ASSISTED LIVING is a futuristic parody of Martha Stewart's American TV
show focused on coping with the health & environmental challenges of
living a life prolonged by technology. The hostess, Marisa Olson, will
devise craft-projects and recipes for these 130-year-olds, taping the
show on-site before a "live studio audience."
There will be one episode taped in each day of the festival from
June 1-15 at 6pm on Karl-Liebknechtstr. 13A / Mitte
Technology might help us live longer, but it may also give us health
challenges like Global Warming-Related Illnesses (GWI's) and
radioactive growths, or lifestyle setbacks like high waterline stains
on furniture and insomnia due to the extinction of animals whose
sounds we once slept to. ASSISTED LIVING invites participants to
travel 30 years into the near future, joining the live studio audience
for daily tapings of the very first episodes of this TV phenomenon.
Anyone can join the audience of the show by arriving 30 minutes prior
to each afternoon's "taping." You can also apply to go
behind-the-scenes and join the crew of this show, as a production
assistant, audio/visual coordinator, audience-coordinator, or
propmaker. The crew and hostess will perform together to make the
show's production process as transparent (if surreal) as possible,
humorously blurring the lines between process and product.
ASSISTED LIVING is conceived and hosted by Marisa Olson, a New York-based video, performance, and installation artist.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
1.) To apply for this project, you must have a WOOLOO.ORG account. Please click here to sign up for free.
2.) The application deadline for ASSISTED LIVING is midnight May 30th, 2008. (Pacific Standard Time.)
3.) The application is FREE.
4.) ASSISTED LIVING is part of the NEW LIFE BERLIN Contemporary Art Festival taking place from June 1st -15th 2008.
5.) Applicants must be conversant in written and spoken English, have a strong interest in contemporary art practice, be a good team-player, and have a good sense of humor.
6.) Applicants must furthermore be able to commit to working on at least three of the fifteen episodes (if not more) throughout the festival (June 1-15 2008). Please indicate your daytime or evening schedule and availability (including weekdays and weekends), during this time period.
7.) No experience is required, but applicants should specify whether they have any experience they deem relevant--including but not limited to working on tv/film/video projects, crafts or food preparation experience, prop/set construction, comedic performance, or hidden talents.
8.) All selected participants will receive their own WOOLOO.ORG Website and Blog and will be credited on the official Festival Program, as well as in all post-festival documentation material in both printed and other form.
9.) You will receive an entry confirmation via email, as soon as your online application has been received by WOOLOO.ORG.
10.) All applications must be made in English through your WOOLOO.ORG account. Do not send physical material to us, as this cannot be returned.
11.) By submitting an application, you agree that this application and all its accompanying material can be displayed to Marisa Olson, as well as any other individuals or groups that Wooloo Productions deem appropriate.
12.) Wooloo Productions reserves the right to modify the project information at any time. Any modifications go into effect the day they are posted and apply to all individuals registered for the project.
DISCUSS THIS PROJECT
lucyaroberts
GERMANY
Jun. 06, 2008 03:02
Where exactly is Karl-Liebknechtstr. 13A / Mitte?
Tried to find it on Tuesday with no luck.
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Marisa Olson's work combines performance, video, sound, drawing, and installation to address intersections of pop culture and the cultural history of technology, as they effect the voice, power, and persona.
Her work has recently been presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art, Centre Pompidou-Paris, the New Museum of Contemporary Art and the 52nd Venice Biennale.
PARTNERS
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JUNE 3rd (Tuesday)
Assisted Living Live Studio Audience
6 pm at Karl-Liebknechtstr. 13A, Berlin/Mitte
Open for public to participate.
JUNE 14th (Saturday)
Saturday Live Show Performance
Begins 6 pm at Karl-Liebknechtstr. 13A, Berlin/Mitte
Open for public to participate.
