[-empyre-] Fwd: Call for e-action | Venice Biennale |

[Timothy Murray]

>Thanks, Ricardo, for letting us know about this action.


>  I'm wondering if you would mind saying a bit 
>more about the context of the action : "In order 
>to maximize impact and attempt to gain 
>visibility for
>nameless, anonymous, stateless, non-represented 
>global citizens at theVenice Biennal."  In 
>thinking about this month's discussion topic, 
>Renate and I were hoping that the list would 
>address precisely this kind of disparity between 
>the (non)-representation of "global citizens" at 
>the Venice Biennale and those endorsed by 
>state-sponsored representation.  It's also 
>interesting to note that some national pavilions 
>seem this year to be engaging in an end run 
>around this thorny issue (i.e. Mexico) by 
>featuring non-national artists in national 
>pavilions.

Best,

Tim






>e Hola all,
>
>Here was something of note in relation to VB and artivism.
>
>Best,
>Ricardo
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Call for e-action | Venice Biennale | 
>June 4th 10:00am Cest Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 
>07:29:27 -0700 From: 
><mailto:statelessimmigrantspavilion at riseup.net>statelessimmigrantspavilion at riseup.net 
><mailto:statelessimmigrantspavilion at riseup.net><statelessimmigrantspavilion at riseup.net> 
>To: 
><mailto:spagnolo2.0 at gmail.com>spagnolo2.0 at gmail.com 
><mailto:spagnolo2.0 at gmail.com><spagnolo2.0 at gmail.com>
>
>
>Hi all,
>In order to maximize impact and attempt to gain visibility for
>nameless,anonymous, stateless, non-represented global citizens at the
>Venice Biennale, we have decided to conduct a virtual sit-in to augment
>our flash-mob to be conducted on June 4 2011.
>
>YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE VIRTUAL SIT-IN ON THE WEBSITE OF THE VENICE
>BIENNALE BY DOWNLOADING THE ZIP FILE ATTACHED, SAVING THE 4 SMALL FILES ON
>YOUR COMPUTER, AND OPENING THE FILE ENTITLED INDEX.HTML IN YOUR BROWSER
>(MOZILLA, INTERNET EXPLORER)
>-THEN GO TO "ENTER THE E-PERFORMANCE ACTION NOW"
>-HIT OK
>-ADJUST SPEED ACCORDING TO INTERNET CONNECTION
>-LEAVE BROWSER OPEN AND COMPUTER ON ALL DAY STARTING AT 10:00AM CEST JUNE
>4 2011
>
>This will essentially overload the Venice Biennale's website with traffic
>and is completely legal, and will serve to underscore the importance of
>our cause in a more direct and obvious way. Please find attached another
>zip file containing project manifesto, images, and texts in Italian and
>Spanish. Also help spread the word and feel free to pass this email around
>to relevant eyes!
>
>For those participating in the actual flash-mob action in Venice in the
>coming days please stay in touch and we support all your actions (there
>are many of us!!!)
>
>In solidarity,
>Stateless Immigrants
>Twitter: @stateless_
>Tumblr: 
><http://statelessimmigrantspavilion.tumblr.com/>http://statelessimmigrantspavilion.tumblr.com/
>
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-- 
Timothy Murray
Director, Society for the Humanities
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/
Curator, The Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art, Cornell Library
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Professor of Comparative Literature and English
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