Live @ LOW END | Maria Chávez

Born in Lima, Peru, and based in NYC, Maria Chávez is best known as an abstract turntablist, sound artist, and DJ. Coincidence, chance, and failures are themes that unite her book objects, sound sculptures, installations & other works with her improvised solo turntable performance practice. Chavez’s 2012 book on abstract turntablism, Of Technique: Chance Procedures on Turntable, written and illustrated by Maria, has developed a reputation as both an academic resource and a foundational text for a new generation of turntablists. Currently, Maria is on the cover of Wire Magazine, UK, and on the History of Experimental & Electronic music textbook by Routledge Publishing. Her latest solo exhibition spanning a 20,000 square foot abandoned loading dock in Houston, TX ABSORPTION SCULPTURE: The Orange Show, 2023 is currently on view until mid-May. Another large-scale installation of hers is on view as part of the group exhibition, Don’t Blame it on ZEN: The Way of John Cage & Friends at MOCA Jacksonville in Florida from October 28, 2022 - May 7, 2023. Artists' works featured in this exhibition include John Cage, Laurie Anderson, Glenn Branca, Christian Marclay, Charlotte Moorman, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, and others. Her Abstract Turntablism Trio with Victoria Shen and Mariam Rezaei are artists in residence with the Counterflows Festival (Glasgow) and the Rewire Festival in the Hague, the Netherlands in the spring of 2023.