. These could be far-ranging such as new art of all media, publications, landscapes, new partnerships and organizations, new policies, but all must be rooted in the communities of Houston. The residency is not about completing these projects, but simply exploring, launching and testing out these ideas, all the while using labotanica as a hub to do this.
Applicants must commit to meeting 3 times per week on Tuesdays (6-9pm), Thursdays (6-9pm) and Saturdays (1-5pm) for the duration of the residency. Additionally, participating artists will present one public presentation to the community throughout the residency. Artists of all cultural and creative backgrounds are encouraged to apply. There is a $10 application fee and if accepted a $35 materials fee.
Jurors: Elia Arce, artist; Valerie Cassel Oliver, Curator at Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Jamal Cyrus, artist; Zoya Tommy, Director of PG CONTEMPORARY
Apply online at: www.labotanica.org/latitudes.html
labotanica is a resource and a laboratory. labotanica uses flexible, open-ended formats to frame new art forms and dialogues that are independent, bold, experimental and out of the box. labotanica is a pilot project within Project Row Houses’ Artist Residency & Incubation program.
labotanica
2316 Elgin (at Dowling)
Houston, Texas 77004
http://labotanica.org
la@labotanica(dot)org
open Saturdays, 1-5pm
More and information and to apply online at: www.labotanica.org/latitudes.html
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May 16, 2010 at 9:53 am · Filed under Programs, The Resource Room/ The I
Presentation of Unknown Factors: John Painter and Dalel Serda
April 9 – May 15, 2010
The I presents artist John Painter and writer Dalel Serda. John Painter’s sculptures Stole, Sheathed Comfort, and Crossed Orchid are the artist’s emotional response to the body in pain. Dalel Serda will write a lyric essay based on John’s life story that is the inspiration for the artworks. In addition is an interview between Painter and Serda.
Curated by Christina Summers, The I is the window space located within labotanica’s Resource Room that presents an artist’s work and an interview on their process. The I is the convergence between labotanica and greater community, and the artist and viewer. More
May 16, 2010 at 9:49 am · Filed under Programs, Public Projects
February 19, 2010- Endless Blinding Sunshine sound performance at labotanica, featuring live drone electronics. Closing reception for Tropical Depression, an exhibition of collages by Carlos Pozo at labotanica.
Tropical Depression images: http://carlospozo.com/tropdep
Endless Blinding Sunshine: http://pitchphase.com/ebs/
Endless Blinding Sunshine performance
May 16, 2010 at 9:38 am · Filed under Public Projects
Images from States of Exchange
February 26 – April 3, 2010
Participants used labotanica as a laboratory to make new works through collaboration. labotanica mediated the process of collaboration by presenting an evolving installation at labotanica, in which participants’ profiles were exhibited for potential collaborations; and collaborative works were developed in the space through conversations and art installations. and performance rehearsals. States of Exchange addressed the need to provide platforms and opportunities for local artists to dialogue, create, and present new works in Houston.
March 21, 2010 at 11:05 pm · Filed under labotanica Picks
Saturday, April 3, 2010, 8 pm
Tickets: $13 General, $10 Students
Everyone under 18 gets in for free
Tim Hodgkinson (UK) – lap steel guitar, electronics, saxophone, clarinet
Thomas Lehn (Germany) – Analogue Synthesizer
Roger Turner (UK) – drums, percussion
The British/German trio Konk Pack handles a gritty, writhing mass of electroacoustic sound/noise with the rare finesse and skill that one would expect from veterans of the European improv scene. Puckish and virtuosic, Konk Pack has created a music that is as detailed as it is massive. It is potent, thrilling, and completely unpredictable. Thomas Lehn manipulates his analogue synthesizer with an electrifying, kinetic physicality. Lehn’s background is as a pianist in both New Music and Jazz. His able pianism, obvious in live concert, is fused through the patchbay of his vintage synthesizer, warping and mutating into a something startling and alluring. A founding member of the legendary and radical art rock band Henry Cow, Tim Hodgkinson’s musical output is marked by versatility, creativity, and an intense work ethic. Hodgkinson’s work has encompassed improvisation, composition, activism, writing, lectures, and ethnomusicology. To Konk Pack, he brings a sense of musical precision and instability, elements that have roots in his political and cultural view of music-making. Both intense and nuanced in his approach, veteran drummer Roger Turner exemplifies the extremes of percussion in contemporary jazz and improvisation. A powerful presence behind the kit, Turner demands attention as he brings a roar to a whisper. He draws the listener in with intricate detail, and then drives them into a foot stomping beat or an irresistible swing groove. Turner was musically active in England’s pioneering rock and jazz scenes of the 1960′s and 70′s. In addition, he has extensive background in African music, film music, and theater. In the 1970′s, he made his mark in the important London free improvisation scene. The physicality of Turner’s performances is not easily forgotten. The strength of his personality projects a natural humor that is well-balanced by his focused intensity.
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/konkpack
http://thomaslehn.de/read/info_kp.html
http://www.thomaslehn.de
http://timhodgkinson.co.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Turner_%28musician%29
http://efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mturner.html
http://churchofgrob.com/Churchofgrob/CATALOG/Grob654/index.html
March 21, 2010 at 10:12 pm · Filed under Public Projects, labotanica News
Image by Daniel Adame, an artist in La Lengua Muerta
Daniel Adame
Chuy Benitez
Aisen Caro Chacin
Claudia Cruz
Tito-Fabian
Sebastian Forray
Jonathan Lopez
Angel Quesada
Stephanie Saint Sanchez
Alex Soares
Conceived and commissioned by Elia Arce
Gulf Coast Art Corridor and labotanica present La Lengua Muerta (The Dead Tongue) an exhibition of new works driven by private conversations about deciphering how Latin we still are. A group of uprooted and acclimating emerging artists are both subversively and romantically embracing classification as a point of departure to investigate their historical and current geography.
A group of uprooted and acclimating emerging artists have engaged in conversations with established curators,
critics and artists Surpik Angelini, Elia Arce, Margarita Cabrera, Aisen Chacin, Ruben Cordova, and Delilah Montoya to create works that both subversively and romantically embrace classification as a point of departure to investigate historical and current geography.
At the core of these dialogues lays the need to move beyond traditional categories of “Latin American Art” and to frame new definitions, visual languages and creative practices among these artists in Houston. La Lengua Muerta will yield visual and performance works to be as diverse (in form, subject, aesthetics, and influences) as being Latin American.
La Lengua Muerta La Lengua Muerta is a Gulf Coast Art Corridor project curated by Aisen Caro Chacin
La Lengua Muerta is a Gulf Coast Art Corridor project conceived and commissioned by Elia Arce, and supported by an Arts and Activism Exchange grant. Arce is currently an Artist-In-Residence at DiverseWorks supported by a New Voices Fellowship, a Ford Foundation Initiative.
La Lengua Muerta
Exhibition Opening: Friday, April 9, 2010, 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: April 9 – May 15, 2010
March 21, 2010 at 9:59 pm · Filed under Programs, The Resource Room/ The I, labotanica News
Image of interview between artist, John Painter and writer, Dalel Serda, as part of Presentation of Unknown Factors
The I at labotanica presents Presentation of Unknown Factors
Exhibition Openings: Friday, April 9, 2010, 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: April 9 – May 15, 2010
Curated by Christina Summers, The I presents artist John Painter and writer Dalel Serda. John Painter’s sculptures Stole, Sheathed Comfort, and Crossed Orchid are the artist’s emotional response to the body in pain. Dalel Serda will write a lyric essay based on John’s life story that is the inspiration for the artworks. In addition is an interview between John and Dalel.
The I is the window space located within labotanica’s Resource Room that presents an artist’s work and an interview on their process. The I is the convergence between labotanica and greater community, and the artist and viewer.
John Painter is currently a member of Lawndale Art Center, the Visual Arts Alliance, and the Arts Alliance Center Clear Lake. John’s work has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions throughout Texas, including Lawndale, Gallery M2, the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake, and the Visual Arts Alliance. John is represented by McWhorter Gallery.
Dalel Serda earned a B.S. in Advertising-Creative Sequence from The University of Texas at Austin and her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from The University of Texas-Pan American. Dalel’s creative nonfiction essays appear in The King’s English, The Literary Bohemian and other regional journals and periodicals. Her most recent academic endeavors include scholarly paper presentations at the Southwest Texas Popular Culture & American Culture Association Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico and at the Newcastle World Politics and Popular Culture Conference in Newcastle, England. Dalel’s ongoing project is a book-length manuscript (working title: Borderline Sex: Stories from My Days with Ninfa) about her relationship with a lifelong prostitute of folkloric stature from her hometown. She’s interested in the lives of those society tends to deem downtrodden and invisible.
The I is curated by Christina Summers is a conceptual photographic/video artist. Summers graduated with two Bachelor degrees in Photojournalism and Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas in Austin. Summers lived in London for 3 years completing a MA in Fine Art at Middlesex University, an internship with Martin Parr, and a 6-month internship with the contemporary
March 21, 2010 at 7:56 pm · Filed under Public Projects, labotanica News
Participate in stage exchange: Find a stage you connect with. Write a message for someone in that stage. Sign it with the stage you are in and a way to contact you. Send the message to stage exchange. Receive a message for your stage.
Where? Find intersections of stage exchange:
1. throughout the city of
Houston, where stage exchange boxes are posted. scroll down for a map.
2. on the internet, at stageexchange.blogspot.com and via e-mail. send your message directly to
stageexchange@yahoo.com
3. through the
mail, intercepted at 238 Portland St #6, Houston TX 77006
4. at
labotanica (April 2010), 2316 Elgin, Houston, TX 77004 where the full collection can be read and participated in
February 23, 2010 at 11:20 am · Filed under Opportunity
Now in its second year, Low Lives is a one-night exhibition of live performance-based works transmitted via the internet and projected in real time at numerous venues throughout the U.S. and around the world. Low Lives 2 will be presented as part of Fusebox Festival in partnership with Co-Lab, Austin, TX; Galeria de La Raza, San Francisco, CA; Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL; and The Temporary Space in Houston, TX. Additional presenting partners T.B.A.
Low Lives examines works that critically investigate, challenge, and extend the potential of performance practice presented live through online broadcasting networks. These networks provide a new alternative and efficient medium for presenting and viewing performances. 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. 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. Submissions are welcome from both established and emerging artists.
Submission Requirements:
- Artists can submit previously created works or new work to be considered through links to artist’s websites or other web destinations. Duration of works must be under 5 minutes to be considered.
- Only live performances will be considered
- Artist statement including how work relates to Low Lives concept
- Artist Bio
- CV
- Email complete submission materials to: keoqui@gmail.com
Important Dates:
March 30th – Submission deadline
April 7th – Artists notified on selection
April 30th – Show opens – 7:30 – 10:30 pm (EST)
Artists selected to participate in this exhibition will transmit their work live through Ustream.tv a platform that allows for anyone with a computer, webcam and internet connection to broadcast live.
Opportunity for Presenting Partners:
Regional, national, and international arts organizations interested in presenting this one-night exhibition contact Curator, Jorge Rojas at: keoqui@gmail.com
To view last year’s exhibition catalog and performance videos visit labotanica -
http://labotanica.org/blog/?page_id=782
Presenting Partners:
Fusebox Festival 2010 - http://www.fuseboxfestival.com/
Galeria de La Raza - http://www.galeriadelaraza.org/
Diaspora Vibe Gallery - http://www.diasporavibe.net/
Co-Lab - http://www.colabspace.org/
The Temporary Space - http://www.thetemporaryspace.com/
Jorge Rojas - http://www.jorgerojasart.com/
More: http://rhizome.org/announce/view/54783
February 2, 2010 at 1:05 pm · Filed under Etc., Opportunity
Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue is now accepting applications for the Artadia Awards 2010 Houston from all visual artists living and working in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Individual artists and collaboratives working in all media and at any point in their career are strongly encouraged to apply. Awardees will be selected in the spring of 2010 through Artadia’s two-tiered jury process. This is Artadia’s fifth awards cycle in Houston.
For eligibility requirements, info session dates, and to access the web-based application, please visit:
http://www.artadia.org/forartists.html
Application deadline: March 1, 2010 at 11:59pm (CST)
Artadia’s mission is to encourage innovative practice and meaningful dialogue across the United States by providing visual artists in specific communities with unrestricted awards and a national network of support. Founded in 1997 as the Art Council, Inc., Artadia is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Artadia Awards are determined through a jury process that employs nationally prominent curators, artists, and critics. Since its founding, Artadia has awarded over $2.0 million to more than 200 artists in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Most recently Artadia launched a residency program, which brings Artadia Awardees from each of its program cities to New York for a three-month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP).
Visionary support for Artadia in Houston is provided by the Houston Endowment, Inc., and many generous individuals.
January 25, 2010 at 7:16 pm · Filed under Opportunity, labotanica News
Intern at labotanica (Houston, Texas)
4 days per month, unpaid
Seeking: Educational/ Programming/ Installation/ Media/ Administrative/ Development Interns. The right person can dedicate at least 4 days a month (Friday or Saturday 1-5), has a DIY attitude and can relate to the mission of labotanica (check out the website, link below). Interns should have a genuine interest in contemporary, community, and experimental art and diverse cultures. The position is flexible since the organization is a new artist-run organization. While the position is unpaid, this is a great opportunity to learn more on arts administration & non-hierarchal models of cultural production. Individuals of diverse backgrounds and disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Potential areas of focus:
Education- contacting school groups for tours of exhibitions & resource room OR launching the online diy “school of latitudes” OR developing the resource room through donations + programs
Development/ Admin- writing grant proposals, and launching a membership program (no experience necessary, but great opp to learn)
Graphic Design intern- designing and printing posters for labotanica events
labotanica is a laboratory using flexible, open-ended formats to frame new dialogues and test out new ideas. labotanica engages diverse communities to explore creative and social transformation through education, collaboration, and experimentation. labotanica is located at: 2316 Elgin (at Dowling), Houston, Texas 77004. labotanica is open to the public Saturdays 1-5 and by appointment.
Send a resume & brief cover letter stating why you are interested in interning at labotanica and in what areas to: la(at)labotanica(dot)org
http://labotanica.org
January 3, 2010 at 9:57 pm · Filed under Programs, Public Projects, The Resource Room/ The I, labotanica News
Thank you for your continued support. More to come in the New Year.
Art Swap exhibition 10/1-10/3/09, Christina Summers exchanges art with Carrie Schneider
Screwed Anthologies performances by David Dove and Lucas Gorham on 11/27/09
Neverland, a multi-media art happening in memory of Michael Jackson 7-17-09
Video still by Kelly Kleinschrodt, part of Low Lives exhibition
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