The Lullwood group is a group of artists based in the nearby 107
Gallery (107 Lonestar). For those interested, they are having a call
for artists for Oct 13. Below are details.
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Bring Your Own Beamer - San Antonio, Texas. The Lullwood Group &
Norberto Gomez Jr present a one-night exhibition featuring artists and
their beamers (projectors).
A call to all artists: Do you utilize projection in your work? Do
you have your own projection device and would like to be a part of
BYOB-SATX? If so, please contact The Lullwood Group at
thelullw...@gmail.com or
in...@norbertogomezjr.com for details.
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BYOB is a series of one-night exhibitions hosting artists and
their beamers (projectors). All artists are invited to show work
during BYOB-SATX, with the only requirement being they provide their
own projector (open to interpretation) and work. Installation is
free-form, with artists reacting to the space and their fellow beamers
throughout the night. First initiated by Rafaël Rozendaal in 2010,
over 80 BYOB events have taken place throughout the world, from Berlin
and Tokyo, to San Francisco and New York City.
BYOB-SATX is facilitated and organized by The Lullwood Group of San
Antonio and Norberto Gomez, Jr., an artist and writer based in
Richmond, Virginia.
More details: beamers, or projectors, may consist of the typical
digital projector used by computers or your television, or that
elementary overhead projector, or a child’s toy. Other “screen”
material like computer monitors or televisions are also acceptable.
BYOB-SATX is also open to creative interpretations of the “projector,”
light & dark as medium, the moving image, music/sound/noise,
installation, and shadow-performance.
Make sure to bring your cords, dvd players, computers, vcr, etc. and
extra power strips is always helpful.
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One-night Stands –BYOB-SATX
“Interactivity is usually a means to an end. What if it is a destination?”
-Rozendaal, Blog Post October 19, 2010.
To be “social” and “interactive” is redefined, and the question
is, “What is our destination?” Current interactions now conflate the
virtual with reality. With real friends now also virtual friends,
avatars and a former pseudonymous identity are seemingly in the
minority. Protests consist of animated GIFs and text-based
inside-jokes as memes, and the accepted practice is a like4like and a
share4share. Hope for viral superstardom. Buy the idea of me that I am
selling. The net/web formerly served some as an escape. The net/web
may now serve as an overwhelming glocalism, a hometown to get away
from. This is not a call for disappearance (although, acceptable), but
a critical reengagement with the connection. The destination is the
“offline” space. A time-off from the perpetual-know; an ephemeral
one-night stand. BYOB, San Antonio.
-Norberto Gomez, Jr.
Richmond, Virginia
August 19, 2012
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-m.a. perez
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