Hey, I'm curating this three part project...
The theme is:
"They'll figure it out. Eventually. They must," writes OpenBookJen on Twitter.
The idea of the show is that it will bring together an array of different artwork all inspired by or related to this quote: "They'll figure it out. Eventually. They must." Inspiration can also come from the rest of the sentence, bringing in the context of where the quote was found. (Twitter.) Or the idea of a screen names, etc. Some people might be more interested in the quote; some people might be more interested in making some kind of statement about cyberspace; some people might see the two ideas as connected. The art can be serious, humorous, sinister, sweet, ambiguous, or combinations thereof. I'm eager to juxtapose all the varied interpretations.
The concept for the overall project is this: each piece of work is valid and artistic on its own. But furthermore, once hung/published/performed as a collection, the art can together elicit the same sensation as the experiences that are familiar to all of us in the digital age. (Like your iPod on shuffle, or the series of text messages you might receive on any given night. Or reading all your friends' status messages in succession on IM or Facebook. Or, as in the quote I used, Twitter.)
Artists of any discipline inspired by this theme (all of it, or part of it, takeoffs, tangents, etc.) are welcome to email me at jill@jilljichetti.com or leave a comment. I'm looking for visual art, writing, music, dance, theater, performance art, puppetry, video...
The project has three elements: an exhibition, an assembling magazine, and an evening of multi-disciplinary collaborative performances on May 2nd. It's at the Everything Goes Book Cafe and Neighborhood Stage.
If you don't currently have any work that pertains to this theme but you'll be creating some soon, let me know. Feel free to contact me with any ideas or musings that arise. Dialogue with all of you will inform my contribution to the zine, my conceptualization of the visual display, and the format of the evening. The cross-fertilization that occurs in cyberspace is part of the process as well as (potentially) the content of each element of the project.
I'm interested in collaborators here in Staten Island, from all over New York and the surrounding areas, and from all over cyberspace if work can be transmitted or transported here.
Many thanks to OpenBookJen for giving me permission to quote her.
"They'll figure it out. Eventually. They must," writes OpenBookJen on Twitter.
The idea of the show is that it will bring together an array of different artwork all inspired by or related to this quote: "They'll figure it out. Eventually. They must." Inspiration can also come from the rest of the sentence, bringing in the context of where the quote was found. (Twitter.) Or the idea of a screen names, etc. Some people might be more interested in the quote; some people might be more interested in making some kind of statement about cyberspace; some people might see the two ideas as connected. The art can be serious, humorous, sinister, sweet, ambiguous, or combinations thereof. I'm eager to juxtapose all the varied interpretations.
The concept for the overall project is this: each piece of work is valid and artistic on its own. But furthermore, once hung/published/performed as a collection, the art can together elicit the same sensation as the experiences that are familiar to all of us in the digital age. (Like your iPod on shuffle, or the series of text messages you might receive on any given night. Or reading all your friends' status messages in succession on IM or Facebook. Or, as in the quote I used, Twitter.)
Artists of any discipline inspired by this theme (all of it, or part of it, takeoffs, tangents, etc.) are welcome to email me at jill@jilljichetti.com or leave a comment. I'm looking for visual art, writing, music, dance, theater, performance art, puppetry, video...
The project has three elements: an exhibition, an assembling magazine, and an evening of multi-disciplinary collaborative performances on May 2nd. It's at the Everything Goes Book Cafe and Neighborhood Stage.
If you don't currently have any work that pertains to this theme but you'll be creating some soon, let me know. Feel free to contact me with any ideas or musings that arise. Dialogue with all of you will inform my contribution to the zine, my conceptualization of the visual display, and the format of the evening. The cross-fertilization that occurs in cyberspace is part of the process as well as (potentially) the content of each element of the project.
I'm interested in collaborators here in Staten Island, from all over New York and the surrounding areas, and from all over cyberspace if work can be transmitted or transported here.
Many thanks to OpenBookJen for giving me permission to quote her.
posted by Jill at
2/28/2009 10:42:00 AM
3 Comments:
Wow. I just read things on Twitter and then smile (or not) and then move on. It never occurred to me to do such a thing with a Tweet. You must be a tremendously energetic person. I wish you luck with this and I hope you'll mention at some point how it goes.
Though I don't presume often to call myself an artist, I'll even tease myself with the idea of coming up with something. Who knows? Not me.
Hello, Jill.
By
scott, At
3/02/2009 09:41:00 AM
Please do put your brain toward the theme and come up with something. Looking forward to reading / seeing it.
Hello, Scott.
By
Jill, At
3/02/2009 05:29:00 PM
great call out on the COAHSI email.
"they must."
"they" is "we." :-)
looking forward to participating.
-- stvjns
By
stvjns, At
3/05/2009 10:56:00 PM
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