Ludea:Current events
From Ludea
Recent events in the Micronation of Ludea.
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December 2009: Perspective Glitch
Guildford Lane Gallery, 20-24 Guildford Lane, Melbourne
An artists studio is situated simultaneously in the Micronation of Ludea and the City of Melbourne and invites visitors to play with systems of human-computer expression to cultivate a crossmedia ecology. Players are invited to collaborate with the artist in remapping urban space via a constructed language and its relationship to a fictional world. Meaning is negotiated by glitches; the shifts in perspective generated by the idiosyncratic nature of each collaborators individual reality.
Lexicon at Perspective Glitch.
October 2009: World Machine
Hugo Michell Gallery 260 Portrush Rd,Beulah Park, Adelaide
Seven AR tags from a Ludean system called the World Machine situated in Melbourne laneways. Document types in archive: Digital C-Type prints, sculpture & video.
The World Machine originates in Ludea. Its function is to transmutate the city streets to provide a suitable habitat for Ludean lifeforms. At its core are seven tags that appear in scenes that are at once familiar and alien; simultaneously read by humans and machines; augmenting and mutating urban space.
August 2006: neome
Melbourne Art Fair 2006, Royal Exhibition Building, Fitzroy
Over a period of five days, neome of the neo-material tribe appeared at three different locations and communicated with holders of Ludean passports by txting to their phone.
December 2005: Ludea
Tolarno Galleries, Level 4, 289 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Scenes from the emergence of a micronation. Document types in archive: Digital C-Type prints, sculpture & video.
Other events
October 2008: supersmashmoney
Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale St Melbourne Troy Innocent, Dale Nason, Jon Pak, Christine Meyer
Public ritual consisting of multi-screen narrative, generative music, performance and exchange of Ludean artifacts.
October 2008: $0 vs Ludea
Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale St Melbourne Troy Innocent and Dale Nason
Public ritual consisting of improvised AV performance, generative music and distribution of Ludean currency.
News from the micronation of Ludea has been scarce since it emerged in late 2005. However, on Wednesday evening at a undisclosed location within the domain of what is currently known as the City of Melbourne artifacts from the Ludean micronation were distributed as part of audiovisual ritual. Seven units of Ludean currency were distributed to citizens of Melbourne. Each unit worth 3 Ludean tokens.
The current exchange rate (1 LDt = 1.01 AUD) puts these at current worth $3.03 each.
Unknown is the meaning behind the exchange of a 3t Ludean token for a freshly minted Zero Dollar Coin. This is open to speculation.
