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| === Villa de Riseis, Pescara, luglio 2009 === | == IMPORTANT UPDATE == === We will NOT participate to MA/ED === === NON parteciperemo al MA/ED a villa De Riseis === |
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| == Introduction == | The '''ARK''' initiative is postponed !!! |
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| During the weekend of july 9-12 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescara|Pescara]] will host a festival involving 30 students coming from different countries, to contribute and exchange on artistic practices as well theoretical discourse. The students are encouraged to expose their artistic productions and integrate their visions and languages in a multi-faceted Mediterranean environment, interacting with a local and global audience. "Ark in the Part" is a Mediterranean ''art-camp'' involving students from different places to meet, develop and show their creations. It will unfold during a week of practical and theoretical exchange on themes like radio making, media design, recycling and cycling, involving art practices flowing in public spaces and social networks. This event is co-organised with a collaboration between the cultural association "La Grotta dell'Elfo" focusing on game cultures and the foundation "dyne.org" focusing on free software and new media art. It will host a concert, a theatre representation and a role playing game tournament, while the ''art-camp'' concerning this document will be a complementary space for exchange, presentations, hands-on workshops and a laboratory for installations and performances. The artistic installations and presentations are facilitated and selected by a committee of local practicioners, following a cooperative and inter-disciplinary approach to artistic direction: Denis J. Roio (media art), Andrea di Cesare (installation art) and Piero di Silvestro (performative art) are blended in action by the producer Elisa Petaccia. This draft is a call for participants to confirm their presence and contribute ideas for the initiative, initial coordination will be via e-mail. |
soon we are contacting all participating artists with a detailed update and some promising perspectives |
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| == Art left abandoned == In recent times Pescara has been theatre of controversial urban plans, hosting many unused buildings and spaces within the city. The most important art festival is [[http://www.fuoriuso.it|Fuori Uso]], held since many years (resisting, with difficulties) exhibiting various international artists in abandoned urban structures, trying to re-activate them somehow. Another recent festival capable of bringing over several electronic artists is the [[http://www.artificialia.com/peam/|PEAM]]. As of now and despite being very succesful, both these festivals aren't able to continue their activity. The most recent metaphore of the decaying of art in Pescara: japanese artist Toyo Ito was called to make a statue in its main square, [[http://www.corriere.it/cronache/09_febbraio_16/spacca_fonatana_toyo_ito_pescara_6c4a82f0-fc45-11dd-af22-00144f02aabc.shtml|it costed a million euro and it broke down in half a year]]. In this festival we don't intend to hide these problems: celebrating a good image of our city would be extremely naive. While we embrace the rethoric of ''Arte Povera'' rather than that of excess, our focus on artistic creativity will be dedicated to recycling practices, grass-root production and participatory community interaction, to specifically address existing problems and to propose a new approach for their solution, hopefully leveraging the participation and impact of cultural activities in a Mediterranean city like Pescara. == Location == The city of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescara|Pescara]] counts more than 120.000 inhabitants, growing up to almost a million people in the summer, when lots of turists, mostly Italians, come to have holydays on the beach. The "entertainment industry" is well developed in the city, dense of pubs and kilometers of beach are privately owned by ''Stabilimenti'', including disco and restaurants activities. Below is a map of the park: [[attachment:VILLA-DE-RISEIS.jpg]] And some pictures of the spaces: |
per maggiori informazioni potete scrivere ad ark \chiocciola\ dyne.org |
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= Outline of activities = == Radio Oltranzista == We will experiment with [[http://www.translocal.jp/radio/micro/|micro-FM]] radio transmission in the park: everyone is invited to bring a small radio and place it near a bench, on the trees, on a bycicle, and sit with us in an improvised radio studio, to re-invent the art of making radio in the third millennium. With us making radio in the Ark will be the media artist and philosopher Federico Bonelli. The idea behind Radio Oltranzista is simple: produce a radiophonic event using crossing media platform. We thought about it not from the ''format'' point of view but from the content one: the people and the things they want to say have to make the method and the tools to be used. Then embed this radio flowing from the bottom to the sky into a festival to be able to broadcast in FM. Broadcast to a media that you ear in the traffic or while cooking, without computers or invasions of your space. A so called “not yet fashionable media”. Radio: open to casual contacts, as any radio should. Technologically easy to make and to be used, perceived as a close thing, a wisper, in the era of screams and invasion of privacy. Radio from any media, in any time, and that you might be able to call-in if you find your way to it, if you are motivated enough! http://www.radioltranzista.net == Video Art == The Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMK) hosts one of the most important video-art catalogues in Europe and has kindly accepted to sponsor our event, offering a selection of works from international artists, choosing the Mediterranean as a fil rouge for an evening of projections. We will screen short videos by various artists distributed by the [[http://catalogue.nimk.nl|collection at NIMK]] (''list of exibited artworks ready next week'') == Recycling meets design == During the days of the event the park will stage an open flow of art interventions using low consumption electronics and mixed media installations: students are invited to collaborate with local artists, various recycled materials and low-powered electronics will be employed to immerse the visitors in a recreational media-scape. All participants are invited to contribute ideas, coordinate and intervene with us on the Park. == Artist retrospective: Darko Fritz == |
The original and updated version of this document is mantained online at the address: http://lab.dyne.org/ArtInThePark2009 |
Ark in the Part
IMPORTANT UPDATE
We will NOT participate to MA/ED
NON parteciperemo al MA/ED a villa De Riseis
The ARK initiative is postponed !!!
soon we are contacting all participating artists with a detailed update and some promising perspectives
per maggiori informazioni potete scrivere ad ark \chiocciola\ dyne.org
The original and updated version of this document is mantained online at the address: http://lab.dyne.org/ArtInThePark2009