If you know anything about Jim Pirtle and the history of notsuoH then this performance probably brought you to your knees. Jim dug down deep and not only spoke from his own heart, but spoke for many of us who cherish our special notsuoH memories. From the initial “spoken word” about a babies only duty … Continue reading »
On March 8th at DiverseWorks Non Grata did their performance Force Majeure. Enjoy these magnificent pictures courtesy of Herb Melichar and Alex Barber
It was a real thrill to witness a talent like 1KA from France. An important member of Non Grata, this guy was totally fascinating to watch and to listen to, whether he was performing or simply escaping into the sounds on the street.
Words from Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, Identity as circle of light calling through tiny electric sounds a heartbeat, heard on embrace. This performance was beautiful, and the huge white balloon floating away beyond any vision as the fiber optic light in it still shown bright. I’m still contemplating it’s possible destination.
I had the great pleasure to work very closely on this performance piece with Rodney Dickson. When he first sent his list of materials needed it was funny enough to post. From then on our group of conspirators and F*#cked Up Houston characters started coming together. Talking to Rodney I gather that this piece is … Continue reading »
Saturday afternoon a van full of performance artists from around the world pulls up to the Fiesta Mart at Studemont and 14th. Mission BANANA. Later that night Orion Maxted includes Houston at notsuoH as his latest testing ground. Orion Maxted Website
Julia Wallace did a beautiful piece that struck right at the heart of our insecurities and ask us the question “What Do You Think of Me Now?” Talking to her about her personal journey for cathartic change made the performance even more intense as I watched this artwork unfold. A week later and I am … Continue reading »
Born in Dublin Ireland; moved to New York 1984 and worked as the fastest blackjack dealer in the underground casino scene. Henry became a pioneer of the Williamsburg bohemian “immersionist” movement. His art investigates the audience’s sense of self awareness through using his mind and body in a way which engages them in a transformative … Continue reading »
In her latest multimedia, persona-based performance, Jill Pangallo re-creates the compound and often-incongruous roles that people perform on a daily basis. Pangallo’s detailed, nuanced portraits oscillate between emotional and emotive polarities—funny and serious, happy and sad, tribute and observation—and endeavor to highlight what she believes to be an epidemic of denial and lack of self-awareness, … Continue reading »
Nancy Douthey performed at notsuoH as part of the Lone Star Performance Explosion. Photos courtesy of Michelle Lanter, Ben DeSoto and Alex Barber.
There are always some back stories going around at any major event like this one. Knowing some of this back story, I had to give it to Brian and Stevie McCord for telling us exactly what they think.
While in school in Baltimore in 1981, Topchy chanced upon an exhibition of Yves Klein’s IKB work. Topchy credits Klein’s use of a saturated ultramarine blue pigment that represented “the void” as a pivotal discovery. After using this color on spherical sculptures, Topchy realized their connection to Pysanky, the ornately decorated Ukrainian Easter eggs he … Continue reading »
With the help of the audience, Natali demonstrated how to take a photograph with a rotary phone. I got to participate as a “Snake Handler” (which everyone knows is mandatory when you develop a Rotory Phone photograph) in this clever, witty and totally whimsical performance Natali created objects and situations as solutions to real and … Continue reading »
I would have liked to see Nyugen perform again during the festival. It was one of the most moving segments of the three nights. Nyugen’s motions and references brought forth a tangible sense of sorrow. Photos courtesy Micheal E. Johnston
CLICK HERE for the KPFT INTERVIEW Interviewing Orion Maxted, 1KA, Elena Nestorova, organized by Kelly Alison for Michael Woodson of the “LIVE” 6am Friday morning program “LIVING ART”. Only on our local public radio KPFT Umm.. at 6am in the morning.. let’s just say some..cough.. most.. of us were still awake.
the goose a prisoner is a shadow of a strangulation. Odysseus’s sadness as he tried to embrace the shade of his mother–hugs in Hades are impossible. Had he known that violence is what allows us to seize the phantasms of our dead loves, perhaps he would have been more Oedipal with his mother’s ghost. Transplanted … Continue reading »
Artist, printmaker, photographer, writer, scientist and entrepreneur, born in Hyderabad, India, now living in Houston. Mitra uses visual language drawn from the streets to interpret personal, socio-political dialogues exploring poverty, ennui, custom, love, strangeness, technology, and linguistics captured as moments in life in urban spaces. His current work is focused on the Dialogues of Civilizations … Continue reading »
Daniel-Kayne spent three days in the window of Deans. Photos courtesy of Ben DeSoto, Michelle Lanter and Alex Barber.
Here is the statement I wrote in the lead-up to the festival, part of which I read out at the seminar we gave: “The Paris ’68 slogan: ‘Take your dreams for Reality’ can be taken as a practical methodology. Brain-washing, another related example, first requires breaking-down the subject’s psychic-integrity; their information processing and concomitant social … Continue reading »
CLIKC HERE FOR KPFT INTERVIEW Historic interview with NestorTopchy, JimPirtle, KellyAlison, JonatanLopez on KPFT a few days before the festival started.
Jonatan was more that a performer in the Festival. Jonatan did our promo video and our PR work. We are very grateful for all his help. He also did a hard hitting work at AvantGarden called “Brown”.
Brazilian visual artist creating work across video, photography, installation, drawing and performance since 2007. The body has been both his subject and medium. Exploring the physical and mental limits of his being, he has withstood pain, exhaustion, silence and danger in the quest for emotional and spiritual transformation in durational works. He has presented work … Continue reading »
Click on the link on this page and the next to get to the video of Gohn G. Boehme at notsuoh March 10, 2012 Considered Contractions. John G. Boehme. Lone Star Explosion – YouTube.
Reblogged from Pancho and Leftey: This past weekend, Makenzie and I participated in the first ever biannual Houston Lone Star Performance Explosion 2012. This event was made up of three different venues on three different nights: Diverse Works, Avant Garden, and notsuoH. Each venue hosted four hours of continuous performance art by local and international artists. photos 1-6 were taken … Continue reading »
the goose a prisoner is a shadow of a strangulation. Odysseus’s sadness as he tried to embrace the shade of his mother–hugs in Hades are impossible. Had he known that violence is what allows us to seize the phantasms of our dead loves, perhaps he would have been more Oedipal with his mother’s ghost. transplanted … Continue reading »
Nancy Douthey was born in Fort Worth, TX in the year of the horse, 1978 and currently lives and works in Houston, TX. She received her MFA in Interdisciplinary Practice and Emerging Forms from the University of Houston in 2010. In addition, she has been an associate artist in residence at the Atlantic Center for … Continue reading »
Performance? March 7, 2pm Contemporary Art Museum, Houston TX The panel of speakers is an eclectic group of artists from around the world including: Julia Wallace (Houston), Rodney Dickson (Nth Ireland), Al Paldrok (Estonia), 1KA (France), Myk Henry (Ireland/USA), Nestor Topchy (USA), Orion Maxted (England),Jim Pirtle (USA). The aim of this symposium is to open … Continue reading »
Rahul Mitra is doing street art projects in Delhi, India; Houston; Paris and Berlin in 2012. The current performance is Culinary Street Art from Rahul’s experiences on the streets of Delhi. He will be making Seekh Kababs. His linocuts, drawings and paintings have been exhibited 47 exhibitions in USA, Paris, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Peru, Mexico … Continue reading »
THE SHOW HAS BEGUN
In 2006 Daniel-Kayne moved to New York City to continue his studies and partake in an installation/painting residency at the New York School of Visual Arts. Prior to this, he studied painting at The Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. When he moved to New York, he focused on his … Continue reading »
The.McCords in “Automobile Anxiety” The.McCords explore their personal experiences with automobiles and the anxiety surrounding driving, through live spoken-word, and exciting display, all the while from behind a barrier. “I smuggled Mr. McCord on many of my business trips, some all the way from New Orleans, LA, to Hattiesburg, MO… and then he gave me … Continue reading »
Rodney Dickson 181 Engert Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Email – Rodneydickson1@aol.com SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS – Paintings 2010 Gasser Grunert, New York, U.S.A. 2008 Gasser & Grunert Gallery, New York, U.S.A. 2006 MY Art Prospects, New York, U.S.A. 2005 Art Cocoon, Tokyo, Japan. Mount Berry College Gallery, Mount Berry, U.S.A. 222 E41 Street, New York, U.S.A. … Continue reading »
Video from Reno
The fundamental of the fundamental of the fundamental of the fundamental of the fundamental of the fundamental?€¦ If by taking apart and putting back together we gain understanding of the world; Then, By taking apart and putting back together: taking apart and putting back together , May we gain some understanding of understanding ?!?€¦ It … Continue reading »
Jonatan Lopez is an interdisciplinary artist residing in Houston. His works examine issues of debate within social and personal realms, often using empirical observation as research method. His performances and installations become surveys and social experiments that open valuable community discussion. Jonatan has exhibited and performed in numerous venues in Houston, from alternative art spaces … Continue reading »
In his performances and urban interventions – extending itself also to video and photography -, the focus is your own body as a territory for experimentation, exploring temporality/contingency/instability/limits. He has shown works at museums, galleries, projects and festivals at Brasil, United Kingdom, Argentina, Colombia and Spain. In 2009, he was selected for the bursary to … Continue reading »
One of the Houston art world’s great visionaries, Nestor Topchy is a painter, sculptor, installation artist, and performance artist who was born in Somerville, New Jersey in 1963. Since 2001, he has lived on the North side of Houston on an acre compound with his wife and daughter.His work interweaves paradoxical strands of thought, incongruous … Continue reading »
Rats in cages or why I don’t hurt myself with my art anymore When I was nine years old for some reason I hated school. Pretending to be sick was not very effective as an excuse so I subconsciously came up with the idea of REALLY being sick. Every morning during the Pledge I would … Continue reading »
