CURATORING SLOW & LOW

CREATING AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE

Since our first Slow & Low in 2011, we are deeply committed to curating and presenting some of Chicago's best creative talent. When you attend Slow & Low, you will find an incredible roster of deejays and live performances by folkloric dance collectives or bands playing various music, from corridos to soul. Artist installations pop up in floral installations, a miniature car collection, large-scale textile sculptures, indoor and outdoor designed photo booth wall decals, a vendor market featuring primarily black and brown makers and entrepreneurs, and models posing with attendees or club members.

  • ARTIST INSTALLATIONS

    Armando Flores

    Vanessa Viriut

    Photography Installation featuring Slow & Low photographers Sebastian Hildalgo, Katrina Nelken, Nick Lipton, Manuel Lagunas, and Max Herman.

    FLORAL INSTALLATION BY

    Tanya Arguelles | Superette

    DEEJAYS + LIVE PERFORMANCES

    Kombi Chicago, Los Gallos, Ballet Folklorico Juvenil de Chicago Jarochincanos, Mariachi Mexico Vivo, Chavalos360, The Moving On Band, Calpulli Ocetlotl-Cihuacoatl, Comparsa de Chinelos La Fregona de Chicago

    Deejays include Phunk One, Shorty Soutful458, Blacklight Bob, Mr. Jaytoo, Del Pueblo Records, Serpico, Kevin Moore, Jamz Bonilla, Maker, La Colocha, Trumbull Shadow, Oliver Fade, Jesse de la Pena, Rico Killer Diller

    PHOTO BOOTH WALL + ENVIRONMENTAL INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED BY

    Span

  • 2024 Live Performances by:

    • Los Gallos

    • Ballet Folklorico Juvenil de Chicago

    • Jarochincanos

    • Mariachi Sirenas

    • Chavalos360

    • The Moving On Band

    • Comparsa de Chinelos La Fregona de Chicago

    2024 Deejays include:

    • La Colocha

    • Esteban LaGroue

    • DJ Pickel

    • Jamz Bonilla

    • Shorty Soulful 45

    • Big Mryn

    • Mexit

    • Maker

    • Art Drip 773

    • Oliver Fade

    • Trumbull Shadow

    • Tropicalazo!

    • ¡Viva! Los Libros

    • A Toda Madera by Gio

    • Aztec Pride

    • Beverly Phono

    • Chi-Town Viclero Gear

    • Claud Maci

    • Danny Ponce Art

    • Del Pueblo Records

    • El Tianguis De Lala

    • Eli&Ali Boutique Artesanal

    • Emvi

    • estilo espolon

    • Fono Ritmos

    • Francisco Curations

    • Guzman Studio

    • Lolis Designs

    • Lovely Little Things

    • Made in Chi-Town With Love

    • Mestiza

    • Pa Nosotros Por Nosotros Clothing Chicago

    • Pasele Senito

    • Qetza Art

    • Quemadera Art

    • Rene Amado

    • Royalty Clothing

    • South Avenue Clothing

    • Stockyard Print

    • Teresa Magana Art

    • Tropicalazo Records

    • TUBZ

    • Unique Stilow

  • Amistad

    BareBones

    Brothers

    Chicago Vicleros

    Chingones

    ChiTown Cruisers

    Clandestinos

    Classic Car Aficionados

    Classic Car Aficionados - Minnesota

    CON ESTILOW

    Cre8tive

    Cre8tive - Aurora, IL

    CRUIZIN IN STYLE - Waukegan, lL

    DA Martinez Chicago Bike Club

    DAMAGE

    Dedicated - St. Louis, MO

    Dedication - Illinois

    Dedication - Ohio

    Dedication - South Bend, IN

    Diamantes

    Distinctive Lifestyles

    El Barrio

    Familia

    Goodtimes - Indiana

    Goodtimes - Michigan

    HighClass

    Hitemhard

    ILL STATE LOW LIFE

    INC

    Just 4 fun

    Latin Cruisers - Lake County, IL

    Life's 2 Low - Indianapolis, IN

    Living Hope

    Low Passion

    Lowered Attractions

    Majestics

    Majestics - Northshore, IL

    Members Only

    Montoya Kustoms

    Montoya Kustoms - Kankakee, IL

    Neighborhood Legends

    Newtown

    NiceDreams

    Nobles - Northwest Indiana

    Nokturnal

    OG Street Classic

    Órale

    Órale Bike Club

    Originales 4 Life

    Originals

    OwnEstilows

    Perrones 4 Life

    PesadoS

    Pura Familia

    Puro Oro

    Selective Styles

    Seven O Eight Truckin

    Sick Life

    Sik Street Trucks

    SoGo Toys

    Solo Rider West Chicago

    SomosunO - Chicago, IL

    SomosunO - Milwaukee, WI

    SomosunO - Waukegan, IL

    Soul Assassinz - Aurora, IL

    Soul Low Riders - Indianapolis, IN

    Still Rollin

    StreetStyle

    StreetStyle - Northwest Illinois

    Streetwise

    Sueños Divinos - Gary, IN

    Sunset

    Team Billet

    The Outfit

    Together

    Tumbados

    USO

    Vagabonds

    Vicleros United

    Viejitos - Chicago

    Viejitos - Fort Wayne, IN

    Viejitos - Joliet

    Viejitos - Northern Illinois

    Viejitos - Vicleros

    Viejitos - West

    Wicked Life

  • Documentation is important to Slow&Low, and collaborating with like-minded creative practitioners helps make this project come to life - after it all happens in the streets or indoors.

    2024 ROSTER

    • Don't Get Shot

    • Max Herman

    • Luna Raider

    • Fernando Ruiz

    • Manny Barbudo

    • Carmen Ordonez

    Past Slow&Low Videographers: Sam Vega, Howard Productions, Nick Brazinsky, Drone Media Chicago

    Past Slow&Low Photographers: Sebastian Hildalgo, Max Herman, Katrina Nelken

  • View images here!

  • OUR NEW BOOK, DESIGNED BY SPAN, WILL BE RELEASED AND AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE NOW!

    View inside the book!

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    A grant from Good Chaos generously supported the 2023 Slow & Low limited edition book.

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    Our 2020 book was supported in part by a grant through the Propeller Fund, jointly administered by Gallery 400 and Threewalls, and funded through the generosity of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Propeller Fund provides money directly to visual artists and groups living and working in Cook County, Illinois.

    View inside the book here!

  • Navy Pier is award-winning through The Society of Typographic Arts (STA) 2022 & 2023

    See Slow & Low Exhibition Identity Systems via Span: 2022 & 2023

    Span Chicago

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