88.7; Stories From The First Transnational Traders

• Main Author: Revell, Tobias
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Design studies; Design Practice; arktika
• Online Access: https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/12512/; https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/12512/1/887a_869.jpg

A version of 88.7, Stories From The First Transnational Traders as a reading performance. It was produced for Transgression and Syncretism at the Asia Culture Centre, curated by You Mi. The project is a reading of five stories telling the story of the Arktika, her mission, and the people who crewed her. The Arktika was a recommissioned Soviet icebreaker used as a floating trading platform, able to circumnavigate the world every 24 hours. Presented as a reading with thee-screen projection and sound at the Asia Arts Centre, Gwangju, 2016. Presented as a video with audio and subtitles at the LCC Staff Research Exhibition, London, 2016. Presented as a single channel video with performance reading at Steirischer Herbst, Graz, September 2017