Joseph Matheny in coversation with Klint and Jillian from Esozone, talking about the new “open source and unconference model” being used this year.
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After EsoZone Portland 2009, we will release the “EsoZone Protocol,” a set of guidelines similar to an open source software license that will enable organizers to host an EsoZone in their own city as long as they are free and follow the “unconference” model.
This year EsoZone - the third annual Portland conference dedicated to the occult, fringe science, and other offbeat topics - is forgoing a pre-planned schedule in favor of letting attendees create their own agenda.On October 9th, participants will arrive at Watershed PDX and collaboratively create the schedule. The event will be free and open to the public, and anyone will be able to propose a session, lead a workshop, or suggest a group activity. The approach is called “unconferencing,” a technique pioneered by tech-industry events.
This weekend only there will be a special ticket price for Greylodge readers. Enter the discount code “gogrey” and then click “Show Additional Prices” you will get access to the special price of $39.95 for the whole weekend instead of $50. The promo code expires after midnight PST, Sunday.
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Various Audio and video pieces featuring Paul Laffoley, gathered on one page at the Laffoley Archive.
Our Mission Statement: “Time moves swiftly, and [Buckminster] Fuller’s KAIROS (or crisis point) is now upon us. Decisions that will influence everyone are now inevitable and unavoidable. They must and will be made.
Such an impending scenario I feel is motivation enough to change the world into a culture that no one throughout history has yet fully anticipated. The goal of our present endeavor is to produce a transdisciplinary world-view which will sustain human existence into a continuous future.”
- Paul Laffoley, excerpted from “Utopic Space”
Foolish People: Dead Language Pt. 2- Esozone 2007
Platoons of the latest replicas of Banksy roam the landscape, led by General Clone Banksy, a talentless nobody who once found a sample of Banksy DNA on an empty spray can. A rowdy gang of Tracey Emins wrestle half a dozen dazed Andy Warhols to the ground. It is the future and all forms of art are free, perfect replicas exist of every masterpiece ever created, copyright and ownership are meaningless, ideas are cheap and replicated ad infinitum.
The core working of Dead Language is called the Eden Working, the intent is also contained below that was discussed on Irreality here http://irreality.net/hive/forum&forumID=33&threadID=1522#comment-43837 FoolishPeople.org
“Platoons of the latest replicas of Banksy roam the landscape, led by General Clone Banksy, a talentless nobody who once found a sample of Banksy DNA on an empty spray can. A rowdy gang of Tracey Ermin’s wrestle half a dozen dazed Andy Warhol’s to the ground. It is the future and all forms of art are free, perfect replicas exist of every masterpiece ever created, copyright and ownership are meaningless, ideas are cheap and replicated ad infinitum. Artists have realised that their own identity is the only thing they can own or control, so fans become clones of artists in order to spread their art/identity. One final piece of uncorrupted art remains, yet to be copied: a living story told by Neonate Muses.” - Institute of Contemporary Arts.
“When you learn how to write an article™, you are generally taught that you’re supposed to frame things for your audience with your lead. But in this case I would only be giving you a copy of a copy of a copy. When you’re posed with a performance like Dead Language, it doesn’t so much matter what your critique is. I don’t come away from this with any need to make sense of a plot or analyze the performance based on traditional criteria. I’m not thinking anything at all. Everything that happened was visceral, emotional, possibly subconscious. So what can I tell you? If you went to see a play, and it terrified you so much you pissed all over yourself and broke your leg trying to flee the building, would that be a “good” play?Not saying that my experience of Dead Language was one of terror, but I think you can see my point: this is not like watching Les Miserables.Short of being at ground zero, the video above gives you a vicarious, even voyeristic glimpse into… What? Call it weaponized art. Call it ritual. Simply call it the experience of what happens when language dies. Just don’t call it a play or one of this group might just show up in your nightmares and kill you.After watching - or perhaps participating - in this performance, I had a chance to talk about some of the concepts that played into this work of interactive theatre with John Harrigan, the writer and director of the Foolish People.”Read ART ON THE INSIDE, BLOOD ON THE OUTSIDE on Alterati.com. Part One of Dead Language, on Altertube. (Stay tuned for part 2.)
The torrent of Esozone videos begins with some releases at Altertube.TV. Many more to follow. Stay tuned. Hopefully, high resolution podcast and torrent versions will follow next week.
Whew! Boy, did we have fun meeting all the freaky-kewlios in Portland last week! Esozone was a blast. If you missed it, your loss! Here’s some pix from the very kewl Misspatti. Klint has a bunch of round-up links on his site and soon, Greylodge will have 12+ hours of footage shot at the event, including panels, lectures and general silliness! We will host video/audio podcast versions, torrents of higher resolution video versions and Altertube versions and an official archive page. More info soon.
