6th July *19h00 - 19h30 – OPENING EXHIBITION Sub-culture Club: Documenting street culture in London, Los Angeles & Tokyo by Chris Low Artist: Chris Low July 6th-31st August Price: free. Casa Comum, Porto "It’s always seemed to me that streetstyle photography is 10% technical and 90% personality – above all else, honesty, openness and respect for the subjects photographed. It’s clear from the photos which I’m delighted to present here that Chris Low has these qualities in spades. And not just in terms of the extraordinary rapport he has with the subculture he himself first identified with, the Punks, but just about any ‘tribe’ he comes across – from Goths to Geezers, Rastas to Rock 'n' Rollers, Tokyo Deathrockers to Scotland's Tartan Army. In the early days of streetstyle one was a Mod, a Rocker or a dedicated follower of mainstream fashion. Today's post-modern age offers up every possible style/lifestyle option - and all of it spread out in an infinity of Now. Chris adeptly navigates this multiverse." Ted Polhemus __________ ABOUT CHRIS LOW Chris Low first discovered punk before even hitting his teenage years in the late 1970s. He soon started going to gigs and at the age of eleven embraced the emerging band and zine scene that would come to be known as ‘anarcho punk’, publishing three issues of the fanzine, Guilty of What? and taking up drumming. Since the early 1980s he has played, recorded and toured with legendary acts including Political Asylum, The Apostles, Oi Polloi, The Parkinsons, Quango and Part1. Following a career as a techno DJ and club runner in the late ‘80s-early ‘90s he continues to DJ throughout Japan, America & Europe, playing sets of dancefloor-friendly post-punk. He has written regularly for Vice magazine amongst other publications and has contributed to a number of books on the punk movement. In August 2016 an exhibition of his photography documenting five years immersed in the Tokyo punk scene entitled ‘Up Yours! Tokyo Punk’ was held at the Red Gallery in Shoreditch, London followed by further exhibitions in Japan, America, Mexico, Rebellion Festival and most recently together with Jon Savage in Liverpool. His work is featured as a guest gallery on the site of renowned photographer and street-style anthropologist, Ted Polhemus and he has recently designed record covers and graphics for Fucked Up, Rema Rema and others. Chris is currently working on an anarcho-themed compilation album for the renowned Glasgow Optimo label, a revised and expanded edition of his Tokyo punk photo-book and another book compiling youth culture and street style photos taken around London, Los Angels and Tokyo. CHRIS LOW chrislow@chrislow.co Tel: 07761982265 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chris__low/
