[spectre] TRANSIT LOUNGE 2008: BERLIN – BRISBANE – PERTH – MELBOURNE - SYDNEY

[Katie Hepworth]

TRANSIT 
LOUNGE 
2008  BERLIN 
– 
BRISBANE 
– 
PERTH 
– 
MELBOURNE 
- 
SYDNEY

In 
2008, 
TRANSIT 
LOUNGE 
becomes 
an 
experiment 
in 
remote 
collaboration, 
as 
15 
artists 
work 
between 
Berlin, 
Brisbane, 
Perth, 
Melbourne, 
Sydney, 
on 
the 
evolution 
of 
a 
complex, 
emergent 
structure. 
The 
platform 
for 
this 
trans-disciplinary 
exchange 
is 
the 
TRANSIT 
LOUNGE 
website, 
powered 
by 
open-source, 
wiki 
software. 
An 
organic 
structure, 
the 
site 
grows 
in 
multiple 
directions 
as 
the 
content 
is 
layered 
and 
interlinked, 
tracing 
remote 
interactions 
and 
local 
interventions 
between 
artists. 
The 
latency 
of 
these 
dialogues 
across 
time 
zones 
and 
locations 
creates 
feedback 
loops 
(local 
interventions 
– 
web 
– 
local 
interventions) 
opening 
up 
spaces 
for 
mistranslation 
resonating 
between 
the 
different 
cities.

The 
multitude 
of 
inputs, 
exchanges, 
and 
disruptions 
will 
be 
distilled 
in 
an 
exhibition 
which 
opens 
at 
PROGRAM 
BERLIN 
on 
the 
31st 
January, 
2008 
to 
coincide 
with 
transmediale.08. 
Here 
the 
variations 
will 
continue 
to 
multiply 
as 
the 
process 
is 
augmented 
by 
the 
actions 
of 
visitors 
to 
the 
space.

TRANSIT 
LOUNGE 
is 
a 
project 
by 
Katie 
Hepworth 
and 
Miriam 
Mlecek 
and 
involves 
the 
following 
artists:

Chris 
Bennie 
(Brisbane), 
Bianca 
Calandra 
(Berlin), 
Robert 
Curgenven 
(Berlin), 
Cat 
Hope 
(Perth), 
Tanja 
Kimme 
(Melbourne), 
Somaya 
Langley 
(Berlin), 
Sarah 
Last 
(Brisbane), 
Silvia 
Marzall 
(Berlin), 
Ben 
Milbourne 
(Melbourne), 
Michael 
Prior 
(Melbourne), 
Lynda 
Roberts 
(Melbourne), 
Jodi 
Rose 
(Berlin), 
Sumugan 
Sivanesan 
(Sydney), 
Anna 
Tautfest 
(Berlin)

EMERGENCES

Program 
Gallery
Invalidienstr 
115
10115 
Berlin

Vernissage: 
19:00, 
31.01.08
Opening 
Times: 
14-19:00, 
01.02.08-06.02.08

TRANSIT 
LOUNGE 
is 
a 
partner 
event 
of 
transmediale.08 
CONSPIRE… 

TRANSIT 
LOUNGE 
would 
like 
to 
thank 
the 
Australia 
Council 
for 
their 
support.

For 
more 
information, 
please 
refer 
to 
www.transitlounge.org 

Subscribe 
to 
our 
updates 
list 
go 
to 
www.transitlounge.org/subscribe.html

Media 
Contact: 
Katie 
Hepworth 
katie at transitlounge.org





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