A networked performance Exposition on the New Aesthetic

Thursday 1 November 8pm GMT - 4pm New York time

Huis Clos / No Exit - A networked performance Exposition on the New Aesthetic

With Annie Abrahams, Ruth Catlow, Ursula Endlicher, Nicolas Frespech and Igor Stromajer
streaming interface Ivan Chabanaud
technical assistance Jan de Weille

Huis Clos / No Exit - Beyond (spectacle) is a serie of three performances commissioned by ELMCIP for the Remediating the Social conference at the Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with New Media Scotland and University College Falmouth

The project is a follow-up of Huis Clos / No Exit – On Translation presented on 29/05/2010 at NIMk in Amsterdam.

Three performances / Three public preparation sessions

Performances :
A networked performance Exposition on the New Aesthetic
1 November 8pm GMT
Edinburgh College of Art
free entrance without reservation
and online at http://huisclos.mosaika.tv

2 and 3 November 3.30pm GMT
Edinburgh College of Art
free entrance without reservation
and online at http://huisclos.mosaika.tv

More information, including an image and a .pdf of the first preparation : http://bram.org/huisclos/beyond


Preparation 1 online : 25 October 6pm GMT
Preparation 2 online : 2 November 2pm GMT
Preparation 3 online : 3 November 2pm GMT

Using only their mother tongue the five artists will challenge each other into collective action while trying to overcome language and cultural differences. Their communication is handicapped by this constraint - which means they will have to invent a new language based on some common words, codes, the technical possibilities of streaming and their bodies.

Will we choose to use more or even less rules? Will we need a leader or continue without one? Maybe Ruth will become a leader naturally because she is only one authorized to use English, the language understood by all. What can we share? How can we position ourselves? What kind of voice will be possible?

Networks are fragile.