(Houston, Texas) - labotanica presents eye-candy delectably, a month-long performance installation by Y. E. Torres. Combining themes of exhibitionism, delight, perversion and pain, eye-candy delectably will be an evolving installation that documents Torres’ exploration of invented characters and the life of the line that leads to their creation. Torres will use labotanica as a stage and testing ground to process new ideas and present her most immersive, multi-sensory exhibition to date.

While varying in form, eye-candy delectably frames the physicality, sensuality and androgyny of the body as it exists two-dimensionally as drawings and photographs, three-dimensionally as sculpture and installation and in real time through performance and video. This performance installation defies categorization while blending elements of fashion, photography, costume design, collage and movement.

Situating labotanica as a work space, exhibition space and performance space, eye-candy delectably frames Y. E. Torres' artistic vision to include multiple art forms into one event. eye-candy delectably will be open to the public each weekend for a viewing of the transformation progress, to include classes (to be determined) and student tours/lectures; and will feature performances by Y. E. Torres, Mickey Katy, Jessie Guerrero, photography by Ben Tecumseh Desoto, Richard Tomcala,  and Mauro Luna.  And with curatorial assistant, Khrystah Gorham.

Also at The I: Curated by Christina Summers, Off the Needles by Matthew Glover will consist of a large scale photo tapestry and the patterns used to construct it. Glover's work appropriates the viewers' mind to find the finished result. Whether this is done with modern imagery on knitted tapestries, hidden artwork that needs to be sought out, or through superimposition of media, the viewer is always the unique final collaborator. Glover undertakes this task by interpreting knitting patterns or finding the most minimalist expression of the body. In his work the traditionally feminine art of knitting, is interpreted by the male hand, just as the female figure is so often, classically interpreted by the male artist.

The I is the window space located within labotanica's Resource Room that presents an artist's work and an interview on their process. The I is the convergence between labotanica and greater community, and the artist and viewer.

About labotanica: labotanica is a resource and a laboratory. labotanica uses flexible, open-ended formats to frame new art forms and dialogues that are independent, bold, experimental, and out of the box. labotanica is part of Project Row Houses’ Incubation and Residency Program and is located at: 2316 Elgin (at Dowling), Houston, Texas 77004. labotanica is open to the public Saturdays 1-5 and by appointment. For high-res images and additional information about programs at labotanica, email la@labotanica.org or visit the website at: http://labotanica.org