PUG: "Pervasive Urban Gaming"

From Sean de la Sean (Goblinko Manifold) we hear a report on the rise of Pervasive Urban Gaming. We see the Hide & Seek Festival in the UK, and the Come Out & Play event in Amsterdam. Apparently there's a salt & peppery blawg post from Momus about this movement (to be read here).

I also recently heard from Sherry, a former collaborator who moved on to Shanghai to produce events with Bad Cat Productions. They're staging all kinds of Global Pillow Fights, Mass Picnics, and Pajama Jams. Sherry credits her time with Oaklandish as a major inspiration for their movement. Then there's MobMov, some berkeley cats who gained international attention for recreating the Liberation Drive-In (seven years after we showed people how).

We take these signals to indicate that intercontinentally we're all picking up on the same signals, all drinking from the same stream. We are connected, and our ideas do not occur in isolation. Our seperate threads weave together, forming a larger fabric that cannot wholy be seen by any of the individuals involved.

Incognito; The Rebirth of Nonchalance

Fair Reader you may be wondering, "What About This Project?". Fore I'd previously alluded to some grand endeavor that was taking place in 2008, the post-Oaklandish project that would once and for all settle the score. And yes it's underway, however the overall approach has been modified. Rather than hyping it up / going massive, I'm starting at the other miniscule end of the spectrum. It's gotta begin micro & mysterious. And then grow organically, eventually arriving at an appropriate scale. I will drop clues here, but I will not be "promoting". To the viewer/player/performer, the author(s) will be quite anonymous. And there will be no press. No reference. No alternate resource. All I shall say now is that the script has been written, and we are in full production mode. Funny that I'm discussing this here in a manner in which there is a supposed audience who actually gives a flarn.

Acting as if >>> Humble beginnings >>> Nameless >>> Nobody but us in here.

WeTube de la n0ncha1ance

We've gone ahead and done it. (That is, created a YouTube channel for Nonchalance). Mostly a grab bag of oddball moving images that relate to our art theory & practice, organized into discreet playlists. Enjoy.



URL: http://www.youtube.com/n0ncha1ance

That post about Andy, Keith and Jean-Michel inspired me to finally produce this design.

Eclectro/Magnetic: Jerk Music

Brazilian, Afrobeat, No-Wave, Post Punk, Glitch Pop, and Esoterica
in high fidelity 60 minute doses. 9 fine episodes & counting.
(This is basically a documentation of our most favorite and out-there musical explorations).

Download or Stream Here.