Log Book - Presentation

LOG BOOK Interface Message Receipter developped by Studio Public (Paris) www.studio-public.org

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Details of the BIP2010 Log Book’s Package

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On-Going Log Book Index

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Some assignements in details

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1st and 2nd editions of the Log Book (Southwark & Liège)

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Southwark’s Log Book Collective memory

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Log Book pages in the Southwark Lido Edition

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BIP2010’s Log Book (Out of) Control

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BIP2010 Random examples of the visual data collected

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Studio Public I Presentation

STUDIO PUBLIC Studio Public is an association 1901, a multidisciplinary structure oriented toward production and images diffusion that questions art and the various ways of inhabiting our cities. Through photo studios open to the public, participatory workshops, Studio Public creates platforms for meetings and exchanges and urges participants to question themselves, through the image, on notions of representations, territories and identities.

Studio Public designs and develops tools and techniques that help transform temporarily or permanently a place and its representations.

Studio Public is a multinational group that seeks to intervene in various contexts and to create a network of experiences. Network members have diverse backgrounds and are active both in France and abroad.

Studio Public wants to promote exchanges between contributors from the fields of contemporary creation, scientific research or social sciences, and the locals, as well as the actors present locally (local authorities, business associations, educators, teachers, private companies, media ...). > www.studio-public.org

Studio Public is: Elisabetta Andreoli Historian, Paris Cathy Blisson Journalist, Paris Irina Georgieff Ethnologist, Tijuana-Paris Julie Guiches Photographer, Visual artist, Paris-Brussels Benoit Lorent Photographer, Digital Troubadour, Paris-Brussels Deborah Robbiano Graphic Designer, Brussels Claudia Hernandez Nass Architect, Montpellier Andrea Montesi Architect, Rome Morgan Melou Cultural Projects Officer, Paris Sara Muzio Director, London Shoko Sakai Animation young-public, Paris Stephane Ternon Picture Editor, Paris Jean-Franรงois Roversi Builder, Programmer, Paris-Brussels

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The Log Book is an Interface Message Receipter developped by Studio Public (Paris) & OST Collective (Brussels) for (OUT OF) CONTROL - BIP 2010 - 7th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts of Liège, Belgium.

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SHORT The Log Book is an ongoing experiment for learning how people INTRODUCTION can open themselves up to a broader field of experience and information. Armed with a single-use camera, Log Book users witness their own life anew. Moments that might ordinarily just flash by, now make the deepest impression on them and they become aware and sensitized to things they might otherwise not even have noticed. The logbook offers a process of discovery, both for its users and for audiences that get to observe others’ lives through their own eyes.

#01 A tool against preconceptions The Log Book provides its users a tool for expressing their own views on the nature of their lives. This way it aids in setting the record straight about their nations, cultures, religions and every day life. Their own interpretation of what is important in their lives sets the tone of the contemporary record they make.

#02 A guide Inspired by the Miranda July and Harell Fletcher’s project ‘Learning to love you more’, the Log Book is made up of a series of assignments that guide people through a conscious experience of their daily lives. The package puts an auto-didactical approach forward, with clear and concise set tasks that are interpreted differently by every user.

#03 Personal archive

and collective image library

The Log Book helps people create their own personal archives and by bringing those together, an image library arises that follows the logic of the assignments. This collection of original personal views includes: selfportraits, windows, facades, the outside seen from inside, images of the future, shadow, food, transport, communication, attire, places to be, super-heros, touristic points of view, collective and personal historical locations, the content of bags, glimpses of the past, access, guides, etc. /10/

#04 Waking people to their everyday life The Log Book is a tool for re-learning observation, for looking around and seeing. While Log Books are used by individuals, the process is a collective one and the visual material is pooled so that people can see what others have seen and produced on the same subject.

#05 Starting-point for debate and open discussions

The Log Book offers its users ways to express themselves and to find poetry in thought. It suggests possibilities for survival without cynicism or radicalism. It pays attention to feelings about various aspects of life and when the collected material from different users is shared and brought together, these feelings form the starting-point for debate and open discussions.

#06 Be part of an artistic process The Log Book is not just about shooting photos, users create drawings, collages and writings, they research personal, family or community archives and their individual work is integrated in a collective artistic project that may result in publications, blogs, exhibits or projections based on the logbook process.

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SOME The following assignements are still in developpement.

ASSIGNEMENTS We want to create a systematic approach that is meaningful IN DETAILS to people in various places around the world. As we are still gaining experience with the process, we allow ourselves to add or replace some of the assignements cited below. Basically there will be two kinds of assignments: Â those dedicated to basic illustration (waking people to their everyday surroundings) and those asking for a genuine personal creation (being part of a creative process).

#01 SELF-PORTRAIT Take or make your self-portrait.

You can draw yourself or something that might represent you, take a picture, make a collage, write, whatever suits you best... #02 ATTIRE What is your most personal outfit? Which clothes describe you best?

Stand on a chair or table and photograph the clothes from directly above. Not from above at a slight angle, but so that the camera is pointing straight down.

#03 The content of my bag Empty your bag on the floor and take a picture of the objects using a higher point of view.

Stand on a chair or table and photograph the objects from directly above. Not from above at a slight angle, but so that the camera is pointing straight down.

#04 MY SHADOW Take a picture of your shadow. #05 PERSONAL ARCHIVE Scan and print (or just describe it with words) your dearest personal archive and tell us about its history.

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#06 Food What is the most typical dish in your area?

You can also take a picture of some meal you master and share with us the secret receipt. #07 TRANSports How do we get around in your city? Take a picture of the thing that helps you get from point A to point B. #08 Communication How do you keep in touch with your friends?

Which way do you use to set up a meeting with them? Make a list of all the devices you use to communicate with others. + Take a picture of the newspaper or magazine you read on a regular basis. #09 Images of the future Could you already catch a glimpse of the future here today? Could you take 1 to 3 pictures of places from today which tell you something about their future?

Is it an image pointing out positive aspects of the future?

Is it an image pointing out negative aspects of the future?

Is it an image pointing out both positive and negative aspects of the future?

Remember, there are no facts about the future, only possibilities, so this image can show anything you want.

#10 PROHIBITION SIGNS Take a picture of the most particular prohibition sign in your city. + Make up your own prohibition sign against something that you feel need to be changed in your city. #11 WINDOWS Take a picture of the view you have from your window.

#12 Local superhero Take A picture of your neighbourhoodís superhero. Sometimes superheroes donít have super powers. They are just people with special human qualities, skills or gifts. Weíd like to know who you consider is the most special Local people. #13 SIgnificant local artist Who is the most significant local visual artist of your city? (Urban art activists, architects, painters, etc.) Take a picture of one of his creation and tell us about him or her. #14 significant local writer Who is the most significant local writer of your city or country? Write down some of his/ her words that could help us understand why you chose him or her over others. #15 significant local political figure Does your city/country have a rich political history? Tell us about the local political figure who, in your eyes, has made a lot to improve things in your city/country. #16 Language Tell us about your language. What is particular about it (alphabet, dialect, etc.)? How many languages are spoken in your country and how many of them do you master? + Take a picture of a manual or educational sign written in your language. #17 TYpical handycraft Take a picture of the most typical handycraft in your country. #18 Local sickness remedy What’s the secret potion your mother used to give you when you were sick? Share with us the secret receipt.

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Log Book 1st edition Collective Memory in collaboration with Exyzt Architecture, Paris Southwark, London, 2007

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Log Book 2nd edition (Out of) Control 7th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts Liège, Belgium, 2010

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Log Book I Collective Memory

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‘Today we came up with a theme for our performance which will be revealed on the day (saturday the 12th july evening). We went around Southwark and took photos of the places we found interesting, including the cemetery we visited on day one: the Cross Bone Graveyard where there are ribbons attached to the main gates of the memorial place. We also visited Mint Street Park where we photographed some local graffiti, and things we found interesting or that we could use for our performance as a background projection of different images. we meet some photographers from Studio Public today and they told us about their company and about how they wanted us to take a disposable camera and take pictures of specific items. We spoke about the different ways we could use images in our performance and some of the ways were, projections on us or as the background, images on our tops.

We were given the cameras and the log books.’

Kimberley, Southwark Log Book’s participant

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Log Book I (OUT OF) CONTROL

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The theme of BIP2010 comes to question our society, more and more oriented toward security, surveillance, control and “see, see better, see everything.� The exploration of these aspects of control inevitably encounter the opposite: the desire, accident, chance, madness, the unpredictable, the invisible ...

< 60 pages book published by OST Collective and le Centre Culturel des Chiroux as a gift to all Log Book participants.

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PARIS www.studio-public.org BRUSSELS www.ostcollective.org

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