ASCII 4

05.04.2013 at The Marquette YMCA, St. Louis
05.10.2013 at The Elastic Arts Foundation, Chicago

Participants: Andrea Jablonski. Bruce Neal. Chris Hefner. Cole Pierce. Cinchel (Jason Shanley). EC Brown. George John Larson. Jake Myers. Jon Bollo. Michelle Harris. Pleasant Group (Erik Wenzel). Stephanie Burke+Jeriah Hildwine+Ryan Peter Miller.

Documentation

Chicago photos [+]
Clockwise: Bruce Neal, Jon Bollo and 2 artifacts from Andrea Jablonski Cinchel, Chris Hefner Jake Myers, Pleasant Group, George John Larson Cole Pierce, Michelle Harris, Burke/Hidewine/Miller Pleasant Group iPhone performance Andrea Jablonski and Mike Tsoulos performing Andrea Jablonski and Mike Tsoulos performing EC Brown EC Brown EC Brown
Photos by Cole Pierce [+]
Soundcheck Soundcheck Andrea Jablonski Chris Hefner Cinchel Cole Pierce performing Cole Pierce Cole Pierce Cole Pierce Jake Myers Jon Bollo Pleasant Group
St. Louis photos [+]
Dancefloor of the defunct Marquette YMCA Andrea Jablonski Andrea Jablonski Cinchel Clockwise: Cole Pierce, Pleasant Group, Chris Hefner EC Brown George John Larson Jon Bollo Michelle Harris Michelle Harris, Jake Myers Dancefloor of the defunct Marquette YMCA
Chicago performance program [+]

ASCII 4 Reveries

 EC Brown
Projection: excerpt from The Wind Journeys
Ciro Guerra, 2009, Colombia.

 Jake Myers
Projection: Coach Rising.

 Pleasant Group
Audio mix: A Murder Merica,
live remix of I'm Afraid of Americans V3 by David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails & Ice Cube

 Cole Pierce
Projection: Magnet Pond/Fishing Composite,
music by allmyheroesdiedinprison.

 Chris Hefner with Sean Desantis
Musical performance: cover of Low, Take Your Time.

 Cinchel
Laptop performance with projection.
~Audio accompaniment may be downloaded onto your phone at ascii.cinchel.com~

 Andrea Jablonski
Musical performance: Stardust Wanderlust,
with light show by Mike Tsoulos.

 Bruce Neal
Musical performance: Drunkard vs. Freight Train,
projection by Catie Olson.

Chris Hefner and Sean DeSantis:
performance at Elastic Arts [+]

Principal specifications

  1. An edition of artifacts shall be created, to be distributed freely.
  2. Artifacts shall commit an arrangement of recordings.
  3. Participants shall proclaim their own specifications, to enrich the ASCII specification body.
  4. Attire shall always be elegant.

Candidate specifications

  1. Participants shall consummate their edition with a 10-minute reverie during the ASCII event.
  2. Participants shall create a Master Copy: exquisitely constructed; unattainable or only so at a dear price
  3. Artifacts shall include documentation of all specifications fulfilled, adhered to conditionally, or violated.

Extended specifications

.doc compendium [+]

Instigations

From Here to Eternity Ranjeet Callaway Mills textile manufacturing, 1939
 

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