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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
2012
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 New Humans performance, The Station, Miami New Humans performance, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland New Humans performance, Ballroom Marfa, Texas
2006 New Humans, Grass Grows Forever in Every Possible Direction & Infinite Black Noise, PICA TBA:06l, Oregon 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
Installation design collaboration, Mika Tajima and United Bamboo
New Humans in New York Armory Show, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art booth, New York. Performance and clothing collaboration.
2003 New Humans in Olav Westphalen's Blimp Derby Invitational 2003,Sculpture Center, LIC, New York
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