Sorry for any cross posting... In the Long Run (2010) at HTTP gallery. European activist group IOCOSE premiere film at North London Gallery. http://www.http.uk.net/exhibitions/IOCOSE/ Although we live in a celebrity driven culture it is not widely known that major news networks such as the BBC, Fox and Sky prepare obituaries about famous people to put on air in the event of an unexpected death. Criticising the media’s obsession with celebrity an art collective named IOCOSE will be screening their film In the Long Run (2010) at HTTP gallery north London. The 20 minute film is a reconstruction of a possible future high profile media event. The death of pop star Madonna is described in a BBC News special edition, with a journalist and studio guest who go over the details of the fatal car accident, the statements of the VIPs and the reactions of fans around the world. It is not a true story, but neither is it improbable. The death of an international figure is not just predictable, it is actually predicted in the video files kept up to date by international news archives. The new video will be accompanied by two previous works, Doughboys (2009), a 'real time mockumentary', following a trio of real-life super heroes who defended illegal issues in the police patrolled streets of Rome, and FloppyTrip (2009), an installation consisting in a kit, to prepare your own hallucinogenic drink by recycling redundant floppy disks and provided with a video explaining how to use it. On viewing the film Domenico Quaranta curator of the Re:akt platform in Slovenia wrote “ in some television studio somewhere there is a programme that will be retouched and served up when it does eventually happen [Madonna’s death]; but also when it does the report will follow the IOCOSE format almost to the letter, as this is the standard formula used in these circumstances” IOCOSE will be interviewed live on the Furtherfield show at Resonance 104.4 fm , Wednesday 3rd November at 7pm http://www.furtherfield.org/resonancefm.php To watch the trailer for In the Long Run visit www.iocose.org Open 05 -14 November 2010 Open daily 12-5pm Private view: Friday, 05 November 2010, 6:30-9pm Free admission HTTP Gallery address: Unit A2, Arena Business Centre, 71 Ashfield Rd, London N4 1NY Tube: Manor House ********** * To alter your subscription settings on this list, log on to Subscriber's Corner at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/writing-and-the-digital-life.html * To unsubscribe from the list, email [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and the following text in the body of the message: SIGNOFF WRITING-AND-THE-DIGITAL-LIFE