[spectre] Re: The Juxtaposium / open letter to event organisers

[Esther Polak]

Dear All, 

1 I think  there are already plenty  symposia and event’s going on each year. We never intended  to ad another one, we wanted to challenge existing practice.

2  I believe it the professionalism of curators/event organisers.  I dont think it is "not much work to organise”  this, or any event: it needs curatorial skills and focus and an proper investment of time and communication. Su:  if anybody knows this, it is you!!!  

3 If I remember correctly, the Pecha Kucha format used to be very protected. One had to pay a licence in order to be able to use the format. (I just did send them an email to find out if this still is the case) But in any way the inventors must have felt that they had really invested in something by developing it. This strengthens my feelings about point 2. 

4 If invited, I would be happy to contribute to any relevant event in the spirit of Juxtaposium. 


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On 22 Apr 2011, at 12:55, susanne jaschko wrote:

> ........ it's not much work to organise it, just invite some friends and colleagues and see if it works......
> sunny greetings, as always,
> su


On 22 Apr 2011, at 13:59, Julian Oliver wrote:

> ..on Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:55:53PM +0200, susanne jaschko wrote:
>> hi esther and friends,
>> a quick response:
>> just do it! if you think, a juxtaposium is a great idea, try it out. why  
>> do you need so called event-organisers to have this kind of event? the  
>> people who invented the pecha kucha did not write an open letter, hey  
>> just did it and it prooved itself to be a great format. 
> 
> This is indeed true. I remember several people joking that pecha kucha would
> fork and fragment before its third event. Pecha kucha is evidence that a little
> openness and trust in the process can be the very glue that keeps a format
> strong, engendering morale among audience and organisers alike as it grows. 









On 22 Apr 2011, at 13:59, Julian Oliver wrote:

> ..on Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:55:53PM +0200, susanne jaschko wrote:
>> hi esther and friends,
>> a quick response:
>> just do it! if you think, a juxtaposium is a great idea, try it out. why  
>> do you need so called event-organisers to have this kind of event? the  
>> people who invented the pecha kucha did not write an open letter, hey  
>> just did it and it prooved itself to be a great format. 
> 
> This is indeed true. I remember several people joking that pecha kucha would
> fork and fragment before its third event. Pecha kucha is evidence that a little
> openness and trust in the process can be the very glue that keeps a format
> strong, engendering morale among audience and organisers alike as it grows. 
> 
> It would be sad for your Juxtaposium experiment to suffer death by discussion.
> 
> Start small, go rouge, find out whether the idea (or your implementation of it)
> holds water. You have plenty of knowledge to gain either way.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
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