Dear friends and colleagues,<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><span>Now entering its third year, Low Lives
is an international exhibition of live, networked performance-based works
transmitted via the internet and projected in real time at multiple
venues throughout the U.S. and around the world. </span><font size="2"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>Low</span> <span>Lives</span> <span><span>3 promises</span></span>
<span>to</span> <span>be</span> <span>the</span> <span>farthest</span> <span>reaching</span> <span>to</span> date with over 20 presenting partners in <span>the</span>
United States, Mexico,
Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Germany, India, Tanzania, Brazil and Japan. <br><br></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Low Lives examines works
that critically investigate, challenge, and extend the potential of performance
practice presented live through online broadcasting networks such as Ustream. tv or Livestream.com. These networks
provide a new alternative and efficient medium for presenting, viewing, and
archiving performances. Low Lives is not simply about the presentation of
performative gestures at a particular place and time but also about the
transmission of these moments and what gets lost, conveyed, blurred, and
reconfigured when utilizing this medium. Low Lives embraces works with a lo-fi
aesthetic such as low pixel image and sound quality, contributing to a raw, D.I.Y.
and sometimes voyeuristic quality in the transmission and reception of the
work. </span></font>
<br><font size="2"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></span></font><span>Artists working in any media are invited to submit proposals for performance-based works. All proposals will be</span><span> reviewed by a jury made up of curators and directors from the following institutions:<br>
<br></span><span><b>Low Lives 3 Presenting Partners*</b><br>
Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) (Salt Lake City, Utah) <a href="http://www.umfa.utah.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.umfa.utah.edu</a><br>Real Art Ways (Harford, Connecticut) <a href="http://www.realartways.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.realartways.org</a><br>
The Performance Art Institute (San Francisco, California) <a href="http://www.theperformanceartinstitute.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>www.theperformanceartinsti</span><span></span>tute.org</a> <br>
the temporary space (Japan) <a href="http://www.thetemporaryspace.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thetemporaryspace.com</a> <br>Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) (Portland, Oregon) <a href="http://www.pica.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.pica.org</a><br>
On the Boards Seattle, Washington) <a href="http://www.ontheboards.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ontheboards.org</a><br>Obsidian Arts (Minneapolis, Minnesota)- <a href="http://www.obsidianartscenter.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.obsidianartscenter.org</a><br>
Mindpirates (Berlin, Germany) <a href="http://www.mindpirates.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.mindpirates.org</a><br>Mascher Space Co-op (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) <a href="http://www.mascherdance.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.mascherdance.com</a><br>
Living Arts (Tulsa, Oklahoma)- <a href="http://www.livingarts.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.livingarts.org</a> <br>La Perrera (Oaxaca, Mexico) <a href="http://www.laperreraoax.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.laperreraoax.com</a><br>
LAP!_Laboratório de Ação & Performance (Espírito Santo, Brazil) <a href="http://www.labperformance.tk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.labperformance.tk</a><br>Konic Thtr (Barcelona, Spain) <a href="http://www.koniclab.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.koniclab.info</a><br>
Fusebox Festival (Austin, Texas) <a href="http://www.fuseboxfestival.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.fuseboxfestival.com</a><br>Elon University (Elon, North Carolina) <a href="http://org.elon.edu/art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://org.elon.edu/art/</a><br>
DiverseWorks (Houston, Texas) <a href="http://www.diverseworks.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.diverseworks.org</a><br>Diaspora Vibe Gallery (Miami, Florida) <a href="http://www.diasporavibe.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.diasporavibe.net</a><br>
Co-Lab (Austin, Texas) <a href="http://www.colabspace.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.colabspace.org</a><br>Chez Bushwick (Brooklyn, New York) <a href="http://www.chezbushwick.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.chezbushwick.net</a><br>
Center for Performance Research (CPR) (Brooklyn, New York) <a href="http://www.cprnyc.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.cprnyc.org</a><br>Attakalari Centre for Movement Arts (Bangalore, India) <a href="http://www.attakkalari.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.attakkalari.org</a><br>
Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art (Newark, New Jersey) <a href="http://www.aljira.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.aljira.org</a><br>Alice Yard (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago) <a href="http://www.aliceyard.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.aliceyard.blogspot.com</a></span><span> <br>
</span><span>Simba Theatre Art International at Village Museum (Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania)<br><br>*This
list includes Presenting Partners who are confirmed as of 2/16/11.
Additional Presenting Partners may be added before the event date.</span><br><br><b>To view the International Call for Proposals, please visit:</b><br><a href="http://www.lowlives.net/index.php?/contact/news/2/" target="_blank">http://www.lowlives.net/index.php?/contact/news/2/</a> <br>
<br><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Low Lives on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#%21/pages/Low-Lives/161802270536773" target="_blank">Facebook</a></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Call to Artists on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Low-Lives/161802270536773#%21/event.php?eid=190755877612479" target="_blank">Facebook</a></span></font></p>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Note:</b> In an effort to include as many new artists as possible, artists who
participated in Low Lives 2 are not eligible to participate in Low Lives 3. </span></font>
<br>Artists who participated in the first installment of Low Lives (2009) are eligible to submit a proposal. <br><br><span>
Please feel free to share this information far and wide. <br><br>Best,<br><font color="#888888"><br>Jorge Rojas<br><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Artist/Independent Curator<br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.lowlives.net/" target="_blank">www.lowlives.net</a></span></span></font></span>
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