An invitation to participate

"Interrogating the invisible" is a District of Leistavia project that aims to gather statistics on how it is that people connect to their cultural identity. The data will then be visualised. We are looking for people who identify with either one or two cultures, and will be able to examine if there are differences between those with one, and those with two identifications.

This presents an ideal opportunity for those of mixed ethnicity - Vietnamese/Latino, Chinese/Polynesian or Indian/English for example - to have their thoughts and preferences recorded. Of course, the project also needs responses from those with one main cultural identification.

There is an online survey form which will be used as a context for gathering data, which will then be visualised both as still and moving image and presented at ISEA 2006/Zero One San Jose and elsewhere. All information is confidential. Here is the online form url: http://www.art-themagazine.com/hybridia/survey/

Feedback about the form and the project is welcomed.

Background

The District of Leistavia is a hybrid cultural micronation created by Ian M Clothier with contributors from around the world. The Federal Bureau of Information was created following the collation of statistics regarding the constitution of Leistavia.

The virtual community was created for ISEA 2004 and subsequently exhibited at 'prog:ME' in Rio de Janeiro and online at 'Public Assembly' curated by ZKM of Germany; in Auckland (Vodafone Digital Art Awards), at Graphite2005 in Dunedin, at Te Wa The Space and the Quay Gallery in Wanganui New Zealand.

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