August 12, 2005
ASK THE ROBOT:
CELEBRATE MECHANIZED LABOR DAY: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
An Official Robot Holiday to be Celebrated on the THE FRYING PAN: Pier 63 North River, NYC; 12th Ave, Between 22ND & 23RD; Wednesday, August 31, 2005.
ROBOT: derived from Czech robota, "servitude, forced labor," from rab, "slave." Czech robota is also similar to another German derivative of this root, namely Arbeit, "work" (its Middle High German form arabeit is even more like the Czech word). Arbeit may be descended from a word that meant “slave labor,” and later generalized to just "labor." (www.answers.com)
ASK THE ROBOT is a platform that gives artists working within and across different media a chance to present their work on an open stage. Whether you use your body, your voice, or strange technical gadgets to perform – all analog, digital and just plain human media are welcome!
A CALL TO ALL WHO LABOR to create
PERFORMANCES
VIDEOS
INSTALLATIONS
and WRITTEN PIECES
that shed light on the mechanics of being human.
submission deadline: August 25
PLEASE FORWARD TO FELLOW LABORERS!
submission guidelines:
Live Acts: 3-12 minutes long... email a link to a sample of your work to ophra@pursuethepulse.org (if it is available online) or send a short video/audio sample to: Pursue the Pulse, 369 St. John’s Pl #15, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Videos: are being curated by Kelly Shindler. Please direct all video submissions to Kelly by either sending a link to an online version of the movie with the subject heading 'Ask the Robot submission' to kmshindler@earthlink.net (no large attachments please!), or mail a CDR or data DVD to 191 Court St #3R, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Installations: email a clear description of what you intend to do to ophra@pursuethepulse.org, including how much space and set up time is required, and photos of the work if available. Site specific installations are especially welcome!
Written Work: email the document to ophra as a pdf or word attachment.
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Posted by jo at August 12, 2005 08:17 AM
