campcamp
with: Marian April Glebes, C. Ryan Patterson
partners: Current Space, Transmodern Festival
2011
campcamp entry with intake and orientation center; photo by Marian April Glebes
Transmodern Festival 2011 | campcamp
campcamp map, by Fred Scharmen
a concept | campcamp: no previous survival experience required
campcamp is built of unpredictable partnerships and spontaneous relations, situations, and communities that evolve when diverse characters are localized on a confined site, existing under real or perceived parameters, articulated, here, in the campground. In response to varieties of niche conditioning, all of which are characterized by transplanting circumscribed routines to extreme environments or situations, a temporal, site specific habitat is formed that is simultaneously exposed while cozy, fleeting while grounded, ritualistic while celebratory, traditional while futuristic. Using these specific standardizations and perceptions of nomadic landing pads, campcamp assembles and erects an ever-changing stability in a fluctuating yet comfortable urban setting.
'Little Picnic Table', by Jordan Bernier, Steve Santillan, & Elie Sollins; and 'Lezcamp', by Laura Payne Amussen & Jessica Seagraves; photo by Marian April Glebes
a description | campcamp: an introduction to the campground
For the 2011 Transmodern Festival, Marian April Glebes, in collaboration with Fred Scharmen and C. Ryan Patterson, curated campcamp, an exterior exhibition and interactive multi-disciplinary installation for which no prior survival experience is required for participation. The exhibition occupied the rear exterior courtyard of The Current Gallery. Campcamp identifies the campground as an organizational and conceptual device, then extends the implications and activities related to camping into foundations for aesthetic and eccentric experimentation. Artists, vendors, and niche lifestyle-crafters were invited to participate in campcamp by responding to categories like the following:
setting & landscape
bathhouse
arts & crafts
games & activities
flag pole
ceremonies & rituals
mealtime
the campfire
site markers & field guides
'Yeti Lounge', by Nicole Shiflet & Kelley Bell; photo by Marian April Glebes
Artists were encouraged to create environments or installations that embrace the participatory and the habitable while expanding on standard campsite deliverables. Each artist, vendor or lifestyle crafter was assigned a camp site designated by the thematic category of their work. These sites were identified with site markers, corresponding to a posted and distributable Site Map and an information notice board that hosted all contributors' information and other ephemera of, about, and relating to campcamp. A path-like common area connects the sites of campcamp to guide viewers through the courtyard, while, along the way, they are met with opportunities to engage with activities or to linger in gentle spaces. Over the three evenings of the festival (Thursday night, Friday, and Saturday) and daytime Sunday, campcamp morphs and grows as it is influenced by attendants and participants and simultaneously maintains a consistent, hospitable habitat that encourages those who enter to make themselves at home.
'Tapeways & Flags', by Graham Coreil-Allen; photo by Marian April Glebes
a list | campcamp: preparing for the campground
Please, join us for camping! We are after your survival skills, urban critiques, tents, treasures, lessons, shrines, packing strategies, whittled sticks, archery bales, skateboards, sod, beaches, watering holes, tall trees, arrow heads, sleeping bags and patterned fabric. We also like lights that blink, movie screens, dining room tables, mess kits, and all other things on fire and prepared.
'Temporary Occupation(s)', by Jaimes Mayhew; photo by Marian April Glebes
About the Transmodern Festival:
'Two Moons', by Joseph Faura; photo by Marian April Glebes
campcamp mood board, by C. Ryan Patterson
other participating artists include:
Lou Joseph
Dane Nester
Curbside Cafe
Jacob Wick / Information Department
Gary Kachadourian
Jan Razauskas & students
Liz Ensz
Andrew Brehm
Churchill Davenport
partners: Current Space, Transmodern Festival
2011
campcamp entry with intake and orientation center; photo by Marian April Glebes
Transmodern Festival 2011 | campcamp
campcamp map, by Fred Scharmen
a concept | campcamp: no previous survival experience required
campcamp is built of unpredictable partnerships and spontaneous relations, situations, and communities that evolve when diverse characters are localized on a confined site, existing under real or perceived parameters, articulated, here, in the campground. In response to varieties of niche conditioning, all of which are characterized by transplanting circumscribed routines to extreme environments or situations, a temporal, site specific habitat is formed that is simultaneously exposed while cozy, fleeting while grounded, ritualistic while celebratory, traditional while futuristic. Using these specific standardizations and perceptions of nomadic landing pads, campcamp assembles and erects an ever-changing stability in a fluctuating yet comfortable urban setting.
'Little Picnic Table', by Jordan Bernier, Steve Santillan, & Elie Sollins; and 'Lezcamp', by Laura Payne Amussen & Jessica Seagraves; photo by Marian April Glebes
a description | campcamp: an introduction to the campground
For the 2011 Transmodern Festival, Marian April Glebes, in collaboration with Fred Scharmen and C. Ryan Patterson, curated campcamp, an exterior exhibition and interactive multi-disciplinary installation for which no prior survival experience is required for participation. The exhibition occupied the rear exterior courtyard of The Current Gallery. Campcamp identifies the campground as an organizational and conceptual device, then extends the implications and activities related to camping into foundations for aesthetic and eccentric experimentation. Artists, vendors, and niche lifestyle-crafters were invited to participate in campcamp by responding to categories like the following:
setting & landscape
bathhouse
arts & crafts
games & activities
flag pole
ceremonies & rituals
mealtime
the campfire
site markers & field guides
'Yeti Lounge', by Nicole Shiflet & Kelley Bell; photo by Marian April Glebes
Artists were encouraged to create environments or installations that embrace the participatory and the habitable while expanding on standard campsite deliverables. Each artist, vendor or lifestyle crafter was assigned a camp site designated by the thematic category of their work. These sites were identified with site markers, corresponding to a posted and distributable Site Map and an information notice board that hosted all contributors' information and other ephemera of, about, and relating to campcamp. A path-like common area connects the sites of campcamp to guide viewers through the courtyard, while, along the way, they are met with opportunities to engage with activities or to linger in gentle spaces. Over the three evenings of the festival (Thursday night, Friday, and Saturday) and daytime Sunday, campcamp morphs and grows as it is influenced by attendants and participants and simultaneously maintains a consistent, hospitable habitat that encourages those who enter to make themselves at home.
'Tapeways & Flags', by Graham Coreil-Allen; photo by Marian April Glebes
a list | campcamp: preparing for the campground
Please, join us for camping! We are after your survival skills, urban critiques, tents, treasures, lessons, shrines, packing strategies, whittled sticks, archery bales, skateboards, sod, beaches, watering holes, tall trees, arrow heads, sleeping bags and patterned fabric. We also like lights that blink, movie screens, dining room tables, mess kits, and all other things on fire and prepared.
'Temporary Occupation(s)', by Jaimes Mayhew; photo by Marian April Glebes
About the Transmodern Festival:
"Transmodern is a festival of provocative works by cultural experimenters from Baltimore and the World. The artists of the 7th Annual Transmodern Festival defy traditional genres and embrace radical innovation through transmedia, clashes of organic vs. artificial intelligence, psychogeography, dislocation of consensus reality, real politic and collective cultural action.
a spontaneous performance by Mucca Pazza; photo by Marian April Glebes
The organizers promote / celebrate the diversity of experimental culture by highly representing artists from the following groups: women, ethnic minorities, gays and lesbians, the radical subculture." …more at www.transmodernfestival.org
'Two Moons', by Joseph Faura; photo by Marian April Glebes
campcamp mood board, by C. Ryan Patterson
other participating artists include:
Lou Joseph
Dane Nester
Curbside Cafe
Jacob Wick / Information Department
Gary Kachadourian
Jan Razauskas & students
Liz Ensz
Andrew Brehm
Churchill Davenport