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> From: Opsound <office@opsound.org>
> Date: Tue Jul 1, 2003 1:44:28 PM US/Eastern
> To: ANNOUNCEMENTS A <office@opsound.org>
> Subject: Open Call for Launch Option Berlin
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> OPEN CALL FOR LAUNCH OPTION BERLIN
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> An open call to musicians & sound artists for LAUNCH OPTION BERLIN
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> Musicians and sound artists of all kinds are invited to participate in
> LAUNCH OPTION BERLIN, a joint project of Opsound and Rocket Shop,
> which will
> take place at BueroFriedrich, Berlin, July 22-26, 2003 as part of
> BueroFriedrich's month-long Open Arch program.
>
> LAUNCH OPTION BERLIN is a test site and data gathering center, a 5-day
> event
> devoted to discovering, collecting, playing, and listening to the
> sounds &
> noises of Berlin. We want to know what Berlin sounds like: Berlin
> real,
> Berlin virtual, Berlin dreamt and desired -- from field recordings of
> Oranienstrasse to the music of underground punk bands, techno tracks
> and
> experimental audio files lurking on hard drives. Over the five days
> of the
> project and continuing through the internet, LAUNCH OPTION BERLIN will
> create a network of exchange, a temporary gift economy of sounds
> inspired by
> the free software and open source software communities.
>
>
> How to Participate:
>
> LAUNCH OPTION BERLIN, is gathering material for an open sound pool of
> material from, about, or inspired by the idea of Berlin. (We also have
> a
> weakness for sounds of, about, & inspired by rockets and rocket
> launches --
> if you have any, we want them). Anyone is welcome to add work to the
> sound
> pool, and all material for the pool will be released under a Creative
> Commons license (the "Attribution-ShareAlike license"), a copyleft
> license
> in the spirit of open source software licenses which allows for all
> kinds of
> copying, remixing, use, and reuse while retaining an attribution to the
> original artist. Sound from the pool will be played in the LAUNCH
> OPTION
> control center at the BueroFriedrich gallery, mixed into sets by LAUNCH
> OPTION djs at parties and listening salons, and made available for
> remix
> contests and internet distribution through the opsound.org website.
>
> To enter your work in the pool visit
>
>
> Deadline:
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> For practical reasons it is advisable to enter your work in the pool
> as soon
> as possible, but entries will be accepted up to and throughout the
> LAUNCH
> OPTION BERLIN event.
>
> In addition, we have many slots for live performances throughout the
> five-day period. If you can be in Berlin in person during July 22-26
> and
> would like to perform your music or play your sounds, please contact
> us by
> email at launch@opsound.org
>
>
> Contact Info:
>
> http://www.opsound.org/launch.html
> launch@opsound.org
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> http://www.rocketshop.net
> http://www.opsound.org
> http://www.buerofriedrich.org
> http://www.creativecommons.org
>
>
> About Rocket Shop:
>
> Rocket Shop was founded in 2001 by the artists Roger Frank and Laura
> Schleussner and featured monthly exhibitions in a store-front project
> space
> in Berlin through 2002. Rocket Shop is currently in orbit and currently
> presents regular exhibitions and events at venues in Berlin and abroad.
>
> Reflecting the function of rockets and spaceships as symbols of
> progress and
> carriers of collective visions of the future, the exhibition project
> is not
> only interested in the visionary function of art. Rocket Shop also
> supports
> art as a means of investigating the human aspect and impact of the
> unending
> pursuit of technical, social and personal utopias.
>
> http://www.rocketshop.net
>
>
> About Opsound:
>
> Opsound (http://www.opsound.org) responds to recent upheavals in the
> music
> industry by creating an alternative structure for musicians and
> sound-based
> artists wishing to share and release music under a copyleft, or open
> source
> structure. Opsound will gather a pool of sound material from artists
> and
> encourage the development of both web-based and real-world micro
> labels to
> release artists' work. All work will be released under a Creative
> Commons
> license which permits free copying and modification (the Creative
> Commons
> Attribution-ShareAlike license, http:/www.creativecommons.org). In the
> second phase of operation, over the coming months Opsound will also
> begin to
> function directly as a record label in its own right focusing on
> experimental electronic music.
>
> Opsound is a project of artist Sal Randolph. It is one of a series of
> artworks exploring the idea of social architecture as an art form.
> Other
> recent projects include Free Manifesta, The Free Biennial, and Free
> Words.
> More information can be found at http://www.highlala.com
>
> http://www.opsound.org
>
>
> About BueroFriedrich:
>
> BueroFriedrich has existed as a project space for contemporary art in
> Berlin
> Mitte since October 1997. BueroFriedrich was founded and is currently
> directed by Waling Boers. In a climate of intensified commercial and
> non-commercial exhibition activity, BueroFriedrich positions itself as
> an
> intermediary facility for contemporary art.
>
> With Open Arch BueroFriedrich presents a month-long series of summer
> shows,
> which invite artists and designers from the respective fields of
> architecture, publications, art and fashion to make use of the
> exhibition
> space for a 5-day period. The individual segments are not exhibitions
> in the
> traditional sense. Instead groups of artists and designers present
> projects
> which encourage interaction and participation on the part of the
> public. In
> conjunction with a series of talks, the series intends to generate
> active
> communication between the viewers and artists-producers. In some cases,
> projects will actually require and depend on on-site participation of
> the
> visitors. The core idea is to create a communicative space, in which
> the
> viewer is actively engaged.
>
> http://www.buerofriedrich.org
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> THAT'S ALL TILL NEXT TIME
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> LAUNCH OPTION BERLIN
> http://www.opsound.org/launch.html
> launch@opsound.org
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