[mf2012] moving forest- release - going out this friday

[shu lea cheang]

dear forest

we are trying to gather more sign on of project 
proposals for insurgency act (act 4)
and during the prelude. We are reworking the website...
here is a release that goes out friday... want to pass on here first.
and do let us know if you want to propose a project to be included.
or later during the prelude, we will prepare a website where you can upload
your activities....

very soon
sl



MOVING FOREST
2012 London
presented by
AKA the CASTLE

A twelve day prelude moving across the city; a 
twelve-hour sound art opera of betrayal and 
rebellion culminating in a spectacular series of 
disturbing performances in Chelsea College of Art 
Parade Ground; a one-day coda of debate.

http://www.movingforest.net
now at movingforest.net

Moving Forest expands the last 12 minute of 
Kurosawa's adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, 
'Throne of Blood' (1957), into a sonic 
performance saga with a prelude of 12 days, a 
durational performance of 6 acts in 12 hours and 
a closing Coda for the sake of argument.

First presented at Transmediale.08. Berlin 2008, 
Moving Forest London maps an imaginary castle and 
a camouflaged forest revolt onto the 
hyper-playground of the London metropolis on the 
eve of Olympics 2012.  Presented by a temporarily 
assembled troupe AKA the castle, Moving Forest 
brings together diverse 
visual/sonic/electronic/digital/ performance 
artists along with writers, walkers, coders, 
hackers, mobile agents, twitters, networkers and 
the general public to realize a contemporary 
version of a classic play.  Making use of all 
media, the acts elaborate operatic manoeuvres 
into an escalating scheme of conspiracy and its 
contemporaneous political manifestations. The 
camouflage tree branches of Birnam Wood are 
electronically updated with contemporary forms of 
stealth and insurrection. Armed with signals and 
slogans, the Moving Forest forces an entry into 
the Castle.  A final merging of forest and castle 
occurs during a moment of downfall, jubilation 
and loss.

June 22 - July 3 ,  12 day prelude (London 
citywide and on the net - see 
http://www.movingforest.net/ for details)

July 4,   6 acts 12 hour performance
[act0 - omen]  9-11am (Furtherfield, Finsbury Park)
[act1 - remorse]  11am-1pm (Triangle Gallery, Chelsea College of Art)
[act2- betrayal]  1pm-3pm (Triangle Gallery, Chelsea College of Art)
[act3- overthrow]  3pm-5pm (Triangle Gallery, Chelsea College of Art)
[act4 - insurgency] 5pm-8pm (Parade Ground, Chelsea College of Art)
[act5 - eternal return] 8pm-9pm (Parade Ground, Chelsea College of Art)

July 5, 12 - 6pm , workshop/coda (Triangle Gallery, Chelsea College of Art)

Moving Forest 2012 London
AKA the castle (in formation)

With:
The Militant City (Isaac Marrero-Guillamón), 
MzTEK, labofii (John Jordan), street training 
(Lottie Child), Paper Tiger(Omar El-Khairy), Marc 
Widmer, Jonas Öhrström, Patric Kaufmann, The 
Hexists, Laura Oldfield Ford, Marco Donnarumma , 
Linda Dement, Valentina Vuksic, Olsen Wolf, Kaffe 
Matthews, xname, Ewa Justka, Anat Ben-David, 
Bioni samp, Vasco Alves, Graham Harwood, Clifford 
Hammett, Alexandra Sofie Joensson, AUDiNT (Toby 
Heys and Steve Goodman).

Organized by
TAKE2030 (Ilze Black and Shu Lea Cheang)
Matthew Fuller (Center for Cultural studies, Goldsmiths College)
Graham Harwood (MA Interactive Media, Goldsmiths College)
Rachel Baker (irational.org)

Moving Forest workshop/coda
organized by
David Garcia , Dean of CCW Graduate School
Matthew Fuller, Reader in Digital Media, Goldsmiths College,
Josephine Berry Slater, editor of Mute magazine
John Cunningham, 56A InfoShop

Organization associates:
Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London
Interactive Media Lab, Goldsmiths, University of London
Furtherfield
SPACE
Graduate School, CCW, University of the Arts London
Wimbledon College of Art
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Main location addresses:

Furtherfield Gallery, McKenzie Pavilion, Finsbury Park, London, N4 2NQ

Parade Ground and Triangle Gallery, Chelsea 
School of Art & Design, Millbank, 16 John Islip 
Street, London SW1P 4JU



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