<x-html><!x-stuff-for-pete base="" src="" id="1"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <P align=justify><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><IMG align=baseline alt="" border=0 hspace=0 src="cid:006801bf94bc$72599820$0100007f@oemcomputer"></FONT></STRONG> <P align=justify><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>NEW WORK NETWORK REGIONAL EVENTS</FONT></STRONG> <P align=justify><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><STRONG>Spring 2000 </STRONG></FONT> <P align=justify><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>This Spring, New Work Network, the national umbrella organisation for artists and practitioners in the live art and interdisciplinary fields, is organising two regional events as part of its rolling programme aimed at professional artists from around the UK. </FONT> <P align=justify><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>*******************************************************</FONT> <P align=justify><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3><STRONG>DOCUMENTATION CONFERENCE</STRONG></FONT></STRONG> <P align=justify><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>Saturday 01 April 2000, 11:00 am-6:00 pm (registration from 10:00am)</STRONG></FONT></STRONG> <P align=justify><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>Site Gallery, 1 Brown Street, Sheffield S1 2BS. </STRONG></FONT></STRONG> <P align=justify><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">The Spring events kick off on 1st April in Sheffield with Documentation: The New Art? a day combining critical debate and practical training around the many issues and modes of documentation, including exploration of video, sound, on-line editing, text, CD-ROM and websites. Split into two halves it will combine practical taster sessions, critical debate, chances to view other artists' documentation and essential networking opportunities. </FONT> <P align=justify><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">In the morning there will be the opportunity to participate in two of the following workshops looking at practical approaches to documentation: video camera, sound, website and CD-ROM design and on-line editing. The afternoon will be dedicated to exploring critical approaches to documentation through discussion and debate and looking at examples of good practice. Speakers will include Barry Smith (Live Art Archive), Karen Smith (Yorkshire Arts Board) and James Yarker (Stan's Cafe). </FONT> <P align=justify><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">The Documentation Conference will explore the complex issues around documentation of live work - its role as archive, as legacy, as promotional tool, as stand-alone artwork and the challenges presented in trying to represent multi-faceted and multi-sensory work through a range of media. It will then go on to look at a range of new media and the varying appropriateness of the ever growing range of new formats now on offer. </FONT> <P align=justify><STRONG>BOOKINGS AND INFORMATION <BR>Rachel Newman c/o Third Angel <BR>T: 0114 281 2044, E: nwn@thirdangel.co.uk <BR>New Work Network members: Free <BR>Non members: £7.50 (waged), £5.00 (unwaged or low income)</STRONG></P> <P align=justify><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>*******************************************************</FONT></P> <P align=justify><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3><STRONG>CALLING ALL ARTISTS! WEEKEND</STRONG></FONT></P> <P align=justify><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">The second event takes place at the green room in Manchester, over the weekend of 29th and 30th April, and is a regionally focused event, looking at the live and performance sector in the North West. </FONT> <P align=justify><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>Calling All Artists! </STRONG>has two main strands - starting with an open invitation to artists come together to discuss the issues surrounding live work and will offer a positive challenge to set-up initiatives and/or feedback to the funders and venues what the sector needs to reinvigorate the scene. From this opening debate, the weekend will then move on to put into practice its mission of encouraging live work with a series of creative making sessions - an open ended opportunity for artists to come together to share skills and ideas in a couple of days of pressure free creative exploration in a collaborative environment. Above all <STRONG>Calling All Artists! </STRONG>is about making connections, reducing isolation and exploring possibilities! </FONT> <P align=justify><STRONG>INFORMATION <BR>Tamsin Drury at h‰b <BR>T: 0161 232 9671, E:tamsin.drury@mcr1.poptel.org.uk <BR>New Work Network members: Free <BR>Non members: £7.50 (waged), £5.00 (unwaged or low income)</STRONG></P> <P align=justify><STRONG><IMG align=baseline alt="" border=0 hspace=0 src="cid:006901bf94bc$72599820$0100007f@oemcomputer"> </STRONG></P> <P align=justify><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>New Work Network is a sector wide, self inclusive organisation bringing together artists, producers, venues and academics from the cutting edges of performance, live and time based practices and aims to be a meeting point, a forum for debate, ideas/information/skills exchange and a national voice for art that is intrinsically interdisciplinary in nature. The programme is created in response to the needs of practitioners in the sector - from training to creative opportunities, critical debate to media coverage and aims to position its members in the best place to create their work. </STRONG></FONT></P> <P align=justify><STRONG>Please note: to join New Work Network contact : 07944 661 760 or newworkntwk@hotmail.com (annual membership £10.00)</STRONG></P> <P align=justify> </P> <P align=justify> </P> <P align=justify> </P> <P align=justify></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>sophia lycouris<BR>kunstwerk-blend interdisciplinary company<BR>29 Powerscroft Road, London E5 0PU, United Kingdom</FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>tel +44(0)20-8986-6744, fax +44(0)20-89866745<BR>email <A href="mailto:s.lycouris@dial.pipex.com">s.lycouris@dial.pipex.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.ad406.dial.pipex.com">http://www.ad406.dial.pipex.com></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> </x-html> Related: :Zip 100:nwnlogo.jpg%201:00000D4C:6A5178AE:00000000:00000000 Related: :Zip 100:nwnphoto.jpg%201:00000D4D:1E51970F:00000000:00000000
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