Hello, I think it would nice to see everybody's project description, do yous? Well, here's what were doing
would WE like to try this?
For the Performing Economies exhibition, we will implement revisions of the English language inside the FOCA gallery space There we will converse with visitors utilizing the restructured language, explaing the project and inviting attendees to participate. The first basic revisions are the deletion of verb command forms ( "(You) Go to the store" becomes "Will you go to the store?"), all possessives ("His art piece" becomes "the art piece"), and all pronouns except for the first person plural and "it" ("Will you go to the store" becomes "Will we go to the store?"). The newly applied rules promote a mindset continually considerate of the gathering as a whole, a singular individual as a part of a united group. The deletion of command forms forces the demands of the speaker to be resolved within the immediate community ("Grab me a beer" becomes the more sensitive, imploring "Could we get another beer?"). Every moment of speech thereby becomes influential on the group as a whole, creating, if only for a moment, a language mandating more awareness of one's position and its impositions on the surrounding community
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Follow-up from meeting
So begins the "Performing Economies" blog. I am posting Liz Glynn's questions that we did not get to speak about last night. Maybe folks have responses or thoughts to add.
- Does the show itself investigate "new economies" through its actual structure? Is it about new economies, or enacting new economies? While certainly there have been successful projects which try to enact new structures, I do think it's also worth considering to allow individual projects to speak on their own terms. We might also want to think about whether the show a whole is self-reflexive, and how that might or might not be useful.
- We've just been through many years of participatory / performance / exchange type projects, and I imagine these will continue to evolve. We're also at a point where many of, understandable, are making work in response to the economic crisis. What is the relationship between these two themes, and how might this show create a discursive venue to move these ideas forward, rather than just capitalize on their present currency?
- I can imagine some projects addressing the exchange or material values of art, and others focusing more on the "economy" - would it be useful to focus on one or the other, one about the other, or do people have strong ideas about this?
- Does the show itself investigate "new economies" through its actual structure? Is it about new economies, or enacting new economies? While certainly there have been successful projects which try to enact new structures, I do think it's also worth considering to allow individual projects to speak on their own terms. We might also want to think about whether the show a whole is self-reflexive, and how that might or might not be useful.
- We've just been through many years of participatory / performance / exchange type projects, and I imagine these will continue to evolve. We're also at a point where many of, understandable, are making work in response to the economic crisis. What is the relationship between these two themes, and how might this show create a discursive venue to move these ideas forward, rather than just capitalize on their present currency?
- I can imagine some projects addressing the exchange or material values of art, and others focusing more on the "economy" - would it be useful to focus on one or the other, one about the other, or do people have strong ideas about this?
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