VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

labotanica presents Carlos Pozo: Tropical Depression, a a four-channel audio installation accompanied by mixed-media collages. This work was inspired by disorientation and claustrophobia experienced during power outages after Hurricane Ike (2008) and a house flood during tropical storm Allison (2001). Fri.,Jan.15th, 6-8 PM (Art Opening) and 9 PM (Performance), 2316 Elgin St.

The audio piece will combine electronics with remixed and distorted music blended to create a submerged, aquatic, ambient environment. The collages are inspired by technical diagrams illustrating the path of hurricanes cutting across the Caribbean towards Texas. The intent is to evoke a sense of dread, foreboding, and doom while still retaining the feel of a "tropical" paradise. The installation hopes to explore the idea of the tropics as a state of mind and the way hurricane anxiety ("tropical depression") affects the mental state of the inhabitants of hurricane prone areas. This work was inspired by disorientation and claustrophobia experienced during power outages after Hurricane Ike (2008) and a house flood during tropical storm Allison (2001).

Biography
Born in Concepcion, Chile Carlos Pozo currently lives in Houston, Texas. Pozo studied architecture at the University of Houston and has worked for small design firms since he was a freshman in college. Between 1997 and 2002 he published Angbase magazine, a paper and online fanzine devoted to contemporary noise and electronic music. Pozo runs Pitchphase, a small audio label that has released experimental sounds in CD and CDR by artists from the USA, Canada, and Japan. He has done graphic design work for Frostwave Modular Analogue (Australia), Audiobot Records (Belgium), PacRec Troniks (Los Angeles) and Pitchphase and Angbase. In addition to Angbase, Pozo's music writings have appeared in Ongaku Otaku magazine (San Francisco), Grooves Magazine (Detroit) and Perfect Sound Forever (New York City) online music webzine. Pozo's drawings, watercolors, sound work, collages, and digital images are born out of his studies and work in the field of architecture.

Also at the art event:  PREVIEW of A Moving Theater of Absolute Uniqueness (9PM) Curated by Y.E.Torres, this night of dance, performance, and improvisation influenced by belly dance will give you a preview of what you will see in A Moving Theater of Absolute Uniqueness, a one-night event held on Saturday, January 30th at Frenetic Theater.

labotanica is part of Project Row Houses' Incubation Program.