Fage Not Pound
Introduction
Fage not Pound (FNP) was a temporary bar where visitors were invited to actively reflect upon the blurred boundary between leisure and labour. FNP was itself hosted by Page not Found (PNF), an art book shop in Den Haag (The Netherlands). Fage not Pound opened on the 25th of March 2022 from 18:00 to 21:00 (UTC +1) but its existence lasted much longer in AccAcc (FNP's local time unit). Fage not Pound was imagined to host the official launch of This Box Found You For A Reason (Special Issue #17) a publication by XPUB1. [elaborate/link]
History
Open letter to Ourselves
The letter itself?
25TH March 2022
Launching of "This box found you for a reason"
1. Invitation text
Description of the event (retrospective narration)
Flow chart
Sepp's talk
The "Big Reveal"
Timeline of that day (which is the schedule)
Doors open
Sepp
Big Reveal
Closing
Fage not Pound is organised as a loop with separate, yet neighbouring, entrance and exit doors. To navigate the space, visitors are offered to follow a flowchart (on floor signage). [add pictures of signage]
After passing the entrance door, the first question occurs: "Do you have time?". When visitors answer 'YES', they are redirected to the main room and become players. In the case they say no, they are invited to follow the "short track" and are redirected to the private booth.
"Do you have time?"
/ \
YES NO
/ \
/ (redirected to 'short track')
/
"Do you want to pause?"
/ \
YES NO
/ \
(redirected (redirected to main room)
to bathroom)
"Do you want to leave?"
/ \
YES NO
/ \
(redirected to exit) (redirected to main room)
Short track
As a visitor with limited time, it is possible to have a glimpse of "This box found you for a reason" in a private booth located right after the entrance of Fage not Pound. The space is available for individual experience at anytime before the scheduled launch of the publication, after consultation, it is possible to purchase the item.
If time suddenly allows the visitor, it is always possible to join the long track after having experienced the short track.
Any publication sold before the official launch time will be sealed in an opaque bag.
Long track
A visitor with
Flow chart questionnaire
Entering
Short track
Long track
Exiting
Artifacts
The Welcome Leaflet
What is its concept, content, purpose, how is it used.
AccAcc, Fage not Pound's variable time unit
AccAcc (from "Accumulate Accelerate") is a variable time unit synchronising the activities at Fage not Pound. The duration of an (1) AccAcc is directly influenced by the amount of visitor present in the space and gauged by a traffic counter at the entrance.
When the space is empty, the time unit is considered "dormant" and therefor called "AccAccDull". By default, an (1) AccAccDull equals to one (1) second (the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI)).
An AccAccDull becomes an AccAcc at the moment of its activation. The said activation happens when a person enters the space and presses the button. Each time a visitor enters, the AccAcc's value is divided by 1,1. Thus, as the space gets crowded, the span of an AccAcc decreases exponentially, allowing time to pass faster.
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[video of projected AccAcc]
Fage not Pound's program, expressed in AccAccs, is directly influenced by the amount of visitor, events are most likely to take place earlier when the space gets crowded.
The bar/ the crossword
1. Short history, intention, purpose
2. How does it work?
"This Box Found You For A Reason"
(LATER / an image of the price sticker as well)
1. Short history (context)
2. The content (letter or intro?)
3. The teams (work division/methods)/ Colophon
4. The box itself (Link to team 2' wiki page?)
5. The price explained
Cost of production in detail
Cost of labour in detail
% to PNF
% to XPUB
Benefit? Yes/no why?
Cost of the LB in euros
References/ Glossary
1. Link to glossary
Colofon
Page Not Found and XPUB, Supisara Burapachaisri, Mitsa Chaida, Kimberley Cosmilla, Erica Gargaglione, Carmen Gray, Jian Haake, Chaeyoung Kim, Francesco Luzzana, Ål Nik (Alexandra Nikolova), Lídia Pereira (ed.), Emma Prato, Gersande Schellinx and Miriam Schöb.