Hi all, I'm putting together a waka/bicycle tour down the Whanganui river in February, taking in a few sites of counter cultural interest, and hoping to make some work on the way.
We also invite people to come for just a day or 2 cycling or even join us for camping on one of the community days around the weekend of 15th, 16th Feb. Hope to see some of you there! cheers /julian Julian Priest http://greenbench.org * Slowflow - Te Ia Korero Info and registration at: http://greenbench.org/project/slowflow Slowflow is a trip down the Whanganui River, Aotearoa/New Zealand between Feb 10 th and Feb 16th 2009. Slowflow invites artists, technologists and environmentalists on a 6 day journey down the Whanganui River by double hulled 22 person waka haurua (canoe) and bicycle, creating a setting for a flow of conversations - Te Ia Korero. Slowflow imagines living in a post carbon future where physical transport has slowed to human speed, energy use is constrained and renewable, production is collaborative and relocalised, and information communication is instantaneous, global and accessible. Taking a few days out from global hypermobility, slowflow models the contemporary ecotopian dream as a mobile temporary autonomous zone and paddles and cycles it through a landscape of narratives. The journey starts high up the Whanganui River beneath the volcano Ruapehu and passes through the native bush for 3 days. Emerging from the forest and shifting to bicycles, it continues to sites of counter cultural interest, Jerusalem, the abandoned Ahu Ahu Ohu commune and the Wanganui Police Computer, before reaching the river mouth and the wider network of the sea. On each day a local expert is invited to give a short talk about the historical context of each site. Particpants are asked to bring a project to make or experiment with on the trip. Whether it be a piece of technology, a piece of media, an art work, doumentation of the trip, or some writing, the collective commonwealth of works will form the basis of an exhibition, a web site and a publication. _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
