Miri's XPUB2 proposal draft

What do you want to make?

I want to research the possibilities of memetic strategies for artistic interventions and the potential of "memefying" daily life. My project should combine my two interest: *Infiltrations of public spaces My whole field of interest and artistic practice is based on the concept of thinking of public spaces as stages, to look at their surroundings, their purposes, and perceive them as a place of open communication. When I say "stage", I do not (only) mean the traditional podium but "stage" as an abstract term for every place of (performative) happenings and actions, whether these are public outdoor and indoor spaces, the medial or the virtual space. I am interested in invading existing and functioning systems with their own rules and rhythms, to examine and criticise these rules and fathoming them out. I like to take things out of a specific context, change them a bit and put them back into their context and look at the outcome. These infiltrations of public spaces can work similar to pranks. *(Internet) Humour As a comedian, I am very interested in how internet humour (as well as humour in general) works, what jokes actually are and how they can open up a political dimension, the role of the context in which the joke is made and how to step into a dialogue with the audience of a stage.

So I want to examine meme patterns and memetic behaviour and translate them to interventions in public spaces (operate artistically in a non-art context). The format is a performative one but the medium is not determined yet. The final project outcome really depends on the intervention I am going to do, it can be one big intervention, a collection of projects or even something like a "handbook to memefy your life". I will do more research and experiments to get a clearer idea.