Intimacy and In.yer.face

www.intimacyandinyerface.net

Intimacy and In.yer.face is a live webcast performance/installation event and remix project, located in the nexus between art and technology. Curated by Daniel Agnihotri-Clark, Intimacy and In.yer.face feautres simultaneous live performances and interactive installations, with real-time audio and video signals broadcast over the internet.

The project features new works by the globally dispersed cyberformance troupe Avatar Body Collision (New Zealand, London, Helsinki), the interdisciplinary artist Kartini Thomas (Wellington), aerialists/actors Pipi-Ayesha Evans and Rhys Latton (Wellington), and audio/video artists Damian Stewart and Emil McAvoy (Wellington). Subsequent to the event, audio and video files archiving the works will be posted onto the internet to facilitate an open call for remixes of this material (ongoing).

Thurs 20 July, event commences 8pm (NZ time) /10am (French time) at:

Old Museum of New Zealand Building, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, Free Entry.

and at

A mystery location in Paris, France

and at

www.intimacyandinyerface.net

www.intimacyandinyerface.net invites participants to remix any footage from the Intimacy and In.yer.face performance/installation event. Any audio and video files posted to www.intimacyandinyerface.net are available for free download: participants are encouraged to submit remixes responding to this material. The term 'remix' is interpreted in the broadest possible sense: responses are not limited to audio and video, any manipulation of the source footage that results in a digital file will be considered. Please send hard copies of your remix (data files only please) on CD or DVD to:

Daniel Agnihotri-Clark (Curator)
c/- Litmus Research Initiative
Massey University School of Fine Arts
Private Box 756
Wellington
New Zealand

All remixes received will be posted to this site, and selected material will be compiled onto an appropriate digital format (DVD or DVD ROM, depending on the responses received). A hard copy will be provided to all contributors, and the material will be released and publicly screened late in 2006. Copies will also be permanently archived at the Litmus Research Initiative office, Wellington, NZ. Submissions close Friday 1 September 2006. Please include contact details with your submission.

Intimacy and In.yer.face is presented with the generous support of Litmus Research Initiative, Wellington.