Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble [ROKE] is a musical priesthood that explores the metaphysics and mythologies of love, desire, and connectivity in the the VHS and Internet Ages. Formed by artists Tei Blow and Sean McElroy, and later joined by Eben Hoffer, ROKE generates contemporary ritual out of found media, synthesizing strategies of video, meme, party, opera, theater, social practice, and installation.
ROKE has performed rituals in New York at The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival, Guggenheim Museum, The Bushwick Starr, Kate Werble Gallery and Special Effects Festival at Participant Inc
Awesome Grotto! endeavors to serve all New Yorkers as a site for reflection on the spiritual potential of digital connectivity. The space will be open to the public as an immersive video and sound installation built around the painstaking recreation of a now-lost shopping haul video that was posted to YouTube on Labor Day 2013.
World Premiere
