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Formed in 2003, Brooklyn based New Humans make collaborative works including music, video, art installations, clothing collaborations (w. United Bamboo), and sound recordings. Repetitive patterning, collapsing boundary and object, unraveling ...
New Humans began out of Mika Tajima's art practice and is a moniker for her projects with other musicians, artists, and designers. Members are Howie Chen, Mika Tajima, and Eric Tsai.
Past collaborations with Vito Acconci, José León Cerrillo, Philippe Decrauzat, Matt Suib, and C. Spencer Yeh.
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Past Performances/Shows/Projects |
December 2007 New Humans performance, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland
September 2007 New Humans performance, Ballroom Marfa, Texas
February/March 2007 New Humans performance collaboration with Vito Acconci and C. Spencer Yeh, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York.
September 2006
September 2006
July 2006
June 2006
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.
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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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