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Monday morning session, June 23rd (Central African and Central European Summer Time)
click here for the 24(=actually 36!)-hour schedule
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Please consider a donation to help finance
and the many other events which are all part of the Elaine Summers Centennial Celebrations Thanks to the Kinetic Awareness Center your donation can be tax-deductible in the US Here is the link to their donation page  |
YOU ARE WELCOME!
to celebrate the sky
in any language and format that you wish
using every form of communication
including cyberspace, the web, tv, satellite,
word of mouth, poetry, dance, skydiving, ballooning,
music, painting, sculpture, and more ...
what is it?
Skytime is an open invitation
by choreographer, intermedia artist, somatic pioneer and luminary
Elaine Summers (1925-2014)
for anyone, anywhere
to celebrate the sky
in any way
and by any medium they chose
this invitation is revisited for 2024-2025
in a new version towards Elaine's Centennial year
by Thomas Körtvélyessy
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 click here for the schedule starting on the
date-line
in the Pacific Ocean, collaborations can happen, jamming together
(more info) all of us celebrating the sky  24 hour planetary time zones (courtesy of Wikipedia ) collage by Thomas Körtvélyessy, all rights reserved.
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who can participate?
anyone on- and/or offline
artists, geologists, researchers, astronomers,
storytellers, sky-lovers (etc.)
if you want to make sure to get online-space, please reserve your spot :
send an e-mail to skytime@skytime.org
please specify:
· what time on that day will you want to contribute ?
(choose a city of reference for your time-zone)
· livestream or pre-recorded ?
· are you open to collaborating with others?
* don't forget to include a link to your work
and to give express permission for this work to be shared and broadcast on that day
during the 24-hr event
the sooner we have your reservation,
the better it will be possible to schedule you for the day of the event !
is there a score that I can follow?
if you prefer, you can click here for a score that can help you arrive at your very own
skytime-contribution in five easy-to-follow steps (pdf, 526kB)
if you have further questions about your planned skytime-event
please contact skytime@skytime.org
herstory
Elaine Summers in a performance of her dance Invitation to Secret Dancers at Solar1 New York City, 2005.
photo by D. Goldberg with kind permission. all rights reserved.
Elaine Summers 1925-2014 (brief bio, pdf)
Skytime history
first Skytime collaborators
after a series of dances about the sky
at the University of Iowa (1982) and at the Guggenheim Museum New York (1984)
Elaine Summers dreamed up an open invitation for anyone on this planet
as the internet was emerging more widely around that time (1995)
she became especially interested in this (then) still very new medium ... what can it do?
a series of first contributions and concerts followed ...
more detailed skytime-history here
"the sky is ours all together.
consider the wonders of it all!"
Elaine Summers, 1995
contact us :
(contribute your skytime celebration,
join the mailing list, etc.)
skytime@skytime.org
Skytime 2024-2025 A Year and A Day leads directly into
Elaine's Centennial Celebrations 2025
with many other related events
Visit www.elainesummersdance.com
for upcoming information ...
Please consider a donation
to help finance Skytime and any of these other events
Thanks to the Kinetic Awareness Center
your donation can be tax-deductible in the US
Here is the link to their donation page
license and PR
this invitation can be shared with others under the following conditions (creative commons) :
attribution =
Elaine Summers must be mentioned and referenced as the originator of
Skytime
and you have to make clear that your activity is a contribution by you,
at your own responsibility.
please use the following text and hashtags when posting:
This is an independent contribution to Skytime, a project originated by Elaine Summers (www.skytime.org)
#skytime #AYearandADay #ElaineSummers
#ElaineSummersCentennialCelebrations
full details here:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
original artwork: Skytime logo & new version of Skyguy © by Taketo Shimada
"Skytime" and all related artworks by Elaine Summers: © by the heirs of Elaine Summers,
courtesy of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New
York Public Library.
natural cloud GIF by Patrick Fischer from Pixabay
sun GIF and earth, sun & moon GIF by Placidplace (peace,love,happiness) from Pixabay
air plane GIF by Julius H. from Pixabay
moon face GIF by Marijana Jakelich from Pixabay
all artwork used with kind permission. all rights reserved.
font Klee One by fontworks, Japan via GoogleFonts