Objects found or lost?

Toni Sant is in Malta to present a collaborative research project called “Objects Found or Lost?” this Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 August at the MITP Theatre at 9pm. This is being held in conjunction with SUPA 2006 and is part of the Malta Arts Festival – Summer 2006 organised by the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts. More details here:

..The collaborative work will explore the use of found objects in digital art through both a theoretical approach and live performance work. The project interrogates the value of the right to use, convert, transfer, alter or modify any sort of ‘found object’ on the web as source material for performance.

“How do concepts surrounding the use of found objects in 20th century art (following Marcel Duchamp’s style) inform creative work with found objects in digital media arts practice? How does the creative process change when working in the found objects tradition within a digital media environment?” asks Toni Sant. “In dealing with these questions, we pay particular attention to the difference between works that highlight the creative process and the productions created through artistic process,”..

The performers are Christophe Alix, Lucille Calmel, and Toni Sant in association with the University of Hull, Scarborough Campus, UK. Neill Warhurst and Saviour Zammit are the production managers. The live encounter at MITP Theatre involves online collaborators who interact within the collaborative creative process either in real time or through contributions made to the project via the website..

The audience will also be able to contribute “found objects” from digital media they happen to have with them, such as CDs, portable memory devices (disc on key or MP3 players etc), digital cameras and /or PDAs. The audience is encouraged to take CDs, USB drives and other similar devices with to the event...

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