[spectre] KOP@OpenNature, NTT[ICC], tokyo

[shu lea cheang]

><Kingdom-of-Piracy>@OpenNature_Tokyo.NTTICC
>http://www.ntticc.or.jp/Schedule/2005/Opennature/
>
><KOP> participates at the Open Nature exhibition,
>Tokyo, NTTICC, April 29-July 3, 2005 presenting
>the Commons R&D project and the OpenSea website
>and installation interface.
>
>
>Commons R&D
>In 2005 <KOP> embarked on an R&D project about
>the commons. <KOP> seeks to highlight the
>existence of different types of commons which are
>culturally and historically situated. A group of
>writers and players has been invited to tell 'tales' of
>the commons and negotiate 'rules' of self-
>organisation. The Commons R&D blog invites
>public participation with its public launch.
>
>http://kop.fact.co.uk/commons/tales/
>
>Open Sea
>As a part of the <KOP> Commons R&D workshop space
>at the Open Nature exhibition, <KOP> launches an
>Open Sea web interface and installation.
><KOP> declare its project interface an open territory
>for the public to stake a claim, a pirate flag, in its running
>currents. Participants are invited to make the
>rules which decide which flag/website can live up
>to a good pirate's reputation and gets elected to
>the 'hall of fame'.
>
>http://kop.fact.co.uk/opensea/index.php
>
>
>Editorís note:
>
><KOP>-commons R&D was initiated by Shu Lea Cheang
>and Armin Medosch and is
>supported by Arts Council England.
>
>Kingdom of Piracy <KOP> is conceived as an online
>floating work space that explores the free
>sharing of digital content - often condemned as
>piracy - as the net's ultimate art form.
>
><KOP> premiered at Ars Electronica 2002, dropped
>its anchor at FACT, Liverpool, and DEAF,
>Rotterdam, in 2003, expanded the definition of
>'game commons' at Yerba Buena Arts Centre, San
>Francisco 2004, and continues its participatory
>practices with its current Commons R&D project
>and Open Sea web/interface and installation as a
>part of the Open Nature exhibition.
>
http://kop.fact.co.uk