v y d a v y
s i n d i k a t group photo
project
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PUBLIC GATHERING
b - body
s - space
t - time
a - attendant
few questions about Public Gathering
(answers came from a survey collected at the Computing the Social
show at the LMAK Projects (Wiliamsburg)):
What is Public Gathering? Public Gathering is a project that examines how communities represent
themselves.
Specifically, how does a fluid community represent itself? Are its representatives
of
community or of this community's - any community's -fluidity?
Thoughtful socializing
Being of you-making our air
A gathering of publics
Suggest a place for Public Gathering Spaces that envision themselves as private but actually aren't
Art Lot
Red Hook with lots of dogs and children
Polaski Bridge
Library
Would you come to a Public Gathering? Yes. Because there are many publics, many gatherings
on 12.1.2004 vydavy sindikat(Brooklyn
based group experiment)
started working on a project titled ‘Public Gathering’.
Currently the first stage(6 sessions of group photo/video performances)
is complete and the sindikat started working on the next stage(data analysis,
mapping).
Public Gathering is an attempt
to study a specific public body, formed as a result of social
and political transformations.
This project applies nomadic principles and creates new network within urban
context.
Stage one of the project – public performance, consisting of group photo
and video
session.
It is an ongoing experiment where vydavy is going to try and create a
parallel community.
The 'Public Gathering' is a project exploring the politics of human interactions.
The project will investigate the phenomenon through a series of performances,
use of multi-media tools and
various study models. The goal of the project is to understand the place and
meaning of PG in
a contemporary context (recent
submission for the proposing of a master plan for Palestinian village,
FAST (Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory).
The departure point for the project is a group photo
(examples/sketches of previous group photos can be found
here).
Further work will consist of developing a method of representation
appropriate for this phenomenon, along
with determining the ‘ideal’ environment for the PG. Eventually,
the project will establish the
complex identity of the group, exposing its background references and at the
same time working as a
commentary on an existing community.
