AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION!

"Open_borders: Improvisation Across Networks, Distance, Timezones"
Inviting performers, writers and engaged world citizens to participate VIA
WEB-BASED VIDEO-CONFERENCE TOOLS in a networked performance event.
Participants will contribute short, live, direct-address performances to a
multi-lingual audience of academics, artists, performers and conference
attendees. Live performances will be mixed and processed with additional
imagery and sound to enhance meaning and intensify aesthetic impact. The
final output is then projected and amplified throughout the reception site.
The idea is to "hack" into the conference reception/lounge from somewhere
"else" entirely.

WHEN: Friday, November 21 4:30-6:30pm PST
check here for your local timezone: http://tinyurl.com/48eau7
WHERE: UCLA Broad Center, EDA room
COORDINATING ARTISTS: Adriene Jenik and Charley Ten

Open_borders is a project within:

Actions of Transfer: Women's Performance In the Americas
Presented by UCLA Center for Performance Studies
& Co-sponsored by Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics
November 20-23, 2008

For more information:
http://www.performancestudies.ucla.edu/actions/actions.html

Don't let the economics of long distance air travel or the politics of post
9-11 border crossing prevent you from contributing to our greater
understanding of performance in the Americas!

Send proposals for short performance contributions to:
ajenik@ucsd.edu by October 30
Include contact information including skype/iChat name, and a brief
description of proposed performance.

Technical Specifications for Performers:
Access to computer with ichat av (mac) or skype (pc or mac)
stable (preferably hard-wired) broadband ethernet connection
web camera or digital video camera with USB or firewire connection
microphone (mac laptops and imacs have built in isight camera + condensor
mic)
headphones or earbuds
specific lighting configuration for performance (as needed)

For more information on Open_Dancefloor application system visit
http://www.charleyten.com/od.html

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