Subject: tate Sent: 26-01-2001 19:36 To: Tate Dear Martin, below is a first proposal for the Tate event in June. Before sending it to Dominic, wanted to know your opinion. Does it seem viable to you? Let me know asap, ciao, Cesare Proposal for the Tate Modern Oreste event (June 16-17) Two-days event for the creation of connections among international artist-run, independent and non commercial initiatives, in a form of an international food-and-drinks-and-publications party. Invite to London representatives from about ten international (possibly also non-european) realities, already active in networking and/or exchange of information, projects, exhibitions etc. and well established in their local (city, country or geographical area) context. Each one will be invited to bring with him/her (or send): a.. printed and photographic (or slides, or CD rom, DVD etc) material about the organisation or group represented (for consultation). b.. a selection of (max 3) non commercial and/or artist-run publications (newsletters, magazines, collective project-books) . for consultation / free distribution / sale c.. food and drink from the region where the represented org. is located. Other 20 to 30 organisations or groups of artists all over the world will be also invited to send what is listed above. Oreste will be represented by five artists from Italy. The first day will be dedicated to an informal working meeting among the invited artists and representatives, and some artists and cultural practitioners from London. The second day will be an ongoing whole day party with invited representatives from different British groups and collectives, and open to the general public (in case, with an admission fee). All the inivited artists can be identified with a badge, in order to facilitate working contacts, connections and exchange of info. The party will be organised around a certain numbers of tables, for: - international/loocal food + drinks (documentation about the proposed food can be asked to the invited artists) - publications (consultation, free distribution or sale) - online connections - working contacts (computer w/ dvd drive, possibility to send and receive emails, light table for the slides etc.) An internet connection will be also provided, to show documentation online.