Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
About the Series
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, we’re doing everything we can to flatten the curve — but even though the museum is closed, and we’re working from home, we still talk to artists around the world every day. Here in Houston, in Italy, in China, in San Francisco … artists, like all of us, are weathering the coronavirus personally and professionally.
We will bring these conversations with artists — wherever they are — to wherever you are.
About Joseph Havel
Joseph Havel was born in 1954 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated with a BFA in studio art from the University of Minnesota in 1976. He received his MFA with an emphasis in ceramics and drawing from the Pennsylvania State University in 1979.
He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe. A selection of his solo exhibits in museums and art centers include the Center for Contemporary Art Kiev, Ukraine in 1996, the Huntington Beach Art Center, California in 1996, the Museum at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York in1997, INOVA at the University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in1997, Palais de Tokyo, Paris France in 2002, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas in 2006, the Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri in 2006, the Baltic Center for the Arts in 2007 and the Contemporary Art Museum Houston in 2013. He has an upcoming solo exhibition at the Dallas Contemporary, Texas in September 2020.
Joseph Havel divides his time between Houston, Texas and San Francisco California.
©Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2020.
About the Series
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, we’re doing everything we can to flatten the curve — but even though the museum is closed, and we’re working from home, we still talk to artists around the world every day. Here in Houston, in Italy, in China, in San Francisco … artists, like all of us, are weathering the coronavirus personally and professionally.
We will bring these conversations with artists — wherever they are — to wherever you are.
About Joseph Havel
Joseph Havel was born in 1954 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated with a BFA in studio art from the University of Minnesota in 1976. He received his MFA with an emphasis in ceramics and drawing from the Pennsylvania State University in 1979.
He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe. A selection of his solo exhibits in museums and art centers include the Center for Contemporary Art Kiev, Ukraine in 1996, the Huntington Beach Art Center, California in 1996, the Museum at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York in1997, INOVA at the University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in1997, Palais de Tokyo, Paris France in 2002, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas in 2006, the Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri in 2006, the Baltic Center for the Arts in 2007 and the Contemporary Art Museum Houston in 2013. He has an upcoming solo exhibition at the Dallas Contemporary, Texas in September 2020.
Joseph Havel divides his time between Houston, Texas and San Francisco California.
©Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2020.





![20Hertz | ‘dando (module) with Devin Kenny
Join Devin Kenny for a preview of his performance essay ‘dando on our YouTube channel.
‘dando, short for ritardando, means to slow tempo gradually to 20 hertz, the lowest frequency the average human ear can hear. In creating ‘dando (module), Kenny draws from the overlapping histories of chopped and screwed and cumbias rebajadas as well as the 50th year anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission. This audio work borrows from mixtape and deejay culture, podcast tropes, and Kenny’s own performance essay methodology to deliver a surprising combination of found audio, original speech, poetry, and music. Kenny presents ‘dando in honor of the legacies of DJ Screw and GayVapeShark.
SETLIST
dkyk - Someday
Lil Flip x Big Shasta - Sunny Day (DJ Screw Soldiers United for Cash DVD)
Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey on the Moon
Sonido Satanás - Cumbia Satanás
RMR - Rascal
Scarface – Now I Feel Ya
Tommy Wright III - Meet Yo Maker (Slowed N Throwed By Glen Coco Rojo)
DJ Screw making a Screw tape from DJ Screw Soldiers United for Cash DVD
Así se baila en Tijuana la cumbia sonidera//la cumbia de la gallina
DJ KID CAPRI - OLD SCHOOL PT. 3 (1993) [SIDE A] Introduction
Little Anthony and the Imperials - Im on the Outside (Looking In)
The Rolling Stones perform ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ for ‘One World: Together at Home’
Devin KKenny - Down With the Sickness
About Devin Kenny
Devin Kenny is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, musician, and independent curator living in Houston, Texas. Hailing from the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, he relocated to New York, New York to begin his studies at The Cooper Union. He has since continued his practice through the Bruce High Quality Foundation University (Brooklyn, New York), Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Madison, Maine), SOMA Mexico (Mexico City), and the Whitney Independent Study Program (New York, New York), doing collaborations with Triple Canopy, Rhizome, Studio Workout, Temporary Agency and various art and music venues in New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles California, and elsewhere including: The Kitchen, Recess, Het Roode Bioscoop, REDCAT, MoMA PS1, Freak City, and Performance Space. He received his MFA in 2013 from the New Genres department at the University of California, Los Angeles and is a current fellow at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Core Program.
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/dkyk/los-giros-de-la-siguiente
https://www.soundcloud.com/devin-kkenny
http://devin-kkenny.bandcamp.com
https://teespring.com/dkyk-white
https://teespring.com/dkyk-black
IG : crashingwavy
twitter : devinkkenny
©Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2020. 20Hertz | ‘dando (module) with Devin Kenny](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vjKEZaHlOv8/mqdefault.jpg)




