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<b>CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS.<br>
</b><br>
<b>John Jordan Workshop<br>
Creative Resistances<br>
A weekend workshop for EEC 2005 exploring methodologies of art and
activism<br>
</b><br>
<b>Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 September 2005<br>
Times: 10am to 6pm<br>
Costs: £10<br>
Location: Mile End Park, Arts Pavilion<br>
</b><br>
Deadline for applications: 30 August 2005<br>
<br>
<b>The Workshop<br>
Creative Resistances</b> will bring together 25 artists/activists to
explore the relationship between art and activism during a two-day
workshop. Sharing skills and ideas participants will look at ways that
creativity can be applied directly to movements for social and
ecological change. The workshop is suitable for those who are
interested in live work which does not merely represent a political
issue, but is directly confronting and transforming the issue itself.
If what you make (or have always dreamt of making) are radically
engaged performances that look neither like art nor activism but take
the best of both of these worlds, that sit somewhere between direct
action and live art, resistance and creativity then this workshop is
for you.<br>
<br>
The workshop will cover a range of methodologies, ranging from culture
jamming to rebel clowning, organising mass street actions to
clandestine subvertising and numerous other forms of art activist
methodologies.<br>
<br>
Creative Resistances will offer participants a focused framework for
their continuing artistic and professional development by encouraging
an awareness of the issues impacting on their practice, enhancing the
range of approaches and skills available to them and inspiring new
ways of working. In exploring the issues of art, activism and
Human Rights, the workshop will inform, and be informed by, the
development of<i><b> PSi#12: Performing Rights</b></i>, a gathering of
artists, activists and academics concerned with Human Rights in June
2006.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>The Context<br>
<i>East End Collaborations (EEC)</i></b></font><font face="Verdana">
is a joint initiative between East End Collaborations (the Company),
Queen Mary, University of London and the Live Art Development Agency
offering a range of support structures for graduates and emerging
artists working with Live Art and based in London. Since its
inception in 1999,<i><b> East End Collaborations</b></i> has developed
into an annual event that aims to respond to the professional
development needs of artists who are at an early stage of their
practice by providing a platform to showcase their work, a mentoring
scheme, documentation support and opportunities to access information
and advice from experienced practitioners.<br>
<br>
<i><b>East End Collaborations</b></i> has helped to establish Queen
Mary as an important site for performance research and as a result of
this profile, and of the University's ongoing work with issues of
social inclusion and Human Rights, Queen Mary in association the Live
Art Development Agency has been selected to host the 12th Performance
Studies International Conference. <i><b>PSi#12: Performing
Rights</b></i> will take place in London from June 14 to 18 2006 and
will be a gathering of artists, activists and academics who are making
and researching performance that declares its interest and intent
within the field of Human Rights.<br>
<br>
For<i><b> PSi#12 East End Collaborations</b></i> will produce<i><b>
Performing Rights</b></i>, a programme of events that will attempt to
create a context in which to<i> present</i> work engaging with issues
of Human Rights, to<i> create</i> work investing in issues of Human
Rights and to<i> equip</i> artists and activists to tackle issues of
Human Rights.</font></blockquote>
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As part of the development of<i><b> Performing Rights, East End
Collaborations</b></i> have initiated a number of projects in 2005 to
create a context to consider questions of performance, activism and
Human Rights and to resource artists engaging with these issues in
their practice, including,<b> Creative Resistances</b> a weekend
workshop with John Jordan.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>The Workshop Participants<br>
</b>The<b> Creative Resistances</b> workshop is aimed at 25
participants who will be selected through an open application
process.<br>
<br>
Participants must have a declared interest in issues of art and
activism, and direct experience of working with Live Art or Creative
resistance and related experimental performance practices.<br>
<br>
The workshop is particularly aimed at artists/activists who are at an
early stage of their artistic and professional development.<br>
<br>
Participants must be able to commit themselves to both days in
full.<br>
<br>
The cost of the<b> Creative Resistances</b> workshop is £10 per
person in total.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>The Application Process<br>
</b>To apply to take part in<b> Creative Resistances</b> please send a
short statement about the nature of your practice, why you would like
to participate in the workshop, what you think you can bring to the
workshop, and how you think the workshop will contribute to your
practice.<br>
<br>
Please include your full contact details including your postal
address, landline and mobile numbers and email address.<br>
<br>
Your statement should be emailed to:<br>
Rose Sharp<br>
<b>Creative Resistances /East End Collaborations<br>
</b>R.Sharp@qmul.ac.uk <mailto:R.Sharp@qmul.ac.uk><br>
<br>
Or posted to:<br>
Rose Sharp<br>
<b>Creative Resistances /East End Collaborations</b><br>
Room 4.01 @ The People's Palace<br>
School of English & Drama<br>
Queen Mary, University of London<br>
Mile End Road<br>
London E1 4NS<br>
<br>
<b>by 30 August 2005 at the latest.<br>
</b><br>
Participants will be notified about whether they have a place by<b> 3
September.</b><br>
<br>
<br>
<b>The Organiser<br>
</b>John Jordan, spends his time trying to find a space where the
imagination of art and the social engagement of politics can be
brought together. For 10 years he was a co-director of Platform, the
London based art and social science group. Since 1994 he has worked in
the direct action movements, principally with Reclaim the Streets
(1995-2001). He co-edited<i> "We Are Everywhere: The irresistible
rise of global anticapitalism"</i> Notes From Nowhere (eds.),
Verso, London/New York, 2003 and, in 2005 developed a new Live Art
touring project the "Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination".
Last year he co-founded "The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel
Clown Army" which merges civil disobedience with clowning, and was a
key part of the mobilisations against the G8 summit in July this
year.<br>
<br>
<b>Further details<br>
<i>East End Collaborations 2005</i></b></font><font face="Verdana">
aims to respond to the professional development needs of artists who
are at an early stage of their practice by providing opportunities to
showcase their work through the open submissions<i><b> EEC
Platform</b></i> (17 and 18 September), and to access information,
advice and expertise through the training day<i><b> Everything You
Wanted To Know About Live Art But Were Afraid To Ask</b></i> (1
October).<br>
<br>
For information or bookings for<i><b> East End Collaborations
2005</b></i> contact:<br>
Rose Sharp<br>
East End Collaborations<br>
Room 4.01 @ The People's Palace<br>
School of English & Drama<br>
Queen Mary, University of London<br>
Mile End Road<br>
London E1 4NS<br>
<br>
Telephone: 0207 882 5196<br>
Email: R.Sharp@qmul.ac.uk <mailto:R.Sharp@qmul.ac.uk><br>
<br>
For more information about<i><b> PSi#12: Performing Rights</b></i>
visit<b> www.psi12.qmul.ac.uk <http://www.psi12.qmul.ac.uk/><br>
</b><br>
<i><b>East End Collaborations 2005</b></i> is financially assisted by
Arts Council England.<br>
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