Ultra-red

Founded in 1994 in Los Angeles, Ultra-red introduced ourselves internationally through a series of landmark audio recordings for the German electronic music label Mille Plateaux. That work displayed their involvement in AIDS activism (Second Nature, 1999) and the struggles of public housing (Structural Adjustments, 2000). Expanding their membership in 2005, Ultra-red pursued projects in Germany (Play Kanak Attack, 2001-2003), Britain (Rural Intavenshun, 2007), and New York (Vogue’ology, 2009-present). The collective has since refined its practice around simple performance tools facilitating collective listening. These tools, often taking the form of text-scores or protocols, have begun to circulate in the larger fields of activism and education. Ultra-red’s investigations have received support from museums (Tate Britain and Serpentine Gallery), experimental music festivals (Arika, Edinburgh), universities (The New School, New York), NGOs (Fritt Ord Institute, Oslo) and political organizations (Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin). For SCHOOL OF ECHOES, Ultra-red are Elizabeth Blaney, Pablo Garcia, Chris Jones, Elliot Perkins, Dont Rhine, Robert Sember and Leonardo Vilchis.