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Thanks to all participants - active and passive!

...You know who you are... Thanks for making this project possible! Here's some footage from Jeffry Cudlin, Director of Exhibitions at The Arlington Arts Center. I hope to get some pictures posted soon.

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Press Release from the Arlington Arts Center about the (re)do it project

Please read here for more details: Arlington Arts Center Press Release

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Ways to Participate

There are a number of ways you can participate in this project, depending on the level of engagement you want to have, and the experience you seek.

Active Participation/Production

  1. Prior to 5pm Friday, December 12, 2008 (the night of the live instructions/performance), you can submit your do it instructions via email to redoit@kathryncornelius.com, or preferably through this website's submit page. If you use Twitter, you can also send an "@redoit" tweet that we'll receive through our Replies inbox.

    Note: All pre-December 12th @ 5pm instructions will be posted on this website's instructions page.
  2. On Friday, December 12, 2008 you can come to the Arlington Arts Center for the opening of Unlimited Edition and from 7-9pm you can tweet your instructions to (re)do it in real time and see the live enactment of your instructions via webcam projection in the gallery.

Passive Participation/Consumption

  1. If you have a Twitter account, you can sign-up to follow (re)do it tweets. Please sign-up before Friday, December 12, 2008 so we can make sure you get our tweets. Of course, if you have a Twitter app on your phone, you can also follow us away from your computer.
  2. Not on Twitter? No worries. Just subscribe to the RSS for (re)do it @ Twitter.
  3. Or, if you prefer, you can follow the tweets via this website's instructions page.

     

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About the Project: Intentions

1 - To upend the relationship between public and artist set forth in Hans Urlich Obrist's Do It project, while...

2 - ...Inverting the dynamic between performer and audience, literally performing on audience command, thereby...

3 - ...Changing the role of the audience as art consumers to participatory producers of the artwork, and...

4 - ...Closing the gap between the artist's studio as a site of labor and the gallery space as a site of viewership, through...

5 - ...Engaging Web 2.0 technologies (blogsites, Twitter, webcams) as mediums for collaborative expression, deflating the notion of the individual as Author, while...

6 - ...Exposing the influence that the demands and desires of the art market has on the artwork produced by artists today

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