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> ------ Message transféré<BR>> De : Florian Schneider <fls@kein.org><BR>> Date : Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:48:41 +0200<BR>> À : Alice Vergara-Bastiand <a.vergara-bastiand@magasin-cnac.org><BR>> Objet : imaginary property<BR>> <BR>> dear alice!<BR>> <BR>> i hope this message finds you well and i can bother you with a<BR>> call for applications for a new project i am starting soon in<BR>> maastricht at jan van eyck. maybe you can circulate the call, or<BR>> you have somebody in mind who might be interested in<BR>> applying?<BR>> <BR>> all the very best,<BR>> <BR>> florian<BR>> <BR>> ---<BR>> <BR>> Call for applications:<BR>> IMAGINARY PROPERTY<BR>> <BR>> Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht<BR>> http://www.janvaneyck.nl<BR>> <BR>> Imaginary Property, a new research project of the Design department,<BR>> initiated by Florian Schneider, aspires to explore new potentials for<BR>> design practices across various registers. The project is set up as a<BR>> realm of experimentation at the intersections of design-theory and<BR>> image-production. It is a laboratory where emerging concepts and<BR>> terminologies are set to a series of tests.<BR>> <BR>> What challenges emerge from the paradoxes that research into Œimaginary<BR>> property¹ has given rise to? How could these potentially generate new<BR>> rules of production, bearing in mind that property relations are<BR>> constantly exchanging meanings? Against this background: do we have to<BR>> rethink and re-evaluate the notion of Œdesign¹ as such?<BR>> <BR>> The research project Imaginary Property consists of three parts that are<BR>> inextricably linked up with each other and are to be addressed<BR>> simultaneously rather than consecutively.<BR>> <BR>> The first part is analytical in nature and traces the primarily<BR>> non-juridical impact as well as the practical implications of the<BR>> concept of Œimaginary property¹ through various disciplines such as<BR>> philosophy, psychoanalysis, economics, cybernetics, architecture, new<BR>> media and design theory. The analytical part will start off with a<BR>> symposium (on 6 June) that shows the scope of the project and its impact<BR>> on contemporary design practices. The symposium will bring about an<BR>> interview and lecture series in which guest speakers partake.<BR>> <BR>> The second part consists of a series of evaluations and examinations of<BR>> experimental design, Œcounter-design¹ or Œre-design¹ projects. Specific<BR>> proposals for new models of ownership based on open-source and free<BR>> circulation of networked images will be developed and realized.<BR>> Supposing that images are the products of struggles for imagination,<BR>> this part examines in a practical way how social relationships are<BR>> configured, designed and performed in connection with the images that<BR>> are supposed to be owned, used and displayed as one's property.<BR>> <BR>> Imaginary Property deals with the imagination and the redrawing of<BR>> social relationships with people who could also use and enjoy images,<BR>> modify or alter images, play images or play with images. Is it possible,<BR>> practically and conceptually, to (reverse) engineer Œimaginary<BR>> property¹? How to show highly valuable images and visualize processes in<BR>> a way that anticipates and allows for modulations, modifications and<BR>> unpredictable proliferation? Can a museum redesign a show and make it or<BR>> even parts of its collection freely accessible through the digital<BR>> public domain? Is it possible for a political campaign to go fully Œopen<BR>> source¹? How can such a public release be realized and what would it<BR>> actually look like?<BR>> <BR>> Thirdly, the results of the analytical part and the examinations will be<BR>> documented more or less in real-time and made accessible on a multimedia<BR>> website. The idea is further to make a publication in print as well as a<BR>> collaborative, networked video project.<BR>> <BR>> The research project Imaginary Property is looking for design<BR>> practitioners who wish to tackle fundamental issues and query<BR>> conventions of disciplines such as film, multimedia, web design,<BR>> networking and architecture. It further seeks to involve theory-minded<BR>> researchers who are not afraid of Œan image¹.<BR>> <BR>> Symposium: 6 June 2008, 4 PM Speakers: Franco Berardi, Anselm Franke,<BR>> Florian Schneider<BR>> <BR>> Candidates interested in this project can apply with a research<BR>> proposal. Selected candidates gain the position of researcher at the<BR>> Design department of the Jan van Eyck Academie.<BR>> <BR>> Deadline applications: 15 June 2008.<BR>> <BR>> The project will start as of Fall 2008.<BR>> <BR>> For application details and form, see:<BR>> <BR>> http://www.janvaneyck.nl/_devices/frames_applications.html<BR>> or contact<BR>> leon.westenberg@janvaneyck.nl<BR>> <BR>> ------ Fin du message transféré<BR>> <BR>> <BR><br /><hr />Get news, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. <a href='http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx ' target='_new'>Check it out!</a></body>
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