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Void Network first appeared in 1990 in Athens with aim the radicalization of every day life and the construction of situations in Public Space through the creation of Utopian Public Environments. Discussions, multi media lectures and poetry shows, open free festivals, multi screen Void Optical Arts Atmospheres (live cross-platform collaborations between visual artists, photographers, poets, lecturers, d.j.s), performances, documentary representations, culture jamming, organization of demonstrations, street parades and public actions, celebrations, concerts, open collaborative workshops of artists, activists, academic scientists and spiritual friends that through dialogue, interaction and synchronized activity can manifest multi formic conditions of open access to creativity, education, free information, open liberated autonomous public zones, meeting places, places of communication, empathy, expression and creation for thousands upon thousands of people.

Utopian Atmospheres

Utopian Atmosphere is the creation of a temporary enclosed feedback
system, where activists, artists, and scientists have an opportunity
to provide input that will be transformed and reformulated by
participants.
Void Art
Art without an audience.
Art without an artist.
Inner Space Art
The light of Perception, the light of Awareness
Political and social meditative abstraction :
(hungry children, fat capitalists, homeless people, a sunrise, happy
super market girls, walking refuges, air-bombed cities, street riots
and waves in stormy weather, naked people, raindrops on flowers, the
shouting prisoner, an afternoon in San Francisco, the night in Rome,
burned cars from Paris, masses of corpses from 1915 in Armenia, 2000
thumbnail images of mass graves from all 20th century, the rain
coming, red clouds, a photograph of the president, dead Tibetan monks
infront of Chinese liberators, a dollar in the hands of a beggar, the
sound of crying children, the sound of distant drums, the sound of
voidness)
Presenting the stunning beauty of our planet, sudden inspirational
moments, the universe and life, the miracle of interdependence,
matter, electricity, chemical reactions�.. This planet being a living
organism, comparing it with microcosm, macrocosm, human body, insects,
urban society, technology… Presenting capitalism and authority as
viruses, parasites on the planet, the bigger organism. An analysis of
psychological manipulations used in advertising, e.g. stereotypes,
propaganda, consumerism, mental health, pre-defined ideals (beauty,
fitness, leadership, work, family, school, army) revealing images that
get bypassed by mainstream media. The communication system used is
intended to break through barriers of nationality, education, age,
cultural background and apathy.
Void Art / multi-screen projection shows (video art, computer arts,
digital photography, anticopyright internet photo archives, 8mm films,
slide shows, philosophical and political fragments) / light shows and
multi- media / live- mix visual and sound improvisations / many
different spiritual friends with many different projectors in the same
moment / a moment of understanding / all the participators or just one
person / the understanding of the interdeependent nature of the
phenomena / a deep feeling of empathy and compassion.
We consider social gatherings as a vital meeting point of minds in a
state of openness transcending the separation of selfish, modern life.
We consider the essence of art to be truly independent of any physical
object or act, reproduction or representation. Art is a moment, a
mental and emotional practice, an open process. Any physical object or
physical act is simply the tool used for the creation of art’s
ultimate aim, the creation of thought and feeling. The ability to
create new thoughts and feelings does not require change in the
physical world, but change in the mental world, which in turn can
effect the physical world.
In the physical world, we tend towards new possibilities of existence,
beyond the constructed realities of modern societies. Our aim is to
create an experience from a situation, a live art piece, where the
actual experience created is the art piece. The collective experience
of being there, the interaction with the people around you, the
different thoughts and emotions created amongst the people feeding
back and effecting future thoughts and emotions IS the art piece.
The tools used to create this experience are space, time and all the
different forms and elements of Void Art, Theory, Philosophy and
Living Practice. Art should evoke emotion, provoke thought and inspire
change for the better. The art, philosophy and cultural-social
activism we engage in,
in the vast open public sphere, promotes the development of ideas,
images, experiences, thoughts and emotions through the collective
interaction of mental and emotional processes. In a way, it is a
collective mental-emotional sculpting. This technique is principally
based on real time cross platform collaboration, living the experience
of interaction and interdependence, changing people’s perception of
themselves and their potential by breaking some of society’s
traditional illusions. People in modern, every-day life identify with
systems, which in effect are based on illusions; they believe they
have freedom, choice and power within an infrastructure of a
civilization bound by morality, ethics and righteousness. In order to
achieve freedom and empowerment it is necessary to identify often
deeply hidden, conditioning thoughts. What we are talking about is
very different from having a shallow conversation or paying to see a
concert and has nothing to do with an “art exhibition”.
Creating an overall art piece in a Utopian Atmosphere enables people
to immerse themselves in a state of receptiveness through a series of
experiences and situations that effects their minds, bodies, and
souls. The objective is to facilitate people’s creativity, openness,
empowerment, satisfaction, safety, inclusiveness, solidarity,
expression and general mental and physical happiness. We work to
create a space which maximizes the ability of people to enter deep
contemplation about their own lives and the world around them. These
events attempt to break down perceptions of established reality by
confronting neuroses, paranoia, self-doubts and fears whilst
facilitating creativity, freedom and uninhibited joy, intensive talks
about life, unity and bonding. These events challenge ownership,
greed, possessions, and encourage generosity, inspiration and
awakening of personal, critical mind.

Void Network Manifesto
http://voidnetwork.blogspot.com/2006/11/void-network-manifesto.html

Frequently asked Questions
http://www.voidnetworksociety.org/questionsandanswers.htm

http://voidnetwork.blogspot.com
www.voidnetworksociety.org

http://www.voidnetworksociety.org/library_of_libretarian_thought.htm

Void Optical Art Laboratory:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=voidnetwork

Global Eye
http://myspace.com/globaleye

Website: Void Network (Theory, Outopia, Empaty, Ephemeral A)rts
Contact email: voidinternational@gmail.com