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Mail Art Call: What Is Participatory Democracy?

Organized by Jim Leftwich and Warren Fry

in conjunction with Community High School

What Is Participatory Democracy? In Roanoke, it has taken the forms of shadow school activities, collab fests, anti business-lounge meetings, Philosophy Inc projects and walking tours, micro-histories, salons, mail art exhibits, PROject proJECT events, Art Rat gatherings, festivals, house shows, micropress publishing, network…

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Added by jim leftwich on August 5, 2016 at 8:29pm — 6 Comments

Roanoke afterMAF 2016

https://www.flickr.com/photos/textimagepoetry/albums/72157670904112185

organized by Olchar Lindsann, Ralph Eaton & Tomislav Butkovic

Thursday, July 7th @Art Rat Studios

5:30 Ralph Eaton, On the Origins of the Art Rat (Roanoke, Lecture)

6:00 Megan Blafas-Chriss, Baroness Elsa: the DadaMama (Roanoke, Lecture)

7:00 Accidental Seabirds (New Jersey, Touring…

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Added by jim leftwich on July 11, 2016 at 5:23am — No Comments

Four questions about asemic writing, #05: Jim Leftwich

Responses to Questions about Asemic Writing from Marco Giovenale

Anthologies, exhibits and web pages collect very different kinds of asemic works. Some of them resemble scribbles and calligraphy, so they fit the definition of “writing”. Others do not, since they include recognizable letters and symbols, or abstract art. Do you think…

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Added by jim leftwich on July 25, 2015 at 7:55pm — No Comments

Roanoke afterMAF 2015

Roanoke afterMAF 2015

Schedule (organized by Olchar Lindsann)

Friday

All Day Starting @Noon:

Micropress Fair / Object Displays & Video Loops

1:00 pm Olchar Lindsann: Revenant Archive Share-and-tell…

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Added by jim leftwich on July 13, 2015 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments

DECENTRALIZED NETWORKER CONGRESS 2012

DECENTRALIZED NETWORKER CONGRESS 2012

A CALL FOR WORKS, PERFORMANCE, AND INTERACTIVITY.

In Celebration of the 20th Anniversary year of the Decentralized Networker Congress,

we are organizing a series of events, exhibitions, and actions in 5 locations around the globe.

The Decentralized Networker Congress of 1992, Initially conceived by Networker H.R. Fricker,

and coordinated by Peter W.…

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Added by jim leftwich on June 9, 2012 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

pansemic playhouse

pansemic playhouse 2011

pansemic playhouse 2012

Added by jim leftwich on February 23, 2012 at 8:32pm — No Comments

roanoke marginal arts festival 2012

photos

festival website

Added by jim leftwich on February 22, 2012 at 6:50am — No Comments

OWS info - add and pass

http://jimleftwichtextimagepoem.blogspot.com/2011/11/ows-info-add-and-pass.html

Added by jim leftwich on November 5, 2011 at 9:36pm — No Comments

Photos, videos and audio for the 2011 Roanoke marginal arts festival

photos by bela grimm, rabbit, sue leftwich and jim leftwich

videos by matt ames

audio by loyd padgett

Added by jim leftwich on March 12, 2011 at 6:10pm — No Comments

Mail Art Call - Performance Texts: Graphic Scores: Open Scores: Visual Poems: Event Scores: Open Texts: Eternal Network:

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Added by jim leftwich on September 30, 2010 at 3:30am — 1 Comment

Fluxus Now! - 2010 Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival

photo documentation

2010 Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival

Festival Director: Brian Counihan

Mail Art Call: Fluxus Now!

FLUXUS NOW!

mail art and fluxus have been closely connected for over 40 years. as a celebration and exploration of the continuing vitality of both practices we are planning a mail art exhibit entitled FLUXUS NOW!. please send visual poems, soundworks, fluxus boxes, event scores, objects, images, books, booklets, TLPs, broadsides, manifestos, videos, and any other fluxus materials you find and/or create. critiques of this proposal are also welcome and will be included in the… Continue

Added by jim leftwich on March 16, 2009 at 7:54pm — No Comments

MAIL ART CALL: MAIL ART RESPONSES TO TRENCH ART

MAIL ART CALL: MAIL ART RESPONSES TO TRENCH ART

Next year the Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival will include an exhibit of Trench Art.

Trench art is commonly defined as any decorative item made by soldiers, prisoners of war or civilians, where the manufacture is directly linked to armed conflict or its consequences.

Common articles that this includes are decorated shell and bullet casings and items carved from wood and bone.

To the uninitiated, all trench art, by… Continue

Added by jim leftwich on November 14, 2008 at 7:06am — No Comments

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