Failure to Identify
Since May 2012, Failure to Identify has been an experiment in creating spaces for innovative, interdisciplinary & risk-taking writers & artists to perform for Houston publics. Usually these events feature writers from out-of-town, often in conjunction with locally-based folk. The series has no fixed schedule and is super-occasional and super-dependent on happy coincidences and friendly participants. Events have sometimes been held on the back patio of Kaboom Books or at other times in conjunction with local organizations like Art League, Project Row Houses, Fotofest and more. If you are interested in reading for F2I, email me at plujo7 at gmail dot com.
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24 ~ Samuel Ace & Roberto Tejada
At Alabama Song on Wednesday, October 16, 2019.
23 ~ Failure to Con/Form: Fabricate - Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, S Rodriguez, Cassie Mira with Lou Stainback
At TX/RX on Saturday, December 1, 2018. More info here about Failure to Con/Form.
22 ~ Sin identificarse: Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny
En Inprint en Montrose, Houston el sábado 10 de noviembre 2018. Presentado en conjunto con Tintero Project e Inprint.
21 ~ Failure to Con/Form: Shelter - Wo Chan, Koomah, Vanessa Brandon, Dee Dee Watters
At Casa Anandrea with the Organización Latina de Trans en Texas on Saturday August 25, 2018. More info here about Failure to Con/Form.
20 ~ Sin identificarse: Judith Santopietro & Yamile Garcia
En una casa en el East End de Houston el miércoles 22 de agosto 2018.
19 ~ Plant the Seed: A Generative Workshop & Reading
Presented in conjunction with FuenteCo at The Black Labrador on March 31, 2018.
18 ~ sidony o'neal, Crystal Jiko Sasaki, S Rodriguez & lu yim
At Alabama Song on Tuesday, October 24, 2017.
17 ~ Antígona González by Sara Uribe
At Diverseworks in the Lines Drawn exhibition on Saturday, September 23, 2017. Click here for more details and photos of the event.
16 ~ Gabrielle Civil & Julio Serrano Echeverría
At Alabama Song on Sunday, April 30, 2017.
15 ~ Megan Kaminski & Min K. Kang
At Alabama Song on Monday, December 5, 2016.
14 ~ Charles Alexander & Rodrigo Toscano
At Kaboom Books on Tuesday, September 27, 2016.
13 ~ Muriel Leung, Grace Shuyi Liew, Addie Tsai
At Menil Fest in conjunction with Gulf Coast on Saturday, May 7, 2016.
12 ~ M. NourbeSe Philip
At the Rothko Chapel on Sunday, April 3, 2016.
11 ~ Tyler Gobble, Sueyeun Juliette Lee & Joshua Ware
At TOMO Books on Friday, February 26, 2016.
10 ~ Robin Coste Lewis & Adrienne Perry
At the El Dorado Ballroom of Project Row Houses on Monday, February 1, 2016.
9 ~ Ching-In Chen & María Miranda Maloney
At a house in Houston's East End on Saturday, September 5, 2015.
8 ~ CA Conrad, The Gender Book & Madsen Minax
At Kaboom Books on Thursday, March 20, 2014.
7 ~ Rosebud Ben-Oni & Stalina Villarreal
At Kaboom Books on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
6 ~ Marco Antonio Huerta, Lupe Mendez, Minerva Reynosa & Sara Uribe
At Fotofest on Thursday, January 31, 2013 as part of an event called Magnitud/e with three writers from Northern Mexico.
5 ~ Janice Lee & Anna Joy Springer
At Kaboom Books on Monday, August 13, 2012.
4 ~ Douglas Kearney
At Art League Houston on Friday, November 16, 2012 as part of a series of events called STACKS curated by Robert Pruitt and Autumn Knight. Also a workshop on Saturday, November 17 at Project Row Houses.
3 ~ Boston Davis Bostian & TC Tolbert
At Kaboom Books on Wednesday, September 26, 2012.
2 ~ Jen Hofer & Javier Huerta
At Kaboom Books on Thursday, June 14, 2012.
1 ~ Let the Ponies Have Plenty of Room
At Kaboom Books on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Presentation of a collectively-made chapbook by the ¡Copy Pasters! as part of the Little Red Leaves Textile Ephemera Series.
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