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

shu lea cheang shulea at earthlink.net
Wed Jun 6 09:48:06 CEST 2012


hi, zeijko

this is fine.... i am sure we will get more 
release out to include your proposal.
I also hope we get some funding... if so, things will be easier.

soon
sl



>dear  shu lea
>I am still interested in proposing a workshop on queering of sport
>that i hoped to introduce as a concept during the conference,
>but as I am not sure about my own travel funding still
>I can not fix commitment.
>
>best Z
>
>On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 5:39 PM, shu lea cheang 
><<mailto:shulea at earthlink.net>shulea at earthlink.net> 
>wrote:
>
>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>http://www.movingforest.net
><mailto:now at 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/>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 (<http://irational.org>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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