MINITS 6/11/09

1. Next Meeting: Wednesday, 6/17 @ 2:00 pm (Mafia will be here, he'll have your dick)

2. If you have a tinkle of new writings, post them and bring them to the meeting too.

3. Post your picks of your own work and print them for Wednesday.

- We can start critiquing the nominations on the blog

- Let's just communicate a lot

4. Friday the 19th is still the 'dead line'. Except for Mary. And anyone else who has to go to Cleveland.

5. Collaborations in the works

- James and John: 3D piece (high likelihood) (respect & dignity)

- Joe and Steve: 4D (animation for Mt. Tuesday)

- Joe, Colin, and Ben: photos

- full group collaboration/assignment discussed: Milwaukee, video confessional, real confessional, Tanner's first reconciliation, matrimony, have a chat room and print it out, send someone to Milwaukie, Oregon the night of the show and Skype with them)

6. Blood Orgy

7. Moms

- Will they be invited???

- Will they write poems about each of us?

- Will they write poems about James

8. THE MESSAGE (WHAT DO WE WANT TO TELL PEOPLE?)

- discussion about preserving connections despite distance, adapting, The Internet, addressing the name "Milwaukee Travelogue"

- the blog is a shared space that we are now incarnating

- are people going to care about us that much?

* Let's just make stuff and see what happens. 

a. we will have show and tell days

b. maybe a theme will arise from that

c. if not, it's ok

d. make sure that we hang out a lot

e. let's just make sure we do some shit, you know?

f. we can work together at Kevin's/Kevin's dad's studio

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MINUTES - 6/9/09

~*!'~*NEXT MEETING THURSDAY (tomorrow) @ 10:00 pm*~'!*~

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The Show = Friday, July 31st @ Jackpot

- Theme, name?? (webster says "travelogue = a movie, book, or illustrated lecture about the places visited and experiences encountered by a traveler.") 

-Other things I remember discussion of regarding theme/name: distance, leaving home, the group intimacy, "an exhibition is the turning inside out of the blog"

- Joe and John are flyer wardens

- Think about how we want the schedule to go: gallery opens at 6:00, readings in the gallery throughout, music starts downstairs at 9:00?

The Zine

- We want to have the final content decided by June 19th

- Colin, Ariel, Steve are printing wardens

Travelogue Meeting Notes 5.23.09

- Show at Bucketworks: James will call about dates, mid to late July, in the range of $200

- Ads and Flyers: John and Joe have taken up this duty, anyone with suggestions can talk to them. Basic flyers and posters should be drawn up and ideas for placement, cafes/bookstores/schools/cool art place.

- Zine: Two weeks(?) from now we need material ready to print for the zine, this means collecting previous writings and deciding by artist's opinion and group critique desired pieces. Details of print including size, color/B&W, quantity, etc. to be decided.

- Collaborative Work: By next meeting, this coming weekend Friday May 29th, everyone should have 25 to 50 ideas, anything, don't be shy, we will write them all up and talk about collaborative work for the show.

- Members: We need to solidify who is going to be involved in the show and who isn't. Basically deciding who is in milwaukee travelogue, and who is not. This isn't to divide people, but only to understand who has the time, dedication, enthusiasm to work on an extended project. I don't want to shut people out I just don't want to have to rely on someone who really doesn't want to be a part of this. So as of right now, those involved most frequently in the travelogue are the people I'm counting on, those who have put in a significant amount of time communicating and growing as part of the collective. Let me know what you all think about this. I think it will help us work more efficiently if we have a definitive group. This doesn't exclude the possibility of collaboration/support from others!

- Other notes: Sorry about the interruption.

For Next Meeting (10:00p.m. 5/29/09):

1. Updates on Bucketworks show, Pick a date

2. Bring 25-50 ideas to be talked about for collaborative work

3. Begin sorting through your own material for the zine

4. GREAT!

If I missed anything or you have something we need to talk about for next meeting, post in comments.