Bird´s lottery
While artists of the first round were finalizing their artistic responses to the physics problem presented to them in beginning of September, a lottery was held determining the pairing of artists for the transfer of art works. Who would receive whose art work?
The names of the artists were tied to pieces of bread and spread along the busy Granville Island sea wall. The first bird to arrive and pick the bread thus made the selection of who would receive the arts transfer. The birds lottery in that sense functiones as „random number generator“ and as a metaphor mirroring chance collisions of particles.
Chosen by ornithological vote, Ingrid Koenig starts off with Stefan Smulovitz´s sound piece, Suzi Webster is now inspired by Ben Reeve`s visual works, as is Sonnet L` Abbé by David Khang´s performance video. And finally Randy Lee Cutler passed on a text work to Dennis Burke who now - with his own words - „doesn´t care about the original problem, it is not his problem, .... as he has gotten a new problem now.“ Within three weeks the second round of artists will develop their responses to the received artworks. And, like in all creative processes, the excitement lies in the unpredictability of what will unfold.
Save the dates:
Nov 1 - 3, 2012
RAW DATA at the ReMaking Research Conference Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver
http://aicad.ecuad.ca/
Nov 2, 2012 7pm
RAW DATA Performance Suzi Webster
Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver
Nov 3, 2012 3-5pm
RAW DATA Translation Hub
Public Workshop with artists & physicists
Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver
Ben Reeves and Suzi Webster
Stefan Smulovitz and Ingrid Koenig
David Khang and Sonnet L´Abbé
Randy Lee Cutler and Dennis Burke
