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moot point @ the field

 

moot point n

(US) An issue regarded as potentially debatable, but no longer practically applicable, irrelevant.

(UK) moot n - A medieval gathering or 'parliament' where important local issues were discussed.

 

moot point is an annual art happening at the field over a long weekend in the summer months. Each year terra incognita will work with other organisations to stage moot point.

moot point 2009 - interrogating 'microtopias'

moot point 2009 : Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 September


At terra incognita, we are aware that while we have chosen to work in an idyll - 'the field' - towards ideal(istic) goals, there is a long and tragic history of this type of impulse. Art history has its heroes - Joseph Beuys and the relational aesthetics work championed by Nicolas Bourriaud are just a few examples - but the futurists, who were fascists, were also idealists who believed that they too had THE answers to the problems of contemporary life. 

moot point 2009 is an event aimed at addressing this problematic history and impulse. Artists and others who work with these ideas will be presenting their ideas and their positions throughout the weekend.

 
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moot point 2010 - string theory

moot point 2010 : Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 September

***There are limited places, so please contact us early if you would like to book a place***

 

terra incognita is looking for volunteers, colleagues, comrades to realise an ambitious land-based project, called 'The Field'

* meals are provided, usually, though not always vegan

For more information, please contact terra incognita directly:
contact terra incognita

Areas for volunteering:

* woodland conservation work throughout 'The Field'
(no previous experience required)

* 'Moot Point'

> Wiki for The Field with further information

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