discussions with John
sharing conversations over maps by Bureau d’Etudes
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Provisional location
common_places is intended as an itinerant resource. we will try to post, on this blog, updates on its travels and availability. we also use our email contacts list for updates. please contact us at contacts@commonplaces.org for information or if you wish to be added to the list.
we do have a base we work from between travels. our colleagues at Gymnasium Labs have welcomed us in their space, appropriately housed in the former gymnasium of the Florida Mental Health Research Institute. we will be available there on the second thursday of every month, except for periods of extended travel. we invite you to visit, browse, nap, make copies, discuss.. we also welcome your participation in the project through interpretive interventions.
MHH – Gymnasium Labs
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL 33620
Directions
From 275, take Fowler Ave going east
North on Bruce B Downs Blvd
East (right) on Magnolia into the parking lot
enter building through the north entrance
we are the second door on your right
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workshop in pirate radio and transmitter assembly
after discussions about the public sphere, regulation of the airwaves, and media monopolies, our workshop lasted half a day: by its end we had built four transmitters, daisychained them and we were going on the air. the workshop itself was also broadcast using neuroTransmitter’s more powerful transistor backpak. notice Wayne’s beutiful drawings of transistors, resistors and capacitors in the background….
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Valerie in the air chair
Valerie Tavere and Wayne Hodge of neuroTransmitter are with common_places in Tampa to present their work and, next day, to conduct a pirate radio workshop. Valerie summons the vibes…
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invitation to common_places:Tampa
contact@commonplacesproject.org
common_places Tampa
Oliver Gallery – University of South Florida
October 20-30 2004
For directions call (813)974-9226 or see
www.arts.usf.edu
An itinerant resource to connect various forms of resistance, creativity, critique, action. A developing resource on cooperative practice. A place for consulting collective intelligence, exchange of resources, dialogue. A place to read, watch movies, browse, sleep, eat, talk, share, play, use and re-invent. An exercise in free public space.
Open 24 hours per day – once open, our doors will not close!
We have available internet-linked computers, VHS and DVD players (NTSC and PAL), a free Xerox machine and free CD’s for copying information … and free water and coffee. Our growing resource includes books, pamphlets, print-outs, Xerox copies, photos, posters, sound and video works…. We have viewing, seating, lounging, napping and play areas.
Special events:
Daily coffee – 5-7AM
Daily lunch – baked potatoes @ noon. Many thanks to USF Ceramics for use of their kilns
Thu, Oct 21st , 8PM – film screenings
Mon, Oct 25th 8PM – town meeting: initiatives and actions planned around the elections
Tues, Oct 26th 8PM – round table talk-in: resistance in a conservative state, activism in Florida
Thu, Oct 28th 4-6 PM – neuroTransmitter is here!
Fri, Oct 29th 11AM-4PM – hands-on workshop in pirate radio and transmitter assembly. Get on the air!! On-site radio broadcasts Friday and Saturday
Saturday, Oct 29th 8PM – food and drink (aka closing reception) featuring the Mobile Performance Group from deLand, Florida
We are happy to offer you our space for your events, meetings, teach-ins; we are open to local collaborative projects in need of production space or staging areas. For additional info, or to schedule your use of the space, contact
contact@commonplacesproject.org
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