[spectre] CROWDSOURCING A CONSPIRACY.

[marc]

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CROWDSOURCING A CONSPIRACY.

IOCOSE's latest project A Crowded Apocalypse draws on 'crowdsourcing to 
hijack the collective imagination'.

Marc Garrett – of Furtherfield spoke with IOCOSE about the project.
http://andfestival.org.uk/blog/iocose-garrett-interview-furtherfield

"Conspiracy theories usually assume the presence of an invisible force, 
of someone or something plotting in the shadows. The resulting theories 
are precisely concerned with the reasons and motivations which lie 
behind the facade, hidden from the surface level impression intended to 
mislead the victims." IOCOSE

The group IOCOSE has been working in Italy and Europe since 2006. It 
organizes actions in order to subvert ideologies, practices and 
processes of identification and production of meanings. It uses pranks 
and hoaxes as tactical means, as joyful and sound tools. IOCOSE thinks 
about the streets, internet and word of mouth as a battlefield. Tactics 
such as mimesis and trickery are used to lead and delude the audience 
into a semantic pitfall.

It is commissioned by AND Festival (http://andfestival.org.uuk) and 
Furtherfield.
A Crowded Apocalypse is currently being shown at both the Furtherfield 
Gallery
(http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/invisible-forces)
as part of a group show called Invisible Forces, and online at 
(http://acrowdedapocalypse.com/)

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