<nettime-ann> Open Ear event, Network

Next Tuesday, 8pm till late:

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Open Ear (http://openear.wordpress.com/) is a loose collaborative group formed in 2006 by Paul Adams, Garrett Lynch and Matt Wright with the purpose of creating audio-visual art and organising live events within club, gallery, open air or site-specific venues.

From September 2007 to April 2008 Open Ear will curate a series six inter-disciplinary, free, themed events at Canterbury Christ Church University, Broadstairs Campus. All events will take place from 8pm till late and include a selection of performances, installations, videos and inter-disciplinary work from invited artists for the event or selected through calls for works. Later in 2008 a DVD of all six events will be released on the C3U Music Label. The dates, themes and curator for each event are as follows:

Interference - 16/10/07, curated by Paul Adams

Network - 20/11/07, curated by Garrett Lynch (see further details below)

Memory - 11/12/07, curated by Matt Wright

Noise - 05/02/08, curated by Paul Adams

Cinema - 11/03/08, curated by Garrett Lynch

Speed - 22/04/08, curated by Matt Wright

:: Network - 20/11/07 ::

A network is any system of interconnected points / locations, nodes, which become greater, augmented, than when in isolation. While emphasis is most often placed on the nodes, it is the connections / links / lines / flows, the spaces between, the hinterland of the network, and their resulting mesh / matrix, which provides the site, means and context for the networks ability to transfer and transform. Similarly art can be thought of as a space in-between:

“The work of art occupies a pivotal point between two sets of behaviour, the artist’s and the spectator’s. It is essentially a matrix, the substance between. It exists nether for itself nor by itself.” (Ascott, R. 2003, Telematic Embrace)

On November 20th Open Ear will host an event curated by Garrett Lynch (http://www.asquare.org/) entitled Network which will present performances on this theme. Sound and visual artists / groups working with networks as a thematic or technical element to their work within live performance contexts will contribute to the event. Performances will include the use of networks to dynamically generate or enhance performance, to collaboratively create a performance through a network, to discuss the nature of networks and their impact on society etc. All performances will be audio or visual works (including any combination therein) of up to 30 minutes duration each. The line-up for the evening will be as follows:

Paul Adams (http://www.myspace.com/mrpauladams)

John Wild: Invisible Geographies 50MHz-6000MHz - The Conduit (http://johnwild.info/)

Matt Wright (http://www.matt-wright.co.uk/)

Pascal Bouchet Asselah: In the night, the light (Dans la nuit, la lumière) (http://www.signalsurbruit.org/)

Garrett Lynch (http://www.asquare.org/)

Cracktux: Noise Garden (http://www.yesyesnono.co.uk/ & http://sonicvariable.goto10.org/)

Tim Long: Relay of Joy

:: The Venue ::

Canterbury Christ Church Broadstairs Campus, situated on the east coast of Kent, England approximately 30 minutes from Canterbury, opened in 2000 with a wide selection of higher education courses. The campus is committed to the arts and cultural regeneration of the area and regularly host’s events, exhibitions and performances on site.

Address: Canterbury Christ Church University, Broadstairs Campus, Northwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2WA, England.

Detailed information on how to get here can be found on the university website:

http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/broadstairs/about/maps.asp

Open Ear, audio-visual events and performances 2007 – 2008 are supported by Canterbury Christ Church University. For all further information, up to date details on events as they happen and videos of previous events please see the Open Ear website at: http://openear.wordpress.com/

gar

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Garrett@asquare.org

http://www.asquare.org/

http://www.asquare.org/networkresearch/