Hi
Below is a notive I hope is self-explanatory. I am presently a visiting artist at the ZKM in Karlsruhe and hope to get them to offer the webspace and management for this, though it appears we can do it ourselves if we want. Anyway I am out to send as big sweep on the net as I can out in a short space. If you have mailing lists or suggestions as to boards where I might contact in particular Central and S. America, Africa, Middle East and Eastern Europe people, it would be a big help. Thanks,
Jon Jost
WORLDVIEW 2002:
We are a group, operating from DV.com (Community > Forums > Cinema Electronica), planning on making in the coming year a global portrait, to be posted on the internet, and at the conclusion turned into an installation work and perhaps some kind of linear cinema piece to show in festivals or other suitable venues.
Our present plan is that participants shoot a one minute shot each week, under a minimal bit of aesthetic and topical guidance so as to make the total communal work coherent. Of this minute, those who can would be asked to post 10 to 20 seconds of each shot to a website presently being established for this purpose. Simple instructions will be given for posting. At the conclusion of the year participants would be asked to post their tape (or a copy) to me, Jon Jost - moderator of Cinema Electronica, to assemble (with lots of community advice, I hope) into a work presentable as an installation, DVD, and/or tape.
The central intention is to attempt to make a global portrait - the world, circa 2002, as seen through the eyes of those participating. We hope to attempt as well to be inclusive of those - the vast majority of humans - who do not have the means and cannot afford to so show their world.
Our intention is to begin on January 1, 2002, so time is short. If you can participate, or can point us to web addresses or email lists which would be useful in broadening our participating members, please let us know.
Thank you,
Jon Jost, on behalf of those working on the WORLDVIEW 2002 project at Cinema Electronica. (laragreen@netscape.net)