DWOW

11.13.13 DWOW: Dance, Disaster, and Show and Tell, hosted by Artist Board members Lydia Hance, Hélène Schlumberger, and Carrie Schneider This DWOW mash-up includes: DANCE A screening of Lydia Hance's dance films Framing Bodies: LOVE ME, There's a Height Limit, and Quiver DISASTER REENACTMENTS Artist Elizabeth Eicher’s Disaster Reenactment is a series of events wherein the audience is invited to reenact scenes, moments, actions, or tableaus based on footage from major picture disaster films (think Volcano, Armageddon, The Towering Inferno, etc.). Eicher selects clips from these films and coordinates the reenactments, leaving the audience to make directorial decisions about how to portray the events. Participants gain a renewed sense of agency by embodying the boundaries and roles enacted within the disaster narrative. SHOW AND TELL Come prepared to present a 3-minutes max Show and Tell on any object of your choosing. Be on time to participate, because sign-ups start at 6 pm. The audience will vote on finalists, who will compete in a lightning round and take home a special prize! DWOW is sponsored in part by Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Topo Chico USA.

Hosted by Artist Board member Aaron Parazette Pop-Up Exhibition of works by University of Houston Senior Painting students: Logan Asher, Peter Broz, Quindeel Butt, Gloria Castro, Natasha Crea, Nabila Dababhoy, Sandra de la Rosa, Leah Esparza, Melinda Frydrych, Darwin Itzep, Katie Lamascus, Jordan McGroary, Laura McManus, Nancy Oberer, Javier Pulido, James Radcliffe, Alex Rosas, Cat Salinas, Charlene Scott, Matt Tabor, Nohelia Vargas, and Mary Wemple

The Idea Fund: Presentations by 2014 Jurors Yona Backer, Founding Partner, Third Streaming, New York City Andrew Suggs, Executive Director, Vox Populi, Philadelphia Nathaniel Donnett, Houston-based artist and a The Idea Fund 2011 Recipient Each juror will give a short presentation about their current work, followed by a q&a with the audience. The Idea Fund provides 10 cash awards of $4,000 ($3,500 initial grant plus $500 seed money for future projects) to Texas-based, artist-generated, or artist-centered projects that exemplify the unconventional, interventionist, conceptual, entrepreneurial, participatory, or guerrilla artistic practices that occur outside of the traditional frameworks of support. The Idea Fund is administered through a partnership of DiverseWorks, Aurora Picture Show, and Project Row Houses and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.      

Please join us for eggnog, cookies, brats, and beer Meet old and new friends while you are here! Leave with a dog, a smile, and good cheer With hope and joy for an exciting New Year! Pet adoptions by Barrio Dogs (please bring a donation of dry dog food to benefit Barrio Dogs) Balloon dog levitation races Herbal tarot readings by artist Lisa E. Harris Craft beer from Saint Arnold Brewing Company Prizes for best holiday sweaters, a book swap, and more!

Performances in conjunction with the exhibition SonicWorks: The Drone Bros + Robert Hodge presents a Beauty Box Pop-Up Show with Outspoken Bean and The Aspiring Me Drone Bros are a sonic performance art group. They create temporary, performance-based sound sculptures that bring together elements of experimental and pop music. Given that music and sound have a physiological affect on the human body, the Drone Bros use droning notes in an attempt to affect the body and mind of the listener/observer. By hearing the same frequency over an extended period of time, the human mind and body can experience different states of awareness, therefore the sound sculpture is a visceral and concrete way to engage people into different states of awareness. The Drone Bros seek to continue and develop the long-standing and arguably ancient tradition of drone music through the appropriation of pop music. Taking elements from their  own experiences as musicians, they use guitars, synthesizers, talkbox, drum machines, and other electronic devices, while taking musical influence from rock, blues, funk and rap music. Robert Hodge is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores themes of memory and commemoration. Born in Houston, Texas and raised in the City’s Third Ward district, the artist studied […]