[ilssa] Re: The First Annual ILSSA Festival to Plead for Skills
- From: Rashmi Becker Grace <rashmibecker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ilssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:03:48 +0000
Please add my name to the list. I signed up through Bridget Elmer. Thanks.
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:14:51 -0400
From: local917shoprc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ilssa] The First Annual ILSSA Festival to Plead for Skills
To: ilssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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, --AS MANY HOURS AS IT TAKESILSSA Local 917 Shop
RChttp://www.impractical-labor.org
O 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 Elmerc/o Asheville BookWorks428 1/2 Haywood RoadAsheville, 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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