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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:51:08 +0000 From: Soda <lucy@soda.co.uk> Subject: internal pager project - please re/distribute v1 Sorry if you receive this more than once. Soda Internal Vibrating Pager project - seeking partners for autumn 1999 Mail aimed at: curators, programmers of arts and media spaces, academics, journalists Project: Soda Internal Vibrating Pager (working title) Artist: Lucy Kimbell, supported by Soda Partner organisations: TEST and DA2 Funded by ACE Combined Arts Projects Fund 1999 Contact: Lucy Kimbell at Soda on +44 171 354 0142 or lucy@soda.co.uk Summary at 15 February 1999 Project dates - 4 weeks in October/November 1999 Deadline for registration of interest: March 1 1999 Summary An interdisciplinary, cross art form piece by artist Lucy Kimbell, supported by Soda, a London arts group, TEST, a digital research facility in Huddersfield, and DA2, digital arts development agency, Bristol. Much of Lucy Kimbell and Soda's work concerns interfaces between the real world and computer mediated spaces and the flows of information, desire and power between them. Project outcomes national a limited edition of vibrate-only pagers to be worn internally (no message facility), for sale a public telephone interface which triggers calls to the pagers to make them vibrate a web interface to the project where pagers can be ordered/issues discussed local publicity to distribute the number of the phone system using broadcast/ print media roadshow of a talk illustrating research into project concerns by artist Lucy Kimbell Concerns The relationship between technology, desire and the media The dematerialised art object Sexual practice as performance The artist as anthropologist What the project achives Education - as an intervention into debates about technology and desire, and public art New audiences for contemporay art Schedule 1999 Feb-April* Soda/TEST - confirm dates for events for project April- May TEST/DA2/Soda - additional fundraising for local events TEST/LK/Soda - finalise media plan, book ad space August LK/Soda repurpose pagers; build web site; build phone interface; test September Soda/TEST - distribute pagers via web and gallery sales/ media campaign October/Nov phone interface goes live/media campaign/roadshow of talks by LK Please contact Lucy Kimbell if you would like to host the project at your venue, and state how you can help: - generate local media sponsorship eg local newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, billboards - host a talk within your education or talks programme (subsidy available) - distribute cards in your area to promote the project phone no. in bars/cafes/phone boxes - distribute cards in your regular mailings for Sept/Oct 1999 - host a banner ad and link for the project on your web site Bookings (tentative) LEA (London), ICA (Lingo talks series), Street Level (Glasgow) Yorkshire - organised by TEST, accompanied by local media ads Kirklees Media Centre, Lovebytes Sheffield South west - organised by DA2, accompanied by local media ads ©Lucy Kimbell and Soda Soda 21 The Ivories, Northampton St, London N1 2HY, UK Tel ++44 (0) 171 354 0142 fax (0)171 354 8854 http://www.soda.co.uk