RENGA: regeneration
Austin, Texas 2005

RULES

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1.   The participants will work to construct a boundary sieve--defining the interpretation and definition of this theme through making.

2.   Each participant will complete one move within the allotted time (3 hours) each day. There will be four moves per day.

3.   Each move is to follow the principle of ‘disjunctive linking.
 “(T)he linking made in such a way that any two consecutive parts must make an intelligible whole, but three may not. {AB, BC, CD, but not ABC, BCDE, DEF, and so on} It is collaborative poetry with 'disjunctive linking.'” From Hiroaki Sato, One Hundred Frogs: From renga to haiku to English (New York: John Weatherhill, Inc. 1983).

4.   Each move is to consist of a physical addition or modification to the construction.

5.   Each move can be made from any of the material available for the project. The material cache is finite. As such re-incorporation, re-application, and re-harvesting is encouraged.

6.   Each move will conclude by the participant capturing five images that document their action--one from a fixed station point, the four will be details of choice.

 

The elements of 'disjunctive linking.'

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