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An intervention commissioned by Resonance FM and radia in the context of radio.territories

ILLUSION IS A REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON
by LORIS GRÉAUD

Sunday 10 September 2006
At Rochelle School
on Arnold Circus, Shoreditch
London E2 7ES
Starts at 3pm

“With ILLUSION IS A REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON, Loris Gréaud sets in motion a complex system of unattainable experiences. A multi-track exhibition with no center. A vast network of projects spanning continents and collapsing time. ILLUSION IS A REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON will manifest itself in the binding between projects rather than the discrete events geographically defined by London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Tokyo and Vilnius.

“Rooted in the deceptive potential of the transmission of information, the project – and its title – stems from the 1970 William Burroughs essay, “The Electronic Revolution”, in which the conspiratory capabilities of mass communication and mass confusion are elaborated. Cut-up techniques and the playback of multi-layers of recorded information stand to threaten the comfort of knowledge.” (Gabrielle Giattino)

In London, Loris Gréaud presents a supraliminal retrospective of his radio work (2004 – 2006) in a one-off transmission on the playground of Rochelle School. Sampled and filtered so as to only retain its highest frequencies, the radio programmes’ content is concealed, thus leaving the listener with a 54-minute long piece at the far end of audibility. Phantom noises and murmurs activate the memory of a past time during which information was once delivered – and perhaps believed. Yet, here the emissions’ substance is ungraspable and the media rendered powerless through the perverted playback. ILLUSION IS A REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON sets out a silent ceremony inducing a cryptic cinematic scene to which the viewer and passer-by become an active witness. Please bring an analogue radio receiver with you.

ILLUSION IS A REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON
Swiss Institute - Contemporary Art, New York
curated by Gabrielle Giattino

ILLUSION IS A REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON with Karl Holmqvist
ext 17 sound project / extended to ext 18 and ext 19
+1 212 925 2035 -ext 17, -ext 18, -ext 19 / September + October, 2006

ILLUSION IS A REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON (PROTOTYPE)
with Karl Holmqvist / Lounge project / September 20 - October 21, 2006

Swiss Institute - Contemporary Art
495 Broadway, 3rd Floor / New York NY 10012
www.swissinstitute.net / info@swissinstitute.net
Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat 11 am - 6 pm

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ILLUSION IS A REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON
ESL, Los Angeles
October 3, 2006

ESL | ESTHETICS AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
3507 Eagle Rock Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90065
www.eslprojects.org

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ILLUSION IS A REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON
As part of radio.territories, London
Commissioned and presented by Resonance 104.4fm
September 10, 2006

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(Day’s end) ILLUSION IS A REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON
With Item Idem and Assistant, Tokyo
September 11 – 16 , 2006

Public Space Commission
9, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo

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ILLUSION IS A REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON
Centre Culturel Français de Milan

22 September – 10 November 2006
venerdì 22 settembre: inaugurazione dalle 12.00 alle 21.00 alla presenza dell’artista / sabato 23 e domenica 24 settembre dalle 12.00 alle 20.00 nell’ambito di startmilano
CCFMI / Start

Le centre culturel français de milan, la galerie
corso magenta, 63 20123 milano
dal lunedì al venerdì, ore 10.00 – 19.00
sabato, ore 15.00 – 19.00
informazioni: tel.+390248591928 fax.+390248591952
presse@culturemilan.it / www.lecentreculturelfrancaisdemilan.it

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ILLUSION IS A REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON
CAC TV Vilnius
www.cac.lt

CAC TV Vilnius is part of the story which has been reportedly presented during the re-runs of the episodes of the 2006 season this summer.

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The London manifestation of ILLUSION IS A REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON is funded by the European Union’s Culture 2000 programme and co-ordinated by Ed Baxter and Anna Colin in the context of radio.territories.

radio.territories, initiated by the radia network, is a series of urban and acoustic interventions taking place across Europe. It explores the urbanisation of society from the perspective of media, gathering artistic responses to the question: How can diverse identities within a society become audible beyond mechanisms of media representation?

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