Jonatan Lopez

Sodom, Uncut

2012-02-01T18:04:00.000-08:00

Preached at Explicitly Chingonas, The Art of Sexual Taboos.
Curated by Lizbeth Ortiz.
Documented by Tina McPherson
East End Studio Gallery, Houston
(For Mature Audiences)

The Gula Fund/Politiqueer

2012-01-17T19:31:00.000-08:00

The GULA Fund, a for profit performance project dedicated to better the life
of one specific Gay Undocumented Latino Artist, all the time, was launched within
the show POLITIQUEER by Voices Breaking Boundaries on December 11th 2011.
The GULA Fund auctioned a performance consisting of an unidentified GULA individual
coming to your place to mow your backyard naked and a GULA chocolate penis sculpture.

The most valuable aspect of this piece was the dialogue and reactions it sparked among
the attendees; some suggested the GULA individual should come to their home to perform
different shores such as laundry or dish-washing and no one purchased the penis sculpture.
A Gula Mowing Service performance was sold for the sum of 75 dollars.

To folllow future developments of the GULA fund visit THE GULA FUND BLOG

Press 2011

2012-01-15T08:52:00.000-08:00

Photo by Robert Boyd

'Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor' by Robert Boyd at 'The Great God Pan Is Dead'

Review of exhibitions at Box 13 ArtSpace/Curation Myth Ministries

Click above picture to read.

Photo be Ed Schipul

'Continuum searches for transcendence, and performance art heaven, with iPerform'

Interview with co-facilitator of Continuum Julia Wallace by Chris Becker in Culturemap

Click above picture to read.

Photo by Hank Hancock

'Friday Night: Continuum's Evening of Amiable Performances'

Review of Continuum's iPerform Opening Night at Spacetaker ARC Gallery

by Hank Hancock in Houston Press Art Attack Blog

Click above picture to read.

Photo by Hank Hankcock

'Box 13 Brings a Snuggly Temple Fortress, a Stinking Kenmore and a Horror Show'

Review of exhibitions at Box 13 ArtSpace/The Kenmore

by Hank Hancock in Houston Press Art Attack Blog.

Click above picture to read.

PRESS MANIPULATION:

HOT N' COOL by Anita Latinlova at The Houston Entertainicle

Anita Latinlova, a performance art alter ego, wrote for the frisky Houston newspaper

from January to June of 2011. Through this endeavor, she highlighted her favorite art

events in town and interviewed some of the coolest and hottest artists such as Stephanie Saint Sanchez

Julia Wallace, Aisen Caro Cachin and Emily Sloan. In her final article, she interviewed another alter ego

living inside of her, and things got messy (Special thanks to Keith Reynolds and Ashley Horn).

Click on above picture to read.

POLITIQUEER

2011-11-26T13:22:00.000-08:00

Featured artists and performers include: Philomena Bradford, William R. Duell, Loriana Espinel, Amanda Ford, Jonatan Lopez, Koomah, Eli'jah Carroll + Robin Mack + Jay Mays, John Pluecker, Stephanie Saint Sanchez, Rowdy Tidwell and Alyx Trouble

VBB is excited to kick off our 2011-12 East End Live Art series with POLITIQUEER, a continuation of art and conversations from VBB's June 2011 production that presented art from the perspective of GLBT / queer artists. The December 2011 show is curated by Sima Shakhsari and Jennifer Tyburczy who announced an open call for artists leading to a rich variety of submissions from the community. The fourteen cutting-edge artists ultimately chosen for POLITIQUEER will feature multidisciplinary art - video, performance, visual art and more. As always, there will be food, drink, open mic and community!

Image: Manong Juan by Julia LaChica

This show is cosponsored by Rice University's Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, University of Houston's Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, KPFT Pacifica Radio 90.1 FM, and Houston Institute for Culture.

DATE: Sunday Dec 11th, 2011

TIME: 6:30-9:30 PM

LOCATON Houston Insitute for Culture 708-C Telephone Road, (Next to Bohemeos in the East End)

Telepathy at Menil Park

2011-11-24T22:57:00.000-08:00

Through a guided meditation, participants attempted to exchange positive concepts about existence,
visualizing the strings as channels of communication.

Conceived by Jonatan Lopez

Facilitated by Continuum

Performed during BYOP III at Menil Park, November 2011

Photo by Brian Scott, merged with the universe

Given To Fly

2011-11-23T15:18:00.000-08:00

A series of flying exercises within Beach Fuck It Bingo,
performance art retreat in Galveston Island

Conceived by Jonatan Lopez,

Facilitated and performed by Continuum

Gifts for Jupiter

2011-11-21T22:22:00.000-08:00

Invocation to Jupiter at Continuum's Beach Fuck It Bingo

Performance Art Retreat in Galveston

Conceived by Jonatan Lopez

Facilitated and performed by Continuum

Beef: Cattle that is reared for its meat (Documented)

2011-11-17T00:34:00.000-08:00

Multimedia installation at The Kenmore at Box 13 ArtSpace

October 1st 2011, Houston Tx

Ingredients: Raw beef, Manwich Barbecue Sauce, milk carton, egg beaters

VCR head cleaners, stolen footage, heavy rope, plastic sheets, cutting saw, beefy specimen,

obsession, lust.

Images captured by Hilary Scullane

Images captured by me

Beef Installation, Featuring Craig Christie

Beef: Trailer for The Film, (Shown inside milk carton)

Stay tuned for the release of the full length film in this blog.

Click below to read a review of "Beef" and other installations at Box 13 that night

by Hank Hankcock in The Houston Press.

Box 13 Brings a Snuggly Temple-Fortress, A Stinking Kenmore Icebox and a Horror Show

Special thanks to Emily Sloan, Rowdy Tidwell and Craig Christie

Experiments in Sex Sense

2011-11-16T22:38:00.000-08:00

In this experiment, audience members were invited to perform oral sex to a male human specimen
while he was blindfolded,

he had to guess who was male or female.

If you would like to watch this video email jonatanlopez@hotmail.com for the password and

to verify your age.

Conceived for Repulsion X-rated Beauty

Performed by Breutanan

September 2011, Dungeon Deluxe, Houston Tx

Helicopter 1st Segment (Raindawg)

2011-11-16T22:03:00.000-08:00

Conceived for Repulsion, X-rated Beauty, Performance art and live sex show.

Performed by Breutanan and the public.

September 2011, Houston Tx,

00:11:11:00.B

2011-11-16T21:57:00.000-08:00

Performed at iPerform Closing Party by Continuum

Spacetaker's ARC Gallery

September 2011, Houston Tx

Images by Hilary Scullane

Experiments in Sixth Sense

2011-10-31T20:28:00.000-07:00

A performance art exercise conducted at iPerform Performance Art Workshop 2 by Continuum

at Spacetaker's ARC Gallery.

Documented by Raindawg

Facilitated by Continuum and Spacetaker

Run Me Out

2011-10-23T13:16:00.000-07:00

Anita Latinlova performs a song by her favorite singer Zola Jesus at

Continuum's iPerform Kick Off Party at Notsuoh.

Images courtesy of Rico Svaughn
Video documentation by Hilary Sculane

9-10-11 Unspoken (Documented)

2011-10-22T08:21:00.000-07:00

Image by Baltazar Canales

On September 10th 2011, The Temple in conjunction with Death Star held 9.10.11. Unspoken,

a free of speech performance event. Eight male artists and one male dog presented visual and sound

works united by a common interest in meditation practices, planetary alignments and the mysteries of

human consciousnesses. The humans that attended remained silent for the entire duration of the event.

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Daniel-Kayne and John Pitale welcomed the audience with The Seduction of Toth.
Part 1 of an improvised sound and vibrations piece, employing gongs and other instruments arranged in an elaborate installation.

Detail of installation by Daniel Kayne, Images by Jonatan Lopez

For Apopstosis, Rowdy Tidwell invited the audience to relinquish their fears

by writing them on his body.

Images by Jonatan Lopez

Carlos Baltazar Canales performed a solo piece with cymbals entitled Sciessence.

For Feed The Beast, Bryce Galbraith shared with us a feeding ritual with his dog. He fed his beloved friend while looking at constellations in his phone App.

Images by Jonatan Lopez

Alex Tu performed an abstract meditative sound piece aided by an installation
of numerous speakers.

Image by Baltazar Canales

For a performance entitled 00:11:11:00.A, I gave fruits to our human audience that represented the nine planets in our solar system, then became possessed by a death star and traveled at slow shutter speed around the space attempting to steal their planets. I took a bite off Venus, I kidnapped Mercury and pulverized Saturn.The rest of the planets were kept safe by the humans. The performance lasted 11 minutes and 11 seconds.

Images by Baltazar Canales

Jonathan Jindra's contribution for the event was an experimental short film entitled Human Devices.

Daniel-Kayne and John Pitale finalized the event by gradually inducing the attending humans into a state of meditation with Tongues of Trinity, for which Baltazar Canales joined them.

Curated by Daniel-Kayne and Jonatan Lopez

Static

2011-10-12T22:41:00.000-07:00

Preached within Continuum's iPerform at Spacetaker's ARC Gallery

(adapted from lyrics of a song by Godspeed You! Black Emperor)

Documented by Rebecca Burwell

A preview of Static was given 3 days prior at iPerform Kick Off Party at Notsuoh.

For this piece I read the Koran to myself inside a window display for a lengthy time,

gave away pages from the book, and preached to the audience about death, God,
and the hereafter.

Photo by Hillary Scullane

Photo by Rico Svaughn

Cat falls bored asleep after reading a Koran page.

Photo by Hillary Scullane

Absolutions

2011-10-10T21:34:00.000-07:00

Many humans had the opportunity to chug their sins away during the opening night for iPerform at Spacetaker's ARC Gallery. Brother F and Sister G from The Alphas assisted the sinners in their search for redemption by exchanging their sins for alcoholic beverages.

Performed by the public, Rebecca Burwell and Rowdy Tidwell

Facilitated by Continuum and Spacetaker
Conceived by Jonatan Lopez
Sponsored by Bud Light Lime

Sinners gone wild , photo by Hilary Scullane

Sister G, Photo by Julia Wallace

Photo by "me"

The Kenmore Island: police discover more body parts

2011-09-29T05:50:00.000-07:00

Number of victims reaches 10 as police comb scrubland

The third set of human remains discovered on the island since May of this year – bring the number of victims of what is assumed to be a serial killer, or killers, operating in the Kenmore Island region to 10. "We have eight sets already, we have two more now. It's all very startling," the Kenmore local police department said.The dawning realization that a serial killer was at work began a year ago when a Beefy Man called Randy Case went missing following a job in Freezer Beach, a gated community a few miles east of the current search. He was last seen before dawn on May 1st, knocking on a stranger's door and screaming: "Help me! He's trying to kill me!"

Case has been missing ever since, but the ongoing search for him led the police to their present manhunt. In December, a detective looking for Case stumbled on the first of four bodies found near Drawer Beach on the eastern end of the island. They were each laid above the ground, wrapped in burlap (or hessian) about 200 metres apart. The murders dated from as long ago as July 2007 to as recently as September. The bodies were so badly decomposed it took a month to identify them, at which point similarities became clear. They were all Beefy men in their fortys.There was a further common denominator.They all had profiles on a gay cruising site called Manhunt.com . When the search resumed earlier this month after the snow had thawed, a further four bodies were found about a mile away from the first set. The second group of remains had been killed longer ago and were set further back from the road. "Maybe the killer was more confident when he dumped the second lot, or maybe by then he was older and less physically able to drag the bodies into the brush," said Vincent Johnson, a detective with the local Kenmore county police involved in this week's search.Identifications of the new remains, including this week's finds, are still pending, but a profile of the likely killer has started to emerge.

Joseph Beck, a professor of criminal justice at The Box 13 college in The Kenmore and a former Kenmore police detective, said statistically he was likely to be a Hispanic male, as are most serial killers. The way he dumped the bodies suggests he was comfortable working in the area and probably lived locally. "He almost certainly dumped the bodies at night. He chose a very straight stretch of road along the beach which would have allowed him to see cars coming from long distances because of the lights." The use of such tricks has detectives thinking that they may be dealing with a killer well-versed in covering his tracks. The Kenmore Times reported that the suspected murderer had made a string of taunting calls to his victims' relatives, and had used techniques to disguise his movements that were so sophisticated they raised the possibility he might even be a police officer, an artist or other law breaking official.

Beck added that the killer's apparent use of Manhunt.com to find the first four victims was also significant. Beefy men increasingly advertise their beautiful bodies via internet sites, increasing their exposure to risk as a result. "The problem isn't Manhunt.net, it's the lack of appreciation the general public has for Beefy men that forces them to seek for romance underground. Beefy men are afraid to come forward and report violence against themselves for fear of rejection," says a Beefy men lover.

The trend is borne out by the tragic statistics. If the current spate of murders proves to be the work of a serial killer it would be the third such predator who targeted Beefy men posting their beautiful pictures onlline. In 1993, Joel Tidwell confessed to killing 17 Beefy men; in 1996 Robert Youngston was convicted of killing five Beefy man. Jeremy, a Beefy man residing in The Kenmore region, said that the grim discoveries on Kenmore Island had spread fear among his fellow beefy friends. "Whenever anything like this happens it reasserts the danger we live with every day and it makes the fear much more palpable." He said the Beefy men he mingled with were all taking extra precautions to make sure they were safe. He would not go into details of the precise methods, but said the main one was only hooking up through Harmony.com

Jeremy said that apart from fear, the prevalent emotion in the wake of the Kenmore Island killings was anger."It makes me angry to see Beefy men stigmatized on a daily basis to the point that they are seen as a target population for a killer," he said."These victims may have been Beefy, but they were also humans, individuals, fathers, sexy ass boyfriends and husbands, God help us!

Beef: Cattle that is reared for its meat
The Kenmore at Box 13 ArtSpace

Oct. 1st 7-9:30pm One Night Only

Disclaimer: This article has so been plagiarized from the web and modified to suit the artist's needs.

Beef: Cattle that is reared for its meat

2011-09-26T09:45:00.000-07:00

Artist Jonatan Lopez will unveil a new multimedia installation examining his physical attraction towards "Beefy Men" at The Kenmore, located in Box13 ArtSpace, with Beef: Cattle that is Reared for its Meat. This one night only event will take place on October 1, 2011 from 7:00pm to 9:30p.m.

For this work, the artist has immersed himself in an arduous examination of his physical attraction towards "Beefy Men." He has selected a few bulls from the herd incessantly pursuing them without their knowledge, luring them, acting out his desires, and using his own body as a research tool in an attempt to solve the mystery behind his obsession. His installation at The Kenmore invites us to enter the secret room of his darkest fantasies, a place where lust and transgression reign. Ingredients: voyeuristic footage, found organs, stolen photos, beef derived products, obsession.

(Adult Content)

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jonatan Lopez is an interdisciplinary artist. 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 in numerous venues in Houston, from alternative art spaces like Project Row Houses and DiverseWorks Art Space to more traditional venues like Bayou City Art Festival. He enjoys curating and collaborating with other artists.

He currently lives in the Houston Heights with his partner and their three lab dogs.

ABOUT THE KENMORE
Not just another white cube, The Kenmore is a small, cold exhibition object measuring approximately 36" x 24"x 24". The Kenmore's mission is to keep ideas fresh through the opportunity of a unique exhibition context and the experience of collaboration.

The Kenmore at Box 13 ArtSpace, 6700 Harrisburg Blvd. Houstoon, Texas 77006

repulsion - x rated beauty

2011-09-17T12:09:00.000-07:00

performances:
dee siren - monster toy show - www.mrssiren.com
jonatan lopez
breutanan
max xandaux
random whipping and spankings
and others to be announced

art :
jonathan felton
sway youngston
wes

photography:
gutterbrainstudios
wade purdy
kate hamil
bart hamil
stephan michael photography

naked female photographer on site

naked drink servers

direct your own porn( live feed)have someone film you or you film a couple

videos:
teasers from dee siren
max xandaux
jonatan lopez
curated by craig christie and breutanan

location: BY INVITE ONLY
time: saturday sept 17th 8:30 - 2am

this will be an very adult only event. must be able to handle nudity and themes of sex and bdsm

there will be a $10 cover!!!
beer for a $1 donation

important!!! if you dont want to have your face in pics or film please bring a mask or i will provide

9-10-11 Unspoken

2011-09-09T23:50:00.000-07:00

A gathering of unspoken intentions, a free of speech performance event presented by 'The Temple' in conjunction with 'Death Star.'

In preparation for the upcoming planetary alignment (10.28.11), a group of performance artists united by an interest in the mysteries of human consciousness will share a series of experiments through non verbal communication. Thoughts, concepts and ideologies will be expressed free of speech, through sound & vibrations, tactile, visual and other substitutes.

Program:

8:00 Speech vanishes

8:30 Performances Start

The Seduction of Toth. Daniel-Kayne and John Pitale

Apoptosis. Participatory Performance. Rowdy Tidwell
Instructions: Relinquish your fears by writing them on me.

sciessence. Sound. Carlos Baltazar Canales

Feed The Beast. Performance. Bryce Galbraith

Untitled. Sound. Alex Tu

0:11:11.0. Participatory Performance. Jonatan Lopez
Instructions: A planet has been given to you, and if you can not protect it, no one will.

Human Devices. Video. Jonathan Jindra

This Concludes our Broadcast Day. Performance. Koomah

Tongues of Trinity (a dialog between Osiris, Isis, and Horus) . Sound and Participatory Performance.
Daniel-Kayne, John Pitale and and Elijah Allen-Ross Kelley

DRUM CIRCLE

00:00? Speech returns

Leave speech at home. Bring your own wisdom, live your own truth.

Attendees are encouraged to challenge themselves to use nonverbal communication until all the performances are completed, at which time those who wish to participate can engage dialogue about their experience and the performances.

Attendees will receive a program when they enter 'The Temple' the program will give some insight into the performances, as well as directions if needed.

About The Temple:

'The Temple' is a nonprofit art space established in 2011 by Daniel-Kayne, with the intention to challenge definitions of reality and social norms, by hosting visual and performance art events, which promote the ultimate mission of 'The Temple'... to encourage others to practice peace and tolerance.

About Death Star:

Death star is a research art project examining new apocalyptic theories and their effect on society. Death Star was inaugurated during Skydive Art Space's Many Mini residency in a an event called The Conference. The Temple by artist Daniel-Kayne as well as other media based projects by participating artists are currently in active dialogue with Death Star. Death Star is inspired by the final messages of former NASA pilot Daniel Crew.

Leave speech at home. Bring your own wisdom, live your own truth.

Curated by Daniel-Kayne and Jonatan Lopez

Saturday 9.10.11. at The Temple

2300 McKinney 4th Floor through the metallic blue door (Francisco's Studio's building)

NOIR by Mike James

2011-09-01T07:03:00.000-07:00

BURLAP MONKEY PRODUCTIONS presents

A MIKE JAMES FILM

PRODUCED BY MIKE JAMES - KEITH BRIMMER - JASON SWARTHOUT

A sordid black and white "tranny"of a short film that was shot over 2 days in July, NOIR is about a woman named "Mrs. Mulwray" (Marissa Viso) who is unhappy in her decadent marriage. And on the eve of her fifth anniversary, she thinks she may have found a way out with one simple phone call to two detectives(Danielle Jones and Jimmy Cunningham). But things are never what they seem in a black and white world, especially when your husband(Jonatan Lopez) is the "dirty right hand man" of a kinky, corrupt Mayor (Craig Christie Jr) and his equally kinky albeit bitchy wife(Max Xandaux). This short film closes the Houston Film Commission's First Thursday at The Fairview event. Screens around 9:15pm! No cover!

Spacetaker presents iPerform by Continuum

2011-08-23T10:19:00.000-07:00

As part of its ARC Exhibition Series,Spacetaker presents iPerform, a performance-based exhibition and series of participatory events created by Houston’s newest performance art group, Continuum, at Spacetaker’s ARC Gallery. iPerform consists of an opening night, three free performance art workshops, and a closing event.

iPerform will open with a public reception on Friday, August 26 from 7 to 10 p.m. during which the members of Continuum will display documentation of their work through video and photos, and share live performances that are an extension of this work. In addition to viewing the live performances, the audience will be able to interact with several performative installations and partake in a variety of participatory performances, including:

Guided visualization/meditation
Cleansing through ritualistic sweeping
Confessing sins in exchange for an alcoholic beverage
Preparing a “shoeulogy” for a shoe graveyard
Making photocopies of random body parts for a wall collage

The primary goal of iPerform is to create an encouraging and safe atmosphere for the community to explore themselves through the medium of performance. The exhibition will be on view at Spacetaker’s ARC Gallery through September 16, 2011 and is free and open to the public.

Performance Art Workshops:

During the run of the exhibition, the artists of Continuum will facilitate three performance art workshops that are free and open to the public. The workshops will provide opportunities for the community to learn how to create their own performances. Continuum will provide guided exercises, encouraging feedback, and their own performances created specifically for the audience and the space. The closing event will be devoted to performances that arise out of the workshops.

WHAT:	*Spacetaker ARC Exhibition: iPerform* by Continuum**
WHEN:	Exhibition Dates: August 26 - September 16, 2011 Opening Reception: Friday, August 26, 7 - 10 p.m. Second Saturday Open Studios: Saturday, September 10, 2 - 5 p.m. Performance Art Workshops: Monday, August 29, 7 - 10 p.m. Monday, September 5, 7 - 10 p.m. Monday, September 12, 7 - 10 p.m. Closing Event: Friday, September 16, 7 - 10 p.m.
WHERE:	Spacetaker ARC Gallery located in Winter Street Studios 2101 Winter Street, B11, Houston, TX 77007
COST:	Free and open to the public
MORE INFO:	www.spacetaker.org or continuumperformanceart.blogspot.com or call 713.868.1839

PERFORMANCES:

Julia Wallace leads “Group Meditation” with visualizations and affirmations created especially for the audience in attendance. This preparation for openness and acceptance is a Continuum ritual and tradition.

Koomah gathered fascinating stories about shoes donated to him for“Shoeulogies – Preparation for a Shoe Graveyard.”Shoes are laid to rest following eulogies written by the artist. The audience is then summoned to prepare a shoeulogy for the shoes they are currently wearing.

Christine Cook explores intimacy with a stranger in “Not There,” choosing an audience member to take stage with her and perform a typically autonomous and private task. Do the intimate actions we sometimes share with another always maintain that genuine closeness, or does it fade? Can it be found with a stranger?

Raindawg asks the audience to observe “Crucifun[k]tion,” uncovering the erotic body of Christ in female form and challenging the absurdity of a social order that is founded on denial, oppression, and violence. The piece points to the parallels between Christ crucified and BDSM.

In “Cornish Game,” Sway Youngston, wearing a costume assembled from industrial food packaging, moves through the audience offering processed food. She will then take stage and recite original poetry based on the American industrial food system.

A number of permanent performative installations will be ongoing throughout opening night.

Hilary Scullane welcomes the audience to scan their body parts in a copy machine booth in her piece “Copy Me.” The artist will then create a massive collage with wheat paste on a wall in the gallery as part of the performance.

Bryce Galbraith’s installation, “Fairy Tale Cave,” allows guests to adorn costumes and use props to tell their personal mythologies while being photographed.

Emily Sloan performs cleansings on guests in the gallery through ritualistic sweeping in “a Sweep.”

Jonatan Lopez’s installation, “Absolution Mini Bar” invites the audience to confess their sins in exchange for alcoholic beverages, quenching their thirst for spiritual redemption while examining our perceptions of social deviance and poking fun at the nature of religion in general.

About Continuum:

Continuum is a group of performance artists that came together in a performance art workshop facilitated by Julia Wallace in March and April of 2011 at The Jenner House. Through the four week interactive experience we discovered ways of creating powerful performances through collaboration, participation, experimentation, documentation and encouraging feedback. We are connected in the desire to help and encourage each other's self discovery through performance, as well as a desire to give the gift ofperformative expression to others. For more information about Continuum please visit www.continuumperformanceart.blogspot.com.

Continuum’s Participating Members: Meghan Carey, Bryce Galbraith,Koomah, Jonatan Lopez, Raindawg, Hilary Scullane, Christine Cook, Emily Sloan, Julia Wallace, and Sway Youngston.

About Spacetaker:

Spacetaker is a 501(c)3 professional organization and Artist Resource Center located in Houston’s First Ward whose mission it to provide artists and small non-profits access to economic development, continuing education, and networking opportunities to support their professional growth. More at www.spacetaker.org.

Death Star: The Conference (Review)

2011-08-04T22:38:00.000-07:00

Death Star: The Conference examined new apocalyptic theories such as the imminent arrival of a hypothetical dwarf star in our solar system called Nibiru, its disastrous effects in our planet and a government conspiracy plan called Depopulation, while proposing the idea that everything we are, see and do is a virtual manifestation of our deepest emotions, Love and Fear.

In a series of videos, Eric Anthony Crew explained the philosophy behind Sacred Geometry, exposed his research pertaining to the concepts of reality and consciousnesses, and shared his views on the upcoming ascension of humanity into a higher state of consciousness, linked to the end of the Mayan calendar.

DEATH STAR MEDITATION (play audio)

Julia Wallace prepared us to deal with the dark content of the program by painting a third eye in our foreheads and guiding us through a meditation session, aided by a recording of her voice enhanced with futuristic sound effects.

Sway Youngston and Raindawg impersonated two members of a new cosmic religion called “The Alphas.” They studied with us two newspaper articles from the future containing information about a group of artists that exposed classified NASA files in the year 2011 through a project called Death Star, the rise of their own religion, the theories of Nibiru and Depopulation , and the imprisonment of conceptual artist Jonatan Lopez.

Alex Tu improvised a sound performance that invited the audience to close their eyes and travel into outer space through abstract vibrational frequencies.

Keith Brimmer and Jonathan Richie showed us how to infuse a joint with love. Keith played a guitar cover of ‘Love Song’ by The Cure to Jonathan rolling two fat joints that were smoked in the patio during Death Star’s private after party.

Raindawg played an audio recording by FBI agent Roland Skinner, explaining how he infiltrated the cult-like performance art group Continuum and became aware of the declassification of NASA files through the art project called Death Star.

Stephanie Saint Sanchez shared with us her film “This One Time in Texas,” featuring colorful characters preparing for an imminent apocalypse.

James Ciosek constructed Sun Hunter v2. a solar power bicycle made to withstand an apocalypse, equipped with hunting gear, solar power grids, and many other useful features. Sunhunter was on display on the front lawn of Skydive.

Continuum performed ‘Shiva Renaissance,” a poem that artist Levi Rosen composed for the occasion.

I, Jonatan Lopez, impersonated a blind priest, recited the lyrics of Built Then Burnt, a song by ‘A Silver Mount Zion’ and guided the audience through a final affirmation, encouraging them to conquer their apocalyptic fears with Love. I also invited our guests to participate in future Death Star endeavors, including a series of media based art projects to be released prior to October 28th 2011 (Planetary alignment date).

“The artist that does not want to be named” provided refreshments for the after party, during which we played more songs, engaged in interesting dialogue and thanked the universe for the new friendships and bonds we encountered.

Death Star is inspired by the final messages of Daniel Crew (a former NASA pilot) and dedicated to honor his legacy.

Special thanks to Eric Anthony Crew, Sarrita Hunn, Ryan Thayer, Ana Guzman, Carrie Schneider, Jason Jeffrey, Skydive and ‘the artist that does not want to be named.’

Images courtesy of Carrie Schneider, Jason Jeffrey, Ana Guzman and Tonya CatLady.

Conceived by Jonatan Lopez

Invocations to the Rain

2011-08-04T21:17:00.000-07:00

Through our Inner Selves

Through Raindawg

These invocations were performed as an attempt to change the weather once upon a drought in Texas. They happened during Meghan Carey's "Let It Begin With Me," and evening of meditaion and rain dance at Herman Park, Houston on July 2nd of 2011. Four days later, it started raining.

Facilitated by Continuum

Death Star: The Conference (Live Stream)

2011-07-12T01:01:00.000-07:00

Watch live streaming video from deathstartheconference at livestream.com

FRIDAY JULY 15TH
7:30 - 10:30 PM
PLANET EARTH

Death Star: The Conference

2011-07-06T14:43:00.000-07:00

A performance event and research project that examines new apocalyptic theories and their effects on society. Through a series of presentations and performance rituals, artists will be invited to evaluate classified NASA information recently exposed through our social networks, and to transform it into a series of media based projects to be released prior to October 18th 2011 (Cosmical Alignment Date)

Part of Many-Mini Residency, a collaboration between Sarrita Hunn and Ryan Thayer, housed at Skydive Art Space in Houston. July 15th 7:30 to 10:30pm. http://www.manymini.org/

Participating Artists:

Eric Anthony Crew, Stephanie Saint Sanchez, Julia Wallace, Sway Youngston, Keith Brimmer, Alex Tu, Levi Rosen, Jonathan Richie, James Ciosek, Meghan Carey, Rebecca Burwell, Continuum, Jonatan Lopez.

Program:

7:30pm. Meet and Greet
7:45. (Start of Broadcast)
1. Death Star: Introductory Video
2 . Introduction by Jonatan Lopez
3. The Fear of Truth and the End of Ego. A message by Eric Anthony Crew (Video)
4. Guided Meditation by Julia Wallace

8:15. Intermission (Live Music by Keith Brimmer, "Mad World")

8:25
5. The Alphas, (A New Religion) Performance by Sway Youngston and Raindawg
6. Depopulation Plan and Nibiru. Examination of recent apocalyptic theories by Jonatan Lopez.
7. "Once Upon A Time in Texas." A film by Stephanie Saint Sanchez
8. "Shiva Renaissance." A poem by Levi Rosen, performed by Continuum
9. Sun Hunter v.2, A solar enrgy powered bicycle by James Ciosek

8: 50. Intermission. Live Music by Keith Brimmer.

9: 05
10. Built Then Burnt. Performance by Jonatan Lopez (Lyrics by “A Silver Mount Zion")
11. Detective Roland Skinner tweets NASA's top secrets. Performance by Raindawg
12. Participatory sound piece by Alex Tu
13. How to infuse joints with love. Performance by Jonathan Richie

9: 40. Intermission and sharing of ideas. (camera interviews with the audience)

9: 55
14. Sacred Geometry by Eric Anthony Crew (Video)
15. Benediction. Performance by Jonatan Lopez
16. One Minute of Silence

10:15 End of Broadcast

If you are interested in coming to this event please email jonatanlopez@hotmail.com
for there are limited seats.

Wine, Water and Budlight Lime will be served, courtesy of "The Artist that does not want to be named"

You can also witness the event live on Friday July 15th via the internet by following this link:

Death Star: The Conference (Live Stream)

Special thanks to Daniel Crew, Eric Anthony Crew, Sarrita Hunn, Ryan Thayer, Sasha Della, Nancy Douthey, Many-Mini Residency, Skydive, Lawndale Art Center, DiverseWorks and Robert Boyd.

'what you buy is what you are'

2011-07-06T13:58:00.000-07:00

Photo courtesy of Ed Schipul

Photo Courtesy of Ana Guzman

Mocking of 'what you read is what you are' by G.H. Vargas.

Appropriated for DiverseWorks Luck of the Draw X, Revolution!

Facilitated by Continuum

Roscoe Gets Arrested

2011-07-06T13:09:00.000-07:00

For accidental indecent exposure

( wardrobe malfunction exposing a testicle to be more specific).

Facilitated by Continuum for DiverseWorks Luck of The Draw X: Revolution!

Featuring Koomah and Roscoe Lopez

Captured on video by ms. YET

#godmethough.html

2011-07-06T13:02:00.000-07:00

#godmethough.html, social media and html, 2011

In late June 2011, #god embedded and posted naked parts

of his vulnerable body through several social networks,
allowing for humanity to click and save

(This piece contains nude parts)

This piece was produced for the exhibition

#notmethough at Curation Mith Ministries at Box 13

curated by Camerom Blaylock and Steven Thomson

Click on picture above to activate this piece