CTM invited audiovisual platform TAG to contribute to the festival and investigate its theme: structures.
During the 10 days of the festival we worked together to create several magazines. With no preconceived notion of what shape the magazines should take or what contents they should have.
Our team consisted of 14 members, all coming from different disciplines. To make sure everything went according to plan, there was an editorial team made up of five professionals with experience in the field of magazine production. Together we formed a non-hierarchal team.
We started with a white, empty space and started from scratch: building our own furniture, setting up a workflow and talking about contents with the theme Structures in mind. This became an investigation into the essence of networks and networked societies.
During brainstorm sessions the magazines slowly took form. An all inclusive approach was devised and everybody was allowed to contribute to the magazine. Through interviews, photography, quoting from existing texts, items provided by artists and public, and cut&paste from websites, three magazines were composed. Their structure representative of the process: associative and fragmentary.
By concentrating on three themes – Structures, Access, Strategy – we have explored how structures are formed, communications take place and information is (successfully) transferred.
Ten days in a small place with a large group occasionally lead to some intense moments and conflict could not always be avoided. However, our collaborate effort can be seen as a reflection on the festival’s theme, the program of CTM and setting up an impromtu organization.
This is the result of our collective effort: three magazines, 120 pages and a blog which documents the entire process (please check: tagstructures.wordpress.com)
We hope you enjoy it.
Many thanks to CTM for their trust and giving us this opportunity. We would also like to thank all other contributors and people who gave us their time and effort.
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