Art Event at LCA2009
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As part of the conference, a number of spin-off events are being organised. LCA have offered sponsorship for an art event that will relate to the ideas, philosophies and/or the general spirit of the conference.
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Audience
- Conference delegates (main audience)
- Art community
- University staff and students
- General community (minimal except for Open Day)
Curatorial Direction
The central ideas of open source development and communities are:
- Relinquishment of absolute control
- Open to community contributions of similarly-aligned individuals
- Formation of communities
- Creation of gift economies
- Relinquishment of property rights - knowledge should be free
- Favours the use-value of products over financial profit
- Promotes the role of the individuals in solving larger problems
There are strong correlations with relational visual arts practice:
| Open-Source Software Development | Relational Visual Arts Practice |
|---|---|
| Shares control of products with the community | The particularities of the site/community serve as as a point of departure |
| Open to community contributions | Directly accepts source material from the public |
| Relies on the donations from interested parties | Relies on participation from the audience |
| Publishes source code with the product release | Reveals the artistic processes to the audience |
| Projects initiated by individuals | Individual artists become a conduit for a social phenomenon |
This event aims to generate meaningful connections between the arts and technology communities through the presentation of relational works at the conference venue or at the spin-off events (Open Day, Politics in the Pub, etc.)
Participants are encouraged to:
- Make work that will be easily accessible to the conference delegates.
- Incorporate the particularities of the delegation in their work.
- Directly interact with conference delegates.
- Make work without technology - the reapplication of open-source ideas would be more clearly communicated without the distraction of technology.
To be completed...
Aims
For artists:
- Raise awareness in the arts community of open-source communities and the social implications of this philosophy.
- Provide points of engagement with an otherwise inaccessible unusual and creative community
- An opportunity to attend the conference
For conference and its delegation:
- Expand the scope of a typically highly-specialised conference
- To raise awareness of the social and philosophical implications of the open-source communities
For both:
- To create points of contact that span the arts, technological and legal communities.
Funding
- LCA - sponsorship of $2000 confirmed for expenses/material only. There is some negotiability to the amount but in the spirit of the conference, no fees will be paid from this component.
- Arts Tasmania Grant (Application Submitted 1/08/08)
Participants
Curator:
- Kevin Leong (confirmed) - 0415 448597
Artists:
- Scot Cotterell (confirmed) - 0423 931849
- Nancy Mauro-Flude (confirmed)- 0409997189
- Mat Oakes (confirmed) - 0410 666989
- Room 11 (confirmed) - 6234 2847
- Andy Vagg (confirmed) - 0409 595795
Open Day Participants:
- Bill Hart (tentative)
Responsibilities of the Artists
- Participate in a number of meetings with the curator to discuss and develop the works in production.
- Produce and execute a work at the conference.
- Provide LCA with suitable documentation of the work.
