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The World Trade Organization is proud to announce its new official home page,
inaugurated just twelve days before the "Millennium Round" negotiations
begin in Seattle.

RTMark agreed to donate their own URL, http://rtmark.com/, to house the new
WTO site for the next few weeks. All of the usual RTMark content is present
in the new site, though in a somewhat different order than usual.

RTMark has donated websites to the George W. Bush presidential campaign
(formerly GWBush.com, now archived at http://rtmark.com/bush.html) and, most
recently, to New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (http://yesrudy.com/).

With this newest donation, as with the earlier ones, RTMark hopes to help the
beneficiary clarify its efforts and aims, previously presented in a muddy and
misleading fashion (at http://www.wto.org/).

WTO Director Mike Moore expressed his enthusiasm for the clarified site:
"I just hope they are as reasonable as we try to be and that we engage in an
intellectual, democratic way without any media terrorism." (Washington Post,
2 November 1999) Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative to the WTO,
chimed in with an expression of hope: "The single greatest threat to the
multilateral trade system is the absence of public support." (Financial Times,
11 October 1999)

Happy Millennium Round!
RTMark


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----- Forwarded message from PRIVACY Forum <privacy@vortex.com> -----

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 99 14:12 PST
From: privacy@vortex.com (PRIVACY Forum)
Subject: PRIVACY Forum Digest V08 #15
To: PRIVACY-Forum-List@vortex.com

PRIVACY Forum Digest     Tuesday, 16 November 1999     Volume 08 : Issue 15

                (http://www.vortex.com/privacy/priv.08.15)

            Moderated by Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com)
              Vortex Technology, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.
                         http://www.vortex.com

                       ===== PRIVACY FORUM =====

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                 The PRIVACY Forum is supported in part by
               the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)
                 Committee on Computers and Public Policy,
                 Cable & Wireless USA, Cisco Systems, Inc.,
                           and Telos Systems.
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             These organizations do not operate or control the
          PRIVACY Forum in any manner, and their support does not
           imply agreement on their part with nor responsibility
        for any materials posted on or related to the PRIVACY Forum.
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CONTENTS
        Announcing - PFIR: "People For Internet Responsibility"
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)


 *** Please include a RELEVANT "Subject:" line on all submissions! ***
            *** Submissions without them may be ignored! ***

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The Internet PRIVACY Forum is a moderated digest for the discussion and
analysis of issues relating to the general topic of privacy (both personal
and collective) in the "information age" of the 1990's and beyond.  The
moderator will choose submissions for inclusion based on their relevance and
content.  Submissions will not be routinely acknowledged.

All submissions should be addressed to "privacy@vortex.com" and must have
RELEVANT "Subject:" lines; submissions without appropriate and relevant
"Subject:" lines may be ignored.  Excessive "signatures" on submissions are
subject to editing.  Subscriptions are via an automatic list server system;
for subscription information, please send a message consisting of the word
"help" (quotes not included) in the BODY of a message to:
"privacy-request@vortex.com".  Mailing list problems should be reported to
"list-maint@vortex.com".

All messages included in this digest represent the views of their
individual authors and all messages submitted must be appropriate to be
distributable without limitations.

The PRIVACY Forum archive, including all issues of the digest and all
related materials, is available via anonymous FTP from site "ftp.vortex..com",
in the "/privacy" directory.  Use the FTP login "ftp" or "anonymous", and
enter your e-mail address as the password.  The typical "README" and "INDEX"
files are available to guide you through the files available for FTP
access.  PRIVACY Forum materials may also be obtained automatically via
e-mail through the list server system.  Please follow the instructions above
for getting the list server  "help" information, which includes details
regarding the "index" and "get" list server commands, which are used to access
the PRIVACY Forum archive.

All PRIVACY Forum materials are available through the Internet Gopher system
via a gopher server on site "gopher.vortex.com".  Access to PRIVACY Forum
materials is also available through the Internet World Wide Web (WWW) via
the Vortex Technology WWW server at the URL: "http://www.vortex.com";
full keyword searching of all PRIVACY Forum files is available via
WWW access.

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VOLUME 08, ISSUE 15

     Quote for the day:

          "Relax kid, it's only a movie!"

                -- Ham Salad (Bob Knickerbocker)
                   "Hardware Wars" (Pyramid Films; 1978)

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Date:    Tue, 16 Nov 99 12:08 PST
From:    lauren@vortex.com (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
Subject: Announcing - PFIR: "People For Internet Responsibility"

Greetings!  I'm extremely pleased to announce a new effort, aimed
specifically at helping to provide some real balance to a wide range of
issues affecting the Internet, which are increasingly impacting so many
aspects of our lives.  I hope that many of the readership will be interested
in participating in this project!  The PRIVACY Forum will of course also
continue as always.  Thanks very much.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com
Moderator, PRIVACY Forum -- http://www.vortex.com
Co-founder, PFIR: People For Internet Responsibility
   -- http://www.pfir.org

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                              ANNOUNCING

              PFIR: "People For Internet Responsibility"

                         http://www.pfir.org

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November 16, 1999

PFIR is a global, grassroots, ad hoc network of individuals who are
concerned about the current and future operations, development, management,
and regulation of the Internet in responsible manners.  The goal of PFIR is
to help provide a resource for individuals around the world to gain an
ability to help impact these crucial Internet issues, which will affect
virtually all aspects of our cultures, societies, and lives in the 21st
century.  PFIR is non-partisan, has no political agenda, and does
not engage in lobbying.

PFIR has been founded (in November, 1999) by Lauren Weinstein of Vortex
Technology in Woodland Hills, California and Peter G. Neumann of SRI
International in Menlo Park, California.  Both have decades of continual
experience with the Internet and its ancestor ARPANET, Lauren originally at
the UCLA lab which was the ARPANET's first site, and Peter at the net's
second site, located at SRI.

Peter is the chairman of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)
Committee on Computers and Public Policy, and the creator and moderator of
the Internet RISKS Forum.  Lauren is a member of that same committee, and he
is the creator and moderator of the Internet PRIVACY Forum.

With the rapid commercialization of the Internet and its World Wide Web
during the 1990's, there are increasing concerns that decisions regarding
these resources are being irresponsibly skewed through the influence of
powerful, vested interests (in commercial, political, and other categories)
whose goals are not necessarily always aligned with the concerns of
individuals and the people at large.  Such incompatibilities have surfaced
in areas including domain name policy, spam, security, encryption, freedom
of speech issues, privacy, content rating and filtering, and a vast array of
other areas.  New ones are sure to come!

While corporate, political, and other related entities most certainly have
important roles to play in Internet issues, it is unwise and unacceptable
for their influences to be effectively the only significant factors
affecting the broad scope of Internet policies.

There are numerous examples. While e-commerce can indeed be a wonderful
tool, it is shortsighted in the extreme for some interests to treat the
incredible creation that is the Internet as little more than a giant mail
order catalog, with ".com" associated hype on seemingly every ad, billboard
and commercial.  Protection of copyrights in a global Internet environment,
without abusive monitoring, is a challenge indeed. The Internet can be a
fantastic tool to encourage the flow of ideas, information, and education,
but it can also be used to track users' behaviors and invade individuals'
privacy in manners that George Orwell never imagined in his "1984" world.

PFIR is a resource for discussion, analysis, and information regarding
Internet issues, aimed at providing a forum for *ordinary people* to
participate in the process of Internet evolution, control, and use, around
the entire world.  PFIR is also a focal point for providing media and
government with a resource regarding Internet issues that is not controlled
by entities with existing major vested financial, political, or other
interests.  This is accomplished through the PFIR Web site, the handling of
telephone and e-mail queries, and through digests, discussion groups,
reports, broadcast and Internet radio efforts, and other venues.

For full details about People For Internet Responsibility, including
information regarding how you can participate in or keep informed about PFIR
activities (including the PFIR Digest mailing list), please visit
the PFIR Web site at:

   http://www.pfir.org

Individuals, organizations, media, etc. who are interested in more
information regarding PFIR or these Internet issues
are invited to contact:

Phone, Fax, or E-mail:

Lauren Weinstein
TEL: +1 (818) 225-2800
FAX: +1 (818) 225-7203
lauren@pfir.org

Please send any physical mail to:

PFIR c/o Peter G. Neumann
Principal Scientist
Computer Science Lab
SRI International EL-243
333 Ravenswood Ave.
Menlo Park, CA 94025-3493 USA

Thank you very much.  Be seeing you!

  ============

Lauren Weinstein
Peter G. Neumann
November 16, 1999

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   Le Monde diplomatique
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                               November 1999


LEADER

The Pakistan threat *

by IGNACIO RAMONET

     There are ill-starred months in the history of the world and
     October 1999 will probably turn out to be one of them. It revived a
     fear that had almost been forgotten: the threat of nuclear
     disaster. It started on 1 October with the accident at the
     Tokaimura factory in Japan. And continued with the overthrow of the
     democratically-elected government of Pakistan on 12 October.

           <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/1999/11/?c=01leader>

                                                  Translated by Ed Emery


SEATTLE PREPARES FOR BATTLE

Trade before freedom *

by SUSAN GEORGE

     The European Union has agreed on Commissioner Pascal Lamy's
     negotiating mandate for the ministerial conference of the World
     Trade Organisation (WTO). The mandate may be summed up as agreement
     to an all-round liberalisation of trade, but with some restrictive
     clauses concerning respect for cultural diversity, the
     precautionary principle and dialogue with the International Labour
     Organisation (ILO) on minimum social standards. In other words,
     free trade remains the rule and derogations the exception. The
     dismal legacy of five years of trade deregulation since the 1994
     Marrakesh accords should be enough to call the principles of the
     WTO into question. Europe refuses to do so, even though millions
     are mobilising in Seattle and around the world.

           <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/1999/11/?c=02george>

                                         Translated by Malcolm Greenwood


FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF EXPROPRIATION AND RESISTANCE

The plight of Chile's Mapuches

by JAIME MASSARDO

     The Chilean government is tenaciously stepping up the pressure on
     Spain and the United Kingdom to spare General Pinochet the trial he
     has been rightly promised. As a sign of displeasure towards Madrid,
     President Eduardo Frei, backed by his Argentinean counterpart
     Carlos Menem, has threatened to boycott the 19th Ibero-American
     summit in Cuba on 15-16 November. Meanwhile, mobilisation by the
     Mapuche Indians, abandoned to the greed of national and
     international business, is being mercilessly repressed.

                                         Translated by Malcolm Greenwood


FORMER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES BRACED FOR CHANGE

Eastern Europe heads into the unknown

by CATHERINE SAMARY

     After selecting five Eastern European countries (the Czech
     Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia) as "first-wave"
     candidates for accession to the EU, the European Commission decided
     in mid-October to begin negotiations with all the candidates. While
     this apparent raising of the barrier could delay accession for some
     of the original five, it does not necessarily involve a commitment
     to the others. The sudden change of policy is explained in part by
     the problems enlargement is creating for the Fifteen, but it also
     reflects growing concern about the outcome of transition in the
     East. Despite the undoubted gains in democracy, the peoples of
     Eastern Europe are experiencing a social crisis of unprecedented
     proportions. And as disillusionment grows, enthusiasm for Europe is
     waning.

                                              Translated by Barry Smerin


REDEFINING THE WORK ETHIC

US workers demand 'quality time'

by MARK HUNTER

     In the United States an erosion of private life is gathering
     momentum - at the demand of market forces and made possible by new
     technology. The medical consequences of work-related "stress" are
     worrying the leading US financial papers. This reality contrasts
     sharply with the current media line which would have us believe
     that US employees, in considerable demand, are able to dictate
     their conditions to employers. Moreover union-busting is still a
     very real deterrent.

                                             Translated by Harry Forster


CRACKS IN THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA

Moscow's designs on Chechnya

by JEAN RADVANYI

     Russian troops have been moving into Chechen territory since the
     beginning of September, in flagrant violation of the
     Chernomyrdin-Maskhadov agreement of 23 November 1996. Officially,
     they are after the "Islamist terrorists" wanted for causing trouble
     in Dagestan in August. But the limited offensive has become an
     all-out war, with the civilian population bearing the brunt,
     particularly in Grozny.
     What do President Boris Yeltsin and his latest prime minister hope
     to achieve? To rescue a government caught in the toils of a series
     of scandals and desperate to win the next elections? True, Vladimir
     Putin has gained a measure of popular support by exploiting the
     nationalist consensus and the bloody terrorist attacks. But there
     is no indication that this comeback will enable him to present the
     Yeltsin party with a majority in the Duma in December, let alone
     beat Yevgeny Primakov in the presidential elections in June 2000.
     There is plenty of time before next spring for the Russian army to
     become bogged down in Chechnya, for the West to condemn the
     escapade in even rounder terms, and for Russian opinion to swing
     back.
     If, apart from ulterior electoral motives, the Kremlin is seeking
     to defend Russian interests in the region, it is still a huge
     gamble. This war could rebound on its instigators, destroy any
     prospect of renewing the Federation or relaunching the Commonwealth
     of Independent States and play right into the hands of the forces,
     headed by the United States, that are bent on weakening Moscow's
     influence on its own southern borders. -- D.V.

                                            Translated by Barbara Wilson

Taliban stir up regional instability

by AHMED RASHID

                                             Translated by Harry Forster


APARTHEID BY ANY OTHER NAME

Creeping annexation of the West Bank *

by EITAN FELNER

     One step forward, five steps back. After much humming and hawing
     Ehud Barak has decided to dismantle 10 of the 40 settlements built
     by the right in the months before the Labour Party and its allies
     came to power. But by maintaining 30 of them - on top of the 145
     others - the Israeli prime minister is disregarding the resolutions
     of the UN Security Council, making it harder to have an independent
     Palestinian state and reinforcing the system of discrimination in
     the West Bank.

           <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/1999/11/?c=08israel>

                                                Original text in English


CIVILIANS RALLY BEHIND HIZBOLLAH

South Lebanon resistance fights on

by WALID CHARARA and MARINA DA SILVA

     While Syria and Israel continue to bargain over a possible
     resumption of peace negotiations, Ehud Barak has announced that he
     intends to withdraw his army from South Lebanon. Yet this September
     the Israeli air force flew close to 100 sorties against Lebanon, a
     record since Operation Grapes of Wrath in 1996. The bombing goes
     unnoticed by the international media, but it does nothing to shake
     the population's dogged resistance to Israeli occupation.

                                             Translated by Harry Forster


IN SEARCH OF DÉTENTE ON THE 38TH PARALLEL

Political reform eludes South Korea

by DANIEL VALLOT

     On 17 September, after a period of high tension, Washington
     announced the partial lifting of the 46 year-long embargo on North
     Korea in exchange for a suspension of long-range missile tests.
     This easing of tension has not, however, been felt inside the
     famine-stricken country. Meanwhile in South Korea, President Kim
     Dae Jung is having trouble reforming anti-communist legislation
     that is the legacy of the cold war and dictatorship.

                                                  Translated by Ed Emery

Glimpses of North Korea

by our special correspondent ILARIA MARIA SALA

                                                  Translated by Ed Emery


MIGRATION OF PEOPLES, DISINTEGRATION OF STATES

Africa's frontiers in flux *

by ACHILLE MBEMBE

     Regional migrations, disintegrating states, geopolitical
     restructuring: Africa is constantly pulling itself apart and taking
     on new shapes under the combined effects of demography, massive
     urbanisation and the economic, military and religious ambitions
     being pursued. These conflicts and movements rarely fit into a
     pattern based on the state and they are hard to pin down. Yet the
     mosaic makes up a picture on which the continent's new frontiers
     are being drawn.

           <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/1999/11/?c=12africa>

                                        Translated by Derry Cook-Radmore


BACK PAGE

A culture of peace

by RAMÓN-LUIS ACUÑA

     If a government is more concerned with strategic security than with
     that of its citizens and gives priority to military spending to the
     detriment of social expenditure, the result is human misery. Which
     two countries had the highest ratio of military to health and
     education spending in 1980? In descending order they were Iraq (8
     to 1) and Somalia (5 to 1). How effective is Unesco in trying to
     reverse these priorities?

                                         Translated by Malcolm Greenwood



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If you have the kinematek application, you may dowload the complete film
from here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~kidseatfree/Media/Movies/FilmNo1Complete.sea.hqx

The archive contains three files-

FilmNo1Complete  (the text file )
FilmNo1Audio.mov (the sound file)
FilmNo1UseCase   (instructions  )



La Reproduction Interdite Presents

    UNE PEINTURE DE CRISE (Film No. 1)

an ASCII animation constructed for

    Kinematek 0+2 (=cw4t7abs software).


The Internet version can be accessed via this URL:

    http://home.earthlink.net/~kidseatfree/Media/Movies/



USE CASE     | PLAY 'UNE PEINTURE DE CRISE' FILM
-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------
             |
Purpose      | To play UNE PEINTURE DE CRISE using a Java-enabled browser.
             |
Actor(s)     | +  Email receipient
             |
Preconditions| 1. Java-enabled web browser is open.
             | 2. Internet connection is established.
             |
Basic Course | 1. Enter the correct URL in browsers URL field.
             |    Post Condition: Browser displays Kids Eat Free Films page.
             |
             | 2. Click on the 'Une Peinture de Crise' link.
             |    POST CONDITION:
             |        * Browser displays full screen Java applet.
             |        * Applet status displays 'konnekting'.
             |
             | 3. Wait for film to load.
             |    POST CONDITION: Applet displays numerical sequence,
             |    indicating film has loaded.
             |    NOTES: with a 41 kbps modem connection, load takes about
             |    2 minutes.
             |
             | 4. View film.
             |    POST CONDITION: Film viewed.
             |    NOTES: Click on the Stop/Play button to re-view film.
             |
             |
Notes        | 1. Internet playback was tested with the following browser
             |    configurations:
             |        * Internet Explorer 4.5 for Mac with Apple MRJ 2.1.4
             |        * Netscape Navigator 4.04 with Netscape JVM
             |
             | 2. Playback with IE4.5+MRJ will be closer to the intended
             |    speed. The Netscape Java implementation is sluggish.
             |


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[apologies for the cross-posting inconvenient to multiple lists - version
francaise plus bas]

Dear colleagues

On december 15th, the Informative Arts Art Foundation will open its
exhibition :  "XXI Default Value"

On that occasion pavuCS (PAVU Communication Support) invite all the
net.artists to conceive advertising banners for their work and to mail them
to pavu@free.fr

The received banners will be displayed on the Foundation's home page

banner size : 468x60 pixels
Deadline : december 12th 1999

We await your banners with impatience and thank you very much in advance

Best regards

pavuCS
http://pavu.free.fr/pavuCS
-/ don't let net tease you /-
--
iaaf
http://iaaf.free.fr

---------------------------------- [VERSION FRANCAISE]

Chers collegues,
Le 15 decembre prochain, l'Informative Arts Art Foundation (iaaf)
inaugurera son exposition "XXl - default value".

A cette occasion, pavuCS (PAVU Communication Support) invite tous les
net.artists a concevoir des bannieres publicitaires pour leur travail et
a les envoyer a pavu@free.fr

Les bannieres recues seront affichees sur la page d'accueil de la
Fondation.

Format des bannieres : 468x60 pixels
Deadline : 12 decembre 1999

Nous attendons vos bannieres avec impatience et vous en remercions par
avance

Cordialement,

pavuCS
http://pavu.free.fr/pavuCS
-/ don't let net tease you /-
--
iaaf
http://iaaf.free.fr


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Call for Submissions <4.0> *spark - exploring electronic consciousness...
http://www.spark-online.com

*spark-online is now accepting contributions for Issue 4.0, to be released
on 1.1.00 <<<  Submissions to the magazine are due the 5th of December.

*spark-online is an online culture magazine, which explores life in a
world undergoing a digital revolution. Our dialogue brings focus to the
role of technology, digital art, and the new media in a society that has
moved online.

*spark assesses the relative merits of these emerging trends, and places
this analysis within a sociological and historical context.  We perpetuate
this dialogue through original articles and art work, and a lively
discussion board >>> a dialogue we call:  'exploring electronic consciousness.'

Submissions should be between 400 and 1000 words.  Please use Times New
Roman font (12 point), and include a short biography of yourself at the end
of the piece (no more than 40 words in length).  Editorial policy will
favour those submissions that are succinct in syntax, and in the active
voice.  Preference will be given to editorial-style opinion articles, rather
than rational, argumentative style article.  Given the constraints of the
medium, an editorial style article seems to lend itself better to an on-line
publication.

*spark-online is a collaborative effort; and currently not profitable.  Any
revenue we generate covers the costs of keeping *spark-online
operational.  This means *spark-online does not pay for the written or
graphic material found in the magazine.   That said, in publishing your
work with us, you will find a world wide audience gathered to explore life
in our brave new world.  Our growing readership is passionate, and
interested in the issues we present through the magazine.  As well, we have
many opportunities to further the exposure of you material to a broad
audience in the electronic community, through link and content exchanges
with other on-line publications and forums.

We have received amazing response to our first two issues, and attracted
the attention of the online community.  Over the course of issues 1.0 and
2.0, *spark-online was selected as a Netscape Cool Site of the day, and an
Oxford University site of the month, as well as winning over a dozen other
website awards.

*spark online is the subject of feature stories in Fierce.com,
peelworld.com, and techsightings.com.  Our content has been linked at
sites such as ugo.com, disinfo.com, eons.com, and osopinion.com.  Issue 1.0
saw approx. 35,000 page views from 12,000 unique users, and Issue 2.0 is on
pace for over 50,000 page views from 19,000 unique readers.  And our
*spark-online subscriber base has grown to over 900.

Please submit articles as either the body or an e-mail, or as an attachment
in MS WORD to: submit@spark-online.com or spark@spark-online.com .

You will hear from *spark-online on or about the 20th of the month regarding
whether your submission will be published in the magazine (e.g. you'll hear
from us November 20th if we're going to use your work in the December 1st
issue of the magazine).  You will not be notified if your submission isn't
going to be published.

exit_analog >>> enter *spark-online

Kristopher Krug
editor-in-chief

*spark - exploring electronic consciousness...
http://www.spark-online.com

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the clash of ideas brings forth the *spark of truth....


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We invite you to visit our project Virtual Tours: Thematic proposals on
Internet about art, in which renowned curators, through links to various
sites on the Net, undertake topics examining the most relevant issues
manifested in the arts during this century.

The second edition of this year's program is titled: "Readme.txt" Browsing
online art: An exploration of various directions in networked art projects.
The tour, including more than 30 links to diverse projects, was curated by
Mr. Benjamin Weil, Director of New Media for the ICA of London, and can be
found on our Website:
http://www.museodemonterrey.org.mx/english/mediateca/tours/docs/weil/index.html
Additionally, a Discussion Forum, which will be moderated by the curator, is
available.

Yours truly,

Janet Swartz
MEDIATECA ARTE ACCESO
Museo de Monterrey
Tel: (52 8) 328-6278  Fax: (52 8) 328-6070
http://www.museodemonterrey.org.mx


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<please forward it>

Links of net-related art-works,
to the net-section of Mediaterra festival.
URL: http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/addfield/webmed/

Visitors are invited to send through a forum their comments,
reviews  and preferably to vote for the works.

Participants :
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Antoni Abad
Annie Abrahams
Roberto Aguerrizabal
Lucia Alavanou
Aleph
Mark Amerika
Aleksander Antic
ARN Organization (Actions Reseaux Numeriques)
Angeliki Avgitidou
Ludovic Burel
Gregory Chatonsky
Arcangel Constantini
Contemporary Art Center - Skopje
Cahon Cristophe
d2b.org
Diana Danelli
Caterina Davinio
Paul Devautour
Boriana Dragoeva
Ricardo Iglesias Garcia
Jens Gebhart
Panikos Georgoudis
Gomi Corp Group
Apostolos Grigoropoulos
Pol Guezennec
Ingo Günther
Ani Rosen Herman
Thanasis Hondros & Alexandra Katsiani
Andrea Iacovella & Demosthenes Agrafiotis
Michel Jaffrennou
Jerome Joy
Knowbotic Research
Niki Konstantinou Lampropoulou
Emmanuel Kornelakis
Olia Lialina
Richard Lord
Jannis Melanitis
Marcello Mercado
Mouchette
On Air
website Oreste
Horit Peled
Drouhin Reynald
Marcel Li Antunez Roca
Sinisa Rogic
Antoine Schmitt
Teo Spiller
Igor Stepancic
Igor Stromaher
Lina Theodorou
Giacomo Verde
Nebojsa Vilic
Silvia Wyder
Ventstslav Zankov
Jaka Zeleznikar
Katarina Zivanovic


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Or go to the URL http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/addfield/webmed/
to the link <fournos-C> for info.

One of the principal attempts of the <fournos-culture> is to
connect individuals for share new ideas, proposals and critical
discussions for network-based projects. About the new communication
interpersonal forms, the new ambient of the personality, i.e. the
new performances of the identity after the net.
The net, under the forms of the mass media communication, is
represented in its uncontrolled character of a rhizome. What seems
to be ignored is that the interpersonal direct communication is a
human propellant force. The hyper-customs and hyper-languages
connection opens us to new configurations of our old symbolical
structures. I.e. the interpersonal direct connection is a powerful
medium for critical threads and proposals about the forms of the
new: subjective, social, political, and linguistic structures.

Instead of a deadline for submission of works, subscribers to the
<fournos-culture>[mailing list]  are welcome to participate with proposals,
comments, and negative criticisms for new projects.
These (eventual, and “non finito”) projects under their open form as
works-in-progress, will be  firstly uploaded to the Mediaterra festival's site
(dec.10,11,12/99).



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