#notmethough, Curated by @CameronBlaylock and @StevenJThomson

 

If it doesn’t exist on the Internet, it doesn’t exist.”
-Kenneth Goldsmith; poet, founder of UbuWeb

The explosion of social media platforms has elicited a striking reaction among artists. This exhibition seeks to consolidate this discourse within the paradigm of the show title, #notmethough, a top trending topic in June 2010, ranked third below “#nowplaying” and “#JustinBieber.” Participants have been invited to comment on this title in any personal manner, be it the anonymity of the Internet, issues of privacy and exhibitionism, the notion of “the other,” statements of resistance and individualism, etc.

Exhibiting artists include:

• Melinda Ainsworth
• Man Bartlett
• Logan Sebastian Beck
• Bexar
• Douglas Cason As Zepeda
• Damien Hirst
• Jonatan Lopez
• Ray Ogar
• Brian Piana
• @t_h_e_y*
• @CorpzFlowrLois

Works will be presented in any format (paper, canvas, performance, projection, etc.), but all employ one of six social media modules:
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Flickr
• Tumblr
• YouTube/Vimeo
• Chatroulette

Exhibition Opening: June 18, 7 — 9:30 p.m., Curation Myth Ministries at Box 13 ArtSpace
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*Guests are requested to begin tweeting @t_h_e_y immediately.

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Continuum's performances at BODYHEAT

Continuum’s, “Bodyheat” raised temperatures at Free Press Summerfest 2011 to record breaking levels. With Yoga Sutra, Roscoe Lopez taught participants to symbolically take their clothes off for all the world to see that they are no longer ashamed of their hot bodies.

Later, Ms Yet led participants in a session of Belly Yoga. By the time they were finished, temperatures had reached 105 degrees, the hottest ever recorded in Houston during the month of June. That wasn’t the only record broken.

 

MASSageORGY, conceived by Sway Youngston and Julia Wallace, gave the finger to the juice company that holds the official record for

the world’s largest massage chain. 

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Possessed By the Beat, Music Video by Max Xandaux

 

Houston's new sensation, multimedia performance artist

Max Xandaux, invited me to be an extra in his new music video

"Possesed By the Beat,"

and I was delighted to participate.

His music is fantastic and this video, presented by Heighstonian,

compliments it formidably. 

HEIGHTSTONIAN presents a Madstarwonder Production: MaxXandauX's music video "Possessed By the Beat"

Director: Rachel Estrada
Lyrics: MaxXandauX
Music Production: Black Cat

Locations Filmed:
AvantGarden
Mirror Scene - House of Lady Butterfly

MaxXandauX's Costume Design:
Gin Martini
Tony Rio

MaxXandauX's Accessories:
Evil Pawn Jewelry
MaxXandauX

MaxXandauX's Hair and Make Up:
Kyla Moreno

Cast:
MaxXandauX
Titanica DaBarge
Charo Beans
NiNi
Kyla Moreno
Melinda Grace
Gin Martini
Jesssica Wahlquist
Elyse Rachal
Jacob Socialite
Jonatan Lopez
Michel Muylle
Craig Hart Christie Jr.
Erik Martinez
Pablito Lister
Brandon Attaway

Yoga Sutra, Top & Bottom Routines (Elooooongated Version)

Roscoe Lopez teaches Continuum's members Yoga Sutra in preparation for their performance at Summer Fest 2011 for BODYHEAT, Continuum's first public show.

Conceived by Roscoe Lopez
Created and performed by Continuum.

Location: Continuum's BYOP Night at Ponderosa

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OTHER LOVES (Performance)

 

Other Loves

Performed at Other  Loves: Celebrating Queer Artists

Documented by Jennifer Tyburczy

Dedicated to Other Loves not meant to be.

Christian:

When I saw him for the first time in his underwear,

I thought of falling in love,

and now he is covered in mud.

He awakened a feeling which I ignored lived in me.

Then I thought I heard a door slamming,

or my head banging against a wall,

and now he is covered in blood.

And I am afraid of admitting that I am afraid.

Milan:

This one I caught in the field,

he drank a different type of milk,

his body hair like threads of gold,

in the crevices of my teeth got caught.

His blood was a mild sauce,

his meat a tender as an infant's,

I cut into chunks and ate raw....

and now I am sickened.

Steve:

Away from his heat

my soul breaks into fragments,

away from his fragile kiss,

his skin, rough, juicy, delightful,

sliding slowly like sperm from a tense nerve.

Coming from him even pain would be enjoyable,

the punch of his fist would please me.

But his love is a campfire, 

it would entirely consume the forest I am.

Other Loves: Celebrating Queer Artists

Other Loves: Celebrating Queer Artists, VBB's final show for the 2011 East End Live Art season, will focus on the lives of local and international queer artists and activists. Admission = Free

Hosted by UH postdoctoral fellow Sima Shakhsari; evening delights include:

• an excerpt of Bindiya Chamkay Gi--Bindya Will Shine, a documentary by Pakistani film maker, Ragni Marea Kidvai, about Pakistan's Khwaja Sira or Hijra community. (Bindiya Rana pictured in event photo)

• a short film by Stephanie Saint Sanchez called Vilut.

• a Burlesque style performance by Mister Overdone and D.R.E.D (a.k.a Mildred Gerestant)
• performances by Jonatan Lopez, Stalina Villarreal and Rose Arii

• visual art by clay artist Rob Baker

•jewelry and art on sale by crafts-maker, Rene Rodriguez

As always, there will be food and drink, a Q&A with the artists after the show, and an open mic too.

Thanks to our lovely cosponsors: Queer Voices, Q-Fest, the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at UH, KPFT Pacifica Radio 90.1 FM, Rice University Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality, and Houston Institute for Culture.

The show will feature content which may or may not be suitable for children. Parental/guardian discretion is advised.


Location: Houston Institute for Culture, 708-C Telephone Rd. Houston, 77023 
Date: Sunday June 5th, 6-8pm



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BODYHEAT by Continuum & Yoga Sutra Preview

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Continuum, a new performance art group that recently sprouted in H-Town is bringing to Free Press Summer Fest a series of performances centered around the body and its potential to heat things up.

Continuum's members Julia Wallace and Sway Youngston attempt to unofficially break a world record with their piece "MASSage Orgy." “Let's come together and release each others tensions,” says Youngston. While undermining the validity of the Guiness World Record, the artists will attempt to surpass it's stated record for a Massage Chain of 430 participants.

Roscoe Lopez (a man from another country) is sharing with us the power of Yoga Sutra. “Yoga Sutra is about recognizing how HOT we all are and about achieving unimaginable positions while having The Sex. We are forces of nature and are entitled to act like nature,” says Roscoe. Continuum's members pitched in to pay for Roscoe's plane ticket, so this is an opportunity you cannot miss to "Sexy It Up." (must bring Yoga mat or towel in case of accidental orgasm).

Continnum's special guest Y. E. Torres (ms. YET) will present a super sexy 30 minute class entitled "Belly Yoga." ms. YET has combined the benefits of traditional yoga poses with bellydance drills and postures to create a singular workout designed to increase flexibility, tone muscles, strengthen the body, open up the breath, and enhance your bellydance or yoga practice.

In addition, Continnum will do spontaneous performances amongst the sexy Houston crowd. Look for them on Sunday June 5th as the afternoon cools down and they heat things up at FREE PRESS SUMMER FEST.

Participating members for this event:

Julia Wallace, Jonatan Lopez, Sway Youngston, Bryce Galbraith, Taylor Ray, Eric Ling, Raindawg, Skippy Cooper  and Meghan Carey.

Continuum's local guest: Multidisciplinary artist and Belly Dancer ms. YET

Continuum's guest from another country: Roscoe Lopez

Special thanks to the coolest music festival in H-Town: FREE PRESS SUMMER FEST

WARNING,Yoga Sutra will cause the following permanent side effects: Falling in love with yourself, having sexy thoughts while at the gym, public displays of affection, involuntary prolonged erections, promiscuity and a strange European accent.

(Above Image: Yoga Sutra practice with Roscoe Lopez and Sway Youngston, Courtesy of Koomah and Skippy Cooper)

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Location: Summer Fest at Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston, Tx

Time: June 5th 3-6pm

YOGA SUTRA, a preview

  

A Continuum Project

Conceived by Roscoe Lopez

Coming June 5th to Free Press Summer Fest 

 

Above Images courtesy of Koomah and Jonatan Lopez
taken at Continuum's BYOP Night at Ponderosa