Rob Roth is a New York City-born director, performer and visual artist who received his BFA from Pratt Institute and whose work draws from photography, video, painting, dramaturgy and theater. Roth has created a variety of work for such artists as Deborah Harry/Blondie, Theo Kogan (Lunachicks) Justin Bond (Kiki and Herb), Big Art Group, performance artists Julie Tolentino and Narcissister. Roth is also one of the founding members of the New York City nightlife spectacle ‘Click + Drag’ .
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2011 - Life on Mars Revisited - David Bowie/Mick Rock/Barney Clay - Art Director/Animator, Creators Project (Paris, Sao Paulo, Beijing, New York)
2011 - $piderman: Turn on the Lights! Performer - House of Yes, Brooklyn NY
2011 – Narcissister: This Masquerade - Director - Abrons Art Center, NYC
2011 – Nightvision - Co-creator/performer - Wolfboy performance with Chad Hammer, Marti Domination (Beaut) - Wild Project, NYC
2010 – Screen Test Film Premiere - Director, Producer, Editor – Museum of Arts and Design , NYC
2010 – Click + Drag 3.2: Age Of Aquarius – Co-Creator / Visual Director (Performers: Narcissister, Rumi Cockette, Lady Rizo and Amber Martin) – Santos Party House , NYC
2010 – Narcissister This Masquerade - Co-Director – The Kitchen , New York
2010 – Wolfboy Performance with Julia Kent – Book Club Burlesque, New York, NY
2010 – Synaptic Efficacy Refreshment – Director / Performers: Sequinette, 5 hour durational performance/installation - Banzi Group Show - Red Lotus Room, Brooklyn, NY
2009 – Click + Drag 3.1: The Second Coming – Creator / Visual Director (Performers: Our Lady J, Sequinette, The Pixie Harlots), Santos Party House , NYC
2009 – Ascension No 1 – Director / Performer - 3 hour durational performance installation, Manifesto Group Show, Arena Studios, NYC
2009 – The Jingle Jangle Sisters – (Amber Martin and Amelia Zirin-Brown) Director, Ars Nova, New York, NY
2008 – Click + Drag 3.0: The Hallucinogenic Toreador – Creator / Visual Director (Performers: Venus De Mars, Basil Twist, The Pixie Harlots), Santos Party House , NYC
Performances of The Mystery of the Claywoman: Screening and Lecture, - Director/Editor/Performer
(Written and performed by Michael Cavadias also has featured Rob Roth, Chris Miller and Nicholas Gorham, Costumes by Todd Thomas and Kitty Boots, Makeup by Courtney Tichman and Ruthie Weems. Mockumentary features Alan Cumming, Amy Poehler, Debbie Harry, Ruth Maleczech, Edgar Oliver and Rachelle Garniez among others)
Performances of Screen Test , Director/Creator
(Performed by Theo Kogan , Music by Theo and the Skyscrapers, Choreography by Vangeline Theater, Costumes by Todd Thomas)
2006 – Fire Waltz, Video Projection, part of MoveOpolis, Richard Move, Lille, France
2006 – Whitney Biennale, Fabulous Entourage Performance Video Projection, Whitney Museum, New York , NY
2006–2007 Dead Set #2 – Big Art Group, Video/Animation (New York, Berlin, Rome, Paris)
2005 – For You, Julie Tolentino ,Video Projection, Participant , Inc. New York , NY
2005 – Ambient Body Projection #2 (Theo Kogan, Pino Fortunato) Mix Festival, Opening Night, New York, NY
2005 – Dirty Car – performance installation with Meg Stuart , Salzberg , Austria
2005 – Ambient Body Projection #1 (Theo Kogan), Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2004 – Julia Portrait, Big Art Group, video projection
2004–2006 House of No More, Big Art Group – Video Design and Animation. (New York, Berlin, Paris)
2000 - 2001 – Click + Drag 2.0 Co-Creator (artists included Justin Bond, Debbie Harry, Avenue D) Fun, NYC
1999 – Blondie No Exit World Tour – Stage Set and Video Projections
1996 – Bathroom Cam, surveillance installation with Planet Theory, Click + Drag, Mother, New York, NY
1996–2000, Click + Drag - co-creator / art director , (featured artists included, Julia Scher, Kembra Pfahler, Genesis P. Orridge, Vaginal Crème Davis, Camille Paglia,) Mother , NYC
1994 - Interjackie - concept and video installation , Jackie Videophone, Create Your Own Mistress Master, Collaboration with Jackie 60, New York, NY
2011 – (Spring) Prague Quadrennial - Screen Test Exhibition in American Theater Wing
2010 – Back to the Future – Solo Photo Exhibition, Wild Project Gallery, NYC
2010 – Degrees Of Freedom (mixed media installation) - London Biennale NYC Satellite Event
2010 – Synaptic Efficacy Refreshment Live Durational Installation, Banzai Group Show,Brooklyn , NY
1995 – Synaesthesia (group show that included Ronnie Cutrone, H.R. Giger, Jaron Lanier and Survival Research Laboratories) Interjackie Videophone , Mistress Master Tool, Mary Anthony Gallery Soho, NY
1994 – Oz #2 Confessional, Video Installation, Chamber 2 (group show that included Melissa Dadourian, Steve Brower, Enoc Perez.)
2010 Claywoman Tribute to Christopher Hitchens- The Guardian UK, Director, Editor
2008 Adventureland, Title Design
2007 Deborah Harry, Two Times Blue, Director/Visual Effects
2007 The Brave One, Warner Bros. - Main Title Sequence Design
2007 El Cantante, Picturehouse- Visual Effects Director
2007 Crazy Love, Visual Effects Director
2006 Theo and the Skyscrapers, Broken Girl, Director/Editor
2005 Waging a Living, Rodger Weisburg, Title Design
2004 Theo and the Skyscrapers, Run Rabbit Run, Director/Animator
2003 Theo and the Skyscrapers, Time, Director/Editor
2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex Drugs and Rock N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood, Art Director
2000 The Boys of Manchester, On the Set of Queer as Folk, Graphic Designer
1999 Bauhaus: Gotham, Graphic Designer
1993 Fly By Night, Assistant Set Director 1992 Yuppicide "Ourselves", Co-Director
2007 Deborah Harry, Necessary Evil – Art Director
2006 Theo and the Skyscrapers – CD and DVD, Art Director/Photographer
Blondie –
1997 Bytes of Bryant Park, Webbed Feats , Stephan Koplowitz, Website Design
1995 Netwits , Microsoft – Online multi user game , Art Director
1997 Kiki and Herb “Do You Hear What We Hear”? Christmas CD, Art Director/ Photographer
1995 The Friggs, Rock Candy, Art Director/Photographer
Live Design Magazine, “How I Did That, Screen Test” Cover and Article , March 2008
Next Magazine “Deconstructing Harry” Cover and Interview
Tokion Magazine, “Rise Above”, Interview with Debbie Harry, July/Aug 2003
Live Design Excellence Award for Theater, Screen Test 2009
Independent Spirit Award, Best Documentary, "Crazy Love", 2008
Communication Arts Award of Excellence, Interactive Design Annual- Netwits 1997
ID Magazine Design Review, Netwits, 1997
1.Internet Movie Database
2.The New York Times
3.Michael Musto Blog - Village Voice
4.New York Press, Bash Compactor: Big 'Screen'
5.Michael Musto Blog The Grapes of Roth
6.New York Press Amy Poehler, Post-SNL, Just Glad to be Meeting Debbie Harry
7.Time Out New York "Click + Drag’s Rob Roth"
8.Time Out New York "We were there: Click + Drag 3.2"
9.Time Out New York "We Were There"
10.New York Cool "Manhattan Underground Rises With Rob Roth's Screen Test"