Devise & Disperse: A 2-part gathering to develop future iterations of the Provocations Project

For the third and final phase of SloMoCo 2021, the Provocations Project is looking to expand conceptually and geographically, to develop new questions, to pose them to new communities, and to distribute and decentralize this work by launching an Open Call for Calls for Provocations. Over the course of two sessions, we will share our approach to developing questions and provocations as a means to probe discourses within and between differentiated communities of practice. Participants of this two-part workshop will be invited to interrogate and remix the provocations process in relation to the prospective communities they wish to engage and provoke, and then, to submit a proposal to host a future call for provocations as part of the Provocations Project.

Key Dates

Event 1: Questions upon questions
Wednesday November 17, 2021 | 2:00-3:30pm ET | Online

Event 2: Calls upon calls
Wednesday December 1, 2021 | 2:00-3:30pm ET | Online 

Registration & Contact:

Free, and open to everyone! Register by November 10 at:
https://provocations-devisedisperse.eventbrite.com

If you have any questions, please email: info@provocations.online

Provocations upon Provocations: An open conversation on invisibility in collaboration

This event is the culmination of Phase 2 of the Provocations Track at SloMoCo. Following an introduction to the ongoing Provocations Project, provocateurs will take part in a lightning round of provocations, in which they make a brief statement and pose a question on the theme of: what aspects of your practice/research are invisible to your collaborators?

Provocations | Conversations | Iterations – Video Series 2

As part of the ongoing Provocations Project, this curated conversation series builds on an open call for provocations in response to the question of what aspects of your practice / research are invisible to your collaborators? From the growing collection of provocations, three ‘provocateurs’ will be invited in each episode to read their provocations through one another, exploring points of convergence and divergence in authorial, disciplinary, and cultural perspectives.

https://www.slomoco.surf/projects/provocations/resource-collection/provocations-conversations-iterations-series-2

Phase 2 of the Provocations Track @ SloMoCo / Open Call for Provocations

Phase 2 of the Provocations Track at SloMoCo takes place August 25th – September 29th, 2021, and involves an open call for provocations, ongoing exchange via the #provocations Discord channel, a curated video series with provocateurs, and an online discussion featuring a ‘lightning round’ of provocations.

SUBMIT A PROVOCATION BY SEPTEMBER 1 @ https://provocations.online/invisibilityincollaboration/submit

The call for provocations on the question of what aspects of your practice / research are invisible to your collaborators? has been reopened and will have two deadlines: September 1 & September 15. Submit here: https://provocations.online/invisibilityincollaboration/submit/

  • Submissions received by September 1 will be invited to participate in our ongoing “Provocations | Conversations | Iterations” video series, as well as the final public event and lightning round of provocations (see below).
  • Submissions received by September 15 will be invited to join us for the Lightning Round of Provocations hosted during the final Phase 2 public event on September 29.

Provocations on Discord

We also invite you to join our ongoing discussion via the #Provocations Channel on the SloMoCo Discord server. Provocations will be posted one at a time to spur community dialogue after the August 25th deadline, so be sure to check back in and get involved in the conversation. Need access? Email us for an invite link to Discord: dancecomputingstudies@gmail.com.

Provocations upon Provocations: An open conversation on what escapes computation in interactive performance

May 19th, 2021 | 2-3:30pm EDT / 8-9:30pm CEST

Facilitated by Teoma Naccarato, John MacCallum, and Jessica Rajko

This event is the culmination of Phase 1 of the Provocations Track at SloMoCo. Following an introduction to the ongoing Provocations Project, fifteen ‘provocateurs’ take part in a lightning round of provocations, in which they make a brief statement and pose a question on the theme of: what escapes computation in interactive performance?

https://www.slomoco.surf/projects/provocations/resource-collection/provocations-events

Provocations | Conversations | Iterations – Video Series 1

As part of the ongoing Provocations Project, this curated conversation series builds on an open call for provocations in response to the question of what escapes computation in interactive performance? Based on the growing collection of provocations, three or four ‘provocateurs’ have been selected for each episode to read their provocations through one another, exploring points of convergence and divergence in authorial, disciplinary, and cultural perspectives.

https://www.slomoco.surf/projects/provocations/resource-collection/provocations-conversations-iterations-series-1

Phase 1 of the Provocations Track @ SloMoCo / Open Call for Provocations

Phase 1 of the Provocations Track at SloMoCo will take place from March 1- May 30, 2021, and involves an open call for provocations, ongoing exchange via the provocations channel on Discord, a curated video series with past provocateurs, and an online discussion featuring a a ‘lightning round’ of provocations.

The call for provocations on the question of what escapes computation in interactive performance? remains open on a rolling basis, so you can submit anytime! We also invite you to join our ongoing discussions via the Provocations Channel on the SloMoCo Discord server, which will traverse all three phases of the Provocations Track from March to November 2021.

Join us for the Provocations Track @ SloMoCo 2021!

The Provocations Track @ SloMoCo is part of the ongoing Provocations Project, launched in 2018 at the Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO), and sustained via open calls for provocations, online discourse, and public events both within and beyond the MOCO community. The Provocations Project aims to hold space for generative exchange around novel and systemic conditions that affect cross-disciplinary and collaborative practices. The project is not specific to any one discipline, topic, or community, and yet each question posed as part of the project becomes situated through its resonance in a particular context – in this case MOCO and SloMoCo.

https://www.slomoco.surf/projects/provocations