Meeting.

Hi ya,

Just wanting to get an idea if people are into this meeting? I know its a really busy time.
What if we aim for Thursday evening? The 29th 7pm?
Im not sure on where, I imagine we could use the ceramic seminar room. I will check when we agree on a time.

Halifax Gathering?

I'm curious if the people in Halifax would be interested in gathering to discuss this project's process? Possibly once the manual is complete or after the opening?

Any ideas?


I thought it would be great to talk about how we came to our decisions.

link to Alain Depocas article "Digital Preservation: Recording the Recoding"

Some of you have probably seen this already, but I hadn't until today:

http://www.aec.at/festival2001/texte/depocas_e.html

Extension for instructions: Saturday, March 24

Clarification for writing the manual instructions:

1. I need detailed instructions from each one of you as to how you want the documents conserved in time. Imagine that I am an archivist who knows nothing of the event but wants the details about your objects/art works in order to preserve/conserve them for 100 or more years.

This may include specific technical requirements needed to view the documents. Ie. Do you need photoshop, an internet browser to view digital files? What happen when the browser becomes obsolete and no longer operates?
If it is performance of a performance, what are the specific parameters for viewing and experiencing the action through time?

2. The instruction (plus images or non images) are needed for the content of the manual. The manual serves two purposes:
a) It is a performative document/ art work in and of itself;
b) It is the conceptual and actual template/schematic from which all subsequent archival conservation, research and presentation of our project may be drawn from.

3. The manual will form the bases for constructing the exhibition of our archival live art documents for the FOFA show. In other words, Josh, Cam and I (and everyone else by default) will become quasi-archivists who will construct an installation of the documents as closely as possible to each one of your written instructions. We will send you a draft for approval and additional suggestions.

Phase Space Schematic of the Project To date

Peach: content generation
Light blue: folding the frame of the document in the form of a manual
Dark blue: display of document in space (to be expanded upon receiving content for manual)

To download the jpg:
Phase Space Schematic of Project

More sound files

Here are some more from the series of recordings.



Audio clip 1

Audio Clip 2

Audio Clip 3

Preserving the future?

Cam, I am wondering how I, as the current archivist of the objects that you collected during the live event, should deal with the issue of proliferating mold?
I suppose that means that I havent done my job very well. Most respected experts in the field would never let bacterial gowth occur on any preserved objects. That would defeat the purpose, wouldnt it? Or is this the way the objects should migrate "naturally"? Perhpas this is in line with my thoughts on the virus as a kind of archive that could work with cellular processes to migrate memory?

Please send instructions asap so that I know how to conserve your artifacts and memories according to your intentions!