((o))

a performative accident 

for comm.act - medi@terra, athens, greece
by emigre [ + multiple 'voices' ]


saturday 4 november
time: 	2200 - 0100 local time in Greece
	2000 - 2300 GMT

sunday 5 november
time: 	1200 - 0100 local time in Greece
	1000 - 2300 GMT 

((o)) is a 'happening' which takes place simultaneously in
a text based world, in the datasphere of streamed media,
and at a physical site.  

((o)) examines and critiques the way in which we speak to
each other.  A meeting at a text-based world will stimulate
dialogue between a series of contributers. The multiple
distortion lenses of time, distance and displacement will
precipitate a performative textual chaos, fueled by
confusion caused by lag, buffering errors, language
barriers, and general misreadings.

The ongoing arbitrary interchange in this textual space
will act as a meta-generator of textual fragments, which
will provide the raw materials for a sonic piece which
explores the multi-layered dimensions of conversation. 
Text from the ongoing discussions in the online meeting
point will be animated through text-to-speech synthesis and
performative readings. These audio-texts will then be
collaged with found sounds and audio pieces streamed across
the internet, to create a primordial sonic soup.  ((o))
will evolve from a a simple online text dialogue to an
intricate aural cacophony.

The software, The Theory Machine,
<http://www.radioqualia.net/artician/eset.html>, will
generate the sound collage.  Theorist Eric Kluitenberg will
create a specially designed 'module' for the Theory Machine
which will facilitate the fusing of the aural qocs, with
texts from various authors, and sound samples from the
ambient environment of comm_act.  The sound collage will be
created over the duration of the comm_act project.

((o)) surveys the role that networks play in fracturing
communication.  It observes how meaning cracks under the
pressure of interruption, mechanisation, perplexity,
misinterpretation and delay. It posits thenetwork as a the
carrier mechanism which distorts the signal, and questions
the authority of the messenger.

Textual or audiophonic contributers so far include:
eset 			(.nz)
Eric Kluitenberg 	(.nl)
heyoka 			(.moo)
snarl 			(.moo)
Belinda Barnett 	(.au)
Riatis Smits 		(.lv)
Fiona Jack 		(.nz)
Koolhand		(.moo)
Aleksandar Vasiljevic 	(.yu)
Dusan Buak 		(.yu)
zzkt 			(.net)
mlf 			(.hr + .be)
Annie Lovejoy 		(.uk)
Mac Dunlop 		(.uk)
Dimos Dimitriou 	(.gr)
Panos Kouros 		(.gr)

But anyone can join in.  
Follow the instructions below, and help us devolve the
conversation.



LOGISTICS

The online conversation will take place during the
following periods:

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part 1
date: saturday 4 november
time: 	2200 - 0100 local time in Greece
	2000 - 2300 GMT

part 2
date: sunday 5 november
time: 	1200 - 0100 local time in Greece
	1000 - 2300 GMT 


location:
raving mad coma theatre
LambdaMOO

instructions on how to get there:
- connect via telnet
- telnet://lambda.moo.mud.org  port: 8888
- type connect guest (or connect with your character name,
if you have one)
- follow the instructions lambda gives you to congigure
your connection.
- once you configured your connection, you will emerge in
the 'Coat Closet'.  
- type @join emigre.  you will be transfered straight to
Raving Mad Coma Theatre where the conservation will be
taking place.

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