“Strange Positioning System” Curated by Caterina Verde
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Caterina Verde aims to bring a number of global artists together in one place via live streaming video to broadcast performances as they unfold in a number of countries all simultaneously with the Strange Positioning System. The project is currently searching for funding and support to officially establish itself. The “SPS” is a play on the ever incessant reliance on Global Positioning Systems, allowing for various performances to be experienced no matter where on Earth you currently reside. The entire project is deemed temporary as it relies on the actions and reactions of artists and their audience participating in real time, without video capture being rebroadcasted later.
The SPS “looks at the aesthetic, cultural and psychological peculiarities of positioning the self and collective enterprises in a fluid, electronically - dislocated environment”, according to the project’s fundraising page on Kickstarter. Patrons can make donations in varying amounts to help fund the projects. A $10 donation gets you in the door as a minimum donation and the levels go up from there; $25 gets a link on the site; $50 gets a signed card and a mention at the event; $75 a signed print; $100-$600 various signed prints and 3D objects; and $1500 gets you in the action to participate in one of the live broadcast events.
The next performance event will be the “Enigma of a Cultural Litmus Test” by Caterina Verde. It will be staged at the Hope Sandrow’s open air studio in Shinnecock Hills, Long Island, NY. with the date to be released soon, planned within the next two weeks.
WM. Turner Gallery will play host to another performance by Caterina, the curator of the entire SPS project, later in the Fall since the gallery could not participate in this current display.
The project currently includes artists such as ALEXANDER VISCIO, PASHA RADETZKI, ANDREA WOLLENSAK,HOPE SANDROW, MATTHEW ROSE, ELISE MARTENS, EBON FISHER, and ZOHREH ESKANDARI.