[NetBehaviour] A r t i v i s t i c 2 0 0 7 < CALL FOR PARTICIPATION >

marc marc.garrett at furtherfield.org
Sat Dec 9 13:15:26 CET 2006


A r t i v i s t i c 2 0 0 7
[ October, Montreal ]

< CALL FOR PARTICIPATION >

[ [ [ un.occupied spaces ] ] ]

We are infiltrating all levels of society. Artists, activists, 
academics, architects, bureaucrats, the homeless, anarchists, first 
nations, immigrants, doctors, geeks, lawyers, teachers, witches, 
philosophers, clowns. Artivistic does not only provide a platform for 
political artists and artistic activists, but partakes in the very 
movements that work for change. In the pursuit of temporary moments of 
pleasure, we move towards freedom, for resistance is perpetual and 
oppression, ever-changing.

We oppose the progression of monolithic thought and work for the 
development of new and dynamic forms of knowledge, exchange, 
representation and practices of everyday life. We aim to stimulate the 
mind, the imagination, and the body. We seek alternative models, portals 
unto un.occupied spaces. Artistivic moves beyond the moment, becoming a 
process of contamination through interpersonal dialogue that exceeds the 
event.

Building on the 2005 generation, Artivistic in 2007 will continue to ask 
questions that do not leave us thinking we have resolved the issues. We 
strongly suggest that you answer one, or all, of our questions with a 
question of your own. Please submit your proposal for participation 
related (but not restricted) to the following :

< what is indigenous ? >
The very use of the term “indigenous” presupposes a claim to the 
existence of rights. The right to land. The right of return. The right 
to self-determination. The right to a life with dignity. In what context 
does indigenous mean something and how is it represented today? What is 
the relationship between identity based on place, the land and/or 
territories and the right to resources? What is indigenous in the 
context of globalisation, migrations and mobility? (Perhaps the question 
is not what is indigenous but how is indigenous?)

< what is a natural space ? >
The environment is in a pretty bad shape. Yet, does not typical 
environmentalism often propose “solutions” which alienate the very 
people that could make a difference by using a false dichotomy 
(natural/human-made, natural/artificial, nature/culture) and by 
perpetuating the myth of a pristine nature? Current strategies often 
make use of fear and guilt to provoke action, yet will we not be helping 
our environment in a more efficient way once we let go of our arrogance 
as humans and start living with and in the world rather than of, and 
alienated from, the world?

< what is (there) to occupy ? >
The term “occupation” often inspires images of invasion, enclosure and 
rape. How are spaces and bodies ruled over? What is public space, 
ultimately? Why do reserves exist? To ask what is occupation is in fact 
to ask what is left to occupy for occupation is more pervasive than it 
first appears. At the same time, occupation echoes resistance when it 
comes to certain forms of appropriation. So how does one occupy 
appropriation or how can one appropriate occupation?

Your abstract or project description should be no longer than 250 words, 
your bio 75 words (seriously, we will stop reading after that).

Please also include 50 words on how you will stimulate audience 
participation (sorry, NO paper reading).

We welcome proposals for : roundtables, workshops, expeditions & walks, 
interventions, performance, projections, show-and-tells, broadcasts, 
games, visual arts, media & technology arts, street arts, informal arts, 
experimental arts, is-it-art arts, etc. and any combination of the above.

We also welcome proposals having to do with personal experience, lessons 
learned, or future projects that could include other participants of 
Artivistic (this is a good place to start organising and collaborating).

Deadline : 15 February 2007

Please send your proposals to : participation.artivistic at gmail.com



 > The Autonomous Conference
Artivistic also includes an open-source component. Participants will be 
able to sign up on the day-of to hold an ad-hoc session that is not in 
the official program but is fully part of the event. You can prepare in 
advance, but you don’t need to submit anything.

 > Co-presentations
Artivistic cannot fulfil its networking and pluralist agenda without 
collaborating with existing organisations of overlapping mandates. If 
you are an organisation interested in mutual aid in the context of event 
planning, please contact us (considerably in advance) with your idea for 
an event that you would like to organise and present with us : 
info.artivistic at gmail.com

 > Volunteers
If you want to help us before, during and/or after the event, that would 
be really nice of you! We need a lot of extra hands with promotion, 
billeting, set-up, facilitation, cooking, tech, time-keeping, 
documenting, wrap-up, etc. Please email us at : 
volunteers.artivistic at gmail.com

 > Travel funding
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide funding for your travel (we are 
not even getting paid to do this), but will be happy to offer any 
assistance with your own steps in finding funding. On the other hand, 
in-house accommodation and food will be provided to all Artivistic 
participants.

 > Press
If you want to cover Artivistic, please send us your information by 
email here : press.artivistic at gmail.com

Artivistic [ http://artivistic.omweb.org ] is a transdisciplinary 
three-day gathering on the interPlay between art, information and 
activism. Artivistic emerges out of the proposition that not only 
artists should talk about art, academics about theory, and activists 
about activism. Founded in 2004, the event aims to promote 
transdisciplinary and intercultural dialogue on activist art beyond 
critique, to create and facilitate a human network of diverse peoples, 
and to inspire, proliferate, activate.

General inquiries : info.artivistic at gmail.com








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