EGGORE DVD/CD Release Party
DJ ABROCK(from Detroitjaxx) 18:00 〜
Hassi(from EGGORE) instalation performance 19:45 〜
Special Music Session by EGGORE musicisians 20:00〜
EGGORE Special LIVE 21:00〜
DJ himeee(from Detroitjaxx) 22:30 〜
日時：2011年7月30日（土）18:00〜 ¥2,000(150枚限定)
場所：大阪阿波座「ACDC GALLERY」(map below)

大きな地図で見る

The full lineup of artists and performers who participated in the event can be found here.

Photos by…
Rob Walbers – www.robwalbers.com
Jean-Yves Terreault – www.terophoto.com

¥2,000 each
(+ ¥500 P&P Japan / + ¥1,000 P&P international)

To order, please send us an message via our contact page with the following information…
- Name & contact info
- T-shirt size (150cm, S, M, L, XL – see image below for size details)
- Quantity

Saturday June 4th sees the return of Headspace at Cafe Absinthe. The follow up to last years wildly successful event will be in collaboration with Galaxy Gallery and will show case Headspaces’ artists in residence from the UK, Felt Mistress and Jonathan Edwards who design and create unique monster characters. This year’s MONSTER event promises to be as eclectic and dramatic as the last with live music from 6 bands, dance, performance, photography, live painting and interactive installations. The event will be headlined by Eggore, purveyors of immersive ambient sounds and explosive live physical painting, along with 60 other local and international artists and musicians. HeadSpace is an event not to be missed. Get yourself down to Cafe Absinthe and revel in the creative abundance that Kansai has to offer!

Headspace will be holding a charity art auction with all proceeds going to the Tohoku disaster relief efforts. Bidding will be open for 24 hours starting at the opening of the event. Click here to find out more about this chance to bag yourself original artwork and support a good cause at the same time.

There will also be a large collection of arts, crafts, and music on sale at the HeadSpace Artist’s Shop.

The Lineup of Artists & Musician…

28th May 2011 / 1pm ~ 5pm
Adult: ¥3,000 / Child: ¥2,000
Monster kit, drinks and refreshments included
Pick up / drop off at Kintetsu Haibara Station: + ¥500

- If you would like to come early and join us for lunch, please let us know (booking required)
- There is no charge for children wanting to make the kit together with their parents (only ¥500 for refreshments)
- If you cannot participate in the workshop, but would like to buy one of the monster kits, please get in contact.
- Limited to 30 participants.

More info on the facebook event page

Felt Mistress & Jonathan E
Felt Mistress AKA Louise Evans is a UK based stitcher who creates a range of one-off bespoke creatures with her partner, illustrator Jonathan Edwards. Originally trained in fashion design and millinery, Louise has brought many of the skills learnt through years of work as a couture dress maker to the world of character design. Amongst many other high profile commissions, last year they created a display of their work for the Christmas window at Selfridges (a prestigious London department store).
www.feltmistress.com
www.jonathan-e.com

Workshop Plan
This is a unique chance to make one of two kit monsters with the artists and creators.
Please indicate which of the two kits you would like to make via email or FaceBook.
Benji (yellow or pink)
Gustav (blue or green)
Due to the limited amount of kits, we may not be able to provide your first choice.

Felt Mistress & Jonathan E will be headlining this year’s HeadSpace Arts & Music festival on 4th June 2011.

www.feltmistress.com
www.jonathan-e.com

Event Dates in Nara, Japan:
April 30, 2011 | 9 am – 1 pm | Live Streaming & SaBa’s performance at HeadSpace
May 1, 2011 | 4 am – 7 am | Viewing available on the Internet
+ Dates above are in Japan Standard Time (JST)
+ Free admission
+ To view Low Lives 3, please access to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/low-lives-3

Venue: HeadSpace,

1-7-10 Kunimi Cho, Saidaiji, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, 631-0823, Japan

the temporary space is pleased to announce its participation in Low Lives 3, an international exhibition of live performance-based works transmitted over the web and projected in real-time at multiple venues around the world.

the temporary space in partnership with HeadSpace will host SaBa (Sam Sheffield and Barry Whittaker) for a live performance piece as part of Low Lives 3. SaBa’s performance, along with others taking place around the globe, will be streamed online and screened for public viewing at Headspace, Nara, Japan. The exact time and schedule of the event in Japan will be announced soon. So, please check our websites for more details The admission is free. We would like to invite participants for the SaBa’s project/performance. Please come visit us!

Website:
Low Lives: www.lowlives.net
SaBa: http://sabaisnotafish.com
the temporary space: www.thetemporaryspace.com
HeadSpace: www.headspace.jp

About Low Lives

Founded in 2009 by artist and independent curator Jorge Rojas, the annual Low Lives exhibition highlights works that critically investigate, challenge, and extend the potential of performative practices. The project celebrates the transmission of ideas beyond geographical and cultural borders, offering global audiences the opportunity to consider live performance in both physical and virtual space.

By organizing performances at numerous venues and then broadcasting them via online networks, Low Lives provides a new model for efficiently presenting, viewing, and archiving live performance-based art. The annual exhibition embraces low-tech aesthetics, such as low pixel images and muddled sound quality, to emphasis the raw, inquisitive quality of the broadcast and reception of the works.

“Low Lives is not simply about the presentation of performative gestures at a particular place and time,” Rojas explains, “it is also about the transmission of these moments and what gets lost, conveyed, blurred, and reconfigured when utilizing this medium.”

About Low Lives 3

Low Lives 3 will feature more than fifty live performances over two days, streamed in real-time at venues across the globe, and will include a spotlight on contemporary choreography throughout the exhibition program. The event will begin on Friday, April 29 from 6-10 pm (MST) and continue on Saturday, April 30 from 1-4 pm (MST) in the United States.

Low Lives 3 is co-produced by Chez Bushwick, an artist-run organization based in Brooklyn, New York. Chez Bushwick is dedicated to the advancement of interdisciplinary art and performance and places a special emphasis on new choreography.

Participating artists include:

Annie Abrahams
Lukas Avendaño
Brian Balderston and Chloe Bass
Camille Baker
Tzitzi Barrantes
Rachelle Beaudoin
Black & Jones
Caroline Boileau
Catherine Cabeen and Company
Jennifer Chan
Tyrone Davies
Joseph DeLappe
dev01ded
Alfred Dong
Nancy Douthey
Eosin
Julie Fotheringham and Jarryd Lowder
Second Front
Deborah Goffe
Carlos Gonzalez
Katelena Hernandez
Ajeesh K.B., Santhosh V.S., and Hemabharathy Palani
Jayson Keeling
La La La Singers
Shaun El C. Leonardo
Anya Liftig
Kristin Lucas
James Mbunju and Company
Saul Melman
Marcello Mercado
Jui Mhatre and Jaee Joshi
Julio Morales
Irvin Morazan and Maya Jeffereis
Kendall Nordin
Molly O’Connor/Molliver
So Percussion
SaBa
Marisol Salanova
Rosa Sanchez and Alain Baumann
Byd Sarret
Jenny Schlief
Carmen Sober
Alan Sondheim
Nathan Stevens
Zornitsa Stoyanova
Channel Two
Frans van Lent
Claude van Lingen
Ginna Vélez
Rodell Warner
Ian Warren
Dr. Heather Warren-Crow
Rebecca Weiner
Paul Wiersbinski.

Presenting partners include:

Now in its third year, Low Lives has expanded its reach to over twenty presenting partners from all corners of the world.

Alice Yard, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey
Attakalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore, India
Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, New York
Chez Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
Co-lab, Austin, Texas
QMAD, Queens Media Art Development in partnership with Crossing Art Gallery, Queens, New York
Diaspora Vibe Gallery in partnership with AE District, Miami, Florida
DiverseWorks in partnership with Box 13, Houston, Texas
Elon University Department of Art & Art History, Elon, North Carolina
Fusebox Festival, Austin, Texas
Konic Thtr, Barcelona, Spain
La Periferia, Mérida, Yucatán, México
La Perrera in partneship with MACO, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México
Living Arts, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mascher Space Co-op, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mindpirates, Berlin, Germany
Obsidian Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
On the Boards, Seattle, Washington
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
Simba Theatre Art International in partnership with Village Museum, Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania
SOMArts, San Francisco, California
the temporary space in partnership with Headspace, Japan
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Low Lives 3 is funded in part by The Experimental Television Funds program. TheExperimental Television Center’s Presentation Funds program is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts.

For more information, please visit www.lowlives.net

About Jorge Rojas

Jorge Rojas is the founder, producer, and curator of Low Lives. A multidisciplinary artist and independent curator, he was born in Morelos, Mexico and studied art at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and at Bellas Artes in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Rojas engages in traditional, new, and performative media. His work often investigates communication systems and the effect of technology on artistic production, social structures, and communities. His artwork and curatorial projects have been exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and India. Rojas has received grants and fellowships including National Performance Network’s VAN Residency, West Chicago City Museum Artist in Residency Program, and Vermont Studio Center.

About Saba (Sam Sheffield and Barry Whittaker)

SaBa is a series of collaborative projects created by Sam Sheffield and Barry Whittaker. Currently based in Nara-ken Japan, Sam and Barry develop interactive work inspired by a variety of media ranging from Japanese television and history to internet memes and game theory.
For the Low Lives 3 exhibition, SaBa has created a game space that merges consumerism and aggression with art history and headbanging. The result is a game performance where the player becomes part of the spectacle and a place where groceries fly freely.

About Headspace

HeadSpace is an artist’s studio and gallery, sitting atop an intimate shot bar in Nara City at the heart of ancient Japan. HeadSpace’s mission is to bring artists and writers of a wide range of creative disciplines and cultural backgrounds together for the mutual benefit of all involved. We offer artists the opportunity to create new connections, collaborate in unexpected ways, and become part of our growing artist’s network. Artists can display their artwork at the Studio and on this website, allowing them to disseminate their work to our Japanese and international audience, both here in Japan, and across the world. Being an artist in Japan can be challenging at times. HeadSpace is here to support artists by providing the network, advice, and space needed to realize their goals.

About the temporary space

the temporary space is a project space shared by self-motivated, critical and engaging individuals through research and experiments for emergence of alternative and autonomous society. the temporary space seeks engaging, responsible and creative individuals as a collaborative and autonomous participant. the temporary space aims to create and share critically engaging experiences such as contemporary art exhibitions, experimental music performances, critical visual critiques and publicly engaging projects as basic components. In addition to this, focusing on interdisciplinary practices, the temporary space explores different topics and subjects by research and experiment, as well as by dialogues and discussions. These projects are expected to realize through collaborative efforts by the collaborative participants.

Contact:
− Jorge Rojas, Low Lives Founder, Producer, Curator, keoqui@gmail.com,
+1−917−757−7626 (U.S.A)

− HeadSpace, www.headspace.jp

− the temporary space, Manager, manager@thetemporaryspace.com
+81-90-3879-9658 (Japan)

Other collaborators were musician Chiyako Maeda of Yaneka, who often wears Yoshi’s designs and modeled them in our shoot, and Barry Whittaker, another Headspace resident artist. Barry took the luscious photos below.

Yoshi-wo

Yaneka

Barry Whittaker

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Photos © Barry Whittaker

Don’t miss Ann-Marie’s artist talk on Saturday 23rd, 6pm~ @ Soho Art Gallery. All welcome!

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