Fwd: WEB JAM TURNS 10

June 7, 2003

Type: discussion

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> From: Ebon Fisher <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri Jun 6, 2003 7:38:41 PM US/Eastern
> Subject: WEB JAM TURNS 10
> Reply-To: [email protected]
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> THE BROOKLYN "WEB JAM" TURNS 10
>
> Participants of the Organism (the first "web jam") and other pioneers
> of
>
> Williamsburg, Brooklyn's creative "Secession" from Manhattan are
> gathering for a dinner/dialogue at Streb Studios on Thursday, June 12,
> 2003. That date marks the 10-year anniversary of Organism, the last of
> a
>
> series of large multi-disciplinary warehouse events which helped to
> define the
> "submodern" spirit of Williamsburg's independent culture.
> Multimedia venues such as Mustard, Galapagos Artspace, Four Walls and
> Pierogi Gallery's community "flat files" grew out of that
> community-conscious spirit. Williamsburg has since exploded into a
> major
>
> cultural hotspot on the New York circuit with dozens of galleries,
> restaurants and nightclubs.
>
> The Organism, which followed a principle of "web jamming," pushed
> the idea of weblike co-existence to an extreme. It involved an emergent
> approach to creation, interlocking and growing the "systems" of 120
> creators and an audience of over 2000 people. Newsweek called the
> nightlong web jam "a sequel to the rave." Next week's potluck dinner is
> open to anyone who is interested in discussing the possibilities of
> environment-based culture in an age dominated by commerce, high rents,
> fundamentalist Republicans and war. Elizabeth Streb, a pioneering
> choreographer of hybrid dance systems, has kindly offered her dance
> studio as a location. Streb Studios is located on the former Mustard
> Factory site where The Organism took place.
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> WHAT: THE ORGANISM "WEB JAM" TURNS 10
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> WHEN: Thursday, June 12, 2003, 7:30 pm
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> WHERE: Elizabeth Streb Studio, 51 N. 1st Street, Williamsburg,
> Brooklyn
>
> HOW: It's an indoor picnic. Bring everything you need to feast,
> including plates, cups, etc. Children are very welcome.
>
> CALL: Ebon Fisher (609) 894-2390 or Karen Cormier (718) 486-7652.
>
> EMAIL: <[email protected]> or <[email protected]>
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