Social Hacking: temporary public art commissions for the city of Plymouth
21-24 March 2007
Social Hacking is a series of temporary public art commissions for Plymouth by international artists' groups against a backdrop of urban regeneration. The project reflects the ways in which these changes to the city can be further influenced by creative human intervention.
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video documentation
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stills
Featuring: commissioned work from
The Institute for Applied Autonomy(USA),
Mikro Orchestra Project (Poland), and
Ludic Society (Austria/Switzerland). The event also includes the pre-launch of
c6's (UK) new Dot Master project
Mobility in the art market, a
Mikroparty including performances by
Tetine (Brazil) and Mikrokilla & Jura (Poland), project
newsroom, artists' run
workshops, workshops by
The Pirate University, and a
public seminar with presentations by
Saul Albert (UK) and
McKenzie Wark (AUS/USA).
Venues: Plymouth Guildhall, Drake Circus Shopping Centre, The HUB, Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery, ride café/bar and University of Plymouth.
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more images
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hi-res stills directory
The project is produced by
KURATOR in collaboration with
i-DAT, and is funded by
Arts Council England, South West and
Plymouth City Council, with additional support from citylab_plymouth,
Deep Blue Sound,
Drake Circus Shopping Centre,
The Hub,
Plymouth Arts Centre,
Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery,
Pyramid Presentations, ride cafe/bar and
University of Plymouth.
The project is curated by
Birgitte Aga,
Geoff Cox,
Joasia Krysa,
Anya Lewin.
Programme
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schedule of events
Contributors
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notes on contributors
Works
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Notes on works
Workshops
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to book a place on any of the 'free' workshops, contact
Birgitte Aga (ba at i-dat dot org)
Press Information & Images
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Mandy Barber, Press Officer (mandy at kurator dot org)
Press clippings
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Blimey, an actual real reason to go to Plymouth"
Press information
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press release
→ download press release PDF (204K)
socialhackingPR.pdf
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invitation
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poster
More on 'social hacking'
→ download text PDF (60KB) for Ludic Society GoApe #3 Apr 07
Playing_Less_Stupid_Games_(LS).pdf
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further notes on the project theme
→ extract from
Hacker Manifesto
Work in progress
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project development pages
