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Table of Contents: Workshop "Online Archive: Perspectives on Networked Knowledge Spaces": Video Doc Felix Schmitz-Justen <schmitz-justen@imk.fraunhofer.de> We would like to invite you to be a part of the Weavers human network "Stephane Nephise Chapuis" <stephane@expo4art.com> Joint Resolution Passes Unanimously US Department of Art & Technology <press@usdept-arttech.net> REALTOKYO MM Vol. 104 Andreas <andreas@realtokyo.co.jp> en) Australia - Woomera2002 scrapbook - reflections on woomera2002 actions dr.woooo@nomasters.org [NET.JAM] audio & video STREAM sundays eyescratch(TM) <eyescratch@share.dj> HorizonZero "Bizzocchi, Justine" <Justine_Bizzocchi@BanffCentre.CA> REALTOKYO MM Vol. 105 Andreas <andreas@realtokyo.co.jp> Gary Snyder's "Buddhist Anarchism" "Bureau of Public Secrets" <knabb@slip.net> URL for Hommes et Migration/migrants.com "Soenke Zehle" <soenke.zehle@web.de> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 11:19:33 +0100 From: Felix Schmitz-Justen <schmitz-justen@imk.fraunhofer.de> Subject: Workshop "Online Archive: Perspectives on Networked Knowledge Spaces": Video Documentation Online Workshop "Online Archive: Perspectives on Networked Knowledge Spaces": Video Documentation online. The workshop "Online Archives: Perspectives on Networked Knowledge Spaces", which was held on October 25 and 26 in Schloss Birlinghoven, Sankt Augustin (GER) focused on the following topics: 1 Internet Platforms for Media Art 2 Knowledge Visualisation: Methods and Technologies 3 Extensible Multimedia Information Management Systems 4 Ambient Knowledge Spaces In addition the workshop was the venue for the digital sparks 02 award ceremony. The video documentation of the workshop and the award ceremony can be found here: http://netzspannung.org/workshops/online-archives/program/en With best wishes. Monika Fleischmann & Wolfgang Strauss with the MARS Lab _________________________________________ Editorial office netzspannung.org Fraunhofer Inst. Media Communication MARS Exploratory Media Lab Schloss Birlinghoven, D-53754 Sankt Augustin phone: +49.(0)2241.14-3449 fax: +49.(0)2241.14-2133 email: redaktion@netzspannung.org _________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 15:35:39 +0100 From: "Stephane Nephise Chapuis" <stephane@expo4art.com> Subject: We would like to invite you to be a part of the Weavers human network We would like to invite you to be a part of the Weavers human network Internet Fiesta 5th Edition from March 17th to 23rd 2003 theme Expatriation today Since the beginning of the Internet adventure, the web has continued to be the favoured link between expatriated communities. Through forums, chat rooms and specialised web sites, communities have formed according to their cultural affinities. Today the world wide web is the main communication stream between members of these communities. The Internet allows individuals living abroad to stay in touch with their culture, their language and to recreate a cultural space which puts a specific emphasis on their particular identities. We would like to invite you to be a part of the Weavers human network. There is neither adhesion fee nor any other kind of payment involved. The fact of being a weaver only commits you to be enthusiastic, to use the Internet and to help in anyway you can, to the success of the Fiesta and to interactive communication development. To be a weaver is to favour international exchanges and the circulation of culture. It means also to incite, to mobilise and to lead, by all means of action or communication one or several multi disciplinary events or to generate, support and promote such an event. All this in order to attract a larger and more diverse audience and to shorten the distances between individuals or organisations who wish to be help each other. Each new weaver enforces a even greater network of skills, means and intelligence so constituted, across every border. On the main frame, the Internet Fiesta Portal, links lead to weavers, every weaver must then, as a fair exchange, install a link to Internet Fiesta, the "public place". To subscribe as a weaver, please fill the form at: http://www.tutytam.org/2003/english/form-tejedores.html Thank you and best regards For the International Fiesta Committee St=E9phane N=E9phise-Chapuis Information & Communication stephane@expo4art.com withdrawal of subscription : removeIF2003@tutytam.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:04:46 -0500 From: US Department of Art & Technology <press@usdept-arttech.net> Subject: Joint Resolution Passes Unanimously US Department of Art & Technology Washington, DC http://www.usdept-arttech.net press@usdept-arttech.net Press Secretary For Immediate Release: November 15, 2002 Joint Resolution Passes Unanimously To Authorize Acts of Artistic Mediation The US Department of Art & Technology, along with the Global Virtualization Council, unanimously passed a Joint Resolution "To Authorize the Use of Acts of Artistic Mediation" (US DAT J. RES. 1). Joined by the President and First Lady, along with staff of the Department, Secretary Randall M. Packer announced the Joint Resolution in a speech today at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Secretary Packer hailed the Resolution as a "final test" of the Bush Regime's willingness "to submit to any and all methodologies to verify his compliance. His cooperation must be prompt and unconditional, or he will face the severest consequences." Visit the Department Website for the full text and video transcript of the Secretary's speech. The official document of the Joint Resolution has been published in the current edition of Intelligent Agent (Vol. 2 No. 4, Fall '02). The US Department of Art & Technology http://www.usdept-arttech.net The US Department of Art and Technology is the principal conduit for facilitating the artist's need to extend aesthetic inquiry into the broader culture where ideas become real action. Global Virtualization Council http://www.usdept-arttech.net/gvc/ The Global Virtualization Council's intent is to mobilize and coordinate artistic forces of virtualization internationally. Intelligent Agent http://intelligentagent.com/archive/Vol2_No4.shtml Intelligent Agent is a service organization and information provider dedicated to interpreting and promoting art that uses digital technologies for production and presentation. The Editor-in-Chief is Patrick Lichty and the Director is Christiane Paul. Contact: Press Secretary of the US Department of Art & Technology press@usdept-arttech.net # 01-115 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:35:17 +0900 From: Andreas <andreas@realtokyo.co.jp> Subject: REALTOKYO MM Vol. 104 Sorry for the delay! R E A L T O K Y O MAIL MAGAZINE _____11_15_2002_Fri_vol.104___________ http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/ [This Week's Index] (1) Tokyo Editors' Diary Sugatsuke Masanobu ("Composite"/"Invitation") vol. 002 (2) Tokyo, 4 Weeks Tokyo FILMeX 2002 (3) Out of Tokyo Vol. 50: The Power of Location part 2 (4) Tokyo Visitors' Book Ramo Teder a.k.a. Pastacas (5) Present "Cafe Paraiso" invitations, Tokyo FILMeX, Fonica CDs This week's RT Picks: art+cinema+music+stage+design+town = 36 events including 10 new ones! Plus new entries on our 'book/disk' page. Check them out! http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/ ============================================================== (1) Tokyo Editors' Diary ============================================================== Sugatsuke Masanobu ("Composite"/"Invitation") vol. 002 It's a busy day with three photo shootings for the new "Invitation" magazine on my schedule. The first one -- men's fashion -- takes place at Kabukicho, Shinjuku. Stylist Kitamura Michiko's idea was to shoot 'guys with strong facial expressions,' and according to this concept a couple of pretty theatrical-looking models were cast. We ended up with an impressive line-up of personalities from several generations, including Kara Juro, Matsuo Suzuki, Rahmens, Nagatsuka Keishi, Yamauchi Takaya, and Okura Koji. Read more at: http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/en/diary/0017-henshucho.htm ============================================================== (2) Tokyo, 4 Weeks ============================================================== Does Tokyo Need a Film Festival? Matsumaru Akiko recommends: Tokyo FILMeX 2002 If you ask me to name Tokyo's best food I'm at a loss for an answer, since Tokyo is probably the place with the biggest variety of different kinds of food on earth. Italian yesterday, Chinese today, Japanese tomorrow... that's what a week's menu here can look like in terms of food, but for movies the international choice is not much different. So, does a place with so many options actually need a film festival? Read more at: http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/en/4weeks/0075-maru.htm ============================================================== (3) Out of Tokyo ============================================================== Vol. 50: The Power of Location part 2 by Ozaki Tetsuya I spent the last weekend in the Kansai area, visiting Osaka and Kyoto. That's why unfortunately I missed the exhibition of the results of the "Artists in Akiya" project (or "Kyojima Project") that I absolutely wanted to see. But no matter how much I regret that the event is over, and I'd like to report from an interesting art exhibition I experienced in Kansai instead. Or, to be more precise, it's the event's venue I want to write about. Read more at: http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/en/column/ozaki50.htm ============================================================== (4) Tokyo Visitors' Book ============================================================== RT caught Ramo Teder a.k.a. Pastacas, an artist and musician originally from Estonia and now based in Salo, Finland, after his live set at the "Warszawa Might" event at Star Pine's Cafe. Read his answers in the "Tokyo Visitors' Book" section, to access from the Top page or from the pull-down Menu: http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/ ============================================================== (5) Presents ============================================================== This week we give away free tickets for P3's exotic winter edition of the "Cafe Night," this time titled "Cafe Paraiso." Also new on the present list are invitations to movies shown at Tokyo FILMeX 2002. 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Copyright 2002 REALTOKYO ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:07:33 +1100 From: dr.woooo@nomasters.org Subject: en) Australia - Woomera2002 scrapbook - reflections on woomera2002 actions >From : scrap book <woomerapublication@yahoo.com.au> Desert Storm - Out Now ( woomera2002 no-border autonomadic caravan ) Date : Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:05:00 +1100 (EST) A new tabloid publication of reflections on the Woomera2002 protests and the ongoing struggles against borders is now available. At the round-up of the Melbourne Woomera2002 network the great fundraising collective had managed to get so much cash together there was some left over. A proposal was agreed upon that some money be put aside to fund a publication of reflections and analysis of the protests. Seven long, disorganised months later that publication is finally completed. We hope this publication goes some way to developing a more critical and reflective activist culture and contributes to the struggles against borders around the world. The publication can be view online at http://antimedia.net/desertstorm Copies can be ordered by emailing woomerapublication@yahoo.com.au or by mail to PO Box 209, Brunswick East, Vic 3057. *** Following is an essay from the text, some links to discuss these texts and links for other information on the woomera2002 actions and debates. >From the scrapbook Shape Shifting by Andrew Recent years have seen a significant growth in Australia of political organising that emphasises self-activity, decentralisation, autonomy and networks as key methods of working together. Many may mark the s11 protests against the World Economic Forum in 2000 as being a key catalyst in expanding this type of extra-parliamentary politics. Indeed the rising movements against capitalist globalisation around the world have been a key source of energy and inspiration. Several forms, from reclaim the streets, social centres, radical media making, anarchist and autonomist groups, forest and desert direct action and much more make up this tendency. Most recently the Woomera2002 actions were developed around the ideas of autonomy, self-activity and direct action and provide a practical example to explore the limitations and possibilities of a broader area of struggle composed around similar themes. Methods of Organising As this essay is an attempt at both introducing and critiquing the forms of organising used at Woomera I will briefly lay out the ways in which I feel they have operated. The methods of organising are however inherently multifarious, there is no single model or correct line and as such no one to speak as the voice. The opinions thus are solely mine. The methods of organising deny the mediation of representatives and instead emphasise direct democracy and direct action. Direct action is taken not as a last-ditch measure or as a form of militant lobbying, but as an ethic in itself, the preferred method of acting within the social terrain. Implicit in this is the rejection of the colonisation of everyday life by both the state and capital, and an endeavour to carve out some degree of autonomy in which to practice revolutionary new social relations, spaces from which to posit a radical reconstruction of society. One of the key markers of this tendency is its rejection of state structures as a means to social change. "Autonomous social movements aim to transcend the state, not capture it."* Decision-making occurs mostly through regular meetings of groups of individuals and spokescouncils and networks based on working groups, organisations and affinity groups. Decisions are often made by consensus, but not always. Ideas of networks and diversity are emphasised over some type of homogenous unity. An affinity group is a collective of people who work together to establish a level of trust between themselves. They are a radical support group who form the key nuclei of decision making and activity. They are most often made up of friends. A working group is made up of individuals, some from groups, some not, that come together to establish key needs of a broader network such a publicity, transport, infrastructure, skill sharing. A spokescouncil is a method of organisation by which each working group, organisation or affinity group sends a delegate or 'spoke' through which they participate in decision making and coordinate with other groups. As a structure they were popularised by the anarchists during the Spanish Civil War and again as part of the peace, feminist and anti-nuclear movements. Sometimes only spokes attend meetings, other times the affinity or working group will sit behind the spoke and discuss and decide on proposals. This is seen as a more egalitarian and cooperative structure than typical mass meetings and was the method employed at the Woomera2002 protests. It encourages greater self-activity, participation and ownership of struggles than mass meetings where only the loudest and most confidant usually speak and others are often relegated to a position of spectatorship. Spokescouncils are a more sophisticated decision-making structure and demand much more of participants in terms of self-organisation and initiative. The difference in structures could be seen as a network, web, or rhizome versus a hierarchical and static pyramid. Evaluating Woomera In many ways Woomera proved the practical potential of these methods of organising and should be celebrated for its success. There were, however, many failures in how the protests were organised, or not organised, which are worth evaluating. But first, the positives. The call to autonomy, self-organisation and self-initiative created a space where people were immediately trusted to bring their ideas and actions into a cooperative space. There was not one central structure that would approve the validity of people's ideas but an environment that would foster different approaches. The lack of centralised leadership meant that instead of taking orders the possibilities were laid out for people's imaginations. This, combined with a lack of overt authoritarianism, despite attempts by some groups like Socialist Alternative, created a greater sense of ownership and spontaneity in the protests and increased the possibilities for the fences to come down. When the fences were being dismantled there were no megaphones, there were no directors because there were no actors to direct. People refused to be bodies to be shouted at and shunted. They chose instead to "immediately (at once) & immediately (without mediation)"** become agents: self-organised and autonomous. Whilst some continued to run around and shout at people, their authority was ignored. People plainly and simply just got on with the job. The fences coming down and broken apart was one of those magic moments where hierarchies were dissolved, carnival and freedom ensued. The most decisive factor was of course the commitment of those inside, who spured those outside to commit themselves, and provide practical and direct solidarity to their ongoing struggle. The spontaneous self-organisation that occurred between the two groups of people was truly inspiring. Despite the difficulty of trying to establish an effective decision-making structure due to the chaos of Friday night many people did manage to organise themselves. The spokescouncils eventually proved their effectiveness, but unfortunately not until Sunday. The nature of smuggling people out of the camp, however, demanded people work in a decentralised and self-organised capacity. Another limitation is that these structures, though not new, are not established enough to be consistently effective. Many people are not used to having to organise themselves. The methods of decision-making, even in so-called radical circles, are not very different to the way the establishment organises itself, through directors and spectators. We are brought up taking orders from parents, teachers, cops, CEOs and governments; it will take a bit of practice to begin to unlearn that. One key criticism that needs addressing is the lack of preparation with regard to the escapes. Beyond anything else this seems to me to be more a problem of self-confidence, of actually believing we can achieve social change, than any particular organisational dysfunction. With a far greater belief in, and enaction of, our abilities who knows what would have been possible? The fact that the break-out was largely spontaneous means that Woomera2002 will not happen again. You cannot plan for spontaneity and as such it should not be fetishized. Similarly all the tactics used should be seen as merely that. Spokescouncils and affinity groups are not the correct organising method for every situation but should be applied as the terrain demands. Individualism versus Collectivism - Taking Autonomy Too Far For many the practice of autonomy centres on the individual or very small groups. There is a tendency to take the idea of a diverse network of collectives down to a microcosmic level. In the case of the Melbourne Woomera network meetings, 30 people in a room, the vast majority of whom are there only as individuals and not from any particular group, were told they are not a collective but rather an amorphous network of random individuals. This kind of hyper-autonomy often mirrors much of life under late capitalist society. The atomisation experienced in everyday life also occurs within some of the organising. The idea of a broader collective identity, of a 'we', is shunned as impinging on the freedom of individuals and tiny groups. If we have common ground we should use it. Many people come to activism through a rejection of the loneliness, alienation and isolation of everyday life under capitalism. They are attracted to activism because of the relationships they hope to form and the possibility of finding meaning through the construction of a collective identity in struggling against injustice. If we are to deny this collectivity we lose one of the strongest attractions of activism and more importantly we lose the power of collective action. "Autonomy" is often interpreted as being "separate from". There is a tendency though to take this to extremes to the point of self-marginalisation and atomisation. Autonomy doesn't mean being autonomous from each other, it means self-organising, self- management, self-activity. Autonomy is different from independence. Autonomy indicates a level of inter-dependence. This is not to say that the method of decentralised networks is not a valid project to work towards. It absolutely is. The problem is that the networks are at such a microscopic level that they end up becoming merely an amorphous collection of individuals and tiny groups that are hard to break into, rather than a much larger and much more effective web. We need to imagine these networks beyond groupsicles and individuals, we need to imagine it on a mass scale if is truly to be a potent force for social change. The examples of Italian Autonomia, European squatted social centres and the Zapatistas, though not without their own problems, prove that ideas of autonomy are applicable on a scale involving hundreds of thousands of people. Imagining and organising ourselves beyond our marginal scene cannot happen if we remain atomised and isolated individuals. Linking up with the vast majority of people, in work place or community everyday sites of struggle, is essential if autonomy is to be more than a marginalised subculture and the latest activist buzzword. Reactionism It is only natural that many react negatively to the idea of structure in an already over-structured world. It is, however, necessary to go beyond this and envision empowering methods of organising that facilitate direct democracy. There is a degree of reactionism against traditional leftist parties and a heavy and almost paranoid consciousness in the attempts to differentiate from them. Some of this is justified given the track record of such groups in attempting to take over otherwise functioning collectives. The amorphousness is an attempt to make that harder, to allow as little structure as possible to develop to prevent it being taken over. You can not build a solid politics, however, in such a reactionary state of mind, always fearful that other groups are going to take it over. It makes it very hard for new people to find something to get into and so the most visible and accessable groups end up being of the authoritarian socialist variety. In fact with the network dissolving after the protest authoritarian socialist groups did take over. Although 'take over' would be the wrong word. Basically the ball was dropped and the responsibility of ongoing solidarity, particularly for those facing jail terms and still inside, was taken up by the Refugee Action Collective. This seems ludicrous as many people now had much energy to put into organising. As soon as this occurred the network dissolved and then people complain about 'Trots taking over'. The Tyranny of Structurelessness "There are no leaders or organisers, no hierarchy." - - 'Autonomous John Farnham fan club' affinity group's flyer for Woomera2002. Hyper-autonomy gives rise easily to cliques of friends, which diminishes the decision-making power of those outside them. This was evidenced in the Woomera organising with much of the decisions happening behind the scenes through mobile phone conversations or in informal meetings. People who are friends form affinity groups (as is supposed to happen) and become 'autonomous', which means those without the skills often get left behind as it becomes hard to break into the structures. There is a certain degree of Darwinism where the most skilled and well-resourced prosper. A lack of formal structure accentuates this. For example, people were encouraged to autonomously produce their own propaganda or to speak to the media so as to avoid having a single representation, for people to represent themselves. Whilst I agree that this is the preferred method it ignores the reality that everyone can't go and produce their own flyer, or has the time or money. Similarly, not everyone has the skills to speak to the media. Such people often end up getting represented by default, with no say whatsoever. As such, groups like the Socialist Party and No One Is Illegal quite often ended up representing the protest as a whole. The point is not to dismiss collective representation as such but to ensure that they are transparent and democratically accountable and that the representation that does occur emphasises the multiplicity of participation. That doesn't mean that people can't produce their own material, they should be encouraged to do so, but that those without the means don't get represented by default! . These are hierarchies that need to be dealt with rather than pretending we suddenly have equal access to power because we are all 'autonomous'. "Autonomy" often gets used to mean "unaccountability", like "I can do whatever I want cause I'm autonomous". This was evidenced at Woomera where the spokescouncils often had no meaning, as there was little commitment to carrying out collective decisions. This is not to suggest that we should all lump ourselves together, that we should deny spontaneity and diversity but that we should be building a more communalistic culture. There is nothing wrong in my mind with the development of structures that create some common ground, or hallmarks. The emphasis on autonomy and 'respect for diversity of tactics' were general decisions that applied across the protest, so why not others? Collective decisions are not inherently bad, some degree of commonality needs to be established. More structure in this instance, rather than being the tyranny some rail against, can actually facilitate communication between groups, thus enhancing participation, accountability and democracy. More structure might also provide ways for new people to get involved who find it difficult to see a way into these amorphous collaborations of individuals. Calls for some kind of correct line, as touted by authoritarian leftist parties, are obviously to be rejected. The problem is to find a complementary balance between commonality and pluralism, a kind of decentred coherence. How can we envision "a world with space for many worlds" that is liberatory and revolutionary? The spokescouncil structure provides one practical model. The establishment of broader networks with a more defined politics is another. Open/Close Woomera2002 proved the possibilities of a networked, anti-authoritarian and direct action approach to social change. 50 detainees escaped and eleven remain free. The physical destruction of the steel palisades and razor wire that divide us, and the daily incursions against governments, capital, and their borders by the autonomous movement of people on a global scale, are an assault against the state as the arbiter of who enters the national fortress. Rather than being the 'anti-globalisation' xenophobes as parodied in the media, the actions showed up the fraud of 'globalisation', where capital and corporations can move but people can't. Here at Woomera were the real globalisers: those who wish to globalise humanity. The protests, both inside and outside the razor wire, inspired many as to the possibilities for different shapes and methods of refusal. Discussion of both the successes and failures of the protest, and the growth of anti-authoritarian and autonomous movements of resistance, are essential if we are to escape the dead weight of history. * Katsiafics, G., The Subversion of Politics, Humanity Books, 2001. ** Bey, H., Immediatism, AK Press, 1994. debate this text ' shapeshifting' http://melbourne.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=37123&group=webcast debate other texts from the scrapbook economic migrants http://melbourne.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=37124&group=webcast by way of introduction http://melbourne.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=37125&group=webcast in the Middle of Somewhere...the politics of place and space http://melbourne.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=37126&group=webcast borderhack http://melbourne.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=37127&group=webcast An Engagement with the Real: http://melbourne.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=37128&group=webcast Lucky Country? http://melbourne.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=37129&group=webcast more info on woomera2002 woomera2002 website http://www.woomera2002.antimedia.net movement/s debates post-woomera http://melbourne.indymedia.org/woomera-archive.php3 global no-border actions http://www.noborder.org end- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 19:57:20 -0500 From: eyescratch(TM) <eyescratch@share.dj> Subject: [NET.JAM] audio & video STREAM sundays This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. o /^\ - share.dj ][ [ -- call for collaborative sound art -- ] we are looking for a few good streams who are willing to NET.JAM until the sun comes up. conceptually it works like this - operating on the assumption that everything is already mixed - signals are shared for further processing - bounced here, now there, and finally landing on somebody's desktop. tune in to our weekly broadband quicktime stream SUNDAYS: [ http://share.dj ] [ every SUNDAY 17:00-05 to 21:30-05 (EST) ] or come on down to the weekly SHARE event here in New York City: [ [*]PENAIR (bring your I/D to get in!) ] [ 121 St. Marks St (near Avenue A) NYC ] hosted by lloop + geoffGDAM + newclueless encouraged by o.blaat UPCOMING: * 17 November - Shuichi Ohori aka curtain of cards Shuichi Ohorifrom Kyoto, Japan is a japanese artist who lives in Kyoto, Japan. He curates an experimental music event, "confetto" there. Ohori says he's been aiming to create sounds which would huff and puff, and blow down the finely divided & shrunken electronic music scene in recent years(!!?;) * 24 November - *Share 1.5 Year Anniversary* Featuring: o.blaat ([electroluxe], share) Taylor Deupree (12K) Kim Cascone (anechoic, founder of silent records, from SF) Timeblind (tigerbeat) * 1 December - David Last David Last [textures rhythms and lines] * (sound, video and paper). ...Sound sources for music: auld analog synths, MD field recordings, 80s home computers, drumkit and guitar, Gameboy, shitty Radio Shack reverbs and arcane distortion boxes, plus obligatory computer software. All these elements are snipped, clipped, and reprocessed in-computer and spit back out in a live stream as something that sits comfortably between beat-driven pop music and abstractions for dazed headphone scrutiny. [ T H I S . W E E K . N O V E M B E R . 1 7 . 2 0 0 2] @ [ S H A R E ] THE AUDIO JAM * 5-8pm open jam / walk-in sets prepared and spontaneous music from 4+ simultaneous performers in 3 rooms. bring your laptop/gameboy/groovebox/keyboard and an rca or 1/4" cable to join. this is the time and place to: perform a pop song you've written, try out that new max patch or software, hear your composition on a large sound system, improvise rhythms or melodies, get feedback on your latest project. 8-9:30pm featured set: Shuichi Ohori a.k.a. curtain of cards Shuichi Ohorifrom Kyoto, Japan is a japanese artist who lives in Kyoto, Japan. He curates an experimental music event, "confetto" there. Ohori says he's been aiming to create sounds which would huff and puff, and blow down the finely divided & shrunken electronic music scene in recent years(!!?;) THE VIDEO JAM * 5-9:30pm open jam / walk-in sets multi-user live video synthesis: Generating an immersive visual environment, in the SHARE tradition, in which multiple participants are able to jointly compose the video output. Try out and learn about new VJ wetware. As with the audio, walk-in sets are encouraged. Bring your clips or camera or bring your own laptop/amiga and RGB/S-VIDEO/COMPOSITE cables to join. prosopopoeia: * seemonkey [ Amoeba Technology ] * LU(X)Z [ Amoeba Technology ] * ecume des jours * skyvat * Fake Human * eyescratch(TM) As always, come to listen, come to trade, or drive that hangover away. computer not required. FREE [*]PENAIR (bring your I/D to get in!) 121 St. Marks St (near Avenue A) NYC 212-979-1459 http://www.openairbar.com - ------------------------------------------------------------- o /^\ - share.dj ][ whoever guesses our streaming window viewer may become unsubscribed and order the firehorse: stoli in a chilled shot glass with a lime and a lemon twist. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:54:41 -0700 From: "Bizzocchi, Justine" <Justine_Bizzocchi@BanffCentre.CA> Subject: HorizonZero Pssssst...we're going public! The Banff Centre and Canadian Heritage are pleased to present Issue 4 of HorizonZero http://www.horizonzero.ca TOUCH: PRIVATE2PUBLIC How intimate do we want our technologies to be? Intimate technologies are changing our worlds: The borderlines between private and public are blurring under the influence of new digital technologies, from mobile phones and wearable computers to tactile media and new forms of surveillance. Our November offering asks the question: What is privacy in an age of intimate technology? Is it time to rethink our notions of public space, and of privacy itself? - ----------------------------- LOOKING FOR ANSWERS? Join us on Tuesday, November 26 for Private Reveries / Public Chat. This live Web event will bring a panel of international experts together to chat with our online audience about how intimate boundaries are changing under the influence of ubiquitous technologies. (Check HorizonZero for scheduled time in your region.) - ---------------------------- Issue 4 also features the very touchable art of award-winning artists THECLA SCHIPHORST and JEAN DUBOIS. We publicly DECONstruct recent works from Steve Mann, and conduct our very own Horizontal Surveillance of the Canadian landscape. Plus: SKAWENNATI TRICIA FRAGNITO offers up some sex tips for cyborgs, MATT LOCKE organizes a very intimate speakers corner, and JEAN-CLAUDE GUÉDON gets invited to the party but has nothing to wear. And in this month's focus on WIRELESS SCIENCE: Lynn Sutherland makes some noise about the future of wireless technologies while Tom Keenan and Susanna Paasonen argue with Sadie Plant On the Mobile. You'll find all this and more exposed in intimate detail in the fourth edition of HorizonZero. - ---------------------------------- HorizonZero is a bilingual web-publication dedicated to presenting the best in Canadian digital arts and culture. The only way to experience it is to click. http://www.horizonzero.ca digital art + culture in Canada ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:37:34 +0900 From: Andreas <andreas@realtokyo.co.jp> Subject: REALTOKYO MM Vol. 105 R E A L T O K Y O MAIL MAGAZINE _____11_22_2002_Fri_vol.105___________ http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/ [This Week's Index] (1) Tokyo Editors' Diary Kurazono Keizo ("Internet Magazine") vol. 004 (2) Event Pick of the Week Emotional Site (3) Present Tokyo FILMeX tickets, "Cafe Paraiso" invitations, Fonica CDs This week's RT Picks: art+cinema+music+stage+design+town = 46 events including 12 new ones! Plus new entries on our 'book/disk' page. Check them out! http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/ ============================================================== (1) Tokyo Editors' Diary ============================================================== Kurazono Keizo ("Internet Magazine") vol. 004 I'm visiting the office of a certain Tokyo-based CATV company for an interview. A giant screen made up of 20 built-in monitors symbolizing the station's multi-channel nature is installed in the lobby. The atmospheres of each of these somewhat specialized programs are distinctly different from conventional mass-oriented TV. This makes me realize once again that also the media are recently changing to become more active and personal. Read more at: http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/en/diary/0018-henshucho.htm ============================================================== (2) Event Pick of the Week ============================================================== Emotional Site To everyone's regret the Shokuryo building closes down this fall, ending a remarkable history of 75 years. Until 2000 the place was hosting the "Sagacho Exhibit Space," followed by Koyama Tomio Gallery, Taro Nasu Gallery, and Rice Gallery by G2 that moved in and turned the building into a popular space for all kinds of creators to display their works. In this final event a total of 36 Japanese and international artists make full use of the exhibition space for the short period of nine days. In this situation facing the place's demolition the statement of Koike Ichiko sounds especially serious: "The sad thing is that the Japanese are standing and watching helplessly how such wonderful buildings hosting abundant spaces are being taken away one after another." - --Murata Yuko http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/event_cgi/ev_viewE.cgi?4,1207 ============================================================== (3) Presents ============================================================== We still accept applications for free tickets to see one of three selected films shown at the upcoming "Tokyo FILMeX 2002." Also still available are invitations to P3's "Cafe Night," as well as three copies of Fonica's "Ripple" album. 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Copyright 2002 REALTOKYO ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:57:26 -0800 From: "Bureau of Public Secrets" <knabb@slip.net> Subject: Gary Snyder's "Buddhist Anarchism" Gary Snyder's article "Buddhist Anarchism" -- one of the first expressions of what later became known as "socially engaged Buddhism" -- is now online at http://www.bopsecrets.org/CF/garysnyder.htm . "Although Mahayana Buddhism has a grand vision of universal salvation, the actual achievement of Buddhism has been the development of practical systems of meditation toward the end of liberating a few dedicated individuals from psychological hangups and cultural conditionings. Institutional Buddhism has been conspicuously ready to accept or ignore the inequalities and tyrannies of whatever political system it found itself under. This can be death to Buddhism, because it is death to any meaningful function of compassion.... "The mercy of the West has been social revolution; the mercy of the East has been individual insight into the basic self/void. We need both." * * * BUREAU OF PUBLIC SECRETS http://www.bopsecrets.org "Making petrified conditions dance by singing them their own tune." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 22:10:57 +0100 From: "Soenke Zehle" <soenke.zehle@web.de> Subject: URL for Hommes et Migration/migrants.com http://www.adri.fr/hm/default.html A few texts are actually available online, check 'archive.' Soenke ------------------------------ # 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