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Formed in 2003, New York-based New Humans make collaborative works involving sound, installation, and performance actions. New Humans is a moniker for Mika Tajima's 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 participants include Danny Barria, Nick Phillips, and Bella Foster.
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2015 New Humans performance along with Blues Control, Das Audit, Pill, Sergej Jensen/Magnus Schaefer at Houdini, New York 2014 New Humans and Alvin Aronson collaboration in Mika Tajima: Total Body Conditioning at Art In General New Humans for Looking Back: The Eighth White Columns Annual - Selected by Pati Hertling at White Columns, New York 2013 New Humans for PAN_ACT at ISSUE Project Room, New York Charles Atlas and New Humans, Frieze Sounds, New York 2012 New Humans at Stockholm Music & Arts Festival, Stockholm, Sweden New Humans, Epee du Bois at Wierd, New York 2011 New Humans for I don't know if it makes any sense – I feel quite dizzy and a little drunk due to the blow. I will return with more info shortly... at IMO, Copenhagen, Denmark Charles Atlas, Mika Tajima and New Humans: The Pedestrians, South London Gallery, London New Humans screening and performance for Às Artes, Cidadãos exhibition at Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal 2010 New Humans performance for wait for me at the bottom of the pool organized by Bob Nickas New Humans performance for Double Features organized by C. Spencer Yeh New Humans performance as part of Renee Green: Endless Dreams and Time-Based Streams exhibition program, incl. Florian Hecker, YBCA, San Francisco New Humans performance, Sculpture Center, New York 2009 New Humans with James Plotkin, X Initiative, New York Mika Tajima/New Humans in collaboration with Charles Atlas and Judith Butler, SFMOMA, California 2008 New Humans performance, The Station, Miami New Humans performance and installation, Artissima, Turin, Italy New Humans, Orphan, DJ Bob Nickas and Mark Ibold, Triple Canopy, New York New Humans performance in conjunction with Olivier Mosset exhibition, Zane Bennett, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2007 New Humans performance, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland New Humans performance, Ballroom Marfa, Texas Music festival, Steinkjer, Norway New Humans performance collaboration with Vito Acconci and C. Spencer Yeh, New York 2006 New Humans performance DIA Art Foundation Gala, New York New Humans, Grass Grows Forever in Every Possible Direction & Infinite Black Noise, PICA TBA:06l, Oregon New Humans record release performance in collaboration w. Philippe Decrauzat Plate 28 installation. Swiss Institute, NY New Humans performance at Uncertain States of America (exhibition) Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY New Humans performance 30-60-90: Airport War, First Nation, New Humans, w. Jay Sanders. EFA, New York. New Humans performance 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. 2005 New Humans, presented by the RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island. New Humans, video screening, at Blueroom, Rome, Italy. New Humans, installation/performance for the inaugural opening of Taller Publico, Mexico City, Mexico. New Humans with Notekillers (ecstatic peace) at Cakeshop, New York. New Humans in Vídeo Música Vídeo, and performance at El Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. Curated by Bob Nickas. New Humans with Matt Suib collaboration, Cosmic Microwave Background or the Problem with Interstellar Communication Breakdown,P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center New Humans, installation and sound performances at Walker Art Center inaugural event, Minneapolis New Humans with Matt Suib collaboration, Cosmic Microwave Background or the Problem with Interstellar Communication Breakdown, Apex Art, New York 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. New Humans performance for Rirkrit Tiravanija Untitled 2002 (he promised) installation organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. New Humans performance, Broken Meter, performance and installation for The Freedom Salon presented at Deitch Projects, New York. New Humans, 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. New Humans clothing collaboration with Whole Cloth and New Humans Video #1 included in Drunk vs. Stoned, Gavin Brown's Passerby, New York New Humans, 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. New Humans in New York Armory Show, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art booth, New York. Performance and clothing collaboration. New Cheese Human Burger Mashup Trashup, Gavin Brown's Passerby, New York Performance in collaboration with Cheeseburger 2003 New Humans installation and performance, Color Séance, Maccarone Inc., New York. Organized by Sherman Magazine. New Humans in Olav Westphalen's Blimp Derby Invitational 2003,Sculpture Center, LIC, New York

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