Press/Play
Press/Play is the first of six experimental broadcasts of 24 local, national and international artists exhibiting a five-minute presentation of what is currently happening within their local art community.
The presentations will be projected to an audience of artists and art supporters live via Skype. Press/Play will take place May 10th at 6pm EST. The first event will be exhibited at the 555 Gallery in Detroit, and the events will broadcast every other month for one year. Each will concentrate on individual themes within the arts. In September the broadcast will focus on “Art in social context and expressing political issues,” and the November broadcast will be about D.I.Y.
Artist participants are still needed to represent these cities:
Pittsburgh, Chicago, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Seattle, London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Montréal and Rome.
This broadcast will be heavily recorded by professional volunteers, all of the documentation will be used to create 200 pressed records, 200 screen-printed newspapers, and a website. The website and newspaper will provide further detail of each artist representative and all topics brought to attention within the five minute presentation. They are currently awaiting approval of a grant to fund this; if successful each volunteer will be rewarded with a documented piece of this event.
The requirements for each artist involved:
- You must have access to the internet from 6pm - 8pm est. on May 10th 2008
- You must have a Skype account, which can be downloaded free from skype.com
- Prepare to communicate to an audience in Detroit through Skype for five minutes
- Discuss what is happening within the art community of your city
Send contact information to kt@555arts.org
Via the inspiring folks at Just Seeds
