[rohrpost] release

[alexander klosch]

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# Testing Truth -  XOR
# backup.lounge|lab
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# 20.10 - 02.11.2003
# E-Werk, Weimar, Germany
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# 
<http://loungelab.backup-festival.de/>http<http://loungelab.backup-fest
ival.de/>://loungelab.backup-festival.de
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20.10.03 - 02.11.03 Workshop
30.10.03 - 02.11.03 Public Access to the Backup Lounge

_XOR_ is tech talk for the exclusive _or_, meaning either or - but never
both. This years .lounge|lab used this logical condition as the backdrop
of its two week workshop with international digital artists in Weimar,
Germany. _Testing Truth _ XOR_ attempts to probe the notion of fact and
fake in relation to digital arts. Organised as a collaborative workshop,
six international artists were working on site for nearly two weeks _ a 
practice which is exceptional in the fast circus of arts events as
common these days.

This year the .lounge|lab sees its second year as an experimental media
laboratory, accompanying the backup festival. Situated in the former
street car depot next to the main location of the event, the E-Werk, the
.lounge|lab not only provides the social space for the entire festival
where artists, film makers, organisers and the audience meet, it also
provides an experimental social canvas for a group of international
artists invited to work and perform within and beyond this location.

Below you find a list of participants and scheduled events. Check the
website for a CCTV stream from the location (starting Fri. 31.10.03).

PARTICIPANTS:

Following an open call, the curatorial team of .lounge|lab invited the 
following artists for the almost two week workshop / laboratory running
up to the opening night:

Christina McPhee
David Stout
Oksana Chepelyk
Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga
ap (artificial paradises) | jonni
ap (artificial paradises) | howse

(please see the above URL for more detailed information on the 
participating artists)

SHEDULED EVENTS:

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# THU | 30.10.03
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# 22:00 CET
# Opening of .lounge|lab
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# 24:00 CET
# ap (artificial paradises): Testing Patience
# (performance, feat. Micz Flor on drums)
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# FRI | 31.10.03
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# 22:30 _ 23:00 CET
# Christina McPhee: Noflightzone (performance)
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# 23:00 _ 24:00 CET
# David Stout: SignalFier (sound performance)
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# SAT | 01.11.03
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# 21:00 _ 22:00 CET
# ap (artificial paradises): outdoor mobile coding performance
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# 22:30 _ 23:00 CET
# Christina McPhee: Noflightzone (performance)
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# 23:00 _ 24:00 CET
# David Stout: SignalFier (sound performance)
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TEAM:

.lounge|lab 2003 was curated and organised by:
Alexander Klosch
Carina Linge
Daniel Thompson
Robert Wegener

Social need management:
Micz Flor