Ask the Robot: Performance Event & Call for Participation

[Ahmi Wolf]

asktherobot, a multi-media platform for sharing and responding to new  
art,
presents:

PROGRAMMED!

An evening of performance, music, and video

Thursday, March 11 @ the Frying Pan (www.fryingpan.com)
Pier 63 North River (12th Ave, between 23rd & 24th)
Doors open at 8pm, show starts at 9pm promptly
Admission is FREE!
http://asktherobot.info

PROGRAMMED! is an event that gives artists working within and across
different media a chance to present their work on an open stage. The
performances will be followed by a MIXED MEDIA JAM SESSION
bring your instruments, laptops, and dancing shoes!

Throughout the evening there will be a web of live networks for  
response:
* the codeck: show and respond to new video art (http://codeck.net)
* the bass-station: listen and respond to original audio work
                     (http://www.bass-station.net)
* the mo-blog: post written responses and photos throughout the evening
                through any mobile device

Directions to the FRYING PAN:
Take the C or the E to 23rd St., walk towards the water, its on a boat  
on
the Hudson River, right behind Basketball City.
Map:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp? 
country=US&countryid=250&addtohistory=&address=63+chelsea+piers&city=&st 
ate=&zipcode=10011&submit=Get+Map

************************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION  
**************************

We are particularly interested in work that looks at the relationship  
between
PROGRAMMING and HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
Here's the question: even on an open stage, are we free to perform as we
like? To what extent is our behavior programmed? are our thought  
processes
coded?

Any live act that is able to make us laugh/cry/fume with anger is
considered an investigation of the ways in which we are programmed
to respond, and will be welcomed to the stage. Whether you use your
body, your voice, or strange technical gadgets to perform – all analog,
digital and just plain human media are welcome!

If you have a LIVE ACT, ORIGINAL VIDEO/AUDIO, or WRITTEN WORK that you
would like to present, see the submission guidelines below and contact  
us at
programmed at asktherobot.info

Submission Deadline: March 5

Submission guidelines:
----------------------

Live Acts: email a link to a sample of your work, if it is available
            online; or post a short video/audio sample to the address  
below;
            you can also arrange to meet or talk with us in person.

Video/Audio: submit your video to the Codeck to the asktherobot category
              (max 100MB); submit original audio work to the bass-station
              (email us for details); or else post us a VHS/CDR/DVD;  
again,
              you can arrange to meet with us in person.

Written Responses: email as a pdf or word attachment.

Email all materials to: programmed at asktherobot.info

Mail all material to:
Pursue the Pulse,
369 St. John’s Pl. #15,
Brooklyn, NY 11238

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