http://www.lowlives.net
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 multiple venues. Produced and curated by Jorge Rojas, this project celebrates both the transmission of ideas beyond geographical borders, and also what is blurred, gained, or reconfigured in the process as we communicate and present ourselves online. The lo-fi aesthetic, with its pixilated images, low sound quality, and the ever-present potential for “technical difficulties,” is an integral aspect of communication via contemporary web technology, and also of this exhibit. There is something very human about this D.I.Y. quality that draws us in and appeals to our natural voyeuristic tendencies. At a time when there is much debate about the validity of presenting performance through video, Low Lives offers global audiences a critical and contextual frame from which to consider live performance in virtual space.
Jorge Rojas
is a multidisciplinary artist and curator whose work centers on the creation and
processes involved in artistic production. Rojas uses both traditional and new media
as well as performative elements to investigate communication systems and the
effect of technology on artistic production, social structures and communities.
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