TAKE A CHANCE ON ME

by Sylvain van iniitu

Take A Chance On Me :

is an evanescent label and experience

i am running this as an exploration of atonment towards the postal system

and simultaneously as an exploration of what it really does, in terms of playing with hazard and dealing with materiality

a patient at the hospital told me recently that there was no hazard, only synchronicities, well let's find out

so here is the deal :

- i produce a single record with unreleased tracks, mostly algorithmic and stochastic music, to further the play on randomness. I may also ask friends or other artists to furnish unreleased tracks.

- this record is sent in a way that its cover is also the post packaging : any damage, mark, sticker to the packaging is also a welcome modification of the record itself

- the recipient is finishing the process by sending pictures of the arrived record, as it is. If the record never arrives, the recipient will produce the documentation of requests done to the post to locate it.

in doing so, the artist, the object, the post, and the recipient are uniquely bound in one experience. that forms the whole process

recap if you want to participate as an artist :

AVAILABLE RECORDS ( as of 14 march2021 )

when not specified, artwork is done by me

of course, no preview, no samples, no bandcamp, no soundcloud : you really have to take a chance on the one you choose !

if you want to buy one of those records and be part of one experience, please send an email to ini.itu.rec@gmail.com - participation fee is 10€, by paypal

when the process is finished, the artist, the postal system, and the recipient will be co-authored for the finished object and documentation.

final documentation goes to Discogs

STARTED PROCESSES :

8 records have been sent ( as of 22 february 2021 )

0 records are waiting to be made and sent

FINISHED PROCESSES :

8 process finished on february 2021: documentation visible on discogs ( https://www.discogs.com/label/1901058-Take-A-Chance-On-Me ) -

2 processes are unfinished

1 currently initiated

STATISTICS :

still available records : 6

sent records : 8

arrived records : 8

records supposed "on the way" : 1

officially lost records : 0

finished processes : 8