[microsound] call for tactical audio contributions for protest academy london inaugural lecture @elastic feb 19- mar 5

[msdm <msdm@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

protest academy| london inaugural lecture:
?What are we doing? What is happening to us? What needs to be done? I prefer
not to¹

We are inviting you to take part in the forthcoming
Protest Academy¹s  project - ?What are we doing?(?)¹ which will be take
place 
between 19 th Feb ­ 6th March  2005 at the Elastic residence, London


msdm launches protest academy at the elastic residence for 3 weekends
19-20, 26-27 february and 5- 6 march 2005, 12:00-18:00 saturday and sundays.

 
For the lauch of protest academy london msdm paula roush and isa suarez are
issuing 
a call for contributions of tactical audio material with an invitation to
participate in the 
public live performance /broadcast and  recording session of
?What are we doing? What is happening to us? What needs to be done? I prefer
not to¹

 

This is the schedule for the 3 weekends events:

weekend1: registration, indexing of incoming material  and preparation of
the new score 
19-20 february 12:00-18:00

weekend2: live performance/ lecture  ?What are we doing?(?)¹ with
simultaneous broadcast
26-27 february 12:00-18:00

weekend3: exhibition of the recorded performance with score, sound tools and
contributed material
5-6 march 12:00-18:00


We would be delighted to have your participation.
In order to contribute to the project we are requesting:
-copies of released audio material [historical or contemporary] any formats
accepted including video [vhs, dvd, mini-dv,...], audio [vinyl, cd,
mini-disk, mp3s,...]
-additional material such as catalogues and flyers to be displayed and/or
handed out during the presentation.

 Contributions can be brought in during opening hours or sent by post  to

 ELASTIC RESIDENCE 

22 Parfett St Whitechapel London E1 1JR (behind the east london mosque)

T: +44(0)207 247 1375 and  44(0)7883008639

E: msdm@xxxxxxxxxxx

U: http://WWW.ELASTIC.ORG.UK

map: 
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=534444&y=181507&z=0&sv=E1+1JR&st=2&p
c=E1+1JR&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf

updated info:
http://www.msdm.org.uk/projects/whatarewe.html



Elastic residence is a gallery space for projects and durational
performance. It was established
in autumn 2004 and is situated in a house built in 1779 in Whitechapel, East
London. For the 
inauguration of its first module protest academy london msdm will dedicate
the first  weekend 
19-20th february to the  collection  and archive of tactical audio
production ­ followed by the
creation of a new score that will be performed live and broadcast on sat
26-27 as protest
academy¹s london inaugural lecture titled:
?What are we doing? What is happening to us? What needs to be done? I prefer
not to¹


?What are we doing?(?)¹  is part of protest academy x-cUrricular activities
an experimental de-schooling
platform that will be staged next in Leipzig as part of the public art
project Homeland Modernity (may
2005) when [msdm]+[general panel] will map protest and the production of
urban space in the city.


paula roush is the founder of msdm; recent projects include ?sos:ok¹ at
Coleman Project Space London
when the gallery was used to stage an emergency  food relief operation, and
?bowville¹ a networked
performance during which marian manesta forrester was electronically tagged
and had 3 days to earn
honourary citizenship of bowville.

Isa Suarez is a composer/singer and sound artist, most recent works include
?à trouble sens¹, Musée de
Guéthary, Hendaye, France (2003) and ?4 key instructions on how to rob a
Swiss bank without getting caught¹
(2004), as part of Hand Luggage at K3 Project Space, Zurich, Switzerland.