Kaspar Wimberley, Susanne Kudielka

Regulars/Stammgäste

Web cam and monitor

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Pub-Twinning.Enjoy a pint with our Bavarian counterparts, transported into local pubs using a live webcam.Online regulars, propping up the bar 24 hours a day.

locations:

The Old Crown
Hesket Newmarket

Black Swan Hotel,
Ravenstonedale,
Kirkby Stephen,
CA17 4NG

Gasthaus Schellenberg, Schellenberg 11
83346 Bergen / Obb. Chiemgau

Gasthof
Zur Post
"Beim John"
Wasserburger Str. 1
D-83119 Obing / Chiemgau

dates:

Throughout

OS grid ref:

NY 341 386

NY 722 040

getting out there:

Old Crown is on the village green Hesket Newmarket.

Black Swan is opposite the village green in Ravenstonedale

See websites for directions to Bavarian pubs

Share a pint with our Bavarian friends. Virtual regulars and parallel realities, propping up the bar.
‘Regulars’ is an interactive installation that takes place between two pubs in the Lake District and two pubs located in the Bavarian region of Chiemgau. Both areas share a reputation for good brewing practices, and boast comparable natural resources that are popular with walkers.
A small screen, a microphone and a web-cam are installed at each location, to create a live video link that ‘twins’ together two pubs for the duration of the FRED festival. Users of the pub will be able to look into this ‚portal’ and experience a glimpse of daily pub life in Bavaria. You will have the opportunity to directly interact with one another, sharing a joke, a tale, a tradition or a song.
How much will these new and temporary ‚regulars’ become a part of the local pub community? Will, they take part in events, pub quizzes or karaoke evenings? What relationships, affinities and differences will be formed? How much will a 'virtual' presence be felt, placed within a traditional ‘face-to-face’ social environment?

The four pubs

We are very pleased to be working together with four beautiful rural pubs in the Lake District and Chiemgau:

The Old Crown in Hesket Newmarket is a wonderful example of a local community pub, with a unique recent history. The Old Crown is owned by a co-operative of more than one hundred local people and other supporters, and serves prize winning real ales, all brewed by the Hesket Newmarket Brewery which stands at the rear of the pub.

The Black Swan is situated in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the village of Ravenstonedale. Guests can enjoy excellent home cooked food and real ales. The Black Swan recently opened 'The Village Store' 20 years after the last shop in the village closed, a project supported by the Prince of Wales 'Pub is the Hub' initiative.

Gasthaus Schellenberg is located in Bergen, Chiemgau, with wonderful views over the surrounding mountains, traditional food, local musicians, a small farm around the back of the building and parking spaces for horses. The pub celebrated its 100th birthday this year.

Gasthof Zur Post (a.k.a Beim John) can be found in the small town of Obing in Chiemgau. The pub has been welcoming both travellers and locals for at least 580 years, including the likes of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Today the pub is central to village life, hosting a variety of local and international events on the small stage upstairs, or outside in the biergarten.

Artist's website: http://treacleonline.wordpress.com

Thanks to: Tandberg ,

Old Crown, Heskett Newmarket

The Black Swan Hotel, Ravenstonedale

Gasthaus Schellenberg, Bergen, Chiemgau

Gasthof Zur Post, Obing, Chiemgau

Thanks to Armistead European for transporting the beer used in the ale-exchange:

The project is created in partnership with Tandberg, a company specialising in video communications.