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gcurators'blessings,onopeningnightOctober25attheRoundhouse.I'
tomethatArtropolisintheVAGwouldcompletethecircle.Nonetheless,
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eArtropolis97/Browserbox.FNF404wasregisteredonSeptember2ndatA
hod.Personally,IwelcomedthechangeofvenueconceptbecauseARTROPO
stuff)andpopularity(30,000visitorsandplentyofmediaexposure).P
.FNF404P.O.Box91712WestVancouver,B.C.CanadaV7V3P3____________
ntriesI'mtoldisjustover200.TheURL(http://infomatch.com/~thoma
,butI'venotyetbeenabletomeetwithsystemadmin.JohnChapmantoarra
afterinitialskepticismvizBrowser,Icametoquiteliketheidea.404a
dstrategies;thesubsequentdisplayswillevolveandchangefromoneda
outoparticipate.Sendmeemailorsnailmailmesomething(mailartisab
iteeveryartistorrelatedpractitionertofillanarchivalbox.Theseb
ortheexhibitionpart(lestyouthinkthat404canbecontainedinamerec
ytothenext.AninitiallistofselectorswillbedrawnupbyKittyandAnd
mbox/entrynumber168.Itriedfor404ofcourse,butthetotalnumberofe
verArtGallery).Artropolishaditsbeginningsin1983asa`salondesre
desomereferenceto404.I'lltrytoincorporateyoursubmissions(reme
,sothatpeoplewithavarietyofinterests,professionalandotherwise
wandwillbepostingfurtherupdatestofillyouinonmyauxiliaryplansf
----------------404ABOUTTOMAKEITSIRLDEBUTWell,it'sinthebox!Th
ngeforaceremonialphoto-opatInfomatch'slocationinBurnaby.Asiti
orgenerateartworks.Duringthecourseoftheproject,thearchivewill
,willhaveformalaccesstothecollection.ThegreyHollingerarchival
rtropolis'DominionBuildingofficewithanitemtobeunveiled,pendin
willemphasizeartists'practice:thecontentsoftheboxesmaycontain
beusedasaresourceandsubjecttodaily`curatorial'interventionsan
boxmeasures15.25inchesinlength,5inchesinwidthand10.25inchesin
expiryannouncement).I'mstilltakingregistrationsandyouarewelco
ndBrowserseemmadeforeachother!I'mreallylookingforwardtothesho
heet.------------------BROWSERoffersanewapproachtothetraditio
abase,requestaboxandphysicallyparticipateinthetransformationo
erwillreflectdifferenttypesofmuseumdisplaypracticesandcontemp
s,I'lltryforadayascloseaspossibletoOct.25(almost11monthsafter
metobroadcasttheideaafarontheNetduringthecountdown.TheBrowser
/boxconceptforArtroplishascreatedconsiderablecontroversyinour
LIS93hadreachedapinnacleintermsofsize(100,000sqft.plusoutdoor
nandspiritestablishedbytheArtropolisexhibitonsofthepast10year
fthedisplay.ratherthanbeinganexhibitionofartists'work,Browser
fuses'calledtheWarehouseShowandwasaprotestagainsttheVAG.Seems
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s.Morethananexhibition,BrowerwillbeasitewherethewholeofBritis
edtogetherattheRoundhousefromOctober25toNovember23,1997.Brows
ldnotbeaccommodatedbythetraditionalwall/floorspace/gallerymet
mbertherearealmost400boxesemptyasofthiswriting)intheshow.tomt
hColumbiaartcommunitycanpresenttheirapproachestoartisticpract
oxesconstitutethecenteroftheBrowserexhibitionandwillbepresent
oraryarchivalprocedures.Visitorswillbeabletosearchthroughadat
artworks,butmayalsoconsistofthoseelementswhichinspire,suggest
artistsandcommentatorshadtroublewiththeideaofmakingartthatwou
ersonally,IwouldliketohaveseenArtropolismoveintotheVAG(Vancou
igcomponentof404),anymediumgoes,onlyrequirementisthatyouinclu
orkingintheprovince.KittyScottandAndrewRenton,thecurators,inv
st/)isstillintact.Myintentionwastohavehadremovedthepagesbynow
icewithinaframeworkthatallowsflexibilityanddebate.Browserisaw
hollyinclusiveproject.Itcan,andshould,accommodateeveryartistw
artcommunity(entriesstandat200plus,downfrom600initially).Many
ardboardbox!).Asa404registrant,Iextendmyinitialinvitationfory
rew.Theseselectorswill,inturn,chooseotherstoanimatethedisplay
height._____________________404...........................PbN
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