#zerohour propaganda
Playing around with leaflet design for my and Steve’s Zero Hour sound piece.
Extra material in case the journey is longer than the sound…
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Had a magnificent time at TEDxYork. Enjoyed speaking very much (during and after it happened, at least) and was a real privilege to hear thoughts from people like Alan Lane, Alex Kelly, Dan Bye, Tassos Stevens, Baba Israel et al. A little disappointing in terms of female presence, but otherwise really fascinating. I’M TOO TIRED TO TURN ALL OF THESE NAMES INTO LINKS. PLEASE GOOGLE THEM. And do read Alan’s talk about ‘cancer, West Berlin, pianos and ideas above your station’. I’ll post the TEDx video of my call to arms for artists, technologists and citizens as soon as it’s up. No time right now to turn my notes into something bloggable, but will leave my slides and conclusion above and below if you want to peruse them. They give very little away, sorry.
This week: Umbrella Project sound categorising, PhD, Zero Hour visit to London, more desperate volunteer recruiting, and preparation for the workshops I’ll be running in Brussels. No rest/wicked, etc.
These examples, they use technology, but not as a tool, They put a body at the centre of it, and use it to create a spectre.
“a revolutionary practice that relies as much on imagining and mobilizing better stories as on shocks to the system” (Pile, 2010, p. 53)
If I might return to the metaphor of ‘steam’. Technology and art should about taking heat, and water, and producing something fundamentally different.
Too often the arts look at technology as a tool – not as a material, as long as they do, they won’t truly be able to work with it
The arts need to embed themselves in the real world like a virus. Haunting the city with visions of what it might be. Of how we, not private interests, might be able to use technology in the city.
What is Zero Hour?
I was originally going to release this info a bit later, but turns out people are already booking (the very limited) tickets, and didn’t want anyone in my networks to miss out.
The Zero Hour Bus Tours are 4 pieces of audio loosely themed along the lines of ‘the apocalypse’, designed to be listened to on the N11 night bus (London) between the hours of midnight and 3am. The journey will take roughly 35 minutes.
They are a Forest Fringe commission for the In Transit Festival 2011. Along with Steve Kilpatrick on sound I have been writing one of these experiences.
You can buy tickets for any of the 4 different ‘tours’ (and the rest of the festival) on this site, and below are the direct links to the times and dates of my and Steve’s piece. The piece is gently interactive. It might ask you to do small things; look out the window, hold onto a handle. Nothing that might make you look silly.
The tickets are free, but limited; for mine there are only 6 per journey. As we are being only ‘tolerated’ by TFL, you will have to pay for your bus journey (£2.20 cash, £1.30 Oyster). My journey is from World’s End, to Liverpool St. Further instructions will be provided after you have bought your ticket.
MON 25TH JUL, 2011 12:35am
MON 25TH JUL, 2011 1:05am
MON 25TH JUL, 2011 1:35am
WED 27TH JUL, 2011 12:35am
WED 27TH JUL, 2011 1:05am
WED 27TH JUL, 2011 1:35am
I am still looking for a few more volunteers to help me on the night, there are more details about that here. Please get in contact ASAP if you are available on the above dates/times, plus the weekend before, and interested in running around London in exchange for a drink, £10 expenses, and all the costume items that I might furnish you with.
Preview
A small preview of something I’ve been working on that’s happening the end of this month. Best listened to on headphones. Stay tuned for more info…
view on vimeo here: http://vimeo.com/25934590
