Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble
[ROKE]
Tei Blow and Sean McElroy of Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble. Photos by Maria Baranova.
Recent News / Press
Review: The Art of Luv (Part 5): Swipe Right / ROKÉ Cupid in Culturebot.
ROKE gave a late-night lecture as part of "It Takes Two" on in April 2016 at the Guggenheim Museum on the creation of their "haul" video - watch the full presentation.
Bio
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, 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, Under the Radar’s Incoming! Series, Gibney Dance Center, Kate Werble Gallery, Special Effects Festival at Participant Inc., Prelude Festival, AUNTS Arts@Renaissance, JACK, and the James Farley Post Office, in Philadelphia at FringeArts, and in Portland, OR at PICA’s TBA Festival. ROKE received a 2016 Creative Capital award for their multi-disciplinary series The Art of Luv, and was awarded a 2013 Franklin Furnace Fund Grant and a 2014 BAX Space Grant. They were part of the Public Theater’s Devised Theater Working Group and PS122’s RAMP residency program. They spent the summer of 2014 at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and were 2015 CUNY Hunter Artists-in-Residence in ceramics.