Mitch Cope visit

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Emily/Anthony/George 3/16

We have a projector! We got the one from the UICA with George's van.

in response to paul

if you look at 'shit thunked about' there are answers to some of your questions. [well one]
jenny is going to get some craft paper from GV to cover the window to block the light. Also [for some reason this was not stated earlier] emily is going to bring a screen from her house - otherwise we were thinking of putting a bed-sheet [i have some light green sheets that work really well for projection] or some type of material over the to-be bathroom wall frame and use that as a screen.

BS 3/15

paul 3/13
There was a nice article in the Sunday Press today. Nice job on the press release Todd
MitchinthePress

Paul 3/13
tech questions for friday:

I don't think a decision has been made about the screen. We can either use the GVSU 12x12 foot screen that is stored at UICA. This requires hauling it both ways. If it is dry out it can be tied to the racks of my car. When would we do it? Otherwise, I have roll of tyvec house wrap that is 8 feet wide. This could work, but it has large type on the back and would show through if there was any light behind it.
Who is doing the shopping for lunch with me? I'll need to do it Friday morning.
Who'll do the introduction?
PA, We have that goofy PA that we used for the Dan Peterman thing last. If we want to use it we should make a Mitch Cope sign for it. What will it sit on? How will it plug in?
We should do a dry tech run to get an idea exactly how things will be set up and work- physically and technically. Will the craft paper actually block the light (it might be sunny)? Is the projector bright enough to compensate for the ambient light? (I asked for a bright one, but we have not tried it in the space). What power will we need to things and how will it be controlled?
How can we haul the chairs from GV?

Emily 3/8
I talked to Jeff about the chairs and unfortunately they are already being used that day. However, he will advertise the event online for us. I'll check out the chairs from the school on Monday and keep everyone updated on that.
Rock on.

paul3/7
I sent out the press release and image last friday night. That can be forwarded to Jeff.
My computer is on the fritz so someone else would need to do it.

Emily 3/7?
Hey everyone, I talked to Jeff Smith about the chairs and he said that the CMC would probably be able to help out. Maybe I could ask for just 30 and get the rest from the church. I'm going to give him a flyer and the rest of the information tomorrow. However, he asked if we had an elctronic flyer. Do we have on the swiki? I didn't see it but maybe I missed it.

Paul 3/5

I printed pr stuff for the event on Saturday until my computer did a severe crash. Besides the big 13x19 ones, I made some medium size 9x6.5 and a bunch of versions that are about playing card size. I think this is all we have for now. Some still need to be cut. I may reconstruct the files later in the week. Ben already got the one's he's posting. For now we have aprox:

6 large posters
8 medium
100 or more cards

Nathan at All Nations next door said we could borrow some chairs from them. They have 30 in the sanctuary/ 10 in the kitchen area and another 10 in storage. Maybe we get 30 from them and another 20-30 from GV or CMC.

advertising the event

Big posters need to go here: (x means delivered)
(2) GVSU (Jenny Pope)x
(1) Calvin (Ben) x
(1) Aquinas (Ben) x
(2) Kendall (Anthony)
(1) GR Art Museum (Anthony)X
(1) UICA (Jenn S)X
(1) The Rock Shop x
(1) The Brittany Cafe (Jules) x
(1) The neighborhood Assoc. (Jules) where is this place?
(1) DAAC (Jenn S )X
(1) The Laundry Mat (Emily)
(1) Creston High School (Emily)
(1) Community Media Center (Anthony)X

Small posters need to go here:
(multilples can be distributed)
Heartside area and galleries (Annamarie)
Eastown (Jenn S)

Lunch with Mitch

Grocery Shopper (?) at 3:00 pm Thursday (this could be done friday morning at Diamico's up across from Creston High- paul)

First find out any dietary requests (vegetarian, vegan, etc)

Things that need to be thrown into the shopping cart so that Paul can swipe his card. This is to be done on Thursday March 17th.

Plates, napkins, plasticware
Sandwich stuff - quality bread, mustard, mayo, sliced meats, cheese, etc.
Salad - dressing, spinach, lettuce, cucumber, carrots, etc.
Fruit - bananas, melon, etc.
Pop, water, and juice
Cookies or other dessert
Bottled water for Mitch throughout the day.

shit thunked about

paul is going to request a video projector from school and jesse is going to bring it early friday morning
we are going to use ben's computer for the dvd player
emily is going to request chairs from the school's physical plant, or possibly seeing if GRIID would want to sponsor the event and donate chairs
jenny is going to get craft paper from school to block the light from coming in the window

eat your kwonflakes

How to Present a Visiting Artist

List of shit we need to do or think about

event prior to lecture
housing...
"informal post lecture social time"
taking him out to eat

-is he a vegetarian?
-can we do a pot luck for lunch?

3/4
List for facilities:

video projector of some sort (available from the GVSU)
DVD player- flat viewing service a.k.a screen (perhaps on the corner where the bathroom will be)
chairs
blocking out the light from the windows or rearranging light somehow...
area for the public lecture
clean up the area for the lecture and rearrange the seating around the viewing surface
maybe a bulletin board or some surface we can outline concept, brainstorm, or write down ideas.

The Real Life Adventures of Mitch Cope

Friday, March 18th, 2005 at 4pm
Civic Studio Project in Creston, 1515 Plainfield NE (the former Rock Shop) Grand Rapids, Michigan, Free (seating limited)

On Friday 18th Civic Studio is proud to present a public lecture by Detroit artist and curator Mitch Cope.

Mitch Cope served as the project coordinator and co-curator of the Detrioit component of the Shrinking Cities project. Shrinking Cities is an international and interdisciplinary study examining the loss of employment and population, and erosion of infrastructure in cities around the world. Detroit shared company with Shrinking Cities projects in Manchester/Liverpool in Britain, Ivanovo in Russia, and Heille/Leipzig in Germany. Collectively, these projects have observed decreasing populations throughout the world, and discovered startling trends amongst industrialized nations.

Mitch Cope is currently involved in the M.O.R.E. (M.anufacturers O.f R.eal Excellence) project, which has documented the patterns of marketing between art and business communities. The MORE exhibition (opening March 4th at the Detroit Artist Market) aims to investigate relations between the spheres of art and business. Mitch is also currently working with International artist Marjetica Potrc as the Detroit coordinator for her project with the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, which she received a grant to install wind turbines within the city of Detroit and India. Cope's work as an artist and curator has been recognized both nationally and internationally.

The civic studio is a project of the Grand Valley State University department of Art and Design and operates with the support of the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The Project in Creston is sited in Creston through April 2005. We have regular open studio on Fridays from 4-5pm. Public parking available behind storefronts in Creston.

http://civicstudio.org http://shrinkingcities.com http://www.detroitartistsmarket.org/ http://potrc.org

Ispoke with Mitch this afternoon, he was able to confirm a visit on Friday 3/18. Our rough itinerary at this point is:

12pm Guest arrives, introduction to group, space & community
There was also the suggestion of a day-specific project or activity (community walk was one idea), in addition to having Mitch discuss our activities within Creston
4pm Public Lecture. Our guest will speak at the space about his work with Shrinking Cities, and his current projects. Talk will include slide/video (requiring a video projector and dvd player)
Then 5:30 or 6 was the proposed slot for a dinner w/Mitch

I'm also preparing a 'press release' for this Friday, Paul also suggested the formation of a community devoted to promoting Mitch's public lecture (creating/distributing flyers etc)-
Todd 2/22

Todd invited Mitch to visit the studio on Friday, March 4th.

We'll need to publicize the event, get chairs, any tech he'll need, plan hospitality (it might be nice to take him out to dinner after the day).
Paul 2/14

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