where r u?
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Events and Live Works, Multipleswhere r u?
“at my little laptop tip tapping, I dont stop”
where wld u lik 2 b?
“in another country where people still whistle”
Robin Blackledge
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‘here nor there’ project for Dialogue, Bristol, UK
where r u? postcard
site-specific ferry boat trip, performance event and participatory online project co-ordinated by here nor there collaborators:
Natalie Deseke,
Mac Dunlop,
Neil Jenkins,
Annie Lovejoy
Roger Mills
full project details here
“All around the world, the mobile has become associated with a handful of phrases which recur like samples in a global dance track. These include ‘on my way’, ‘on the bus’, ‘on the train’, and other answers to a question which is now so common that it has come to define the mobile age: where r u?”
on the mobile – ‘the effects of mobile telephones on social & individual life’> Dr Sadie Plant for Motorola 2001
for further information see PDF(s):
where r u? (241KB)
project info
welcome aboard shot glass multiples
donde voce esta? where r u? in Portuguese
everyone is given a wee glass of Port in celebration of the Dialogue project which invited artists to Bristol from the twin cities of Hanover & Oporto.
sandwich multiples
incorporating messages received in response to: ‘where r u ? where would u like 2 b ?’
where r u? on a network… on a boat…
you could be a thousand miles away knowing that your message will be launched at sunset from the banks of the River Avon. Possibly to be discovered by someone, somewhere
‘Here nor There, an international artist collective, hosted a very special 4 hour ferry to a secluded waterside venue. The audience enjoyed poetry and music interspersed with the ferryboats’ resident commentator.
The carefully co-ordinated experiences involved a moving performance of visual poetry in BSL, improvised voice and trumpet emanating from a derelict pumphouse and a flute & cello sonata played on the dockside.
Worldwide responses to the question
‘where r u ? where would u like 2 b ?’ submitted on line, imbued the journey with a wider presence materialising as intimate multiples & a celebratory balloon release.’
Dialogue Catalogue ISBN 0-9546623-0-X
full project details, pics, performers, audio samples and the messages received are here.