THE ARTS ASSEMBLY (AA) A
Reflexive
Organ of
the Chamber of Public Secrets (CPS)
The ARTS ASSEMBLY unites a diversity of actors – that is, YOU – in participatory decision-making and amphitheatrical action to VALUATE WORKS of ART and their INSTITUTIONS in five live Valuation Chambers in the AA Amphitheatre, Los Molinos Auditorium. In the next-door Archive and Reverb Space, we hope you “GET HORIZONTAL”, re-view and actively participate in the process, for.. DEMOCRACY FAILS US NOW.
See the trailer(s) of On the Amphitheatre's Ruins, a film on the AA process The AA is a CRITICAL ORGAN of CPS at Manifesta 8.
CONSTITUTE THE AA!
For those not physically present,
The Manifesta AA is constituted by:
Perpetuum Mobilε (Ivor Stodolsky and Marita Muukkonen), Parfyme (Pelle Brage and Laurids Sonne), Ray Langenbach, Damian Le Bas, aladin, Hamy Ramezan, Jon Irigoyen, Diego Bruno, Johan Waerndt, Monika Marklinger, Li Zhenhua, Maria Lind, Gavin Jantjes, Viyé Diba, Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel, Pieter Vermeulen, Nicolaj Wichmann, Aaajiao
AA JURY members include:
Gavin Jantjes, Maria Lind, Viyé Diba, Sarat Maharaj, Ivor Stodolsky, Damian Le Bas, Marita Muukkonen, Pelle Brage, aladin, Laurids Sonne (among others)
The ROUND CHAMBER debates on institutions will include: Many of CPS artists, AA Jury members and the CPS curators.
DATES
CPS ARTISTS in the VALUATION CHAMBER:
October 3rd at 5 pm: Colonel (Thierry Geoffrey) October 5th at 5 pm: Khaled Hafez October 6th at 6 pm: Michael Takeo Magruder October 7th from 11am-2 pm, 4-6 pm: OPEN HOUSE in the Archive and Reverb Space (Los Molinos) October 9th at 5 pm: Anders Eiebakke October 10 at 5 pm: ROUND CHAMBER to discuss the curatorial concept of CPS and Manifesta 8 as an institution.
The Arts Assembly is a Perpetuum Mobilεzation (http://www.perpetualmobile.org). Further Particulars
The ARTS ASSEMBLY (AA) unites a diversity of art actors in participatory and peer-to-peer platforms. At Manifesta 8 the AA acts as a CRITICAL ORGAN of the curatorial process. Evaluations of the Chamber of Public Secrets (CPS), Manifesta 8 (M8) and its processes will be hammered out. CPS is one of the three curatorial teams of Manifesta 8, Spain. Arts Assembly Locations:
At Manifesta 8, the ARTS ASSEMBLY will have two chambers: The AA Valuation Chamber: This chamber was first conceived (during the collapse of casino-style markets) to address the crucial question of value in the art world. If market-valuations of artworks are highly volatile, and if they subject art to the ever greater domination by heteronomous forces, then an independent system of valuation of art is a crucial, indeed existential need for art. The Value Chamber is designed to provide non-monetary procedures of evaluation – critical, practical, aesthetic, political, philosophical or otherwise – of artworks presented to it. These Valuations of the work are carried out through the step-by-step coordination of the artist of the artwork, the Jury of the Chamber, and the participating audience. The results may determined by polls, surveys or ratings, choreographed theoretical analysis, or even by proposals coming from the audience..
The AA Round Chamber: Before a whole AA can take place, it needs to be 'constituted' by what is called the Charter Process. This process 'writes the rules' of the Chambers by developing step-by-step procedures for action called Charters. A Charter is a structure, schedule and plan of participatory action within a given event. This defines a Chambers format, the scenography and schedule of what happens, but not its content or outcomes. The content results from actually carrying out an AA: with specific artists, juries and participants and Charters, and in a given historical, institutional and geographical context. Overall, each AA is a self-constituting collective of people and
participatory procedures in action. It is not a meeting, simply a
debate or an exchange of opinions. A whole AA is a closely-timed and
self-choreographed series of performative events with outcomes
determined by all members and participants in the ARTS ASSEMBLY. The Arts Assembly is a Perpetuum Mobilεzation (http://www.perpetualmobile.org). USEFUL LINKS Manifesta: www.manifesta8.com CPS at Manifesta 8: http://cpsman8.wordpress.com Overview of Venues: http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas/articles/2010/manifesta_8 USEFUL ARCHIVES The First (Pilot) Arts Assembly in Helsinki: http://perpetualmobile.wordpress.com/the-arts-assembly-aa/ |