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ADL x Lee Tzu Tung & Winnie Soon @ South Korea

Title: Forkonomy()
Landing page: https://hackmd.io/@forkonomy/forkonomy3

Overall our schedule

Date To-Do Stay
23/8 (Tue) Arrival stay at Moon-seok
24/8 (Wed) People will help install - 2x projectors and ipads; work on the workshop at night ?
25/8 (Thur) at 1200 noon, meet 2 artists/curators + chinese translator + (field trip); around 8 p.m visit an artist; (winnie standby, and work on workshop) stay at Moon-seok
26/8 (Fri) sea field research 10 hours + finished the installation at night; (Winnie may need to stay up late to catch the travelling time) stay at Moon-seok
27/8 (Sat) unmake lab workshop (1400-1800) stay at Hotel, included in the commission
28/8 (Sun) 5 hours workshop (1300-1800) stay at Hotel, included in the commission
29/8 (Mon) Artist talk (7 pm) - online/hybrid stay at Hotel, included in the commission
  • two days to squeeze

Workshop arrangement

Workshop title: How to buy/own/mint one millilitre of the ocean from the South China Sea?
Date: 28 Aug 2022 (Sun)
**Time: **5 hours (1300-1800)

  • break and refreshment included

Description: TBC
https://hackmd.io/@forkonomy/forkonomy3

Participant involvements:

  • Total number of participants: 6 (+ 2 of us + 2 from ADL) [max 10]
  • Open Spots: 1 (Open Call)
    • From SK, TW, HK
    • Interested in art, social justice, ecology
  • 5 curated spots: (need help from ADL)
    1. fishermen / living in the boat / dealing with sea trade
    2. 1x Scholar/researcher (interested in Asia territorial politics e.g CN-SK; CN-TW-SK; CN-TW-HK-SK, person in political economy or ocean econonmy)
    3. non-asian / american or australian Indigenous?
    4. 2x artist or activist or law maker (interested in FLOSS x ecology/environment/geography/in general interested in art and politics, but want to have one who is non native south korean, perhaps from TW/HK who is now living in South Korea )

**For all the participants: prepare a short story about your speculation/relation with The South China Sea

Workshop schedule

Highlevel schedule (1300-1800)

Workshop Schedule on 28 Aug 2022 (SUN) @ Seoul

Time What Mins Action
1 12.45-13.00 Welcoming + Chit chat 15 n/a
2 13.00-13.15 Brief intro: Tzu Tung + Winnie, in collaboration with ADL 15 casual conversation regarding our subject position and relations + feelings + motivation towards ocean
3 13.15-14.00 ice breaking + listening to ocean snippets + everyone intro 45 icebreaking + walk around + ocean video screening
4 14.00-14.30 Presentation of the project + previous versions by TzuTung + Winnie 30 slides
5 14.30-14.45 Break and freshment 15
6 14.45-15.30 Captialsm and Time - Performance (buying/selling physical water) 45 Pricing the South China Sea
7 15.30-15.55 NFT walkthrough & the art of contracts 25 Contract Recitation
8 15.55-16.10 Break and freshment 15
9 16.10-17.40 Taxation & management - Activity: Planning for the South China Sea Cooperative Preparation Committee 90 Queer Love Ocean X (read aloud by all)
10 17.40-18.00 Recap + final discussion and reflection 20

detailed schedule

13.15-14.00 | ice breaking/warming up + listening to ocean snippets + everyone intro:

  • why you are interested in this project? How do you see the relationship between SK-HK-TW-CN?

  • self introduction + background

    • Sharing in a casual way about your relationship with the ocean and border (can be also related to your profession)

  • Icebreaking games / questions:
    2 truth 1 fake – relating to the sea (eg. seafood, sea politics, marine bios, sea activities, more-than-human world)

    • draft questions
      • What's your favorite seafood?
      • Do you normally track where does your garbage come form?
      • Where does your wifi signal comes from? how they are connected?

  • walk around the exhibition site

  • Last activity: Lying on the carpet & watch the video together

14.45- 15.30 | Presentation of the project + versions by TzuTung + Winnie
  • the project idea
  • thoughts on ocean (CN-HK-TW-SK)
  • history and versions (earlier workshops)
    • set price + auction
    • code of conduct
    • now: prep committee
  • Principles of FLOSS and notions of queer
  • Art: socially engaged art, political art, digital art, participatory art…
  • watch the film together?

Hidden questions:

Geological differences

  • what's the diffence between the ocean around HK? the ocean around TW/ around CN and around SK?

Mythology and Economy

  • how can you we see ancient SK/TW/HK mythology economically? (division of labour, exchanged good, societal structure/class struggles etc.)
14.45- 15.30 | Captialsm and Time - Performance (buying/selling physical water)
  • please rate the the current ocean quality from 1-10
  • please rate the probable ocean quality 10 years from now from 1-10
  • please state the price that your are willing to pay for 1 ml of ocean water
  • what would be the probable price for 1 ml of ocean water 10 years from now?
    <–> contrst
  • 1.61 NTD = 0.05737705 USD per one milliliter
    • avg price in C-Lab, 2020
    • also a contract price
  • transaction happen + in return water + contracts (prints?)
  • Discord channel?

Action:

  • Design a form for participants and print them (15 copies) - need korean translation
  • Design a contract for participants and print them (15 copies) - need korean translation

Sea Auction

Forkonomy() - version 3 on the South China Sea

Please fill in the information below, and this will be used for our later workshop's activity.

Name: _____________________
Occupation: _____________________
Email: _____________________

Q1: Please rate the current ocean quality from 1-10 (circle the number)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Q2: Please rate the probable ocean quality 10 years from now from 1-10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Q3: Price Estimation

How much South China Sea would you be willing to buy/own(Qty)? What is the price that your are willing to pay for 1 ml of the ocean water of South China Sea (Price)? What's the sum price you are willing to pay for the South China Sea (= Qty * Price )?
＿＿＿＿＿ mL ＿＿＿＿＿ ₩(KRW)/mL Total ＿＿＿＿＿ ₩(KRW)

Note:
The provided data will be only used for the project Forkonomy()

Other Notes:
Please write here if you have any thing you want to tell about the ocean.

Date:

Sea contract

This contract is made to agree that the South China Sea ownership style is cooperative
BETWEEN:
South China Sea Cooperative Preparation Committee
AND
Forkonomy() Project Participants

In consideration of the South China Sea ownership and other valuable considerations, the Parties agree as follows:

  1. The volume & price of the South China Sea contains in this agreement

    • 1.6 TWD / mL (about 70.06 SKW and 0.05 EUR)
    • Include：The South China Sea international waters area

  2. Management method:

    • Participate the co-op as a legal person：adopt the Equator Principles
    • Participate the co-op as a natural person：adopt the relating ecological and economical responsibility of the South China Sea

  3. Relating Profits:

    • Each member-owner of the South China Sea Co-operative Preparation Committee has the same weight of vote to manage it.

Signature of the Participant:

Signature of the Co-operative Preparation Committee member:

Date:
This Contract is made on 12/19/2020 and revised on 04/19/2024

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合約文件

擁有權形式：合作社共有制
合約甲方：南海合作社籌備委員會
合約乙方：參與者

就南海所有權相關事宜，協定契約條款如下，以資共同遵守：

  1. 南海份量與標示

    • 1.61 新台幣 / 毫升 （約70.06 克朗 或 0.05 歐元）
    • 包含：整體南海的公海領域

  2. 管理方式

    • 作為法人進入合作社：遵守赤道原則。
    • 作為自然人進入合作社：遵守相關南海生態與經濟責任。

  3. 相關收益

    • 甲方共管

立書授權人於

南海合作社籌備委員會會員簽名：

參與者簽名：

日期：

（此合約起草於12/19/2020，更新於04/19/2024。）

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15.45- 17.05 | Taxation & management - Activity: Planning for the South China Sea Cooperative Preparation Committee

https://hackmd.io/@forkonomy/ContractOwnerPage

Outcome: to produce a queer ocean X, a manifesto, love letter like thing?
Material: post-its

Imagine the South China Sea is your lover.

  1. Would you use military force to manage your ocean property?
    1-2. Would you give out your ocean ownership to others for managing an ocean for you? （20 mins）

  2. What do you want to do with the ocean? How do you make love/date with the ocean? (20 mins)
    2-2

  3. If you are asked to produce a "queer love ocean X" for the South China Sea, would would be the elements? (20 mins) (let's co-write together: 10-12 points)

  4. Performance of the piece

schedule (90 mins):

  1. 5 mins: brief intro
  2. 15 mins: split into two groups, each address question 1, 1-2
  3. 15 mins: split into two groups: discuss 2, 2-1
  4. 15 mins: back and Share in front of everyone
  5. 30 mins: Discuss question 3, work towards the Queer ocean manuel X
  6. 10 mins: changing sequence, put on the book

Ref: https://sprinklestephens.ucsc.edu/25-ways-to-make-love-to-the-earth/

draft questions

  • Would you give out your ocean ownership to others for managing an ocean for you? (polyamory – monogomous –- Is it possible for a nation to have a polyamours relationship? can the ocean date with the others? would your interest conflit?)

  • Is anyone ever familiar with ocean?

  • what would an ideal way to use the ocean? > What would be a ideal date like between you and the South China Sea?

  • What it means to be a Preparation Committee member? > What it means to be South China Sea's lover?

  • What are the agenda of this committee?

  • What forms of responsibility that each of us need to comply?

  • What kinds of agency you want to have (over the water)?

  • What do you want to do with the ocean?

  • What kinds of collective (care) action you want to do?

  • How do you want to express the actions? (in the form of letters, manifestos, care practice, public webpage, collective ocean archives, or?)

Recitation
Ref:
https://www.oceansasarchives.org/

Prep materials:

still need to think about what medium is the best to faciltiate writing and thinking collectively

  • Big sheet of papers and pens (or post-it)
17.15- 17.40 | NFT workshop & the art of contracts
| 17.40- 18.00 | Final discussion and reflection

Ocean tech

  • let's say if there's a ocean tech…
  • how would this may relate to their experience of ocean

Exhibition element (Things to be displayed @ the gallery)

Guided Space

  1. see the video (big - projection)
    –> film + generator (need speaker + computer)
    –> see the bucket hanging from the ceiling
    –-> see the carpet, water + bottles, measuring devices
    –> and the books & notes

  2. Tablets (small/medium) on the carpet
    –> 1x workshops (video)
    –> 1x NFT related (imges + NFT screencast)

  • Projector (for exhibition & workshop use)
  • Book (Existing one) + more (need to further discuss)
    • ACM article
    • Previous Code of Conduct
    • Current prep committee page
    • sketch of the rundown @ SK
  • Carpet and slippers
  • waters, bucket, blue glass paper, measuring devices, auction gadgets, transparent fishing string
  • Speaker

Screen & computer required: (discussed with ADL)

  1. Projection:
    • (video form) A short looping film + qn generator
    • Support the workshop as well so that everyone can see the screen (to a computer with a speaker)
  2. 2x computer tablets (put on the carpet)

Travelling schedule from the artists

  1. FLIGHT: 8/23 - 8/30

    • Tzu Tung：

      • Flight
        Price $871
        • inbound flight
          8/23 1:20 am TPE - 04:50 pm ICN KE 692
        • outbound flight (TBD)
          8/30 8:45 pm ICN - 10:25 pm TPE CI 163

    • Winnie Soon:

      • flight return (to and from London Healthrow): 23 Aug to 30 Aug evening
      • Possible to arrange the ticket as flexible return?

  2. Accomodation arrangement:

    • 23-28 Aug (work with ADL)
    • 23-26/8 (stay in Moon-seok's house)
    • 26-29/8 (stay in Hotel - 3 nights)
    • 29-30 Aug (in SK - TzuTung/Winnie - stay in other hotels - self arranged)

  3. Sea shipment estimation - around 12 kg including box and wrapping materials (from TW): 170 USD (one way)

    • 1.5 months before?
    • budget the shipment from SK -> TW

other materials for use (marketing)

what is needed

  • core exhibition (images + txt)
  • article thing > publication…
  • code contract
  • book: UN korean version?
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