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.
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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!
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¡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
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Amistad (Chicago, IL)
B Rollin (Milwaukee, WI)
Brothers (Elgin, IL)
Chi-Town Classics (Chicago, IL)
Chi-Town Riderz (Chicago, IL)
CHI-TOWN RIDERZ ORIGINAL (South Chicago, IL)
Chicago Viclero (Chicago, IL)
Chingones (Chicago, IL)
Chitown Classics (Chicago, IL)
Clandestinos (Chicago, IL)
Cold Life (Michigan)
Cre8tive (Chicago, IL)
Cre8tive (Aurora, IL)
Crew Cab Mafia (Chicago, IL)
CRUIZIN IN STYLE (Waukegan, IL)
DAMAGE (Chicago, IL)
Dedication (South Bend, IN)
Dedication (Chicago, IL)
Dedication (Gary, IN)
Dedication (Indianapolis, IN)
Diamantes (Chicago, IL)
Distinctive Lifestyles (Chicago, IL)
El Barrio (Chicago, IL)
Familia (Białystok, Poland)
High VoltageHighClass (Chicago, IL)
Hitemhard (Chicago, IL) INC. (Chicago, IL)
Just 4 Fun (Chicago, IL)Latin Cruisers (Waukegan, IL)
Ladiez Classic Lowrider Cruizier Movement (Chicago, IL)
LEGENDARY (West Chicago, IL)
Life's 2 Low (Indianapolis, IN)
Living Hope (Northwest, IN)
Los Boulevardos (Chicago, IL)
Lowered Attractions (Chicago, IL)
Majestics (Chicago, IL)
Majestics (Northshore, IL)
Majestics (West Side Detroit, MI)
Members Only (Chicago, IL)
Montoya Kustoms (Kankakee, IL)
Mr. Bowties (Crown Point, IN)
Neighborhood Legends (Chicago, IL)
NiceDreams (Chicago, IL)
Nokturnal (Chicago, IL)
OG Street Classic (Northwest, IN)
OG Street Classic (Gary, IN)
Old Souls (Chicago, IL)
Órale (Chicago, IL)
Originales 4 Life (Chicago, IL)
The Outfit (Chicago, IL)
OwnEstilows (Chicago, IL)
PadillA (Milwaukee, WI)
Phaylanx (Dallas, TX)
Psycho’s Dreams
Puro Oro (Chicago, IL)
Rantiflas (Milwaukee, WI)
Rolling Deep (Chicago, IL)
Selective Styles (Chicago, IL)
Sick Life (Chicago, IL)
SoGo Toys (Chicago, IL)
Solo Rider (West Chicago, IL)
SomosunO (Milwaukee, WI)
SomosunO (Chicago, IL)
SomosunO (Waukegan, IL)
Still Rollin (Chicago, IL)
Still Rollin (Northwest, IL)
Still Rollin (Northern, IL)
StreetStyle (Chicago, IL)
Sueños Divinos (Gary, IN)
Sunset Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Swift (Chicago, IL)
Team Handicapz (Chicago, IL)
The Outfit (Chicago, IL)
Tony’s Customz (Milwaukee, WI)
USO (Chicago, IL)
Vagabonds (Illinois)
Vicleros United (Chicago, IL)
Viejitos (Northern, IL)
Viejitos (West Chicago, IL)
Viejitos (Joliet, IL)
Viejitos (Chicago, IL)
Viejitos - Vicleros (Illinois)
Wicked Life (Chicago, IL)
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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
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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
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OUR NEW BOOK, DESIGNED BY SPAN, WILL BE RELEASED AND AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE NOW!
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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.
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Navy Pier is award-winning through The Society of Typographic Arts (STA) 2022 & 2023
See Slow & Low Exhibition Identity Systems via Span: 2022 & 2023
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