FREE MANIFESTA NEWSLETTER 1.7.02

Mon Jul 1 15:47:17 CEST 2002

From: Sal Randolph <info at freemanifesta.org>

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   FREE MANIFESTA NEWSLETTER 1.7.02

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   NEWS

   As of noon yesterday, the last official day of entries, over 225 artists &
   collectives had entered projects in Free Manifesta.  A final count will be
   coming soon, as the last results are tabulated, but with groups included
   there are now well over 300 participants in Free Manifesta.  Thank you to
   everyone who has entered with their work, and especially to all the
   artists traveling to Frankfurt from North America, Mexico, and all over
   Europe to do special projects.  If you missed the June 30 deadline by
   accident, please do contact me to see what we can work out.

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   CURRENT & UPCOMING EVENTS

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   ALL THE MOST UP TO DATE LISTINGS ON OUR EVENTS PAGE:
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/event.html

   TONIGHT! - JULY 1 - FRANKFURT BREATHING - FRANKFURT ATMET - Imagine, you
   were walking at night through the streets of Frankfurt and the buildings
   started to breath softly. "Frankfurt breathes" is the idea of a
   collective, large-scale happening, in which all inhabitants of Frankfurt
   can participate. At two nocturnal occasions (July 1st and August 1st) the
   sound of breathing can be projected at open windows into the public space.
   Passing pedestrians will perceive the breathing emerging from the
   surrounding buildings as if the architecture itself reflected the rhythm
   of life.  Recordings of Gloria Zein's breathing performance can be
   downloaded from the website, requested by email, or burned onto your own
   cd by appt at the Free Manifesta headquarters.  With the recording's
   reception you agree to play the sound at one of the event's dates (July
   1st or August 1st) between 23:00h and 1:00h at open windows for it to be
   perceived in the public space.
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/zein.html

   ALL WEEK:  American artist Raphael Di Luzio is in town now between
   projects in Vienna and Croatia, working on AXISMUNDI.  Look for him
   walking around Frankfurt with two cameras strapped to his body, one facing
   forwards, the other behind.  Over the next few days he will be shooting
   then editing a section of AXISMUNDI based on the city of Frankfurt and the
   forests of Darmstadt.  Later in the week, the finished video will  be
   projected through a window at night somewhere in the city -- look for the
   location at the FREE MANIFESTA HEADQUARTERS or on the website:
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/diluzio.html

   WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 & WEDNESDAY, JULY 17th- Serbian artist Igor Antic will
   be presenting his video project INTERSECTING TERRITORIES.  The video shows
   the intersection of different activities in the same space. An antique
   show, as well as the basketball and football matches, are taking place in
   a gymnasium. Via video editing, those activities are merged into one event
   which is both coherent and absurd.  The fire engine, the oil paintings,
   furniture and ceramic sculptures are displayed among sports equipment thus
   creating a new territory in which spiritual and physical levels intersect.
   First projection Wednesday 03 July, 18-19 H. Manifesta 4 Trespassing
   Space/ Frankensteiner Hof, Frankfurt (free). Second projection: Wednesday
   17 July*, 21H30. Maincaffe, Museumsufer, Frankfurt. * in case of bad
   weather it will be postponed to Wednesday, 24 July , 21H30.
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/antic.html

   WEDNESDAY JULY 3 THROUGH FRIDAY JULY 5:  Scottish artist Adrian Lear will
   be exploring the fabric of the city for his piece STRAGEGY OF THE VOID, in
   a series of journeys determined by chance and the U-Bahn network. He says:
   "Travelling without the aid of a map or guidebook, I will be seeking to
   discover forgotten, leftover and void spaces in the city fabric. I will
   respond to each location in an individual way, leaving traces/markers or
   artworks, slogans and the like or simply recording the place and moving
   on. The entire process will be documented in a variety of media. This
   project proposes a piece of urban archaeology in which art becomes a
   motive [but not a destination] for travelling around the city of
   Frankfurt. Aesthetically, it aims for an engagement of solidarity with the
   banal and overlooked sites that are to be found in every metropolis, and
   to position those places as political: symbolic of the cultural and social
   upheaval that is hidden on the fringes of every prosperous’ centre of
   power."
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/lear.html

   TUESDAY JULY 9:  MOODISH PICTURES a workshop with WOWM.ORG at MAK
   Frankfurt  -- Is this a picture? derived from Wrapping Our Warped Minds
   and it's kind of hommage to all our chatters and their dedication to share
   our insanity and exigency for pixels, codes and images. Second Wednesday
   of July will be held workshop at MAK Frankfurt where the wowmers will help
   participants to make "moodish picture" and take it home on CD. 9.July 2002
   at MAK Frankfurt and online (details and any changes will be posted on:
   http://www.wowm.org/freemanifesta/  (not yet online)
   See also:
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/wowm3.html
   WOWM will also be distributing artworks and doing a basket project in
   Frankfurt during the same period.
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/wowm.html
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/wowm2.html

   WEDNESDAY JULY 10 THROUGH WEDNESDAY JULY 17: Domenico Olivero from Italy
   will be doing LA SETIMANA, a drawing with blue and yellow chalk on the
   sidewalk of Republik Platz angle with Mainzer-Landstr. (near to
   Hauptbahnhof Frankfurt am Main). This drawing is the classic children play
   called in Italian "la settimana" (the week).  Also look for his drawing
   exchange project DONO FOR FREE MANIFESTA at the FREE MANIFESTA
   HEADQUARTERS.  Make a drawing, and take a drawing.
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/olivero.html
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/olivero2.html

   PARTICIPATE

   Participate in Rüdiger Axel Westphal's ÄPPOLWOI TRINKEN by drinking apple
   wine in Sachsenhausen.
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/westphal.html

   Join Paul Butler in creating A CYBER COLLAGE PARTY that takes place around
   the globe: Cyber Collage Party: This August 10th, 2002, Paul Butler is
   inviting you to join him and his friends to participate in perhaps the
   largest collage party ever. The collage party is basically just an excuse
   to get together with friends and make collage. All you have to do is find
   a venue, get some magazines, tape etc..., some food and drink, and the
   rest will come naturally. Butler wants to invite collage artists all over
   the world to participate by hosting collage parties of their own the same
   day, documenting them with digital cameras and scanners, and emailing
   their parties to http://www.theotherpaulbutler.com . throughout the 24 hr.
   party, all of the images produced will be posted for all to see. 
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/butler.html

   Mexican artist Miguel Cordera left copies of his OMNIPRESENCIA /
   OMNIPRESENCE posters for people to distribute around Frankfurt.  Ask for
   them at the headquarters or by emailing the artist.
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/cordera.html

   Check out the other participatory projects in the "particpate" and
   "interpersonal" categories on our categories page:
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/categories.html

   LOOK AROUND

   Recent public art installations by Free Manifesta artists can still be
   seen around town -- find them before the city takes them away:

   Postering and advertising replacements by SWOON and Rryan Ceol in spaces
   on both sides of the Main river near the center of town.
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/swoon.html
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/ceol.html

   Public installations of doilies drilled into paper by Brooklyn artist Sara
   Reeske, on construction sites to the north of the Zeil.
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/reeske.html

   Colored paper installation in the front window of the Stadtbücherei,
   Frankfurt am Main City Library on the Zeil by Canadian Jennifer Pickering.
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/pickering.html

   Map installations by Nikolaus Gansterer from Vienna installed on public
   information maps in the U-Bahn system.
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/gansterer.html

   Mexican artist Alberto Guedea's paper and walkman installation TRANSFER
   can be seen in various sites in and near the headquarters.
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/guedea.html

   DID YOU MISS? Performances by Adelheid Bechschmidt and Frido Niepman in
   and near the Römerberg on June 29 & 30 -- they may be returning to
   Frankfurt again, but in the meantime read about their work at:
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/blechschmidt.html
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/niepmann.html

   MORE

   FREE ART:  Every day we get boxes of free artworks from all over -- stop
   by the FREE MANIFESTA HEADQUARTERS to see and choose from our ever
   changing array of work from over 40 different artists.
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/find.html

   ONLINE: Over 70 net art, mail art, phone art, and email projects are
   accessible through our website, and more are being added every day.  Look
   for spotlights on these areas in upcoming issues of the newsletter.
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/categories.html

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   HOW TO LOCATE FREE MANIFESTA

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   FREE MANIFESTA HEADQUARTERS:  on the groundfloor of the Frankfurter
   Kunstverein, located near the Schirn Kunsthalle, just off the Römerberg.
    Subway U4, U5 stop: Römer.  The headquarters is open 11am to 7pm daily,
   and no manifesta 4 ticket is required.

   MAP & DIRECTIONS: http://www.freemanifesta.org/find.html

   ON THE WEB: http://www.freemanifesta.org

   CONTACT: info at freemanifesta.org

   OVER 225 ARTISTS SERVED- 150+ PROJECTS NOW ON OUR WEBSITE, MORE COMING
   EVERY DAY

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   CAN'T BE IN FRANKFURT?

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   Pictures of the headquarters are now online at:
   http://www.freemanifesta.org/find.html

   And remember, most FREE MANIFESTA projects can be perceived and
   participated in from anywhere.

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   WANT TO HELP?

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   FREE MANIFESTA is looking for a few friends to look after the headquarters
   space in August.  It's a great way to meet visiting artists from all over
   & have some contact with the public attending Manifesta.  The requirements
   are not difficult and the time involved can be very flexible.  Contact Sal
   at info at freemanifesta.org if you're interested in finding out more.

   Also, anyone interested in hosting visiting artists or helping them
   realize projects in Frankfurt, please contact info at freemanifesta.org.

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