A few questions...

Hi/Bonjour,

Nous devons bientôt nous déplacer à Londres, qu'en est-il? quelqu'un s'est occupé d'un partenariat il me semble, des nouvelles?
Comment procède-t-on?

Ensuite, il faut que l'on imprime ce dossier, il faudrait pouvoir utiliser les imprimantes/photocopieuses d'écoles...
qui peut nous indiquer un moyen peu onéreux d'imprimer ce dossier...

Bref, quelques questions sans trop d'enjeux intellectuels...

A bientôt,

Romain

Coucou,

La reunion lundi c est a londres pour le groupe de londres!!

bye

jeanne

what we did in the forest.

Publish Post



Now it is almost four weeks ago. Jeanne took me to a forest just outside of London. It was quite cold and no sun. We were waiting for the sun. Jeanne wanted to test the filters she had made for the camera. We filmed while I was walking and she made a cellophane wrap on two trees. It looked nice.
I had brought a performance sculpture that I wanted her to try on in the forest. It is called Art. I think it needs some more work before I can use it for a performance. I tried it on as well. We found a nice place where two men were chopping up wood to sell. Big piles and a small fire. I tried the sculpture and Jeanne did some filming. I think it went well. The sun just shone up for three minutes that day.

Unfortunately i won't be able to come to the workshop in London next week, but am looking forward to see what you come up with.

Jennifer

LONDON

Bien, j'amène les diapos à Londres, ça peut être amusant de découvrir tout cela ensemble.
Lundi, la réunion pour le workshop c'est chez Sarah et Benjamin?
Aymeric

A spring story in the wild jungle

Dear Shuntians,

I will be away till mid June, running after tigers in the wild jungle of India. Will obviously be thinking of you even if I won't often be on internet...

xoxo
Alexandra

Hello everyone!

Pour tout ceux qui viennent de Paris, on a hate de vous rencontrer! Aymeric, si tu veux j ai un projecteur de diapositive chez moi si jamais tu veux les amener a londres.
Si vous voulez un "update" des expos a londres en ce moment, le mieux c est d aller sur le site www.artrabbit.com, il y a un listings de toutes les expos qui ont lieux a londres en ce moment, c est tres bien fait.
Nous on se reunis lundi pour organiser le workshop..


Bises a tous,

Jeanne

LONDON

HELLO EVERYONE!

quite a few of us "parisians" are coming over for a week-end (in my case a little bit longer w-e, 8-11 may) so I was wondering if any of you have an old sofa for spending a night or two? and it would be great to meet up! so what are your plans for the weekend 10-11 may? and also I haven't been to London for a long time, so please tell about what there is to see and do.
and if any of you londoners are coming to paris let us know, one or two of you can sleep at my place whenever you want to...

xxx
hanna

to artists in Paris

bonjour,
AVANT LE DEPART POUR LONDRES
toujours très intéressé pour découvrir les quelques 150 diapositives trouvés
dans une décharge, j'aurais donc besoin de la machine et d'un lieu....
on peut essayer de se faire ça cette semaine?
aymeric: aymeric.hainaux@gmail.com

Hello everybody,
I just feel the need to share the lecture I just attended with people. It was called 'Towards an Ethics of Meta design' and it was by Clive Dilot from Parsons New Design School. He had some inspiring theories and they said they where going to put the lecture on the web. Ill keep you informed.
Hope to see some of you soon.
Santa x

Logo

Hello Romain!

I can make one, easy design and all. Would the head of a tiger holding an apple in his mouth (like a pig on a platter would) be ok? Or something like it? Apple + Tiger? I love tigers :-)
Do you need it in B&W or can I put color?
I can have it done more or less by tomorrow,

Alexandra

A logo

Hello y'all,

I need you to design a logo, for the show. Could you all think about something, and we'll choose one.
Something kind of simple, easy to recognize (that actually is the definition of a logo)...

See you

Romain

Fundraising

Dear Shuntians,


I am Romain, one of the 3 sciences-po students in charge of the organization of this events. So, first of all, nice to meet you.

We have compiled some kind of presentation booklet, and we would like to contact some sponsors with that. But, we need your help.

The first targets we have are the compagnies that are more or less interested in promoting young artists: So I need the names of all the compagnies that have given money to your schools, or to previous exhibition you had.
For example I know that Agnes B, sponsored some show at les Beaux-arts.


Second Targets: people who collect your works, and who could be interested in Helping this event to happen.

So could you send me all your ideas, and contacts on my email: romainsmail@yahoo.fr?

I hope I'll meet you pretty soon...

By the way, our british friend could maybe start to think about 2 or 3 people who could work on the project from London. I'll come next week to London, to meet them, and start to define a proper strategy.

Romain

KlingonermnotbutpotatoeheadIhaveheardinthepast

Hello all,

I thought it's time for me to try out this whole blogg business, well I hope I am not entirely backward as it is already the year 2008 and officially this is the first time I try my hands on a blogg but better late than never and it is definitely time to say hello to you all so wait for it, I'll try to squeeze it out slowly like toothpaste as that's what I feel I should rather be doing, namely brushing my teeth, but seeing I'll surely have another cigarette or two before finishing this masterpiece erm probably not, well I'll definitely have the cigarette and brush my teeth, anyway Jocelyn mentioned my headbanging story so I reckon I should clarify what it was all about as surely it must appear to all who haven't seen me yet as if I looked like a Klingon, well I was told I have a big head, I assume they meant in in size, and I because I have a little hole in my chin like Don Swayze, the redneck brother of Patrick Swayze and was porn in Poland, some of my friends call me potatoe head at times, well I am drifting away so let's headbang back: by the way I told Jocelyn I was 16 when my headbanging accident happened but that was a lie, Jocelyn I'm sorry but my memory failed me there, possibly due to state dependent memory, as actually I was 13, but after watching 'what's eating Gilbert Grape' I was in this weird phase, for maybe two to three weeks, you know when you're around the age of four you start pretending to be a dog puppy and you bark and do what dog puppies do, I didn't pee on the carpet, and your mum then strokes your head, well I definitely had this dog phase, but when I was 13 I had the same thing with Leonardo Di Caprio aka Gilbert Grape's disabled brother, but a) for entirely different reasons, and b) for the same:
a) I didn't like Leonardo Di Craprio much and believed I would have done a much better job in acting a disabled boy
b) I actually just wanted to get attention, pathetic I know

so whenever I was seated and felt a bit lowI used to rock.. and one day I sat around the dinning table together with my mum and my sister and my mum was repeatedly telling me to stop rocking, but for some reason I did not listen, let's blame it on puberty and already having out-grown my mum by almost a head, and of course the pathetic need for attention, so I kept rocking, back and forth and back and forth, and again back and forth etc and i have to admit it felt/feels very comforting, apropos if you try to hold and cuddle a kangaroo baby in your arms it will kick your lights out but if you put it in a bag first and cuddle and shake it then softly it will think you're his/her mama, however if you saw an adult human doing the rocking you'd surely think this person is a bit coockoo, anyway so I am rocking back and forth and out of a sudden it felt as if someone grabbed me by my hair, pulled my head back and then slammed it with full force back on the table, you must think 'damn this guy's mum is cruel trying to teach him a lesson in this way' but no my mum didn't do it, my sister didn't do it either as they both stared wide-eyed and in complete disbelief at what has just happened to me, whilst I stared in disbelief on the two big toothmarks on the dinning table that my front teeth had just left - by the way I didn't lose my teeth but one chipped slightly.......

so apparently you can get in a trance-like state by emerging yourself in repetive and monotone body movements, so one could say I was in trance and decided to slam my face onto the dinning table, great, no clue what that says about me?

or if you believe in paranormal phenomena, and I believe in some at least, a ghost, maybe a chip of the old block with traditional manners, may have tried to show me that he had enough of watching me disobey my mother, well maybe it was a combination of both, maybe through trance the ghost was able to take possession of me more easily ? really I have no clue but now you know it was probably not worth telling haha

well in a couple of weeks I will try to post an essay on a paranormal phenomenon with much more depth, maybe in the form of a film, so that you'll know what I am engaging with currently, and in order for this blogg not be a complete waste of net space here are some youtube clips that I find very inspiring...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sLdoV1mQuc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYXsAy4xMiE

and to make you laugh check the link out below - it's another clip by Bert Haanstra about kids learning to swim, it doesn't matter that it is in dutch but hold out until the end, it's worth it, I promise, especially the boy who tries desperately to dive between the other boy's legs, by the way Bert Haanstra's two zoo clips are wicked too, although the second one is much better in my opinion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voAcoxvM2Vo

so now I'm off to bed!

Apropos dutch, slap lekker!

Franek

WORKING SPACE

"The Arts Gallery is pleased to present Working Space, an exhibition featuring five
experimental artists sharing a playful and dynamic approach to the manipulation of
space. Drawn from a range of disciplines, including photography, painting,
sculpture, architecture and installation, the artists reinvent the gallery as a
laboratory for spatial experiment."

It on until the 18th of April has anyone been or fancy going?

Love Santa x

SPOKEN WORD

Spoken Word is a poetry reading in both French and English in a café in Paris for those around on April 2 and April 23 from 9pm. Thought it would be a valuable addition to our blog as it's a performing event which allows the public to participate, blurring boundaries between audience and performers. And maybe another way of creating a "lien social".

Address: L'Ogre à Plumes, 49, rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 11e. Paris

Spoken Word: mercredi soir, 2 avril (et le 23 avril), à 21h pour une lecture publique de poèmes/textes en anglais et en français sur le thème "perdu-trouvé" .

PS: pas besoin de réserver ... et si vous avez quelque chose à lire c'est le moment ou jamais.

Katia

Hi Santa!

The only books I can think of for the moment are these:

1."Art contemporain et lien social" Claire Moulène , 2006, editions cercle d'art, (but it is maybe not as precise as what you need. It talks about projects that create a social form (lien social in french) by artists such as Thomas Hirschhorn, Tiravanija (obviously), Gianni Motti, Francis Alys, Jeremy Deller, AAA Corp etc

2. "Magic moments-collaboration between artists and young people" Anna Harding, Black Dog publishing 2005 which talks more about evaluating the importance of art as an instrument of social change

but I will continue to pick my brain...

xoxo
A.D.

Dear Shuntian friends,

BEFORE FRIDAY We need you to send (or re-send) your information to put together the fundings booklet.

If we don't get your information on time, we unfortunetely won't be able to keep you in the project.

We need:

- a short biographie*
- a short statement / expectations for the shunt*
- 5 pictures of your work (300 dpi, not over 2MO each)

*Two versions one in english and one in french for those who are bilingual

Of course, you don't have to be too specific about your ideas for the shunt, but share your expectations for the project, and keep in mind the concept of the event: Work in Progress.

Attention!!
This package must be sent before friday to this email adress only :shuntwebmail@gmail.com
Ivan and Pauline are in charge for the realization of the booklet.

You can contact them or me if you have any questions...

Thank you all,
Julie

Hi everyone, 

I am hoping to pick your brains. I am working on an essay:

Critically assess the claim that a work of art is a "social form" capable of producing positive human relationships.

I have just finished reading 'Relational Aesthetics' am starting 'art and its social function' by Stephen Willats, after that I am planning to read some Guy Debord and Grant Kester's 'Conversation pieces'. I was just wondering if anyone had read anything they thought might be helpful. 

See you soon.

Love 

Santa.x

Whiplash Headbang Pain Pain Pain!

Hello Shuntians!

Was nice meeting Sarah + London group last night at Loafer's Cafe and then later the Walpole pub. Sarah and I were involved in a performance called, "I want to frame you within me thread your pearls through me and wished with all my heart that I could've saved you from where I was sitting in this forest of students who remained thoughtless at your coaxing" (Yes, ANOTHER loooooong title - arrrghhhahah) I am now aching in places I never thought possible from the sequence of dance movements executed over 20 minutes nonstop (almost) during the show last night - I had to push/roll myself out of bed this morning because I couldn't get into an upright sitting position on my own! My flatmate says I'm suffering from whiplash, like how your neck becomes sore after it jerks back during violent braking in a car accident. (Franek also shared something interesting about doing headbangs when he was a kid)

So, on this note of violence, I say HELLO to everyone and look forward to the upcoming days of this project. You can visit my blog if you need more info about my past works - will be posting a video of last night's show soon.

I'm off to Singapore tomorrow folks but keep in touch :)

Bonsoir à tous,
La réunion concernant les fundings a eu lieu aujourd’hui, aux beaux arts avec trois nouveaux membres qui nous viennent de Sciences Po. Je souhaiterais recevoir les CV du groupe en charge de la communication afin de connaître votre parcours. Je n’ai pas eu l’occasion d’être présente et je m’en excuse, j’ai du partir tôt ce matin pour Londres afin d’organiser une réunion avec le groupe présent sur place.
Je me permets donc de rappeler les grandes lignes de ce projet :
Ce projet n’est pas une exposition ordinaire/formelle. Il s’agit davantage d’un laboratoire de travail en progression qui a pour point initial la réalisation d’un blog. Le blog est notre outil commun de travail qui permettra une connexion des différents groupes et qui autorise un partage des idées et des projets en cours.
Ce laboratoire va se décliner sous différents événements qui auront lieu dans les mois à venir sous forme de repas, workshops, tables rondes, conférences, projections etc, qui seront organisés environ une fois par mois par les participants, individuellement ou collectivement et qui permettront de présenter leurs démarches et préoccupations.
Il me paraît indispensable que tous s’impliquent activement dans ce processus qui nous amènera à l’exposition au Shunt. Les personnes qui ne pourront s’appliquer activement ne pourront en conséquence pas participer à l’exposition au Shunt. Le Shunt sera alors le lieu de rassemblement de ces préoccupations, évoquées à travers les différents événements organisés. Des collaborations commenceront à s’installer et seront mises en place dans l’espace du Shunt. Le projet est alternatif, constamment en progression, c’est pourquoi un budget classique ne peut être présenté.
C’est la raison pour laquelle nous vous sollicitons pour trouver un fond-stipend pour chaque participant.
Par exemple, 300 pounds pour 25 artistes,critiques,architectes etc, ce qui fait 7500 pounds.
Puis nous avons un budget à prévoir pour un catalogue correct ( environ 2000 pounds, flyer inclus)
Il faudra ajouter un budget transport et logement, de 100 pounds chaquun/participants, ce qui nous amène à 5000 pounds. Nous arrivons à un total de 14500 pounds environ.
Il faudra bien évidemment budgetiser tout ceci de façon plus précise, et c’est pourquoi nous sommes ravis de vous compter parmi nous 
En tout les cas, chaque exposant aura un montant équivalent, et ce pour des raisons évidentes d’équité que chacun comprendra. Il en fera ce qui lui plaira en fonction de sa proposition.
Ce chiffre évoluera probablement. Les artistes ne s’impliquant pas activement au cours de ces mois de préparation/expérimentation, ne partageant pas leurs expériences à travers le blog se désolidariseront de façon naturelle du projet ( comme dans tous projet d’ailleurs)
Mais grosso modo, vous avez une piste de travail pour le budget.

Le projet est différent d’une exposition classique. Cela va donc demander une approche un peu différente, aussi je compte sur vous pour me tenir informer des démarches que vous effectuez, les partenariats car je souhaiterais bien évidemment tout valider avant de confirmer d’éventuels partenaires.
Je vous laisse mes coordonnées en France : 06 79 30 41 23 ou sarah.trouche@gmail.com

Je suis ravie d’apprendre la mise en ligne prochaine d’un site internet présentant le projet.
Sa ligne de conduite, ses acteurs, ses lieux, au fur et à mesure que les Workshop vont être mis en place, la liste des lieuw , partenaires vont donc aider je pense à la communication, école d’archi, chealse college, goldsmith et autres

A très vite

Amitiés

Sarah

Marie et Sarah collaboration

Lors de l expo Corps a faire ... fin a programmer Galerie Jeune Creation Paris 

Interviews

hi from Paris

I am trying now to collect the interviews you have already recorded ( in London and Paris)
I don't know exactly who dealt with the video recording in London.Would it be possible to send me everything so that i could send them online?
David, could you send me the one from Paris?
Perhaps the best idea is to send them on Google video with the same ID we are currently using on this Google blog.what do you suggest?

Benjamin

london meeting

hi everyone
good to see you
i will be tommorow on london i am really glad to heard about your last meeting and your proposition of workshop on drugs:)
it could be nice if some of you can share this proposition on the blog
and start the discussion
the meeting is the 19 at 8 pm at goldsmith in front of the main building
my number is 07776322522
see you
sarah

London meeting on the 19th?

HI everyone,

Sarah you re coming on the 18th and want to organise a meeting at the shunt on the 19th, is that still ok? do you want to suggest a place and time to meet up? I suggested meeting aroud 8pm, either in new cross gate or in London Bridge. Can everyone say what s best for them?

See you all soon,

Jeanne xx

Blog structure and discussion

Dear all,

I have some thoughts in relation to how we could maybe organize the blog in order to improve our discussion, between the london and paris groups.
I think it would be good to divide it in terms of media (performance, installation, architecture, theory etc..). In the appropriate section, each one will post ideas and thoughts about the shunt show according to his/her interests, so it would much easier for everyone to go directly and start discussing, i...It's just a way to get more organized in order to get a wider picture of the people actual ideas for the show and to start having a discussion in terms of collaboration/cooperation.
I think also that the specific section for general announcements/fundings should be separated from the others... Benjamin, maybe you can create some sub-sections on the blog?

Let me know what do you think...

Best

Roberto

what a PDF looks like :)

All you have to send is a small Portfolio to introduce yourself and your work ( PDF is a computer size like JPG ).

You can check for instance here

Anyway I would prefer if you send me your porfolio in JPG size . Actually it is much easier to send it then  online :)

Bises 

Benjamin

ps: kisses from Sarah

PDF

Hello all of you.

I can see from Sarah's e-mail that I should have sent her my PDF, but I don't know how this PDF thing looks like since I've never heard of it before, blame it on my barbarian Norwegian background or something like that. Anyone want to send me their PDF as an example I can model mine after? You should have my e-mail address.
Marthe

Hi!!
I hope everyone can easily use the blog.Don't hesitate to contact me if any suggestion.If you want to add other links to your own profile you just have to send me everything on my email address : benjherr@gmail.com

bisous
Benjamin

London Group Meeting// Thurs 13th - 7.30pm onwards

Hi everybody,

this is a REMINDER for the London Group.

We will meet on thursday the 13th from 7.30pm onwards at the Hobgoblin in New Cross Gate.

Informal meeting//drinks//idle chatting//drinks again...

Come along with your best smile,

Roberto

dear ALL
hope you had a great week

last group mail now use only the blog !!

few things about the last meetings

Paris
presentations of the shunt space and floor plan
Blog
Communication sponsor teams

We had a presentation of the shunt space with the floor plans the availabilities and the dimension
you have now a lot of photos and informations online
please have a look in the blog
http://awinterstoryinthewildjungle.blogspot.com/
you have all the information you need
information about the statement the artists the spaces
please post some notes in the blog
the show starts now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in the blog throught discussion week ends lectures
take pictures each time you meet and share the questions with others
we are building a net work a collaborative time throught this blog
made comment share your reading your research we have to spent time with each others start to know each practise
in the artist part you will have your interviews and the images of your PDF and a link with your personal website if you have one
in the first page share all your information project about this laboratory
and your artist page is only a page to know each other to have a visual and a face

emeric et julie starts already to interviews the communications team
a final decision will be taken at the end of the week
benjamin is the webdesigner if you have any questions dont hesitate to contact him

Manu Elise Roberto Franek Nicolas Marthe Jo i am still waiting for your PDF !!!!!!!
as i said before its a collective work i cant wait for you too much longer !!!cv statement images of your work 10 15 max or project
it a important for the process that you share you work and your experiences
your deadline is the 16 march
i cant run after you sorry about that but
we had people who work hard to share and communicate about the project

London

i am really glad that you gonna meet each other this week take pictures !!

please have a look aswell in the blog http://awinterstoryinthewildjungle.blogspot.com/

be active its time to write and share idears !!

please be sure that you send the PDF before the dealine and help each other if you dont know how to do a PDF

i will organise a meeting the 19 th evening at the shunt i need a presence confirmation

visit of the space maybe a meeting in the space himself and your implication in the blog

propositions of meeting event that you can organise before the show

during and after

sponsor again and communication

theory and debate about this laboratory

All the best,

Sarah