[ilssa] The First Annual ILSSA Festival to Plead for Skills
- From: Local 917 Shop RC <local917shoprc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ilssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:14:51 -0400
dear Impractical Laborers,
It was great to meet so many of you at the Hybrid Book Conference in
Philadelphia last weekend! We'd like to welcome our twenty-one most
recent members who have joined in the past week! Thank you, thank
you, we're thrilled to have you with us.
The time has come for us two Operators to begin preparations for the
Festival. We have 45 participants. If your name is on this list, and
you have decided NOT to participate in the Festival, please let us
know ASAP. Similarly, if you believed your name to be on this list
and it is not represented here, please do let us know. ASAP. Many
thanks, and we look forward to seeing the products of your observance.
THE 45 PARTICIPANTS IN 2009 THE FESTIVAL TO PLEAD FOR SKILLS:
Adolfsen Eric
Ansley Joe
Barba Evan
Benton Amanda
Bervin Jen
Brock-Reed Amy
Bryant Sarah
Cabeen Louise
Cicatiello Jamie
Edwards Lyman
Elam Chelsey
Elmer Bridget
Gilbert Rebecca
Graphic Union
Greenan Amy
Griffin Lark
Hoffman Jessica
Hutchins Ed
Johnson Polly
Kalkstein Molly
Landis Millie
Larned Emily
Leepard Amy
Lyon Emily
McCarney Scott
Meinolf Travis
Mowinski Melanie
Murken Katie
Needlegardens
Netburn Deborah
O'Hanlon Adrienne
Peterson Jessica
Phelan Mary
Rooney Erica
Ruggiero Chris
Smith Champe
Stevens Missy
Stewart-Stand Theo
Sweeney Erin
Tibbatts Terri A
Wheeler Carolee
Yang-Kelly Sugene
Zimmermann Philip
Zorn Alesia
can't wait!!
x,
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AS MANY HOURS AS IT TAKES
ILSSA Local 917 Shop RC
http://www.impractical-labor.org
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On Apr 7, 2009, at 5:07 AM, ILSSA Operator wrote:
Greetings Impractical Laborers! We are writing to invite each ILSSA
Union Member to participate in our first collective project. This
summer, on the 7th day of the 7th month, we will celebrate our own
version of the The Festival to Plead for Skills. The festival is
derived from the Chinese holiday of Qi Xi and the Japanese festival
of Tanabata, in which celebrants wish for the betterment of their
own craftsmanship. Instead of wishing, the ILSSA festival will be a
holiday of practicing.
We are inviting all ILSSA Members to observe the first annual ILSSA
Festival to Plead for Skills by practicing a skill. This could
involve using a new tool, working in a different medium, or honing
your technique – it's all up to you! As a framework for this event,
each ILSSA Member is invited to make 50 objects (no larger than 2
inches in height, width and depth) as iterations of their practice.
Conceive of this project as something you can complete entirely on
the day of the Festival. We imagine Impractical Laborers across the
land, practicing together in observance of the holiday on July 7th.
After the Festival, we ask that each ILSSA Member mail the
resulting 50 objects to ILSSA. We will then compile the objects
into 50 custom, handmade enclosures that will house one object from
each participant. One copy of the box set will then be mailed out
to each ILSSA Member as a commemorative archive of the holiday and
a physical manifestation of our collective action.
We request that all objects arrive at the following address by July
17th:
[this is the corrected address, not the original from the April 7 email]
Bridget Elmer
c/o Asheville BookWorks
428 1/2 Haywood Road
Asheville, NC 28806
Along with your 50 objects, please include $7.00 (well-concealed
cash or check) to cover the shipping costs for your copy of the box
set, which will be mailed to you upon completion or the edition.
Please feel free to reply to this message with any questions you
have about the project. In addition, we request that you accept or
decline our invitation to participate by May 7th. This will enable
us to begin design of the box set in preparation for construction
in July.
Your comrades in Impractical Labor,
Local 917 Shop RC & Local 347 Shop FS
P.S. For those of you on the listserv who have yet to join ILSSA,
we welcome you to become a member before May 7th if you wish to
participate.
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AS MANY HOURS AS IT TAKES
ILSSA Operator
www.impractical-labor.org
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