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> From: "Vicente Matallana" <ube@laagencia.org>
> Date: October 26, 2004 9:32:22 PM EDT
> To: <rachel@rhizome.org>
> Subject: TEST BALLOT: Examining the Faulty Machinery of Democracy
> Reply-To: <ube@laagencia.org>
>
>
> TEST BALLOT: Examining the Faulty Machinery of Democracy
> A Public Project by Michael Rakowitz
>
> Mindful of the profound world impact that the office of the President
> of the
> United States holds; and in accordance with the Bush Administration's
> stated
> desire to establish global democratic principles, the Global Community
> is
> invited to vote in the 2004 election of the President of the United
> States
> of America on the Second day of November, Two Thousand and Four.
>
> Ten of the controversial Votomatic voting machines used in the 2000
> U.S.
> Presidential elections in Palm Beach County, Florida, have been
> exported to
> various locations in Europe.
>
> One of the Votomatic machines can be found in Ljubljana at the Kapelica
> Gallery, Kersnikova 4.
>
> Polling will begin at 14:00 on 2 November and will close at 03:00 CET
> (Paris
> time) on 3 November, in correspondence with official voting hours in
> the
> U.S.A..
>
> The event will be broadcasted live at the following Internet address:
> www.aksioma.org/votomatic
>
> Official results will be available from 3 November at 04:00 (CET) at
> the
> Internet address
> www.aksioma.org/votomatic/results.html
>
> This project has been conceived in conjunction with Michael Rakowitz's
> solo
> exhibition at the Kunstraum Innsbruck/stadtturmgalerie Innsbruck and
> coordinated by Aksioma - Institute for Contemporary Arts, Ljubljana in
> conjunction with Kapelica Gallery and Intima Virtual Base.
>
> About the Author:
> http://www.possibleutopia.com/mike/
>
> Images:
> http://www.aksioma.org/votomatic/photos.html
>
> Institutions and partners:
> www.aksioma.org
> www.kapelica.org
> www.intima.org
> www.socialpress.it
> www.kunstraum-innsbruck.at
>
>
> Davide Grassi
> Executive producer
>
> Aksioma | Institute for Contemporary Arts, Ljubljana
> Gerbiaeva 23
> 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenjia
> tel: + 386 - 1 - 283 96 86
> fax: + 386 - 1 - 429 26 79
> gsm > sms: +386 - 41 - 250 669
> e-mail: aksioma@aksioma.org
> www.aksioma.org
>
>