Hello all
CONFINEMENT - 36MC
Apologies for cross postings
The forwarded call is principally for "speakers" though all
forms of interaction / contribution can be submitted for possible
inclusion, over the 36 hours in question, on the web site,
and also in a physical exhibition taking place in the same
building for about three weeks from mid April :
For example, durational pieces, 36-part multiples, work themed
on confinement, URL links, copycat lock-ins, epic poems,
collaborative choral music, collaborative novellas,
performance pieces, mail and fax art etc etc etc
The URL in the forwarded message seems to come and go a bit,
but should be reliably in place any time now
Best wishes
Chris Paul
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CONFINEMENT - 36MC
Apologies for cross postings
The forwarded call is principally for "speakers" though all
forms of interaction / contribution can be submitted for possible
inclusion, over the 36 hours in question, on the web site,
and also in a physical exhibition taking place in the same
building for about three weeks from mid April :
For example, durational pieces, 36-part multiples, work themed
on confinement, URL links, copycat lock-ins, epic poems,
collaborative choral music, collaborative novellas,
performance pieces, mail and fax art etc etc etc
The URL in the forwarded message seems to come and go a bit,
but should be reliably in place any time now
Best wishes
Chris Paul
--
@ @
\ /
@ -- @ -- @
/ \
@ @
@ chris paul | idea development office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ tel 00 44 161 860 5842 | fax 00 44 161 860 5842 w1
@ tel 00 44 161 247 1907 | fax 00 44 161 247 6818 w2
@ email : idea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx @ @ @ @ @ @
--- Begin Message ---Call for Delegates,
- From: ROOPS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rupert Francis) (by way of jnech@xxxxxxxxxxx (NECHVATAL Joseph))
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 19:12:54 +0100 (MET)
- Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: Call for delegates 36MC
36MC - 36 hours in a mystery chair
36 hour event (00.00 hours 29th March - 12.00 30th March)
Manchester, England
The event:
36 artists, thinkers and activists have been working in the abandoned
Blackwells bookshop on Oxford Road, Manchester for several weeks. Their
efforts will culminate in a 36 hour lock-in over the dates above, in which
they will focus their creative efforts on the theme of confinement. Some
will be literally confined to the building for this period, others will
interrogate the process from without via a range of media - from cb radio
to feeding electronic information into the heavily networked building. You
are formally invited to participate in this process.
As well as the generation of a number of artworks and incidents, the
process hopes to leave a considered legacy of recorded debate and
discussion around the theme of confinement. To allow for this we are
inviting 'speakers' to contribute papers for discussion at a parallel 36
hour seminar hosted by the occupants of the building and run via their web
site . The format of the seminar will take the basis of twelve key note
deliveries being posted up in turn at three hour intervals, punctuated
hourly by two written responses to these papers. This will be complimented
by the ongoing reaction from the occupants of the building and visitors to
the web site. The keynote speaker would be asked to retain a physical or
virtual presence throughout the three hour span in which their contribution
is the focus.
There is a potentially fascinating breadth of discussion to be had in
relation to confinement, especially given some of the utopian promises of
freedom that have accompanied the digital age and the accompanying issues
of political, social and economic limits and the way these structures
articulate themselves. Consequently we are approaching a broad range of
people across a number of disciplines both to frame the event and the
subsequent documentation of it. The hope is to allow this short period
between announcement and realisation of the seminar to both impose a
structure of existing thought on confinement onto 36MC and to allow
for'hothousing' the contributions within just such a context of confinement
of both time and space.
In terms of practicalities, variations on existing work are welcomed,
especially given the time scale and the nature of the ongoing debate.
Contributors will be largely able to determine the appropriate format for
the material they wish to deliver and the event can support IRC, MOO, web
chat, mailing lists, CUSeeMe etc (hopefully linked by a single interface).
The event is being facilitated by IDEA as part of their ongoing programme
of supporting creative electronic work within the Manchester
community.(http://www.36MC-IDEA.org.uk)
36MC will be documented initially on a permanently maintained web site. Any
subsequent income-generating publications such as cd-roms etc would be
released via an appropriate process of consulatation with the individual
speakers to deal with fair allocation of fees and a veto on distribution of
material.
We very much hope that you can find the time to contribute to this event.
Regards,
Rupert Francis
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