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<b>V2_presents</b><br>
<big><big><big><b>Test_Lab: Who Wants To Be...?</b></big></big></big><br>
December 1, 2011, 20:00 - 23:00<br>
V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam<br>
Admission: 10 EUR*<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.v2.nl/events/test_lab-who-wants-to-be">http://www.v2.nl/events/test_lab-who-wants-to-be</a><br>
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<div align="right"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">"..a hugely
liberating and spontaneous night of audience autonomy."</span><br>
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- The Guardian</span><br>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><b>What would happen when you get
a say in public
spending?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Test_Lab:
Who Wants to
Be…? is a social experiment in the form of a raucous game show
developed by art
collective The People Speak. All visitors chip in 10 EUR in
advance to enter
the game, after which they brainstorm, argue, and vote on how
to spend the
collective money.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Witnessing the largest cuts in
state spending
since World War II, everyone in the Netherlands seems to have a
strong opinion
on what tax money should, or should not, be spent on. As a
result, large public
protests have been organized in response to the proposed public
expenditure
reductions in education, healthcare, and culture. None of these
demonstrations
seemed to bear fruit however, giving rise to a feeling among
Dutch citizens that
their voices are not being heard. But what would happen when
everyone got a say
in how public money is distributed? Would education, healthcare
and culture
really benefit from such a democratic model? And would the end
result be a
solid public spending policy or a poor compromise?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:Calibri;
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Questions around value, worth and
common ideals
simmer under the surface of this ‘direct democratic game show’.
A past
performance of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Who Wants
To Be…?</i>
resulted in the collective purchase of a woodland, but
participants have also
proposed to fire the host and to simply get their money back.
Everything is
possible in Who Wants To Be…? What is certain is that you will
have a say in
it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;">RSVP <a
href="mailto:reservations@v2.nl"><span
style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">reservations@v2.nl</span></a>,
be quick, places are limited. <br>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Not
an entrance fee: you all decide how to spend the money!<br>
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Joris van Ballegooijen
PR & Communicatie
V2_Institute for the Unstable Media
+31 (0)10 206 7272
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.v2.nl">www.v2.nl</a>
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