Ballettikka Internettikka Nipponnikka by Igor Štromajer and Brane Zorman :: November 22; 6:00 am - November 23; 6:10 am (local time here) :: Live Internet Broadcast (high speed Iridium satellite data connection) from Minami Torishima Island, Japan, Pacific Ocean.

Robots often cry – why shouldn’t you? Štromajer and Zorman will conduct the complex intimate act of leaving, jilting the two robots in the Pacific Ocean. The act of jilting is one of the most intimate, personal and merciless deeds, a deed which is at the same time purifying, direct and even reconciliatory. Jilting activates many emotions, traumas and frustrations, both for the one who jilts and for the one who is jilted. Jilting is the act of liberation: if you love something, set it free! Štromajer and Zorman will therefore jilt two of their favourite Silverlit R/C Program-a-BOT robots (36€ in retail) in the loneliness of the Pacific Ocean, at the easternmost point of Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun – two suns, each for one robot!

Minami Torishima is an isolated island in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The hottest place in Japan, it is the easternmost Japanese territory, lying some 1,848 kilometres southeast of Tokyo. It takes about 45 minutes to walk around the triangular-shaped, low-lying island which has an area of 1.2 square kilometres. The island is unusual because the closer to the coast, the higher the elevation: the central area of the island is 1 metre below sea level whilst the coast is about 5 to 8 metres above. There is an airport and a radio station on the island. The island is presently used for weather observation, but little else.

Ballettikka Internettikka is a series of tactical art projects which began in 2001 with the exploration of Internet ballet. It explores wireless Internet ballet performances combined with guerrilla tactics and mobile live Internet broadcasting strategies. After invading the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow (2002), La Scala in Milan (2004), the National Theatre in Belgrade (2005), Volksbühne in Berlin (2006), City Hall and Lippo Centre in Hong Kong (2007), a construction site in Seoul (2008) and other institutions and their concepts, Štromajer and Zorman are preparing a new Internet ballet – Ballettikka Internettikka Nipponnikka, broadcasting live from Minami Torishima island, Japan. Paciific Ocean.

Action to be performed: At the same time that two Suns simultaneously rise from the Pacific Ocean, two robots will walk/dive into the ocean, dancing an early morning Internet Ballet at the easternmost point of Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun.

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See also:
Ballettikka Internettikka Norddikka – jilting the robot in the loneliness of the Arctic ice, Svalbard, Arctic Ocean, 2008/09
Ballettikka Internettikka Intermenttikka – jilting the robot at a construction site in Seoul, Korea, 2008

Ballettikka Internettikka Nipponnikka

Authors and performers: Igor Štromajer and Brane Zorman
Theoretical adviser: Bojana Kunst

Performed live on Minami Torishima Island, Japan, 23 November 2009
Start time / sunrise: 06:04 AM GMT/UTC+9
Live Internet broadcast

Music by Brane Zorman Vs BeitThron & Matjaž Drevenšek
Video edited live (on the spot) by Igor Štromajer

Co-produced by Intima Virtual Base and Cona, Slovenia

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