[Imc-uk-associates] Collective Distribution
Tony
imc-uk-associates at lists.indymedia.org
Sat, 8 Dec 2001 16:23:27 +0000
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Hello - i just thought you would be interested in the rushed text we
put together for a workshop being held in Brussels next week
cheers for now
tony
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Art in our societies stands for the individual, for subjectivity:
it's the opposite of organized party politics and propaganda. Which
is fine for us, because we don't believe in political parties as
they're organized today, and we don't want to produce propaganda.
What passes for art in the multimedia economy of contemporary society
is something that constantly borders on visual entertainment, the
endless production of new attractions, novelty for novelty's sake.
What we want to create are situations where you talk to people who
talk back. Situations where the ears are as important as the eyes,
where the written word and image get left behind in the conversation.
The thing is just to find a social and political twist in artistic
creativity, to set artistic processes at work in a group or a social
and political movement, to turn originals into multiples, or
multipliers.
As soon as you get into groups, issues, social and political
movements, information becomes the heart of the matter, the key.
You've got to get the information out. At the same time, that's where
you realize the media can really be an adversary. The media
represents truth
in our societies. But the truth lies. The news media lie by omission,
by distortion, by change of emphasis, or they just outright lie,
putting words and images in your mouth and eyes that were never
there. And like advertising or even art in alot of cases, the news
media address spectators, in a situation where they can't talk back.
This paper is produced by Collective Distribution, an international
Network of artists, designers, writers, activists etc... What brings
us together is our engagement in social and political contexts in our
countries and abroad; to intervine with different strategies and
products in certain conditions we want to change, encourage others
and not at last ourselves to take action in shaping society.
Collective Distribution: Cactus Network (London), Eimigrative Art
(Brussels), Sandy K./Bildwechsel (Berlin), El Fantasma de Heredia
(Buenos Aires), Guilty (London), Headmade (Warschau), John Jordan
(London), Brian Holmes for Ne Pas Plier (Ivry), Nexus (Athens), SKART
Group (Belgrade), Tract'eur (Paris), and all those who gave us their
love and support - merci!
====================
The workshop "Atelier des [in]visables" will be running from Monday
10th - Friday 14th Dec at Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels, 20 Rue
de la Constitution, Brussels.
======= Monday 10th Dec ======
(upstairs space available 09.00 - 22.00)
[presentations in basement]
14.30 - Intoduction - General outline of what people can expect of
the workshop, how long it will go on for and what their roles could
be in participating. (tony)
Wider context - Short talk putting the workshop into the context of
Brussels and the EU Summit, and the current political situation...
(Ivana + local)
Collective Distribution - Where we came from who we are and why we
are working together (Sandy)
Presentations -
- From Migrative artist (ex-yug) to Eimigrants (EU) (eimigative art)
- Where is the art (dream) in political struggle (ivana)
- Street signs, dog shit, political engagement and art institutions (skart)
- Media manipulation, belgium example of Front (skart)
- RTS newspapers, working creatively within political projects (tony)
- Maskfactory in Quebec, building specific local networks (brian, john or tony)
- Workin with/in social and political groups in Berlin (sandy)
- NGBK projects, exhibitions and institutional money (sandy)
- Art and engagement, convergence of personal and political in
liturature & visual art (amanda)
- Indymedia, alternative media networks (Joe or tony)
- Enclosure / Exclusion (joe)
Space could be left in the timetable for the participants to present,
although this would mean we have to contact them soon to explain the
possibilities.
We will need a break somewhere in all that and to round up the day we
were suggesting we could break down into small groups to come up with
some ideas and questions for the next few days.
====== Tuesday 11th Dec =======
(upstairs space available 09.00 - 22.00)
[eve: debates by collective distribution in basement]
Production can start by breaking into small groups to deal with the
various projects. Suggested production so far: Newspaper, Interviews
with local area, Poster production, Info Shop, Stencils, Banner
making, Indymedia table, Boxes, Fences... Revolutionary pajamas any
more???
====== Wednesday 12th Dec =======
(upstairs space available 09.00 - 22.00)
[eve:NPP and unemployed works assoc]
NPP presentation 10.00 and 12.00
====== Thursday 13th Dec =======
(upstairs space available 09.00 - 22.00)
[eve: concert in basement]
====== Friday 14th Dec ======= (space available 09.00 - 12.00)
Distribution of newspapers and indymedia daily...
and any actions we come up with.
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<div>Hello - i just thought you would be interested in the rushed text
we put together for a workshop being held in Brussels next week</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>cheers for now</div>
<div>tony</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>====================</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Art in our societies stands for the individual, for
subjectivity:<br>
it's the opposite of organized party politics and propaganda.
Which<br>
is fine for us, because we don't believe in political parties as<br>
they're organized today, and we don't want to produce propaganda.<br>
What passes for art in the multimedia economy of contemporary
society<br>
is something that constantly borders on visual entertainment, the<br>
endless production of new attractions, novelty for novelty's sake.<br>
</div>
<div>What we want to create are situations where you talk to people
who<br>
talk back. Situations where the ears are as important as the eyes,<br>
where the written word and image get left behind in the
conversation.<br>
The thing is just to find a social and political twist in artistic<br>
creativity, to set artistic processes at work in a group or a
social</div>
<div>and political movement, to turn originals into multiples,
or</div>
<div>multipliers.<br>
</div>
<div>As soon as you get into groups, issues, social and political<br>
movements, information becomes the heart of the matter, the key.</div>
<div>You've got to get the information out. At the same time, that's
where you realize the media can really be an adversary. The media
represents truth</div>
<div>in our societies. But the truth lies. The news media lie by
omission,<br>
by distortion, by change of emphasis, or they just outright lie,<br>
putting words and images in your mouth and eyes that were never</div>
<div>there. And like advertising or even art in alot of cases, the
news media address spectators, in a situation where they can't talk
back.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br>
This paper is produced by Collective Distribution, an
international<br>
Network of artists, designers, writers, activists etc... What
brings</div>
<div>us together is our engagement in social and political contexts
in our countries and abroad; to intervine with different strategies
and<br>
products in certain conditions we want to change, encourage
others</div>
<div>and not at last ourselves to take action in shaping
society.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Collective Distribution: Cactus Network (London), Eimigrative
Art (Brussels), Sandy K./Bildwechsel (Berlin), El Fantasma de Heredia
(Buenos Aires), Guilty (London), Headmade (Warschau), John Jordan
(London), Brian Holmes for Ne Pas Plier (Ivry), Nexus (Athens), SKART
Group (Belgrade), Tract'eur (Paris), and all those who gave us their
love and support - merci!</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>====================</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The workshop "Atelier des [in]visables" will be
running from Monday 10th - Friday 14th Dec at Les Halles de
Schaerbeek, Brussels, 20 Rue de la Constitution, Brussels.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>======= Monday 10th Dec ======</b></div>
<div>(upstairs space available 09.00 - 22.00)</div>
<div>[presentations in basement]</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>14.30 -<b> Intoduction</b> - General outline of what people can
expect of the workshop, how long it will go on for and what their
roles could be in participating. (tony)</div>
<div><br>
<b>Wider context</b> - Short talk putting the workshop into the
context of Brussels and the EU Summit, and the current political
situation... (Ivana + local)<br>
</div>
<div><b>Collective Distribution</b> - Where we came from who we are
and why we are working together (Sandy)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Presentations -</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>- From Migrative artist (ex-yug) to Eimigrants (EU) (eimigative
art)<br>
</div>
<div>- Where is the art (dream) in political struggle (ivana)<br>
</div>
<div>- Street signs, dog shit, political engagement and art
institutions (skart)<br>
</div>
<div>- Media manipulation, belgium example of Front (skart)<br>
</div>
<div>- RTS newspapers, working creatively within political projects
(tony)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>- Maskfactory in Quebec, building specific local networks
(brian, john or tony)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>- Workin with/in social and political groups in Berlin
(sandy)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>- NGBK projects, exhibitions and institutional money (sandy)<br>
</div>
<div>- Art and engagement, convergence of personal and political in
liturature & visual art (amanda)<br>
</div>
<div>- Indymedia, alternative media networks (Joe or tony)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>- Enclosure / Exclusion (joe)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Space could be left in the timetable for the participants to
present, although this would mean we have to contact them soon to
explain the possibilities.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>We will need a break somewhere in all that and to round up the
day we were suggesting we could break down into small groups to come
up with some ideas and questions for the next few days.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>====== Tuesday 11th Dec =======</b></div>
<div>(upstairs space available 09.00 - 22.00)</div>
<div>[eve: debates by collective distribution in basement]</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Production can start by breaking into small groups to deal with
the various projects. Suggested production so far: Newspaper,
Interviews with local area, Poster production, Info Shop, Stencils,
Banner making, Indymedia table, Boxes, Fences... Revolutionary
pajamas any more???<br>
</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>====== Wednesday 12th Dec =======</b></div>
<div>(upstairs space available 09.00 - 22.00)</div>
<div>[eve:NPP and unemployed works assoc]</div>
<div>NPP presentation 10.00 and 12.00</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>====== Thursday 13th Dec =======</b></div>
<div>(upstairs space available 09.00 - 22.00)</div>
<div>[eve: concert in basement]</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>======<b> Friday 14th Dec</b> ======= (space available 09.00 -
12.00)</div>
<div>Distribution of newspapers and indymedia daily...</div>
<div>and any actions we come up with.</div>
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