Yogyakarta 2009
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The Agency for Collective Action (pvi collective and Panther)
Two highly respected performance companies whose work shares many interests, pre occupations and concerns. The project aims to investigate through performance and public intervention ways in which we can activate disparate groups of people to undertake a shared action.
‘‘This is action 1’ was the first experiment by the two groups in the form of a lecture performance which prompted an audience of 85 people to collectively commit to undertaking a series of public acts in response to a list of 30 provocations displayed as video projected text on screen. the intention of this piece was to investigate how individual interests can inform collective events via a process where we empower our audiences to move quickly from agreeing to something ‘in principle’ to then acting on it by participating in a simple shared gesture that resonates momentarily in a public site.
pvi manifesto:
we know:
there is no place we cannot make work
there is no issue we cannot tackle
there is no limit to the form a work can take
we will:
stretch performance to the edges of meaning.
subvert and shift the capabilities of technology.
destabilise familiar conventions.
strengthen our collusion circle.
use humour as a tactical device.
apply rigorous research methodologies.
engage the public through infiltration, intervention and appropriation.
risk, adapt, interrogate, respond, innovate.
develop a centre of excellence for interdisciplinary arts.
adopt the same rigor in our business practice as we do to our arts practice.
we value:
a collective auteurship.
pvi’s collaborative process.
ethical practice.
our place in the global interdisciplinary arts network.
pvi collective
founded in 1998, as an independent artists group and based in perth, w.a., pvi collective create tactical media artworks that seek out radical, darkly humorous solutions for living in an unstable twenty first century. incorporating elements of performance, visual art and intervention, works are often highly participatory, physically demanding, site responsive and politically charged.
our vision is to make ground breaking new forms of interdisciplinary performance and tactical media and to be recognised internationally as australia’s experimental vanguard of interdisciplinary arts.
led by kelli mccluskey, steve bull & ofa fotu, core and associate members have backgrounds in visual art, film theory, sound art, new media, performance, psychology and live art. each contribute their diverse skills towards creating artworks for galleries, public sites and alternative spaces.
the group have toured extensively throughout australia with critically acclaimed tactical media performance tts: australia and internationally with their site-specific panopticon & reform bodies of work including taiwan, singapore & germany.
in 2006 the group represented wa as part of the south project’s international arts gathering in santiago, chile and were selected to exhibit in the prestigious primavera at the mca sydney; in 2008 pvi were key-note speakers at next wave festival and featured video diptych resist as part of the human rights arts festival in melbourne. pvi’s work is part of the national curriculum for performance studies in universities across australia and the company are featured in a new book entitled harmonic tremours: aesthetic interventions in the public sphere due for australian release in mid 09. pvi celebrated their ten year anniversary in 2008 by curating & co-producing a national symposium on hybrid practice and launching their initiative, cia studios [centre for interdisciplinary arts] which provides residency & professional development opportunities to local, national and international practitioners whose work sits on the edges of traditional artform genres. in 2009 pvi will present work in indonesia, leipzig & perth and 2010 will see pvi commissioned to make a new work for the sydney biennale.
15 October 2009
WHAT MATTERS TO YOU MATTERS TO US!
The Agency for Collective Action invite you to join us in an intimate 15 minute conversation in which we will ask what matters to you, your family, your city, your country, your gods, your past, your future, your collective? These conversations will form the foundations of a performance to unite us in a shared action on Friday October 23rd at 8pm.
While the common language of the Agency is English we will have an interpreter so we can host discussions in Bahasa Indonesia.
We will be located at Alun Alun Selatan on Thursday October 15th between the hours of 6 and 9pm. We look forward to meeting you.
Terima kasih!
The Agency for Collective Action is formed by members of pvi collective and Panther and is part of the South Project Gathering, Yogyakarta, 2009.
“The Agency attempts to find common cause among strangers; we create small communities out of larger ones and highlight the many tensions and triumphs of individual beliefs in a global collective”
15 Oktober 2009
APA YANG PENTING BUAT ANDA, JUGA PENTING BUAT KAMI!
The Agency for Collective Action mengundang Anda dalam sebuah perbincangan akrab 15 menit di mana kami akan bertanya tentang apa hal-hal yang penting buat Anda, keluarga Anda, kota, negara, tuhan, barang-barang, masa lalu, masa depan, dan teman-teman Anda?
Perbincangan ini akan menjadi dasar bagi sebuah performance yang menyatukan kita dalam sebuah aksi bersama pada hari
Jumat, 23 Oktober 2009, jam 8 malam.
Kami berbahasa Inggris, tetapi akan ada seorang penerjemah, sehingga kita bisa berdiskusi dalam Bahasa Indonesia.
Diskusi kita akan berlangsung di Alun-Alun Selatan pada 15 Oktober 2009, jam 6 sampai 9 malam. Kami menunggu kehadiran Anda.
Terima kasih!
The Agency for Collective Action dibentuk oleh pvi collective dan Panther, dan merupakan bagian dari the South Project: Yogyakarta Gathering 2009.
“The Agency berupaya mencari titik temu di antara orang-orang asing; alih-alih komunitas besar, kami mencipta komunitas-komunitas kecil, dan mengedepankan tegangan dan perayaan keyakinan-keyakinan individual dalam sebuah pertemanan global”
The Agency for Collective Action
(pvi collective and Panther)
On Friday the 23rd of October between the hours of 7 and 9 pm at Alun-Alun Selatan, Yogyakarta, you are invited to test your mettle and join a collective movement in a series of public actions.
Amidst the dust, exhaust fumes, joyrides, romance and roaring elephants, The Agency for Collective Action will walk through the commotion in an attempt to unite strangers in a common cause. This work is developing from a series of conversations with people at Alun Alun about their convictions.
Would you be prepared to let the world move without you? Become corrupt? Or change the future? On Friday the 23rd of October between the hours of 7 and 9 pm at Alun-Alun Selatan, Yogyakarta, you are invited to test your mettle and join a collective movement in a series of public actions.
The Agency for Collective Action is a collaboration between pvi collective and Panther and is part of the South Project Gathering, Yogyakarta, 2009.
“The Agency attempts to find common cause among strangers; we create small communities out of larger ones and highlight the many tensions and triumphs of individual beliefs in a global collective”
Jumat, 23 Oktober 2009, dari jam 7 hingga 9 malam di Alun-Alun Selatan, Yogyakarta, kami mengajakmu menguji keberanian dan bergabung dengan sebuah gerakan bersama dalam serangkaian aksi publik.
Di antara debu-debu, kepulan asap, kebutan kendaraan, pasangan yang berkasih-kasihan, dan lengkingan gajah, The Agency for Collective Action akan berjalan ke tengah keriuhan demi upaya menyatukan kumpulan orang asing kepada satu tujuan.
Apakah engkau siap membiarkan dunia berjalan tanpa dirimu? Ataukah engkau memilih korup? Atau engkau akan mengubah masa depan? Jumat, 23 Oktober 2009, dari jam 7 hingga 9 malam di Alun-Alun Selatan, Yogyakarta, kami mengajakmu menguji keberanian dan bergabung dengan sebuah gerakan bersama dalam serangkaian aksi publik.
The Agency for Collective Action dibentuk oleh pvi collective dan Panther, dan merupakan bagian dari the South Project: Yogyakarta Gathering 2009.
“The Agency berupaya mencari titik temu di antara orang-orang asing; alih-alih komunitas besar, kami mencipta komunitas-komunitas kecil, dan mengedepankan tegangan dan perayaan keyakinan-keyakinan individual dalam sebuah kebersamaan global”
View images from this action on South Project
