GEOSTASH

Oct. 27, 2004

Type: discussion

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GEOSTASH
http://www.year01.com/geostash

Geostash is a public art project that uses the city of Toronto as its
inspiration and utilises Global Positioning Technology (GPS) and the web
as a means to achieve its creative goals. Geostash takes its cues from
the practice of Geocaching - a sort of high-tech treasure hunt that was
originally conceived in 2000, and has spread worldwide through websites
promoting this activity. Each artist will hide a "stash" somewhere in
the city and post the GPS co-ordinates of where the stash is hidden on
the Geostash website. The stash may contain a set of instructions
requesting an in-situ performance, or could contain objects, materials
and a manual to create temporary public art. Once the stashes have all
been placed in the city, each participating artist will be randomly
assigned another artists' stash to find using a GPS receiver. Once
found, the artist will transform the contents of the stash into an
ephemeral work of art.

Date: October 29 - 31, 04
Location: Various locations in Toronto TBA (check blog for updates)
<http://www.year01.com/geostash/blog>
Presented by Year Zero One <http://www.year01.com>
Artist Talk and Panel Discussion at YYZ Artists Outlet - Nov. 17th
7-9pm <http://yyzartistsoutlet.org>

Participating Artists

Jason Van Horne & Duncan Walker
Shawn Micallef & Gabe Sawhney
Slavica Ceperkovic
Paola Poletto & Jon Sasaki
Willy le Maitre

Curators

Michael Alstad & Michelle Kasprzak

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Year Zero One gratefully acknowledges the Ontario Arts Council and the
Toronto Arts Council for their financial support of Geostash and to our
presentation partner YYZ Artists' Outlet.
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YEAR ZERO ONE is an on-line artist run centre which operates as a
network for the dissemination of digital culture and new media through
web based exhibitions, site-specific public art projects, an extensive
media arts directory and the Year01 Forum.

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GEOSTASH
 <A HREF="http://www.year01.com/geostash">http://www.year01.com/geostash</A>
Geostash is a public art project
that uses the city of Toronto as its inspiration and utilises Global Positioning
Technology (GPS) and the web as a means to achieve its creative goals.
Geostash takes its cues from the practice of Geocaching - a sort of high-tech
treasure hunt that was originally conceived in 2000, and has spread worldwide
through websites promoting this activity. Each artist will hide a "stash"
somewhere in the city and post the GPS co-ordinates of where the stash
is hidden on the Geostash website. The stash may contain a set of instructions
requesting an in-situ performance, or could contain objects, materials
and a manual to create temporary public art. Once the stashes have all
been placed in the city, each participating artist will be randomly assigned
another artists' stash to find using a GPS receiver. Once found, the artist
will transform the contents of the stash into an ephemeral work of art.
Date: October 29 - 31, 04
 Location: Various locations
in Toronto TBA (check blog for updates)  <<A HREF="http://www.year01.com/geostash/blog">http://www.year01.com/geostash/blog</A>>
 Presented by Year Zero One
<<A HREF="http://www.year01.com">http://www.year01.com</A>>
 Artist Talk and Panel Discussion
at YYZ Artists Outlet - Nov. 17th 7-9pm  <<A HREF="http://yyzartistsoutlet.org">http://yyzartistsoutlet.org</A>>
Participating Artists
Jason Van Horne & Duncan
Walker
 Shawn Micallef & Gabe Sawhney
 Slavica Ceperkovic
 Paola Poletto & Jon Sasaki
 Willy le Maitre
Curators
Michael Alstad & Michelle
Kasprzak
  
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 Year
Zero One gratefully acknowledges the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto
Arts Council for their financial support of Geostash and to our presentation
partner YYZ Artists' Outlet.
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ZERO ONE is an on-line artist run centre which operates as a network for
the dissemination of digital culture and new media through web based exhibitions,
site-specific public art projects, an extensive media arts directory and
the Year01 Forum.
<A HREF="http://www.year01.com">http://www.year01.com</A>
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