Sorry for any cross posting...
CROWDSOURCING A CONSPIRACY.
IOCOSE's latest project A Crowded Apocalypse draws on 'crowdsourcing to
hijack the collective imagination'.
Marc Garrett – of Furtherfield spoke with IOCOSE about the project.
http://andfestival.org.uk/blog/iocose-garrett-interview-furtherfield
"Conspiracy theories usually assume the presence of an invisible force,
of someone or something plotting in the shadows. The resulting theories
are precisely concerned with the reasons and motivations which lie
behind the facade, hidden from the surface level impression intended to
mislead the victims." IOCOSE
The group IOCOSE has been working in Italy and Europe since 2006. It
organizes actions in order to subvert ideologies, practices and
processes of identification and production of meanings. It uses pranks
and hoaxes as tactical means, as joyful and sound tools. IOCOSE thinks
about the streets, internet and word of mouth as a battlefield. Tactics
such as mimesis and trickery are used to lead and delude the audience
into a semantic pitfall.
It is commissioned by AND Festival (http://andfestival.org.uuk) and
Furtherfield.
A Crowded Apocalypse is currently being shown at both the Furtherfield
Gallery
(http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/invisible-forces)
as part of a group show called Invisible Forces, and online at
(http://acrowdedapocalypse.com/)
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Other Info:
Furtherfield - A living, breathing, thriving network
http://www.furtherfield.org - for art, technology and social change since 1997
Also - Furtherfield Gallery& Social Space:
http://www.furtherfield.org/gallery
About Furtherfield:
http://www.furtherfield.org/content/about
Netbehaviour - Networked Artists List Community.
http://www.netbehaviour.org
http://identi.ca/furtherfield
http://twitter.com/furtherfield
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