2009: Low Lives
Curated by Jorge Rojas, Low Lives was 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.– labotanica, Houston in partnership with Project Row Houses; FiveMyles, Brooklyn; and Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami on August 8, 2009.
[click here to view low lives catalogue]
[click here for a press release on the exhibition]
[click here for writing about the show and experience]
Participating artists and artist collectives transmitted their performances from countries including Argentina, Austria, Canada, England, France, Germany, Macedonia, Mexico, United States, Vietnam and Wales. We are currently updating this page, as we receive videos from the artists. Below are videos from participating artists.
Abby Donovan: Lowering NOW to the Ground, Location: Eugene, Oregon [artist website]
Adam Trowbridge: Hole of Society: On The Passage of a Small Dog through a Rather Shallow Amount of Water, Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee [artist website]
Bishop Bishop: Reaching out to touch some ones, some wheres, some hows, Location: Gainesville, Florida [artist website]
Carlos Rodal: Web Metaphor around www, Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico [artist website]
Carolina Vasquez and Bethan Marlow: PLAY on sound, Location: Snowdonia, Wales, UK [artist website]
Caroline Boileau: Still Too Many Organs, Location: Montréal, Canada [artist website]
Danielle Abrams: The Uncle Bob Variety Shows, Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan [artist website]
Denise Prince: Gossip, Location: Johnson, Vermont [artist website]
Eden Mazer and Rachel Frank: And then what happened was , Location: Brooklyn, New York [artist website]
ErikAndTheAnimals: An Online Introduction to Midnight Gardening, Location: Brooklyn, New York [artist website]
Eseohe Arhebamen: excerpt for LowLives of Fire Butoh 3 edoheart, Location: Brooklyn, New York [artist website]
Flounder Lee: Marriage of Art to the Internet, Location: Indianapolis, Indiana [artist website]
Franko B.: I’m Thinking of You, Location: London, UK [artist website]
Fred Koenig: Voodoo Divas “Karaoke”, Location: Paris, France [artist website]
Genevieve Erin OBrien: GEO Home, Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam [artist website]
Igor Josifov: tête-à-tête, Location: Kavadarci, Macedonia [artist website]
Inge Hoonte & Michelle Tupko: Action Passing, Location: Brooklyn, New York & Chicago, Illinois [artist website]
Jeanne Jo: Roulette, Location: Reno, Nevada [artist website]
Joe Nanashe: Michael and Me, Location: Brooklyn, New York [artist website]
Kelly Kleinschrodt: Jump, Location: Mexico City, Mexico [artist website]
Kenya (Robinson): Dark Seeds (2), Location: New York, New York [artist website]
Profesor Bazuco: International Public Address, Location: Lafayette, Indiana [artist website]
Robert Crosse: Hold Still, Location: London, UK [artist website]
Rosamond S. King: supplicant, Location: Brooklyn, New York [artist website]
Sergio Lamanna: Monumento al Cuerpo Manipulable, Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina [artist website]
2 + 2 = 3 (Javier A Lara, Rose DiSalvo and Chris Haack): “Not a master piece yet”-“Rope”, Location: Chicago, Illinois [artist website 1] [artist website 2]
