2001/2002
Shu Lea Cheang
GARLIC=RICH
AIR
GET GARLIC.
GO WIRELESS.
JOIN THE GARLIC CREDITO TRUEQUE CLUB
http://www.rich-air.com:8083/garlicF/register.jsp
SIGN ON FOR ONLINE TRADING IN DIGITAL COMMONS - SEPT 1-29,
2002 (Please use Netscape 6.0 or Internet Explorer 5.x to access.).
Creative Time is pleased to present GARLIC=RICH AIR (http://www.rich-air.com),
the second and third phases of St(r)eaming the Fields,
a field harvesting
and public network project conceived by Shu Lea Cheang
with funding provided by the Lyn Blumenthal Memorial Fund for Independent
Media’s
"Challenge to the Field Award".
In a fictional "after the crash" scenario, organic garlic
has been recently ordained as new social currency, serving as "credito" for
a global shared network. In the first phase of this project,
Cheang organized the harvesting of 10,000 garlic plants,
cultivated by organic farmer Tovey Halleck in upstate New
York, by generations
of old and new media artists this summer. These organic
cloves, which took 10 years to cultivate, constitute the
garlic standard
in this artist-initiated economy.
GARLIC CREDITO TRUEQUE CLUB
Starting September 1st, the garlic credito trading system launched
at www.rich-air.com where
market denominators include digital bytes, bandwidth, domains,
URLs,
network, system and software. This second phase of the project
invites the public to join the GARLIC CREDITO TRUEQUE CLUB by
signing up
for online trading in the digital commons at http://www.rich-air.com:8083/garlicF/register.jsp (Please
use Netscape 6.0 or Internet Explorer 5.x to access). Members
accrue garlic credito by investing digital images, programming
code
scripts and other virtual items for trade. In this participatory
economy, the value of the credito is created by the Trueque Club
community.
GET GARLIC. GO WIRELESS:
Wireless network nodes as Mobile Urban Farm Stands
Once the valuation of the garlic credit has been established,
the third phase of the project focuses on enacting a virtual
to physical
commodities exchange through New York City’s wi-fi network.
On September 27, 28 and 29, 2002 a designer truck equipped with
loads of garlic and wireless technology will serve as a mobile urban
farm stand. The truck will utilize selected New York City wireless
network nodes for online and onsite street trading activities. Members
of the online credito trueque club can exchange virtual garlic with
edible organic garlic at the designated truck posts. Passersby will
also be welcome to participate in garlic trading with their own
offers. Creative Time will host the truck in DUMBO on the occasion
of the Consuming Places exhibition. GARLIC=RICH AIR will be running
concurrently with Marjectica Potrc’s Urban Independent
workshop that further explores models of participatory
urban planning, discusses
possible implications for their communities, and considers
future scenarios for applications in New York City.
Mobile Urban Farm Stand locations:
9-27-2002 9am-11am, New York Stock Exchange,
9-27-2002 12pm-3pm, Bryant Park New York Public Library
9-27-2002 5pm-7pm, Malcolm X BLVD at W.126 St. Harlem
9-28-2002 9am-1pm, Union Square Farmer's Market
9-28-2002 3pm-6pm, 16 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn
9-29-2002 3pm-8pm, Tompkins Square Park
CONSUME AND SHARE
RICH AIR GARLIC
RICH AIR BANDWIDTH
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http://www.rich-air.com
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