Five Years_A. How to Write: Reading Groups

Five Years invites proposals for a two-part project (with publication) at Five Years that responds to the idea of reading and writing in groups.

Part 1. How to Write: Reading Groups.
Part 2. How to Read: Writing Groups.

Proposals are welcomed from anyone...

in existing Reading and/or Writing Groups.
seeking to start-up, co-organize and figure new groups
(academic, non-academic, activist, research, fun etc).
wanting to radically and carefully consider ‘reading’, ‘writing’ and ‘publication’ as issues of practice and research that may in any way be made, performed, drawn, played, questioned etc.
thinking of developing new work for publication.
who reads and writes for pleasure. With others.

ALL proposals will be accepted. Submission is Free.

PART 1.
How to Write: Reading Groups.
1 - 17 May 2015

Deadline for submitting a proposal for Part 1: 31 March 2015

Your proposal will form part of a two-week programme of two-hour events that will be delivered in the gallery between 1 - 17 May 2015.

Terms and conditions

Alluding to certain conventions around the idea of the ‘reading group’,

your proposal...

should in no more than 500 words introduce or reference the material you wish to be ‘read’.
will be published (website, gallery information)
as part of the programme.
should set out to organize an event in the gallery that lasts no more than 2 hours which allows the possibility of a group reading that initiates discussion, response, action within the event.

Please also indicate your preferences for time slots
in May 2015 (see Proforma/ timetable (PDF)

There is no charge for submitting a proposal.

Please be aware that this is a non-funded project. Five Years cannot guarantee technical (equipment) or financial support.

All timetabled events will be audio-recorded by Five Years (all rights reserved). Five Years will not be responsible for providing transcriptions.

How to submit your proposal send:

Proforma/ timetable (PDF) or Proforma (text file)
or just email all the relevant information

to: edward-dorrian@fiveyears.org.uk

Deadline for submitting a proposal for Part 1: 31 March 2015

PART 2.
How to Read: Writing Groups.
2016 (dates to be announced)

Part 2 will continue the process of thinking about material and ideas created and discussed in Part 1.
Part 2 itself will be divided into two distinct components...

'Writing' for printed publication.

Material generated from Part 1 (discussion, illustration, documentation, actions, ideas, memory, etc) offers the possibility of forming a way of ‘writing’ itself. With others. That this ‘writing’ could be published, constitutes the demand of Part 2. How this could possibly be done is of course up to you.

The best part of a year will be left for this work, with each ‘writing’ presented as a chapter of a printed book, published by Five Years in 2016. Exact printing specifications, deadlines for printing and proofing will be confirmed in due course.

The book will form part of
Five Years Publications: Public Series
'Reading' the printed publication.

Launch. A series of reading groups timetabled to allow further discussion of each chapter.
(at Five Years. Dates in 2016 to be confirmed)

Please note that participation in Part 2 is also free, but only applicable to those that have submitted proposals for Part 1.