23
edits
EXPTV:Organising multi-media events: Mani.Fest III (view source)
Revision as of 18:15, 5 January 2011
, 5 January 2011no edit summary
(→Links) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 156: | Line 156: | ||
[[File : 2010callsm.jpg]] | [[File : 2010callsm.jpg]] | ||
==Work Space== | |||
= PROJECT DOCUMENTATION, PROOFS & CRITICAL COMMENTARY 2010 [[File : manifest_cogg.jpg]] = | |||
[[File : manifest_cogg.jpg]] | |||
=Cindy Leuther (2nd semester BFA)= | |||
==Project Responsibilities== | |||
*- Joined the meetings. | |||
*- Searched for venues and contacted them (MonAmi…) | |||
*- In charge of the costume shop most of the time | |||
*- Participated in every pre event and shootings wearing the costume (Lange Nacht der Museen Pre-*event) | |||
*- Arranged the press pack, printed flyers, stickers and cd covers | |||
*- Printed and sliced flyers for ‘Lange Nacht der Museen’ | |||
*- Spread lots of flyers at the pre events | |||
*- Spread 30 posters and 400 flyer in Weimar and Jena before the main event | |||
*- Started the work plan | |||
*- contacted the stuff for Sunday | |||
*- Printed copies of the working plan, technical plan and telephone lists | |||
*- Helped with the stage management | |||
*- Organised and got the technical stuff from the media point (at the venue and pre events with the **costumes) | |||
*- Built up stuff for the stage, backstage and bar | |||
*- looked after the artists backstage (during the show) | |||
*- Helped to clean up the audimax on Sunday and Monday | |||
==Critical Comments== | |||
In the beginning it looked like we would never be prepared in time for the event. Preparations were proceeding very slowly. We engaged in media related theorethical discussions around a framework of selected artists and events. This in retrospect was quite good but to get a little more understanding of what our featured artists do on the stage. I gathered a lot of experience and am glad to have taken part in this course, even if it was at one time or another a little stressful. The teamwork has worked up to a few exceptions, very good, which has saved me personally a couple of sleepless nights. | |||
During the first theoretical meeting, Ben Sassen was present and taking part in our course however, soon Kyd Campbell took the lead of the course. During the preparations for the event the team had hardly any contact with Ben so I can not comment on his contribution to the project. Kyd provided a lot of support during the whole process and directed or tasks professionally. She was always there when you needed help or had questions. Without her it would have been a lot harder to put on the event. | |||
Communication methods were a cause of some stress. It might be better to communicate another way. Although it has all worked out very well by e-mail, there was a lot of confusion along the way. Email and goolgle docs are a good comunication tools but perhaps something else could be used to affect more reliable communications, so we can be sure that messages are recieved etc. | |||
[[File : manifest_cogg.jpg]] | |||
=Sophia Gräfe (final semester BFA)= | |||
===General comment=== | |||
Under the direction of Associate Professor of Experimental Television, Ben Sassen, and | |||
Kyd Campbell curator / artist I was involved in the Mani.fest III event. | |||
My main focus here was the press and public relations of the small | |||
Media arts festival. I planned in cooperation with the other student team members | |||
and led the integrated and comprehensive communication and publications of the Mani.fest | |||
III event not only in the target group of Mani.fest III, but also the summaery 2010th event. | |||
==Project Responsibilities== | |||
===Editorial=== | |||
Building on previous Mani.fest events I developed a presentation text in consultation with the 2010 team Mani.fest. I developed the call for artists submissions. Working closely with the designers of Mani.fest III I planned the structure and operation of the website and wrote the web texts. | |||
I also helped the preparations for the event with advertising and Documentation texts in the form of press releases. These were communicated to the public through the website Mani.fest III, facebook and myspace profiles, the Piazza, the Faculty of Media communications department, the central press office of the Bauhaus University of Weimar and the organization summaery 2010. I Also edited micro-texts, which were needed in other areas. | |||
I conceived and edited the brochure for manifest III which was publicly available. After the event I wrote a press review for the arc, the University Journal of BU Weimar. I wrote the texts in German and mostly in English. | |||
===Communications=== | |||
The successful communication of Mani.fest III to the public was a gradual and long-term procurement | |||
involving several steps. In addition to building a public web presence there was a progressive intra-university presence of Mani.fest III. on the university information platform “Piazza” which was | |||
under my leadership. In cooperation with the Mani.fest III team, I accompanied two pre-events of | |||
Mani.fest III that enhanced the profile of Mani.fest III in Weimar’s city center in the eyes of our target audience, Joe Public. | |||
The second pre-event I conducted in collaboration with the team as a press conference by. I invited representatives of the press, during the pre-managed events, conducted interviews and gave out press kits. I built a self-researched, personal and extensive mailing list to promote the Mani.fest event. | |||
In advance of the event I intensified communication of Mani.fest with frequent posts on the piazza and i Organised and implemented flyer and poster distribution in Erfurt, Jena and Weimar. | |||
On the weekend before the event Mani.fest I went with my team in Baroque costume and distributed according to the pre-event strategy flyers in Weimar’s city center. Also I initiated and mediated the contact between the Mani.fest III event with the summaery 2010 Organization and other institutions. I also sent promotional material to the Artists of Mani.fest III. | |||
On the day of Mani.fest III event, I interviewed several artists for the documentation of the program. | |||
During the event I attended Mani.fest III Members of the media and gave interviews to interested media. | |||
I also helped with the recording of Mani.fest III team meetings. | |||
===Advertising=== | |||
In Addition to the multiple presences on the net, I achieved coverage in the regional daily newspapers. I was able to use the reputation of the University communication and press department of the Faculty of Media to help further our coverage and success in gaining press interest. This included the placement of one banner on the main page of the BU Weimar, a date entry on the main page and on the faculty pages, and integration into the extensive summaery - advertising BU Weimar, and in particular the website of the summaery 2010th. In addition, I communicated on varied topics, both of specific concern and general interest (ie: Artist Submissions) within the cultural community of the Mani.fest III event. | |||
===Planning=== | |||
Besides my main task of public relations, I worked in Cooperation with the Mani.fest III team in planning the event. I discussed with my colleagues, the concept and objectives of our work for the Weimar Media art scene, laid down dates and deadlines, helped with the ideas of the other Work areas, such as graphics and video design. I also researched possible venues for the event and secured the AUDIMAX for the event. | |||
===Organisation & Implementation=== | |||
In the main - the organization phase, I coordinated the guest team and partner list and the Invitation of the Japanese media artist Shingo Inao. I made my apartment available as a storage location for the event equipment. I also tried to secure sponsorship for the catering. On race day, I took temporary jobs at the venue. During the Mani.fest III event, I took care of the cash register, entry and bar, financial and supervisory aspects. On the very evening I counted the takings for the event. | |||
==Critical Comments== | |||
My involvement in Mani.fest III project was exciting and challenging. Whilst it was an established festival and the program and organisation of the festival was weak, through consistent and inspiring strategies our PR activities made up for other areas of weakness. On the university level I developed very good relations that brought broad support and a high awareness of the event. I Also succeeded to motivate visitors to come to the Mani.fest III event, despite the entrance fee which can often deter student attendance and despite the event being at the end of a long summaery weekend. | |||
Also my press work saw exposure thüringen wide, not only with informative, but also journalistic content. Mani.fest III was increased by my efforts as one of the highlights of the summaery event and also considered as advertised by the university. | |||
Also, I succeeded in interviews with press representatives to portray Mani.fest III in a positive light despite my concern for the quality of the performers.This was as the greatest challenge for me as in my estimation the project Mani.fest III had a serious quality problem rooted in the few and inadequate submissions submitted. In addition, i believe the overal concept, design and pre-events were weak which made it difficult to promotte. To improve the interaction of the individual sections of the team i think it would be wise to select team members based on interest and ability rather than open submission with the aim of creating an uncompromising event. | |||
===Links=== | |||
Mani.fest III Website | |||
www.bauhaus-manifest.com | |||
III Mani.fest facebook page | |||
http://www.facebook.com/bauhaus.mani.fest | |||
Mani.fest III Myspace Page | |||
http://www.myspace.com/mani_fest | |||
Mani.fest III Piazza Posting - Selection | |||
http://www.uni-weimar.de/cms/aktuell/pinnwaende/piazza.html | |||
Summaery 2010 Website | |||
http://www.uni-weimar.de/summaery/2010/ | |||
===Appendix=== | |||
I Press Releases | |||
Press release I Mani.fest III Long Night of Museums @ | |||
Press Release II Press invitation - Event Mani.fest III | |||
Press - Mani.fest III announcement 18th July 2010 | |||
Press release on summaery 2010, the Bauhaus - Universität Weimar | |||
II Texts | |||
Konzept-/Präsentationstext | |||
Specification plus Banner | |||
III program | |||
IV newspaper articles on mani.fest III event in regional dailies | |||
TLZ, local section, p. 4, 3 column, 1 image, 6/26/2010, “Cheer up: New Art in Old Kriolinen - media students at the | |||
Search for new audiences “ | |||
TLZ, p. 1 jacket, 2 columns, 07/09/2010, “young art scene presents itself - Mani.fest III summaery in the lecture hall” | |||
TLZ, local section, page 2, column 4, 1 image, 20.7.2010, author: Charles Brown, “We are making serious art” | |||
TA local section page 4 Short Message, 29.5.2010, “Baroque-media-art” | |||
TA local section p.3, 06/26/2010, “New Art in courtly disguise” | |||
TA local section page 3, 3 columns, 1 image, 20.7.2010, author: Charles Brown, “New flavor intelligence” | |||
Südthüringen Online, 18/07/2010, “Experimental stage art of Bauhaus students” - not | |||
availabilities | |||
Article IV in the special form “summaery 2010" | |||
[[File : manifest_cogg.jpg]] | |||
=Stephen Nolan (1st semester MFA)= | |||
==Project Responsibilities== | |||
===Press Release Ideas=== | |||
Developed ideas for press releases aimed at radio and webzines. The goal was to relate media art to topics already in the public domain like sustainability, surveillance games and hygiene. I developed two press releases. | |||
1:Manifest 111 in Pythagorean style | |||
2:Media Art Performance, Facebook, The Nintendo Wii, The iPhone and your Toothbrush. | |||
===Research=== | |||
Researched liberal and conservative festivals as a comparative study with the aim of understanding how to position the manifest event. The liberal festival I chose was http://modisti.com with a mix of contemporary and historical presentations that matched the Manifest goal of placing new media in established settings. | |||
The conservative was a historical clarion festival whose presentation was very formal. We also researched tech riders. We spoke about the qualities of a good and bad tech rider and developed criteria that we would follow when assessing our applicants riders. We each presented a tech rider we thought was good. I chose Peal by monomatic. | |||
===The wiki=== | |||
Placed minutes on the wiki. | |||
===Development of Creative Text=== | |||
Helped to finalise the creative text with editorial suggestions. | |||
===Business Cards Production and Distribution=== | |||
Developed with Robert and Dagmar the Business Cards. This involved a detailed development of the text with several reviews and rewrites before the final product was realised. The Bilingual cards in English and German necessitated careful translation to ensure the same vibe and intent was communicated in both languages. The reason for using English and German was to to reflect the international aspect of Weimar and Manifest. I Worked closely with Robert on the design. Printed and cut the cards and distributed them in cafes and venues around the city. The cards were printed in English and German. They were also handed out on the night of the museum event. | |||
===Self-Promotion for Artists=== | |||
Worked with Dagmar and Kyd in developing and presenting a workshop aimed at potential Artists. This involved a presentation at the Mani.fest Workshop @ Freie Klasse. The workshop covered topics such as artist documentation, artist application procedures and the art of selling yourself to festivals. | |||
===Press Pre-Event=== | |||
Following the design of the original website Robert worked on, we developed a historical context in our promotions in order to mirror one of Manifests goals, that of placing works of media art in the minds of a wider audience. Out of the subcultural haunts and into the mainstream mindset. | |||
We staged two events, the first was a photo shoot in the Park. We employed the park as stage andwore period dress and held laptops and mics etc in contrast. This was developed further in the animations for the website.The photos were used as advertising for the project and proved very successful at gaining interest from the wider public. | |||
===PressPack=== | |||
I developed the idea of a mask in the style of a ballroom mask, again connecting with the historical weimar and making 3D glasses with them to be used in a press pack. I developed two proto-types. | |||
===Application Management=== | |||
I took responsibility for dealing with applications that came into the email account. I responded to all applicants and requested more information where necessary. I set up a spreadsheet so as to easily see what we had and what we needed from the artists. We also used the spreadsheet to voice opinions of the work, whether we liked it etc. | |||
===Communication=== | |||
I made contact with SEAM and arranged a meeting with Constantine in order to discuss the partnership with SEAM. Issues to be discussed were sound system and insurance. | |||
==Critical Comments== | |||
As a student led initiative students access to the budget was through the teachers. What was an acceptable expense? Should the treasurer be student or teacher? In terms of experiments in success and failure the potential to learn from these kinds of decisions was coloured by the fact that the treasurer was a teacher. | |||
Communication was largely text based which was the cause of some misunderstandings. The collaborative relationship was strong in the group. It was my first experience of an event management project of this scale and overall I found it a very rewarding thing to do. I learned a lot that I can apply to my own practice. | |||
[[File : manifest_cogg.jpg]] | |||
=Patrick Richter (2nd semester BFA)= | |||
==Project Responsibilities== | |||
===Videos=== | |||
*Trailers (2D, 3D, 2 Paintings, 1 Artists trailer) | |||
*7 Showvideos | |||
*1 Show DVD programming | |||
===Social Networking Myspace=== | |||
*Website Design | |||
*Friends adding and caring | |||
*Bulletin postings | |||
*Updates on myspace blog and site | |||
*Uploading and posting photos, making slideshows | |||
*Sorting photos by event year | |||
*Update new and special myspace videos | |||
*Creating a new event | |||
*Sent out mainevent invitations to all friends in the list | |||
===Facebook=== | |||
*Managing and maintaining friends | |||
*Building contact to Shingo Iano | |||
*Bulletin postings | |||
*Uploading and posting photos | |||
*Uploading videos | |||
*Sent out mainevent invitations to all friends in the list | |||
===Pre-Event=== | |||
*Taking about 150 photos in Goethe Park of Dagmar, Cindy & Stephen in costumes | |||
*Record video footage for an eventuel trailer | |||
===Press-Event=== | |||
*Designed carneval 3D masks | |||
*Animating & editing two videos of moving paintings | |||
*Acting in costume showing our trailer | |||
*Taking photos for documentation and upload it to social networks | |||
===Flyer-Event=== | |||
*Acting in costume handing out our flyers | |||
===Flyers=== | |||
*Spread about 400 flyers in cafes and bars in central Erfurt | |||
===Venues=== | |||
*Gathering information about these venues and contacting responsible persons: | |||
* Reithaus | |||
* Zeughof | |||
* DNT | |||
* Audimax | |||
===Technics=== | |||
*Updating the list of technical needs of each artist | |||
*Contacting artists for missing tech riders | |||
*Getting in contact with STUKO to reserve technics | |||
===Photos==== | |||
* Audimax | |||
* Press-Event | |||
* Pre-Event | |||
===Show=== | |||
*Explored the venue | |||
*Took photos for video concept | |||
*Meeting with christian hellmann to discuss the venue design and video relations | |||
*1 week of editing and animating video tracks for the show | |||
*Got thoska access to audimax | |||
*Spent 3 days getting used to the audimax technical issues (dvd-player, screen, light, windows, beamer, switchings between input sources) | |||
*Conceived dvd structure for the show | |||
*Contacting Marcus Schlaffke to solve DVD player problems | |||
*Creating final show DVD including our partners list | |||
*Carrying technics to audimax | |||
*Building up the stage | |||
*Solved technical problem of artist (getting David Schornheims videos to work) | |||
*Worked on an introduction sound for the start up video together wth Shingo | |||
*Solved DVD player problems with Marcus Schlaffke | |||
*Conceived Bikecores videoshow on visualizer, rehersed and performed during her show | |||
*Connecting artists to the control panel of the audimax | |||
*Editing video for umbrella projection | |||
*Set up working umbrella projection | |||
*Adjusted beamer for a better video result | |||
*Rehersal with shingo to synchroize his audio to my video intro | |||
*Running the interlude videos between the performances and controled projections on control panel | |||
[[File : manifest_cogg.jpg]] | |||
=Robert Dietrich (2nd semester BFA))= | |||
==Project Responsibilities== | |||
*Poster artwork | |||
*Flyer artwork | |||
*Website design and maintaining | |||
*Design of press releases and letterheads | |||
*Stagehand work before, during and after festival | |||
*Translation and contact to german-speaking staff | |||
*Insurance effection | |||
==Critical Comments== | |||
Mani.fest III is an extraordinary international art festival. With nearly no budget but highly enthusiastic staff willing to do what ever it takes- it was a unique experience. Providing a professional public platform fro new media interdisciplinary performance art in weimar with most of the project members being non-professionals required everyone to do their | |||
best. | |||
Nevertheless, I would like to propose certain improvements for the up- coming Mani.Fests. First, the search for an appropriate framework of the Mani.fest should be a major priority. I considered the Audimax not to be a suitable venue for a cutting edge performance art festival, due to its technical limitations (non-existing drape) as well as the sobriety of its interior design. | |||
The search for artists should be extended. Publishing the call for propos- also soley on the web doesn’t create enough attention for Manifest as you could tell by the fact that we haven’t been flooded with applications and even extended the time frame for proposals. Publicity especially towards possible artists could be achieved with extra call out posters ondisplay in university hot spots, local galleries etc. | |||
==Work Space: Project Notes == | |||
===Intro Texts=== | ===Intro Texts=== | ||
| Line 432: | Line 746: | ||
insurance for sound system during event cost: 230,00 euro | insurance for sound system during event cost: 230,00 euro | ||
[[Category:Ben Sassen]] | |||
[[Category:SS10]] | |||
[[Category:Performance]] | |||
[[Category:Event]] | |||
[[Category:Experimentelle Television]] | |||
[[Category:Ben Sassen]] | [[Category:Ben Sassen]] | ||