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Table of Contents: Interview Yourself - Latest Interviews 6/1/01 Amy Alexander <plagiari@plagiarist.org> biennale.py: A Virus in the Venice Biennale Aurora Fonda <spignotti@iol.it> FW:Neighbourhoods of the world "dd" <addfield@ath.forthnet.gr> =?UTF-8?Q?Jesse=20Bercowetz=20-=20Misunderstood?= MWMWMSPACE@aol.com NYC: Parsons MFA Design/Tech exhibition t byfield <tbyfield@panix.com> integer@www.god-emil.dk Pressemitteilung: COUNTDOWNTOWN > smARTdomains infozone <infozone@ensba.fr> World Congress of Citizens Network, Buenos Aires, 5-7 December 2001 "Michael Gurstein" <mgurst@vcn.bc.ca> CfP The Practice and Theory of Community Networks/Community Informatics "Michael Gurstein" <mgurst@vcn.bc.ca> e-mail art and maps "daz zad" <gorkydaz@hotmail.com> CULT 2001 - Copenhagen, October 3-5, 2001 - ANNOUNCEMENT "Pia Vigh" <pia.vigh@www.kulturnet.dk> new media programming for TV station Babeth <filmart@xs4all.nl> fwrd Jayce Salloum <rrrr@rrrr.net> net.congestion - the web launch - Friday June 8th Eric Kluitenberg <epk@xs4all.nl> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 22:38:24 -0700 From: Amy Alexander <plagiari@plagiarist.org> Subject: Interview Yourself - Latest Interviews 6/1/01 http://plagiarist.org/iy Interview Yourself hits the big 4-0 (interviews) this week! Plagiarist.org is pleased to announce the latest additions to to the Interview Yourself Literary Archive: Judson - as interviewed by Judson Mikidot - as interviewed by Mikidot Darren McClintock - as interviewed by Darren McClintock francis - as interviewed by francis Miltos Manetas - as interviewed by Miltos Manetas Dan Katz - as interviewed by Dan Katz Vincent Salvati - as interviewed by Vincent Salvati Auto-Illustrator software - as interviewed by Auto-Illustrator software "jas" from LANGUID.com - as interviewed by "jas" from LANGUID.com and chih-min chen - as interviewed by chih-min chen Remember, Interviews are accepted on a rolling basis at interview@plagiarist.org (Plagiarist.org will experience some downtime early in the week of June 4th, while it moves to a different server - if you submit an interview and do not receive a reply, please resubmit later in the week! Apologies for any inconvenience - we look forward to continuing to serve your self-interviewing needs!) - ----- Join the Web Celebs at Interview Yourself... Celebrity interviews just like Warhol used to do 'em.... only cheaper. ....IY-IY-IY-IY-IY-IY...Interview Yourself Interview Yourself Interview Yourself.... - -plagiarist ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 18:47:30 +0200 From: Aurora Fonda <spignotti@iol.it> Subject: biennale.py: A Virus in the Venice Biennale Press Release, June 1st 2001 49th International Art Biennale of Venice Press opening: June 6th, 7th and 8th 2001; Opening June 9th 2001. Pavilion of the Republic of Slovenia Gallery A+A, San Marco 3073, Venice 30124. Tel/Fax 041 2770466 e-mail: spignotti@iol.it Press office: Roberta Lombardo - hurstel.roberta@wanadoo.fr A Virus in the Venice Biennale A group of artists and programmers will exhibit a new computer virus. A virus is usually considered evil, chaos. But what happens when it is a contemporary art temple to spread the chaos? Conceived and compiled for the invitation to the 49th Venice Biennale, "biennale.py" is the product of the collaboration of two entities, 0100101110101101.ORG and epidemiC, already known for other shocking actions, often bordering with crime. "biennale.py" is both a work of art and a computer virus. The source code of the virus will be made public and spread on the opening day of the Biennale, June 6th 2001, from the Slovenian Pavilion. The main anti-virus software companies have already been informed about the technical specifications of "bienale.py" and the disinstallation instructions will be attached to the virus. Computer viruses or self-reproducing programs behave according to the same modus operandi of biological viruses: they attack an "organism", that is a file, sometime to settle and install their own habitat, and in other more rare cases, to destroy it. Viruses, thus, spread respecting the species conservation laws and the survival instinct. A virus is. More, a virus wants to exist instinctively and without mediations, and it is just this the main and only function of "biennale.py": to survive. The creation of a virus tout court, free and without an end or a goal, is in the worst case a test, a survey on the limits of the Net, but in the best case is a form of global counterpower, generally a pre-political form, but that resists the strong powers, it puts them under a new balance, it shakes and reassembles them. A new idea of a "virus that is not just a virus" is gaining acceptance, and that it can represent the outbreak of the social into the most social thing of all: the Net. Inside the Slovenian Pavilion it will be possible to read the source code of "biennale.py" and test its functioning on a infected computer. During the opening days of the Biennale thousands of t-shirts carrying the source code of the program will show up. Paradoxically, such as in biological viruses, "biennale.py" will spread not only through machines but also through men. The paradox becomes even more clear if you think that the virus, a vague and dangerous entity by definition, is for sale to adventurous curators and collectors. To buy a computer virus is probably on the most exciting investment one could make today. The "biennale.py" fits perfectly with the context of the Pavilion of the Slovenian Pavilion, that this year will present the Absolute One project. With Absolute One the Slovenian Pavilion, starting from the basic question on how the artist could consctructively operate and actively respond to the globalization process, offers a strong and optimistic signal instead of the spreading fatalism and of the idea of inevitability. The artists that will represent Slovenia in the 49th Venice Biennale, besides the forth mentioned ones, will be Vuk Cosic and Tadej Pogacar. The new commissioner of the Slovenian Pavilion and curator of the project is Aurora Fonda. [epidemiC] website: http://www.epidemic.ws email: biennale.py@epidemic.ws 0100101110101101.ORG website: HTTP://WWW.0100101110101101.ORG email: biennale.py@0100101110101101.ORG ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 21:01:08 +0300 From: "dd" <addfield@ath.forthnet.gr> Subject: FW:Neighbourhoods of the world From: fournos [mailto:daphne@fournos-culture.gr] Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 7:06 PM New Deadline: June 29, 2001 Neighbourhoods of the world Concept “Neighbourhoods of the world” is a new international network that aims to create a new platform of different areas from all around their world. A number of neighbourhoods will be adjoined virtually and create a new community that wishes to build new strong and real relationships between areas and between people. While virtual communities expand more and more nowadays, at the same time they are accused that they tend to replace the real geographical ones becoming actually a substitute of them. This project wishes to readdress this subject starting off from the core of the geographical vicinities. We are looking back to the nostalgic concept of the neighbourhood that is being lost, aiming to recapture its sense and enliven it. The art centers, the organizations that will undertake the work for this project, need to reach out to the residents of the area and work with them so as to reflect their view of their place and transfer these images to the web site. Structure The neighbourhood can be a street and its surrounding area, a small territory a kid may walk through every day, a small world that encloses the residents’ most familiar images and every day life. This project addresses to art centers, university departments, music places, libraries, or other associations of any place in the world that are interested to work on their neighbourhood. For the realization of the project these centers need to discover the distinctive character their area has and develop powerful relationships with the small surrounding community. They need to become the dynamic cells of their neighbourhood and form a team of people (residents, artists, professionals, students etc) that will work together on the project. Each team will need to start an ongoing research and gather material – videos, photographs, interviews, texts- where the specific features of the area will be documented. As this material is to be presented on line, the particular centers need to play a double role; acting as the coordinators of the workgroup of their area on one hand and as an intermediary between the area and the whole network on the other. The material of each neighbourhood, after its first procession by the project team will consist part of the site. The overall construction, coordination and supervision of the site will be undertaken by Fournos Center for Art and New Technologies, in Athens. Fournos, that is situated in the area of Neapoli in Athens, will develop a project on its surrounding neighbourhood. In brief, the workgroup of Fournos can be described as the following: 1. Project Internal Team: - - Project “Wizard” (Person that acts as a supervisor for the whole project and plays a general overseeing role ensuring its development; is critical for its overall development and success; inspires the on going process of the work; negotiates with the external team) - - Project “Anima” (Person that enlivens the spirit and the concept of the project; is responsible for the ongoing process, defines the needs and the steps; contacts and communicates with the other participant art centers; cooperates with the artists and the other people who are working for the site) - - Project “Equilibrium Finder” (Person responsible to define the core functionality and the architecture of the site. He needs to address the needs of the audience visiting the site and to define the user experience. As the site aims to create a web community , his task is to oversee its development and keep the content of the site close both to its concept and the needs of its users) - - Project “Web Monster” (Equivalent to the Web Master but in a more extreme sense. Person that takes the material on the area and rebuilds it; creates the virtual neighbourhood that will be mostly based to the energy and the fantasy of a place; edits the pieces together and subtracts anything needless as trash, traffic signs or moody passengers…) 2. Project External Team: - - Artists (Architect, Musician, Video Artist, Photographer,...)The participation of artists is essential. It is preferable if they live or work in the area. Their work inspired by the place can greatly influence the development and the content of the site. e.g. a musician can capture and record sounds from the vicinity. - - Residents (Texts, photos by current habitants and newcomers ) - - Old people (Testimonies and thoughts from the past generation creating a documentation on the internet of their view of the world, a world that fades away) - - Professionals (Reference to traditional professions that may be preserved in the area from the past till nowadays) - - Kids (Words, pictures, photographs taken by children will be included) The virtual neighbourhoods will need to form a workgroup with a similar structure. Persons taking the positions of the Project Equilibrium Finder and the Project Web Monster may not be needed for the participant centers as the overall development of the site lies mainly to Fournos’ responsibilities. The material gathered by the centers will be processed and edited within Fournos Lab. However, the process of the material by a site designer or an internal technical team can surely help before the data reaches our technical support team. It is important to notice that all work will take place within the center and that no external private company will undertake the designing, construction and maintenance of the site. This is to avoid any advertising interventions as well as possible alterations in the content and appearance of the site. As the ongoing administration, maintenance and modification of the site will be kept in-house, it becomes clear that a close and steady cooperation between the participant centers is necessary. A dynamic and creative network needs to be created that will present several and different images of the various neighborhoods. Features of the project The site will be the main feature of the project as it will represent the network of the neighbouhoods belonging to the new community. Each participant neighbourhood will be represented virtually on the net. All material gathered by the project team as images, texts and videos will be accessible to users entering the site. From the first page a photo-picture of the vicinity will offer links to all possible next steps. The user will be able to click on several spots such as buildings, roads and people and discover features related to the area. By clicking, for instance, on a person appearing on the screen a video or a small text will pop up where the particular resident will be saying his personal thoughts and memories, his favorite place on the area etc. The profile of the resident, his name, age and profession will be stated, giving the sense of a new acquaintance to the people visiting the area. (e.g. Alison Parker, artist // Nick Papadakis, student, 12 yrs old). Our aim is to give the info on the area mainly through its residents. This is to avoid forming a mere archive or a database on the area and to help creating a site that enlivens a particular space and brings it closer to people’s eyes and mind. A variety of information can be provided. If a person names also his favorite food, a picture of it can be included and the recipe can also be given. Likewise, images and texts related to the buildings, the flowers and gardens, the small shops or other features will be presented on line. The network created will enable users to pass at any moment from one neighbourhood to another, as there will be a common general pattern for all vicinities. For example, from the pop up video for the foods of one area, links will be given for the foods of the other neighbourhoods as well. In the context of the site a forum will also be created where various subjects will be open for discussion. Through this new web community, we want to encourage the communication and the exchanging of experiences between people coming from different regions of the world. This community can give birth to a new platform of creation and dialogue for artists, residents, curators and all the visitors of the site. Users will be invited to join discussions, send mails to each other or even have an on line chat with other people. Each person entering the site will have to register, state his username, password and email. If they wish, they can also complete their own personal profile, adding their interests and other characteristics. This will help create an archive of profiles that will enable future communication. After logging in, the user can visit the several neighbourhoods he wishes and view what’s on line. The travelling exhibition and the other events An exhibition focusing on the distinctive features of the participating neighbouhoods will be scheduled in the future time that will be hosted in succession by the participant art centers. Along with the exhibition, other events will be programmed each time; installations, performances, art events and happenings will take place in several spots of a neighbourhood and enliven it. These events will have a major contribution in the acquaintance and the cooperation of the different areas. Artists will be invited to work in the venues of the different neighbourhoods and work on projects that will be co-curated by more than one art centers. The participation of the people of the areas will also be essential. An exchange program between residents can take place where people will be invited to visit neighbourhoods and meet the people they may have been in contact with via the net. Most of these events will be programmed to happen after the completion of the first year. During the first year, that the project will be going through an experimental phase smaller happenings or actions can be scheduled to bring the different areas closer. One idea is for the teams of the art centers to exchange gifts! Gifts to approach another community, like kids do in school classes before Christmas… To sum up, we hope that through the process of the project the participating art centers and the neighbourhoods will succeed in: bringing the residents closer to their area aknowledging its specific character; create a dynamic group of residents, artists, professionals and people working in art centers that will be able to work together and reach out to the community; create a network of neighbourhoods and people from the world that will share their views and experiences; offer a new territory for collaborations between artists and art centers from all around the world that will turn more to the neighbourhoods and will be inspired by them. If you are interested in participating, please read the conditions for participation that are attached and send us: - - the profile of your association - - the profile of the creative team that will undertake the work for the project - - a short text describing how you will develop the project on your neighbourhood. Also, please free to contact us for any queries you might have. Daphne Dragona General Coordination and Communication, Project “Anima” Manthos Santorineos Director of Fournos, Project “Wizard” Solon Sasson Project “Equilibrium Finder” Fournos, Center for Art and New Technologies Mavromichali 168, Athens, Greece Email: daphne@fournos-culture.gr Tel: +301 64 60 748 Fax: +301 64 70 069 Conditions of Participation for the “Neighbourhoods of the World Project” 1. The project shall be supported by an art center, a media lab, a university department, a library, music center or other non-profit association. 2. All the associations will conduct a research on the area and present the material in the form of videos, photos and images. 3. The work for each neighbourhood will be accomplished by a group of people from the center and the people living in the area. 4. Fournos, Center for Art and New Technologies of Athens undertakes the overall construction of the site as well as the supervision of the project. 5. Fournos as well as the participant centers accept to host the travelling exhibition that will take place in the future in their venue or other area in the neighbourhood. 6. Each center should be able to support financially the part of the project for its neighbourhood. 7. Fournos is responsible the financial support for the construction, modification and supervision of the site. 8. Deadline for the first call of participation is June the 29th , 2001. The material should be gathered and processed by the centers by the end of October 2001 and the site is scheduled to launch by the end of December 2001. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 14:53:28 EDT From: MWMWMSPACE@aol.com Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Jesse=20Bercowetz=20-=20Misunderstood?= Jesse Bercowetz - Misunderstood Jesse and I set up an experiment which utilized the gallery as a film set. It was staged as a crime scene with blood and travel bags from Jesse and his new wife's recent road trip across America -- accompanying this was a performance by Jesse. At the opening he wasn't in attendance but rather around the corner at a bar, very drunk and aggressively trying to raise money from friends and gallery go'ers. We planned the show to foreshadow the events that were going to take place and attract attention. The grizzly (real blood) murder scene was visible from the storefront windows. The show "worked" and on the opening day police came, checked it out, and took the bags. Jesse's apartment was later ransacked. The 90th Precinct denied any involvement. Luckily, an Australian film crew who just happened to be doing a piece on the Williamsburg art scene for Aussie TV was on hand. They took an interest and began documenting the events and then Jesse's family and circle of friends. It proved an interesting way to see what people really think of Jesse, the cops and much more. This show is an edited down version of over ten hours of interviews. Conceived by Jesse Bercowetz & Chris Murray Filmed by Claudio Orrico & Co. for "Australian TV" Directed and edited by Chris Murray Additional video by Lars Haga. Monk Gallery 301 Bedford, Brooklyn, 11211 Opening: This Friday, June 8 (7-10pm) Through July 1, 2001 Gallery Hours: Sat & Sun (12 - 6pm) or by appointment #718.782.2458 ( Invitation photo available / .PSD file from mwmwmspace@aol.com ) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 22:40:53 -0400 From: t byfield <tbyfield@panix.com> Subject: NYC: Parsons MFA Design/Tech exhibition The Parsons School of Design MFA in Design & Technology program ___ ___ / /\ ___ / /\ / /:/ /__/\ / /::\ /__/::\ \ \:\ / /:/\:\ \__\/\:\ \ \:\ / /:/ \:\ \ \:\__ \ \:\ /__/:/ \__\:\ \ \:\/\ \__\/ \ \:\ / /:/ \__\::/ \ \:\ /:/ /__/::/ \ \:\/:/ \__\:/ \ \::/ \__\/ is pleased to announce _______ _______ _______ |\ /| |\ /| |\ /| | +---+ | | +---+ | | +---+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |I | | | |/ | | | |O | | | +---+ | | +---+ | | +---+ | |/_____\| |/_____\| |/_____\| its Spring 2001 student exhibition "I/O" _/\/\/\/\______________/\/\________/\/\/\/\___ ___/\/\______________/\/\________/\/\____/\/\_ ___/\/\____________/\/\__________/\/\____/\/\_ ___/\/\__________/\/\____________/\/\____/\/\_ _/\/\/\/\______/\/\________________/\/\/\/\___ ______________________________________________ What Animations, broadcasts, interactives, installations, etc When June 6 - 20, 2001 [Mon-Fri 9am - 9 pm, Sat-Sun 10-6] Opening: Weds, June 6, 6-8pm Where Sheila & Arnold Aronson Galleries, 66 5th Ave *and* the Parsons Gallery at 2 West 13th St Info 212.229.8908 / <http://io.parsons.edu> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 17:10:23 +0200 (CEST) From: integer@www.god-emil.dk Vecerni branne instruktaze a performativni audiovideoexekuce jako utecha pro ty, kteri se jiz nevesli do umelecky benatskeho autobusu Centrum pro Soucasne umeni a exradio Jeleni porada "s obrazem i zvukem na i bez pocitace snadno a rychle" utery 5. cervna v 19.00 v Jeleni 9 "zvemeli vas na uterni vlahy casne letni vecer do prostor dvorku, sklepu a pud budov v Jeleni ulici.pak jde o duvod jaksi malicherny, ale bezelstny.. Predbezny program: 1.Marko Kosnik z Ljublane ukaze jak a proc pouzivat software umoznujicimi propojit v realnem case zvuk a obraz. jako je: Image/ine, LiSa, Max, MSP, NATO, BigEye, Quicktime. 2. Ondreje Smeykala projekce mesmerickych svetelnych obrazu a hluku. 3. Tamizdat intervention www.tamizdat.org 4. Posledni videopasky M. Zeta 5. 2 prezentace video pasky s 10ti kratkymi filmy: Martin Klapper, Martin Blazicek, Vladimir Kokolia, Marek Maran, Jan Sery, Ana Daucikova, Zdenek Mezihorak, Filip Cenek, Zdenek Zavodny, Nadja Slovakova. 6. Dokument o Romanu Signerovi a skupine Voice Crack. 7. zvukove revokace na pude. 8.vysilani Radia Jeleni: live from Benatky Bienale- exkluzivni rozhovor s velkym moravskym umelcem Jirim Suruvkou na www.radiojeleni.cz/live 9. dalsi ocekavana prekvapeni, 10.skrovne vegetarianske jarni pohosteni na zahrade. POZOR!!!!!!! 8. cervna setkani s Lisa Moren a Carol Hobson ze San Diega. 13. cervna v VELPAL performance PERRY HOBERMAN Lets Make a monster! //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////// "since woody vasulka, the pioneer of digital video was originating his early works in prague, while studying at film academy, it seems appropriate to call for an interest and rephrase the question: who are the artists, researchers and organisers interested in exchanging experiences, program, technology, software and visions in the field of synestesia, experimental film and video, digital video, live video connected to theatre, dance and music?" Marko Kosnik march@kud-fp.si> http://www.iflugs.hdk-berlin.de/emi info: Medialab Jeleni a Open Cultural Archive Jeleni 9 118 00 Praha1 milos@fcca.cz, lab@fcca.cz tel:022473178 stanice> c.33 Brusnice ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 23:56:16 +0200 From: infozone <infozone@ensba.fr> Subject: Pressemitteilung: COUNTDOWNTOWN > smARTdomains Schenkung der Domain www.galerie-der-stadt-stuttgart.de an die Stadt Stuttgart am 31.07.2001 1. Kurzinformation 2. Pressebild 3. Hintergrund -------------------------------------------------- 1. Kurzinformation -------------------------------------------------- "COUNTDOWNTOWN" eine Transaktion von BETACITY.DE Im April 2000 veröffentlichte BETACITY.DE das Netzkunst-Projekt smARTdomains unter www.galerie-der-stadt-stuttgart.de, das seither als Schenkung der Sammlung der Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart zur Verfügung steht. Ziel des Projekts smARTdomains ist, eine öffentliche Diskussion um das Nutzungskonzept der Galerie im Zuge des Neubaus anzuregen, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die bevorstehende Nutzung des Internets. Auf Wunsch der Galerie überschreibt BETACITY.DE am 31.07.2001 die Domain www.galerie-der-stadt-stuttgart.de an die Stadt Stuttgart, nicht zuletzt in der Hoffnung, die Eröffnung eines zeitgenössischen "Online-Flügels" anzuregen. Unter http://www.betacity.de/smartdomains/ werden während der Countdown-Phase SHOWS und aktuelle Informationen eingestellt. -------------------------------------------------- 2. Pressebild -------------------------------------------------- Zum Download unter: http://www.galerie-der-stadt- stuttgart.de/images/presse1.jpg -------------------------------------------------- 3. Hintergrund -------------------------------------------------- Wie kein zweites Medium bietet das Internet neue Möglichkeiten der Interaktion und Partizipation, wie sie auch für öffentliche Einrichtungen interessant geworden sind: Mona: Hallo Herr Schily, was muss man sich unter "egovernment" eigentlich genau vorstellen? Otto Schily: Unter eGovernment muss man sich vorstellen, dass wir auch die Möglichkeiten der Neuen Medien nutzen wollen. Damit soll den Behörden die Arbeit erleichtert werden, wir wollen aber auch transparenter und interaktiver werden. http://www.t-online.de/cebit/inhalte/chacei014.htm Auch die Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart ist eine öffentliche Einrichtung und sollte mit dem Ausbau des eGovernments in Stuttgart "interaktiver" werden. Eine gute Gelegenheit die Galerie in diesem Sinne umzugestalten bietet der bevorstehende Neubau. Neue Nutzungskonzepte und Betreiberstrukturen sind gefragt, wie sie in anderen Kommunen bereits angestrebt werden. Eine wegweisende Initiative startete die Stadt Dortmund, die unter art.net.dortmund.de ein internationales Forum für Internetkunst plant: http://www.art.net.dortmund.de/pressetext.htm Bisher unternahm die Stadt Stuttgart keinen Versuch diesem Thema zu diskutieren oder das Gespräch mit Medienkunstschaffenden zu suchen. Pläne zur Eröffnung eines "Online-Flügels" für Internetkunst sind nicht bekannt. BETACITY.DE wurde deshalb vor einem Jahr mit dem Projekt smARTdomains initiativ und reservierte der Galerie, die bis dahin über keine eigene Domain verfügte den Domainnamen www.galerie- der-stadt-stuttgart.de. BETACITY.DE wird mit einem KK/Providerwechsel am 31.07.2001 die Domain www.galerie-der-stadt-stuttgart.de der Stadt schenken und hat anschließend keinen FTP-Zugang bzw. keine direkte Gestaltungsmöglichkeit mehr. Das Projekt smARTdomains ist damit selbstverständlich nicht abgeschlossen. Karin Hinterleitner und Jens Gebhart, 4. Juni 2001 BETACITY.DE info@betacity.de www.betacity.de/smartdomains/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 14:18:54 -0700 From: "Michael Gurstein" <mgurst@vcn.bc.ca> Subject: World Congress of Citizens Network, Buenos Aires, 5-7 December 2001 World Congress of Citizens Network, Buenos Aires, 5-7 December 2001 For additional information write to the secretary of the Global CN2001: E-mail: secretariado@globalcn2001.org propuestas@globalcn2001.org inscripciones@globalcn2001.org URL: http://www.globalcn2001.org The Congress - Presentation Community networks is a generic term used to define different kinds of uses of the Internet and the information technologies that transform our society. In some countries, they are called differently, such as freenets, telecenters, or digital cities. However, in all cases, community networks gather people willing to use the new technologies for the renewal of their communities in the digital era. They are more than just a simple web: They are new forms of society. We can define community networks as a way of using the new technologies by various local agents (association, town, neighborhood, indigenous community, library, young people's association, women's movement, etc.) as well as national and even global agents for the purpose of generating a social transformation, either as economic development, greater citizen involvement or lower social exclusion. The Global CN congress is the annual meeting of the community networks from all over the world, as well as of people from different sectors interested in their promotion. These networks are new forms of civic associations in the digital era. They play an extremely important role in the strengthening of social networks, in any given population´s access to the knowledge and work opportunities of the Information Society, in citizens´ participation in local policy making, in the generation of better working conditions, and in the creation of companies with new production and service profiles. These issues will be discussed at the II World Congress of Citizen Networks - Global CN 2001 to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between December 5 and 7, 2001. The event will gather members of the community, governmental, political, academic, and business sectors involved in the promotion of these citizen networks, around a clear theme: "Renewing communities in the Digital Era". Global CN 2001 is an initiative developed by Global CN Partnership, the international alliance of organizations of citizen networks of Europe, USA, Canada, in collaboration with community networks in the United States, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Australia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Japan, Russia, India and Africa. Global CN 2001 aims to encourage the building of community networks around the world, based upon strategic alliances with the various organizations of civil society, the State, private enterprises and universities. These alliances are oriented towards the construction of the Information Society´s new communities. These communities are built through the articulation of the initiatives of the sectors involved, the exchange of methodologies, programs, processes, and the production of new knowledge. Global CN 2001 in Buenos Aires This second congress is the first one in Latin America, after the Global CN 2000 in Europe. We expect it to be a landmark in the evolution of citizen networks, not only for the level of the issues and participants in the debate, but also because it is a joint undertaking of all the social and political sectors, without which it will not be possible to build a society with equitable access to information. This II World Congress of Citizen Networks, hosted by Buenos Aires, will gather for the first time in Argentina the efforts of the major political and economic players of provinces -through CFI, Consejo Federal de Inversiones / Federal Council of Investments-, together with the academic and research sector involved in the main subjects of discussion represented by the Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani / Gino Germani Research Institute, of the School of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, and the main information and communication technology / ICT companies, represented by CICOMRA, the Chamber of Information Technology and Communications of the Argentine Republic. Global CN 2001 is supported by an international Consultative Committee and an international Executive Secretariat. The II World Congress of Citizen Networks is the continuation of Global CN 2000, which took place in Barcelona in November 2000. Information and communication technologies -which meet on the Internet- are showing great potential for the economic and social development of communities. This calls for the strengthening of an information society for everyone, which must be jointly encouraged by the various social, political and business sectors. It is in the above setting that Buenos Aires will receive, next December, representatives from institutions of around the world. Global CN 2001 will include conferences with key international speakers, roundtable discussions, workshops, videos, a community organization exhibition, and other activities. In forthcoming communications, we will keep you informed about the general organization, the program, logistics and other issues of your concern. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- For additional information, please write to the secretary of Global CN2001: secretariado@globalcn2001.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 14:16:41 -0700 From: "Michael Gurstein" <mgurst@vcn.bc.ca> Subject: CfP The Practice and Theory of Community Networks/Community Informatics This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_053F_01C0ED00.FA624120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 An Invitation for Proposals A Refereed Workshop and Research Track on The Practice and Theory=20 of=20 Community Networks/Community Informatics A Joint Presentation of=20 Community Network/Community Informatics Researchers and Community = Networkers For Global CN 2001 http://www.globalcn2001.org Buenos Aires, Argentina=20 Dec. 5th, 2001=20 Session coordinators: Michael Gurstein (Vancouver), Susana Finquelievich = (Buenos Aires), Artur Serra (Barcelona). Workshop=B4s goals:=20 1) Encourage and strengthen exchange and co - operation between = University and other researchers working with CN members world-wide=20 2) Strengthen the Practice and Theory of Community Networks and = Community Informatics jointly with Community Networkers worldwide.=20 3) Analyse case studies of co - operation between Post-Secondary = Institutions working with Community Networks=20 Proposals and papers for this workshop can be sent to: = propuestas@globalcn2001.org=20 Background:=20 Community Networking initiatives are being incubated, are in active = social service and are growing in diverse geographic localities around = the world. Global CN2001 follows along the path of Global CN2000 = http://www.globalcn2000.org , the first international community = networking conference, held late last year in Barcelona. =20 Buenos Aires, the 2001 host city, will provide its cosmopolitan setting = for a most important sharing of ideas about the diverse development of = local and regional information societies in a rapidly changing networked = global environment.=20 The "Research Studies on Community Networking/Community Informatics" = session is being organized to provide an academic - practitioner = context and understanding of the practical work that lies ahead for the = local sphere: Universities, government, the marketplace and civic = organizations, and a better understanding of individual, and collective = actions, information exchanges and knowledge building to support = Community Networking.=20 Papers are currently being solicited that address the complex = theoretical subject and practical applications of this conference = session.=20 A few rhetorical questions meant to evoke possible responses include:=20 1. What are potential major trends in academic studies about CN? What = are present and potential pro and con effects of joint studies on = community networking that bring together Universities and CN members?=20 2. What is the outlook for community networking amid evolving economic, = cultural, and social restructuring and values? Will community = networking become increasingly reinforced by joint work with = Universities? Which successes and failures have been registered in this = area? Do community networks offer potential opportunities for added = value and vitality for academic groups / Universities?=20 3. How might Universities, through research, knowledge building, = education, training, in tele-technologies and information exchange, have = positive effects on Community Networks? Which are the conditions and = changes (organizational, financial, etc) that Universities should = overcome to introduce the new academic and research areas that are = mentioned?=20 4. Might community networking initiatives serve as 'living laboratories' = and examples for newly evolving and diverse local-global social and = political processes?=20 5. - What is contemporary understanding of Academics and practitioners = about the character of "communities" in CNs? What are the new = mechanisms that permit new forms of social integration (community) and = how these forms are different from classical neighborhood proximity? = What are the potentials and limits of generating "electronic community" = in social contexts of poverty and inequality?=20 6. How can University - CN cooperation reinforce social and political = power of marginalized communities in their struggle against social = exclusion? How this cooperation may help to increase communicational = power of CNs in squatter or under-privileged areas? What is the role of = CNs (and universities) in major social transformations?=20 7. How universities can play an important role in detecting non-local = potential of community articulations and can provide CNs with tools = which permit access to worldwide informational and consulting resources = (that's not only a "hardware problem")? How to understand local - global = articulations of CNs and their potentials and threads for community's = identity?=20 8. How can academic research and discourse disseminate a broader social = and political recognition of CN's importance as a mean of democratizing = societies? How can they put the necessity of empowering CNs onto the = public agenda? How can public policy - in the national, regional and = local level - stimulate and support local (or non-local) CN initiatives? = =20 Submission Guidelines:=20 Please email paper abstracts of no more than 400 words by June 19. = Abstracts for papers, digital media, and other forms of participation = should not exceed 400 words (one page). They should include: the session = title, presentation title, author's name, institution, address, = telephone, e- mail and URL. They are to describe clearly the proposed = presentation, paper or activity.=20 Please use Arial 11 pt., at 1.5 space, page size A4.=20 Abstracts should be e-mailed to propuestas@globalcn2001.org, indicating = the author's last name in the title of the message. The deadline for = receipt of abstracts is June 19, 2001.=20 The abstracts will be evaluated by the Working Groups' Coordinators, = with the participation of selected researchers and activists in each = field. The Congress Secretariat will communicate the results of the = evaluation by August 31.=20 Languages:=20 Abstracts and papers may be written in any of the Global CN2001 = Congress=B4=20 official languages: Spanish, English and French. However, due to = translation costs, discussions in the Workshop will develop mainly in = English and Spanish. Plenary sessions will be translated to all three = official languages.=20 Timetable:=20 June 19: Deadline for receipt of abstracts.=20 August 31: Communication to authors regarding the approval of the = proposed=20 submissions.=20 October 1: Deadline for the submission of papers.=20 Information:=20 For additional Congress information, write to the secretary of the = Global=20 CN2001:=20 E-mail: secretariado@globalcn2001.org URL: = http://www.globalcn2001.org ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 13:41:44 -0000 From: "daz zad" <gorkydaz@hotmail.com> Subject: e-mail art and maps "Different new maps have been drawn for this occasion by artists, maps that serve mostly to enrich our imagination and creativity, not to produce antagonisms and war. These maps and their authors should be welcome as open minded statements on mappings of the powerful, sometimes critical, sometimes humorous..." Andrej Tisma. I would like to announce the completion of 'E-mail art, Mapping' at http://www.chelt.ac.uk/ah/degreeshow/me contributions were recieved from 27 International artists on the theme of mapping. This project began with a call to artists approached either directly or through mailing lists, online and off. The original message asked for artworks, on the subject of maps and mapping, to be delivered via email and/or 'snail' mail. The majority of the contributions were sent through email although some postal entries were received. in using both traditional and tecnologically advanced communications and distributive systems for the realisiation for this project a dialogue has been created between the two, reinforcing their relationship and similarities. Forewords by Daniel Stringer and Andrej Tisma. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 23:36:55 +0200 From: "Pia Vigh" <pia.vigh@www.kulturnet.dk> Subject: CULT 2001 - Copenhagen, October 3-5, 2001 - ANNOUNCEMENT CULT 2001 Exploring an interface between Cultural heritage, Net art and State of the art projects Copenhagen, October 3-5, 2001 New Culture and visions of collaborative culture Old structural barriers have been transgressed on the cultural scene, due to the digital economy and the new media strategies. New creative models of collaboration emerge between institutions preserving cultural heritage, performing arts creating new expressions, and information technology providing tools of communication. The interface between Cultural Heritage, Net Art and State of the art projects is new. It is both innovative, challenging and a critical vehicle for issues concerning collaboration, communication and dissemination strategies in modern societies. CULT 2001 CULT 2001 wishes to establish a platform for discussions and reflections on these new visions of collaboration and dissemination strategies. Central keynote speakers from major cultural institutions, as well as international net artists and computer scientists will provide the basis for this platform. A central experience of this conference will be the manifestation of national and international cultural networks, and national CultureNets that brings together institutions dealing with Cultural Heritage, Net Art and State of the Art technology. CULT 2001 offers an opportunity to reflect on this cultural interface. This opportunity is aimed widely at international cultural institutions, organisations for technology and the visual arts, web oriented artists and curators, as well as already existing national CultureNets. We invite artists, theorists, the cultural sector, festival organisers and new media industry people to meet, discuss and reunite within the framework set by international keynote speakers. There will be plenty of opportunities to reflect further on the future of this new cultural interface in parallel sessions and social events during these two days in Copenhagen. Contact: culturenet-denmark@www.kulturnet.dk :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: CultureNet Denmark, organiser of CULT 2001, has since 1997 gained a unique experience being a web based platform for various cultural institutions and expressions. These include traditional state cultural institutions, independent net artists, international cultural networks and market based technology. CultureNet Denmark participates in the development and implementation of national IT visions on behalf of the Danish Ministry of Culture. Programme and registration will soon be available at: http://www.kulturnet.dk Kind regards, Pia Vigh :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: C U L T 2 0 0 1 :: C o p e n h a g e n :: Organizer: CultureNet Denmark Christians Brygge 3 DK-1219 Copenhagen K P +45 33 13 50 88 F +45 33 14 11 56 culturenet-denmark@www.kulturnet.dk http:// www.culturenet-denmark.dk ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 16:59:26 +0200 From: Babeth <filmart@xs4all.nl> Subject: new media programming for TV station As Head of Programming for the Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation that airs on TV on the national channel 1 in the Netherlands I would like to communicAte to you that I am looking to hire a part time programming advisor/ technician for new media applications. Please reply to babethvl@boeddhistischeomroep.nl (T: 31-35- 6293192 or fax 31-35- 6293195) BABETH M. VAN LOO ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 15:51:03 +0000 From: Jayce Salloum <rrrr@rrrr.net> Subject: fwrd If interested reply directly to: seidtrak@uclink4.berkeley.edu The Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, Ca, is looking for films and videotapes concerning issues of the Human Genome. These works can be traditional or experimental in form, but should address, at least marginally, such genomic topics as biotechnology, cloning, eugenics, frankenfood, chimera, transgenic species, boutique babies. The works selected will travel to at least two sites as a complement to a museum exhibition on the Genome. All works selected will be given a modest honorarium. Please contact Steve Seid, Video Curator, Pacific Film Archive, no later than July 15. Seid is available at 510/642-5253 or at this e-mail address. - -- Steve Seid Video Curator Pacific Film Archive 2625 Durant Avenue Berkeley, CA 94720-2250 510/642-5253 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 01:27:49 +0200 From: Eric Kluitenberg <epk@xs4all.nl> Subject: net.congestion - the web launch - Friday June 8th >>>> A N N O U N C E M E N T <<<< net.congestion - The Web Launch Friday, June 8, 2001 De Balie - Salon Doors & streams open @ 20.00 hrs (Local Amsterdam Time) GMT: 19.00 LAT: 20.30 : Official launch of the web archive GMT: 19.30 During the past months an on-line web archive has been built of net.congestion, the International Festival of Streaming Media, which was organised in Amsterdam in October 2000. As far as possible all the debates, workshops and presentations of the festival have been included in the archive. Besides these archived streaming components the on-line archive also contains all the texts of largely sold-out festival reader, the web journal, interviews and other source materials. LAT: 21.00 : Live on-line - looking good GMT: 20.00 A kaleidoscope of projects that were present during the net.congestion festival will be presented during the evening. All contributions will be made live on-line via the internet from various locations shattered around the globe: E-Lab / RIXC (Riga/Latvia), Radio 90 / Sleeping Buffalo (Indigenous net.radio) from Banff, Canada, Open Streaming Alliance (New York), House of Laudanum (Sydney), Consolidated Works / HugeCaster (Seattle), Sarai (Delhi), and others have been asked to make an on-line contribution to this program, and share some of their views and insights into the future of streaming media for arts, culture and activism. LAT: 22.30 : net.radio.web.tv.night GMT: 21.30 The remote presentations will flow into the net.radio.web.tv.night: a transcontinental re-mix and live-jam of images, sound and digital data structures, presented as a virtual audio-visual planetary Ping-Pong match via the internet. The net.radio.night is a well established concept of the xchange network of net.broadcasters, a world-wide coalition of sound and media artists who investigate the internet as a medium for live audio-visual transmissions. The evening program in Amsterdam will take place in an informal atmosphere with drinks, projected live streams and chatrooms and on-site musical improvisations. Seattle promises to organise a rich-media lunch, about the other locations we have no reliable data as yet. - -> chill out in the post-dot-com new media jungle! __________________ ** Remote participants: IRC chat at: http://irc.re-lab.net/xchange Links to live streams at: http://www.net.congestion/live http://www.balie.nl/live The festival & archive web site: http://net.congestion.org ------------------------------ # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net