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  Mika Tajima
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Formed in 2003, New York-based New Humans make collaborative works that explore the intersection of sound, installation, and performance actions. New Humans emerged out of Mika Tajima's art practice and is a moniker for her projects with other musicians, artists and designers.

 

New Humans performances and recordings continue a working use of physical materials, piercing drones, sheer static, and low bass frequencies.

 

Members are Howie Chen, Mika Tajima, and Eric Tsai.

 

 

   

Past Performances/Shows/Projects

   
     

 

April 2009
New Humans with James Plotkin, X Initiative, New York

December 2008

New Humans performance, The Station, Miami

November 2008
New Humans performance and installation, Artissima, Turin, Italy

New Humans, Orphan, DJ Bob Nickas and Mark Ibold, Triple Canopy, New York


May 2008
New Humans performance in conjunction with Olivier Mosset exhibition, Zane Bennett, Santa Fe, New Mexico

December 2007

New Humans performance, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland

 

September 2007

New Humans performance, Ballroom Marfa, Texas

August 2007
Music festival, Steinkjer, Norway


February/March 2007

New Humans performance collaboration with Vito Acconci and C. Spencer Yeh, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York.

 

September 2006
DIA Art Foundation Gala, New York.

 

September 2006
Grass Grows Forever in Every Possible Direction and Infinite Black Noise, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art TBA:06 Festival, Oregon

 

July 2006
Record release performance in collaboration with Philippe Decrauzat Plate 28 installation. Swiss Institute, NY

 

June 2006
Uncertain States of America (exhibition) featuring performance New Humans, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

 

June 2006

30-60-90: Airport War, First Nation, New Humans, with Jay Sanders. EFA, New York.

 

April 2006

Performance in celebration of Rirkrit Tiravanija's & Mark di Suvero's Peace Tower at the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum , New York. Speakers & performers included Irving Petlin, Arnold Mesches, John Weber, Apeshit, Japanther, John Giorno, Momus, and Lynne Stewart, among others.

 

November 2005

New Humans, presented by the RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island.

 

October 2005

New Humans, video screening, at Blueroom, Rome, Italy.

 

September 2005

New Humans, installation/performance for the inaugural opening of Taller Publico, Mexico City, Mexico.

 

New Humans with Notekillers (ecstatic peace) at Cakeshop, New York.

 

July 2005

Vídeo Música Vídeo, performance at El Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. Curated by Bob Nickas.

 

April 30, 2005

Cosmic Microwave Background or the Problem with Interstellar Communication Breakdown, New Humans with Matt Suib, video sound collaboration at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

 

April 16, 17, 2005

New Humans, installation and sound performances at Walker Art Center inaugural event, Minneapolis

 

February 25, 2005

Cosmic Microwave Background or the Problem with Interstellar Communication Breakdown, New Humans with Matt Suib, video sound collaboration at Apex Art, New York

 

October 21, 2004

New Humans, Dj Olive + Toshio Kajiwara + Markus Miller + Dj North Guinea Hills, Tyondai Braxton, Services, Dub Trio, Talibam at Tonic, New York. Benefit for Steve Kurtz of Critical Art Ensemble.

 

October 2004

Performance for Rirkrit Tiravanija Untitled 2002 (he promised) installation organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

 

August 2004

Broken Meter, performance and installation for The Freedom Salon presented at Deitch Projects, New York.

 

July 2004

Grass Grows Forever in Every Possible Direction, presented by Lighting for Urban Rooftop Environments in conjunction with The Big Nothing, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania.

 

April 2004

Clothing collaboration with Whole Cloth and New Humans Video #1 included in Drunk vs. Stoned, Gavin Brown's Passerby, New York

 

March/May 2004

Grass Grows Forever in Every Possible Direction, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York

 

Installation design collaboration, Mika Tajima and United Bamboo

 

In 2003, Mika Tajima began collaboration with United Bamboo on designing a new sculptural clothing piece titled "Grass Grows Forever in Every Possible Direction". Four unique pieces were created and utilized in two performances at the Swiss Institute Contemporary Art in NYC.

 

March 2004

New York Armory Show, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art booth, New York.

Performance and clothing collaboration.

 

February 2004

New Cheese Human Burger Mashup Trashup, Gavin Brown's Passerby, New York

Performance in collaboration with Cheeseburger

 

August 2003

Color Séance, Maccarone Inc., New York

Installation and sound performance. Organized by Sherman Magazine.

 

July 2003

Blimp Derby Invitational 2003, Sculpture Center, LIC, New York

Performance featured at Olav Westphalen's Blimp Derby

 

* Past participants include Danny Barria, Nick Phillips, and Bella Foster.

 

 

   

Select Press/Print

   
     

- Cain, Nick, New Humans - AKA, Wire, 291, 2008. recording review

- Sonnenborn, Katie, New Humans, Frieze, 2007. exhibition review

- Ventur, Conrad, New Humans, USELESS, Issue 5 2007. interview with Mika Tajima

- Ed Pinsent, New Humans, The Sound Projector, Issue 15, 2007. review Disassociate

- Momus, The iceberg listens, melts, 8/06, review of Disassociate

- H., the hypothetical brave new world, 8/06, review

- Nordschow, Randy, New Music Box/American Music Center, 7/06 review of Disassociate

- imomus, 4/06 on Whitney Museum performance

- Ridge, Tom, New Humans (review), Wire, 9/05

- Baumes, Ben. New Humans (review), Repellentzine, 6/21/05

- Giattino, Gabrielle. "Ones to Watch: New Humans", Artkrush,Issue #04. 4/17-23/05

- The Museum as Amplifier, Domus Issue 881, 5/05.

- Ritter, P. Lost and Found, City Pages Minneapolis, 5/20/05

- Nordschow, Randy.You Must be Free: New Humans (review), New Music Box/American Music Center, 5/05

- Backstorm, Fia. New Humans, Lesser New York (exhibition pub.), 3/17/05

- Conte, Kari.Audio/Video (exhibition pub.), Apex Art, 2/05.

- Laster, Paul.Flavorspy: New Humans (interview), Flavorpill, 9/05

- After the Riots, Repellentzine, 9/05

- Laster, Paul.Creative Protest, Flavorpill, 9/05

- "Gavin Brown's Passerby," Flash Artonline.com, 5/04.

- Armetta, Amoreen. "Along for the ride," Time Out New York, 3/11-18/04.

   

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