Fw: "Jam- Your cult is being diverted, please hold.."

CULTURE CAMP II (to Free Manifesta)

Call for sumbissions
Deadline 25 June 2002
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The Hellenic Center of Fine Arts appropriates the action of Sal Randolp=
h, organizing and curating in the framework
of Randolph's Free Manifesta, the project "Jam".

The activity will take place in the virtual space of mobile phones thro=
ugh SMS, from 27th of June to 3rd of July.
It will be in a multiple-choice base and need to be reply and forward t=
o someone else.

We are seeking for the ''Least Common Culture'' (Baudrillard), thus, th=
e set of cult ''trophies'' that one must have to provide
his cultural identity.

We would like to invite the art platform especially those who will be arr=
ound, at Manifesta or Documenta, to submit
their mobile phone numbers, so to receive and participate to the " Your =
cult is being diverted, please hold…"


Real time project:

Culture Camp's Jam will take place in our gallery at the main gallery a=
rea in Athens.Four posters will be placed on the walls, portray the
town hall's square surrounded by multi-ethic / religion populace. Thirty=
stickers will picturize the cult trophies of the 20th century, thus, any=

kind of label and mark ( from McDonald's to Greenpeace logos), that prov=
ide us with "cultural identitities". The participants will be
invited to place every one of them to the right spot of the posters upo=
n his opinion. Additionally they will outline with a marker, the line from =
the
prior spot to the new one. With this action, we will have a cultural ''m=
agna carta''
During that time, participants that will not going to join in real time,=
they would to it, through the SMS that will be hung out every time.


Please fill out and send it to [email protected]
Name:
1.Artist / 2.Curator / 3.Other:
Nationality :
E-mail :
Mobile phone number :

The Hellenic Center of Fine Arts - Katerina Karoussos - Eftichias 12 - 14=
112 51 Athens- Hellas - Tel: +3010 8661216 Fax:+3010 8649479


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