Hi Joana, Thanks for sharing. This seems inexplicable. What happened? Ruth
On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 9:20 PM Joana Moll via NetBehaviour < netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote: > Curators’ statement - Piksel (no) Festival Cancellation > > Today we were informed by the directors of the Piksel festival that they > have unilaterally decided to cancel our artistic collaboration with the > festival. We were informed about this decision through a very brief email > sent at 3:34 am, without any kind of assistance to navigate the avalanche > of consequences that come from such a decision. The cancellation came > abruptly and without previous notice one day before the opening, shortly > after we had arrived on site in Bergen, which is - to say the least - > unacceptable and has created a profound breach of trust. > > As a curatorial team, we have spent the last months putting a huge effort > into programming and producing the best (no) festival, regardless of the > lack of support provided by Piksel, especially when it came to critical > production and communication issues that are essential to curate a > festival. The program was finished and ready to take place in the form of > artistic tours including some in-person presentations and performances. > > We regret the decision on the part of Piksel to cancel the program that we > had curated for the festival on such short notice, which has created a > stressful and difficult situation. We’d like to extend our most sincere > apology to all the artists that have generously prepared, updated or even > produced new works for us/the occasion. Thank you to all the artists > involved for trusting us with your works and for the inspiring, open and > fruitful working relationship we have had over the past months. We will > make sure to choose our collaborators more wisely in the future, and, > again, we sincerely apologize for all the inconvenience that this situation > might have created. Piksel has promised to keep the commitment to pay the > agreed fees. > > Bergen, 22nd of November 2023. > > Joana Moll, Marta Millet, !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Noemi Garay. > > -- > Joana Mollhttps://www.janavirgin.com/ > > ---------------------------- > Research Fellow BBVA Foundation > Research Fellow Weizenbaum Institute > Artistic Researcher in residence HGK FHNW Basel > > ------------------------------------------- > Critical Interface Politicshttps://crit.hangar.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Institute for the Advancement of Popular Automatismshttp://ifapa.me/ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- Ruth Catlow she/her Co-director of Furtherfield & DECAL Decentralised Arts Lab +44 (0) 77370 02879 Mastodon: @r...@assemblag.es *I will only agree to speak at events that are racially and gender balanced. **sending thanks <https://www.ovoenergy.com/ovo-newsroom/press-releases/2019/november/think-before-you-thank-if-every-brit-sent-one-less-thank-you-email-a-day-we-would-save-16433-tonnes-of-carbon-a-year-the-same-as-81152-flights-to-madrid.html> in advance *Furtherfield *disrupts and democratises art and technology through exhibitions, labs & debate, for deep exploration, open tools & free thinking. furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org/> *DECAL* Decentralised Arts Lab is an arts, blockchain & web 3.0 technologies research hub for fairer, more dynamic & connected cultural ecologies & economies now. https://decal.furtherfield.org/ Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. Registered business address: Carbon Accountancy, 80-83 Long Lane, London, EC1A 9ET.
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