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- - - - - - - | 0 0 . 0 9 | - - - - - - - | <nettime> announcer | a << | b - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | c | - - - - the-revolution@the-revolution.org : www.the-revolution.org | 0 1 | - - - - daf@flatpress.com : w w w . s u b v e r t i s e . o r g | 0 2 | - - - - info@mikro.org : mikro.lounge #23: vienna. mittwoch 01.03.00, berlin | 0 3 | - - - - Iosif Kiraly <ioki@mailbox.ro> : Timing Art - Filtering Art | 0 4 | - - - - Axel Bruns <mc@mailbox.uq.edu.au> : M/C Reviews Call for Contributors | 0 5 | - - - - Monika Fleischmann <fleischmann@gmd.de> : 6 positions available @ GMD | 0 6 | - - - - Lars Nicolaisen <nicolaisen@ijt.cz> : New: Transitions Online | 0 7 | - - - - Sylvie Meyerson <sandbox@echonyc.com> : Sandbox #8: BANG! | 0 8 | - - - - Natalie Bookchin <bookchin@calarts.edu> : TACTICAL EMBARRASSMENT | 0 9 | - - - - Lt. Crack <crack@thing.net> : THING BLURBS 2/2000 | 1 0 | - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | delivered each weekend into your inbox | | mailto:nettime@bbs.thing.net | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 0 1 | - - - - from: subject: http://www.the-revolution.org WELCOME to www.the-revolution.org, the official website of The Revolution®. The Revolution is a new political party that aims to be the voice of the non-voter, the alienated, the visionaries, the rabble, and the Internet. Combining left and libertarian politics with a kind of post- political futurism and the love of a good laugh, The Revolution® intends to bring all the subcultural tribes together to wrest control of worldwide political systems from the drug warriors, the cultural ayatollahs, and the various corporate mega-destructo gangs, ranging from the military-industrial complex to the HMOs ad infinitum. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 0 2 | - - - - The Medium Is the Message A new generation of Bay Area 'culture jammers' manipulates media manipulation By Sam Williams http://216.92.168.63/subvert/asub0003.html w w w . s u b v e r t i s e . o r g Subvertise.org, a radical arts gallery on the internet, is launched on Sunday 20th February 2000. Created by a global network of artists and campaigners, it exists to document, develop and promote the artform of the post-corporate millennium - subvertising. Subvertise.org displays hundreds of images, photos, banners, billboards covering a spectrum of issues including transport, war, climate-change, racism, genetix, corporations, sexuality and globalisation. Many images are anti-copyright and can be downloaded at high-resolution. All the images also act as visual links to artists, campaigners and further information. Subvertising is the Art of Cultural resistance. It is the 'writing on the wall', the sticker on the lamppost, the corrected rewording of Billboards, the spoof T-shirt; but it is also the mass act of defiance of a street protest. The key process involves redefining or even reclaiming our environment from the corporate beast. Whether you need outrageous illustrations for your campaign literature, graphics for understanding and explaining complex social issues, or inspiration for an action, this website is for you. Follow the links to the artist, add your own images or even 'steal this site' as your own gallery. www.subvertise.org is where 'Art Refracts Life'. For further information email: daf@flatpress.com Send submissions (less than 500k) to: subvertise@soon.com Technical questions - Webmaster: subvertise@videonetwork.org Postal address: Subvertise c/o PO Box '68, Oxford, OX3 7YS, ENGLAND. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 0 3 | - - - - /* >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lounge nicht im WMF sondern im INIT <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< http://www.stadtplandienst.de/query;ORT=b;LL=13.385687x52.531110;GR=3 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> chausseestr 119/120, eingang rechts <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< */ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mikro laedt ein <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< mikro.lounge #23: vienna Mittwoch, 1. Maerz 2000 INIT, Chausseestrasse 119/120 Einlass 19 Uhr, Beginn 20 Uhr Eintritt 5 Mark "Ich rechne damit, dass noch einmal ein emotionaler Ueberschwang am Wochenende kommen wird, wo sich die Altlinken, die 68er, die Jungen und die Internet- Generation noch einmal austoben koennen." (Wolfgang Schuessel, OEVP) Waehrend das WMF Pause macht, geht die mikro.lounge auf Reisen. Am 1. Maerz laedt mikro ins INIT. Dort werden verschiedene Wiener Medieninitiativen ihre Projekte vorstellen, ihre internet-spezifischen Arbeitspraktiken erlaeutern und so einen Einblick in die unabhaengigen Wiener Medienkulturen geben. Selbstverständlich findet die Lounge nicht zuletzt vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen politischen Situation in Österreich statt. Die Diskussion soll jedoch weniger dazu beitragen, das gesinnungsmaessige Grundrauschen in Sachen Haider noch zu verstärken. Vielmehr soll der Versuch unternommen werden, die derzeitig sich abzeichnende medienpolitische Entwick= lung, über den Wiener Zentralismus hinaus, in den Blick zu bekommen. Dabei wollen wir moegliche Formen von medialem Widerstand und deren Aussicht auf gesellschaftlichen Erfolg debattieren. In der Folge ist eine Veranstaltung für den kommenden Herbst geplant, die den Stand der Diskussion und der politischen Entwicklung aufgreifen und weiterfuehren soll. Genaueres wird noch bekannt gegeben. Teilnehmerinnen: Meike Schmidt-Gleim (get.to.attack) Carola Platzek (get.to.attack) Oskar Obereder (silverserver) Christian Hessle (betazine) Johannes Grentzfurthner (monochrom) Live-MP3j: Oswald Berthold (farmers manual) + guest Videos + Web-Praesentationen: Julia Lazarus Die Erfreulichen Moderation: Paschutan Buzari, Sebastian Luetgert besonderen Dank an: Init, WMF, Aroma >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ............... <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 0 4 | - - - - Call for Papers Timing Art - Filtering Art Dynamics of time and artistic sense Handicaps in relating old and new media forms of art. The theory of long periods in history and art. April 7 - 9, 2000, Bucharest, Romania The University of Arts Bucharest and the International Center for Contemporary Art invites submission for the second seminar organized in the frame of the project: "Reflection of social problems in art and media, after 1989, in Eastern - Central Europe". The seminar is organized with the support of SCCA Network Program, European Cultural Foundation, French Institute, Goethe Institute. This seminar will focus on the shifting of artistic sense between art and life spheres of contemporary society. The aim is to emphasize the relation between new and old media and the influence of the new informational space on traditional values of culture, society, economics and politics. The structure of the seminar is: 1. Curatorial experience in dealing with border domains (photography, archiving, recycling of social-cultural information) and with cross border projects 2. Artistic experience within the dynamic of old and new media and the theory of long periods in history and art. New media as tools, as branding elements, as carriers of tactical messages. Is there really anything new about new media? 3. Management of the information. How to develop new strategies in the neo-liberal context of the art environment. Please confirm your participation and the topic of your presentation no later than March 10, 2000. For further information please contact: University of Arts, Bucharest tel: (40.1) 310.3977 fax: (40.1) 312. 5429 Roxana Trestioreanu, Head of the International Relation Department (fotoart@fx.ro) Iosif Kiraly, Associate Professor, Photo Video Department (ioki@mailbox.ro) International Center for Contemporary Art Irina Cios, Director (irina@icca.ro) tel/fax: (40.1) 210.3070; (40.1) 210.7777 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 0 5 | - - - - M/C Reviews - An ongoing series of reviews of events in culture and the media. http://www.uq.edu.au/mc/reviews/ Call for Contributors M/C Reviews, the companion publication to the University of Queensland's M/C -- A Journal of Media and Culture, would like to invite contributions of review articles for its upcoming feature on the millennium. M/C Reviews aims to provide an ongoing culture and media review forum for those interested in media and cultural studies. We hope that by publishing critically engaging reviews (and ethnographies) of every conceivable cultural form, M/C Reviews will provide a useful barometer of culture-in-process and also, thereby, opportunities to share the kinds of pertinent insights that are not usually available in academic publications. We accept short and medium-length pieces, favouring ones that are accessible and thought provoking. In 1999 we have initiated a series of themed feature sections designed to collect and juxtapose various angles on particular issues. Each feature consists of five to fifteen review articles. Previous features (which are still available online) have focussed on Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, the Stage X Youth Festival, the E-Journal genre, the National Young Writers' Festival, and Food. M/C Reviews invites contributions to the upcoming M/C Reviews feature: Freedom Dreams: Politics and Alternative Media on the Net Edited by Guy Redden M/C Reviews would like to invite contributions of review articles for its upcoming feature issue about politics and alternative media online. M/C R accepts short and medium-length pieces (500 - 1500 words), favouring ones that are accessible and thought-provoking. We seek contributions from all interested and involved parties including activists, journalists, NGOs, politicians, academics and independent 'netizens'. Critiques, ethnographies and reports (first and third person), reviews of sites, interviews and any other original pieces that shed light on this multifaceted theme will all be relevant. There seems little doubt that the mobilisation and information-sharing of concerned groups and individuals over the Internet played a decisive role in last year's protests against the World Trade Organisation in Seattle. Daily, massive amounts of political information - from action alerts, political propaganda, exposs and alternative media reports to independent research, petitions and press-releases - are circulated through Websites, Usenet, and email discussion lists. Alternative video sites show hours of political and protest footage edited from TV; issue-based coalitions are created nearly overnight and local groups post information relevant to their communities. Martin Luther started a social revolution by posting a public message on a door. Yet it was because that message and others were propagated by the then-radical new print media that the Reformation took hold. Are we then, as some suggest, on the brink of a digital political revolution? Are new forms of alliance/participation-based civil society emerging to counter the status quo held in place by representative democracy, corporate plutocracy and the conventional mainstream media? Or are online activists and alternative journalists largely irresponsible purveyors of conspiracy theories? How is mainstream politics adapting to the Net? Will 'e- government' become a reality? Some suggested topics for 'Freedom Dreams' include: Cybercampaigns - the roles of computer networks, especially the WWW, email and Usenet, in high-profile activist campaigns such as those against landmines, militarism, biotechnology and genetically-modified foods, trade liberalisation, environmental degradation and economic globalisation (WTO, MAI), third world debt. Alternative media - resource and portal sites, alternative news services, email newsletters, NGO sites, activist sites, challenges to mainstream media, 'reliability'. Party politics - political campaigns online (especially the US presidential), official and unofficial sites, 'Web-slander' and sabotage. Groups, netizens and alliances - the role of the Net in the running of organisations, one-to-many communication, creating links, critical mass, the perils and payoffs of making the online transition, information overload, exclusion of the netless and the 'globalisation' of activism, the libertarian impulse. Government and business - reactions of governments and businesses to online information flow, their use of the Net, censorship, surveillance, PR, government and business engagement with online NGO research and lobbies, attempts at incorporation. Submission deadline: 3 April 2000. <http://www.uq.edu.au/mc/reviews/> - M/C Reviews Website <http://www.uq.edu.au/mc/reviews/contribute.html> - M/C R contributors' guidelines (please read before submitting) g.redden@mailbox.uq.edu.au - enquiries and submissions Examples of previous feature sections and how to contribute can also be found on our Website. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 0 6 | - - - - 6 positions available immediately research scientists / artists / theorists (3 years + 2 years) @ GMD CAT-project GMD - German National Research Center for Information Technology (http://www.gmd.de), Institute for Media Communication (http://imk.gmd.de), Media Arts Research Studies (http://imk.gmd.de/mars), D-53754 Sankt Augustin. Contact: Mrs. Monika Fleischmann, e-mail: fleischmann@gmd.de To apply please send the usual documents (informal application, CV, etc.) with the respective code to: GMD-Forschungszentrum Informationstechnik GmbH Abteilung Personalbetreuung Schloss Birlinghoven 53754 Sankt Augustin deadline 15 maart Research Area: Connected Communities (Code E16/2000) Implementation of communication and cooperation environments for Connected Communities / CAT-network (communication, art & technology). Conceptual, technical and aesthetic development of a platform in cooperation with artists : media integration, models of participation, knowledge-management. Qualification: Masters/Docs/Postdocs in Computer Science or equivalent experience. Research Area: Media Production (Code E17/2000) Editorial work on the content of the CAT-network and implementation of a series of media-cultural events and topics. Media integration (Internet/TV/radio/stage) in context of cross-media, digital production processes. Contact to the area of interactive media. Networking with partners from culture and business. Qualification: Masters in Arts or equivalent experience. Research Area: Visualization of Data and Communication (Code E18/2000) Analysis of media and time-based data of communication for internet applications. Focal point of research: spatially oriented analysis and visualization of data, generative realtime visualization of data, data mining, GIS with special focus on Connected Communities. Qualification: Masters/Docs/Postdocs in Computer Science or equivalent experience. Research Area: Information- and Communication Design (Code E19/2000) Development and implementation of audio-visual desktop applications, intuitive navigation structures for online-applications. Professional usage of digital design and typography, interactive guidance of users, webprogramming languages, integration of current database formats. Implementation and administration of dynamic websites. Qualification: Masters in Web Design or equivalent experience. Research Area: Database Systems (Code E20/2000) Modeling / Implementation of database systems on various operating-systems (Linux, Windows NT). Implementation / administration of dynamic websites, programming (C, C++, Java, Perl), dynamic access to databases in web-based communication- and cooperation environments. Qualification: Masters/Docs/Postdocs in Computer Science or equivalent experience. Research Area: Multimedia Service (Code E21/2000) Integration of Multimedia Services in Internet-based communication environments for the virtual platform CAT: high and low bandwidth multimedia services (ATM, Realstreaming), integration of TV and interactive media. Compression techniques, Multimedia standards (MPEG4 etc.), digital broadcast. Qualification: Masters/Docs/Postdocs in Computer Science and/or communications engineering. /* Artists, Technology, and Ownership of Creative Content */ By way of the New Media Research list >Greetings all, > >Mark Latonero here-- doctoral candidate at the Annenberg School for >Communication, University of Southern California. I'm part of a >organizing committee for a February 2001 conference-- "Artists, >Technology, and Ownership of Creative Content." An interdisciplinary >collaboration of academics along with industry folk, we are exploring the >tensions that arise as cultural (media) products enter into the age of >digital reproduction and Internet culture. We are focusing on three >areas: film, music, and visual art. The format is for one person to >present an original case study, and panelists to discuss. I admit that >the focus is more on the American case (in terms of Law and industry) this >time around, yet we intend to expand discussion for international-global >concerns for a later conference with a similar topic. > >If you are interested or can suggest the top scholars, researchers, or >practitioners doing work in these specific areas please forward names to >me at <latonero@usc.edu>. > >BTW in case u missed Phil's intro of me-- I'm investigating Internet >music's development and its impact on the socio-cultural >structures/practices that constitute the music economy. I'm also a >researcher at the Normal Lear Center: "Exploring implications of the >convergence of entertainment, commerce, and society" ><http://entertainment.usc.edu> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 0 7 | - - - - Transitions Online (TOL) (http://www.tol.cz) is the leading Internet magazine covering Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union. If you aren't already a member, fill out our registration form at http://www.tol.cz/trialsubscr.html to receive your free two-month trial membership. If you'd like to become a TOL member right away, go to <http://member.html>. And if you're a citizen of a post-communist country, go to http://www.tol.cz/trialsubscr2.html to sign up for a FREE annual membership. NEW AT TOL: Now online: expanded Country Files! TOL's value as a research and reference tool just got better. This expanded section contains maps and links for all the 27 countries in the post-communist world. TOL Country Files also feature the OMRI/East-West Institute Annual Reports, which give a detailed year-in-review for every country. Written by top local and Western analysts, these exclusive Annual Reports are a crucial resource for anyone interested in the region. Features: The Thin Blue Line by Aliaksiej Shydlouski http://www.tol.cz/jul99/specr02003.html "I don't give a damn that somebody has been beaten," says Alyaksandr V., a Belarusian police officer. "Certainly, I wouldn't like to do it myself ... but if there is an order, what should I do, refuse? Then I'd be sacked and have nothing to live on and feed my wife." The police force -- who are given carte blanche in terms of their treatment of civilians -- is one of the more sinister arms of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's rule. An exclusive report from Shydlouski, who in August 1997 was sentenced to 18 months in prison for writing anti-government graffiti ("Lukashenka is a dictator" and "Long Live Belarus"). Features: Independent Thinking by Zeljko Ivanovic http://www.tol.cz/jul99/specr02002.html President Milo Djukanovic is feeling the heat from all sides over the question of independence -- pressure from Montenegrin politicians, reluctance from the West, and the atmosphere of increasing panic in Serbia are making things all the more pressing. But despite the success of the convertible mark and the growing popular support for independence, Djukanovic is still playing it safe. The wild card, of course, is President Slobodan Milosevic, who is taking advantage of the division in Montenegro to maintain tension. Opinions: Nowhere to Hide after Haider by Lubos Palata http://www.tol.cz/opina/haider.html Western Europe's uproar over the inclusion of the far-right Freedom Party in Austria's new governing coalition is also a warning for the EU candidate countries where similar political groupings hold a strong position. As even the EU Enlargement Commissioner Gunther Verheugen admitted, the current conflict with Austria is "preparation" for similar problems that could occur with the applicant states. Media: Clashes on the Final Frontier by Emil Danielyan http://www.tol.cz/feb00/nagorno.html "You should have seen what was being done to NATO and U.S. official sites during the Kosovo crisis," says Vahan Mkhitarian of the Armenian Computer Center. "That was a war." But though he and other officials and pundits are quick to downplay the recent hack attacks between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the recent retaliation from Armenian hackers demonstrate the deep-seated ire between the two nations over Nagorno-Karabakh. Books: Shock Without Therapy by Iulian Robu http://www.tol.cz/books/bkfeb001.html "Of the two possible paths for transformation, the slow, Chinese one, and the Polish 'shock therapy,' we have chosen ... the Moldovan way: shock without therapy," writes Vasile Soimaru in "Caderea premierilor" (The Falling Prime Ministers). The collection of essays and articles by one of Moldova's top economists takes an informed look at the sham transition in Moldova, with an insider's perspective on the corruption and self-interest that has plagued attempts at reform. Opinions: Education in Bulgaria Needs Evolution, Not Revolution by Boyan Biolchev http://www.tol.cz/opina/educat.html The newly elected dean of Sofia University argues that the entire educational system in Bulgaria should be reshaped to meet the country's changing needs. A Czech nonprofit dedicated to promoting independent journalism, TOL is based in Prague and uses a network of local correspondents to provide unique, cross-regional analysis. TOL was recently named site of the day by Central Europe Online (http://www.centraleurope.com), a top information source. We encourage you to visit our site, subscribe, and become part of a dynamic new media project dedicated to building independent journalism in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union. And be sure to also visit our partner sites: - Central Europe Review (http://www.ce-review.org), the weekly Internet journal of Central and East European politics, society, and culture - The Network of Independent Journalists of Central and Eastern Europe (NIJ), a weekly service run by the Croatian-based STINA press agency. To subscribe to STINA's NIJ weekly service, giving you timely news of events in the region, send an e-mail to: stina@zamir.net - Index on Censorship, the international journal for free expression (http://www.indexoncensorship.org). Through interviews, reportage, banned literature, and polemic, Index shows how free speech affects the political issues of the moment. _________________________________________________________________ Lars Nicolaisen Tel. (4202) 2278 0805 Marketing Assistant Fax. (4202) 2278 0804 Transitions Online Chlumova 22 email: nicolaisenl@ijt.cz 130 00 Prague 3 http://www.transitions-online.org Czech Republic _________________________________________________________________ TAKE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WORLD THAT CAME IN FROM THE COLD! TOL is the only online magazine exclusively covering Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Register for a free two-month trial membership at <http://www.tol.cz/member.html> and find out if you qualify for a free annual membership. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 0 8 | - - - - ARTS ORGANIZATION SEEKS CONTRIBUTORS FOR MAGAZINE & LIVE PERFORMANCE/INSTALLATION EVENT Sandbox is seeking writers, composers, musicians, sound artists, singers/performers, DJs,photographers, cartoonists & general sound pranksters with strong opinions about sound/music/noise today for Sandbox #8: BANG! & Sandbox Event: BANG ! both of which are scheduled for September 2000 BANG! seeks to explore sound/music/noise production that is esthetically subversive and/or socially experimental today. The magazine will feature an interview with Diamanda Galas. We are open to a wide range of topics which may include (but is in no way limited to) some of the following: DJ music (dub, techno, ambient, and freestyle.), critiquing/subverting the music industry today, vibration & the physics of sound, live broadcast: internet radio and/or micro radio, psycho acoustics, multi-media: eg. video & sound, architecture & sound, sound & performance, MP3 and its impact, found sound (eg. urban or industrial sound vs. natural sound), post-serialists and post-minimalists, noise rockers, cross-cultural ethnic musics, academia & music, the concept of noise, home-made instruments... We are also looking for advertisers & sponsors so if you know of anyone who might be interested please contact us. Submission guidelines: Include article outlline and any supporting materials necessary including articles, reviews, recordings etc., as well as SASE if submitting by mail. Submission deadlines are as follows: Deadlines: Project Proposals for both magazine & event - April 18th First Drafts - May 18th Final Drafts - June 18th MISSION: Sandbox Magazine, Sandbox Performance/Installation Events and Sandbox Webzine are projects of Sandbox Open Arts, a not-for-profit arts organization whose mission is to encourage experimentation in the visual arts, the performing arts, music, and literature with a particular emphasis on interactive and multi-media work. We are also particularly committed to exploring the connections between art, culture and society. Sandbox, Magazine of Creative & Subversive Play is published semi-annually. Each issue is theme-based and is released in conjunction with a performance and installation event. CURRENT ISSUE: Sandbox #7 - Art vs. State: Reclaiming Public Space Through Art features anti-corporate saboteurs ®TMark, the Digital Zapatistas of the Electronic Disturbance Theater (responsible for crashing President Zedillo¹s website through a virtual sit-in), street artist Robert Lederman (arrested 40 times for his caricatures of NYC Mayor Giuliani) and activist group Reclaim the Streets. Available for $4.75 in NYC at: St. Mark¹s Books, Tower Books, Virgin Megastore, Coliseum Books, Untitled, Ear Wax, Ink, Beacon¹s Closet, Pierogi 2000, Printed Matter, The New Museum & Labyrinth. Distributed by Desert Moon, Ingram Periodicals, Printed Matter & Tower Books. (Also available directly from us for $5 per copy. Please send check or money order made out to Sandbox Open Arts, Inc.). SUBSCRIBE FOR 1 YEAR & GET 2 ISSUES: USA: $8 USA CANADA: $11 OVERSEAS: $22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 0 9 | - - - - CalArts and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles present RTMark and special guests Fiambrera, Wednesday March 8 at 8:00 PM. The presentation "Tactical Embarrassment" is free to the public and will be in the MOCA Ahmanson Auditorium, 250 South Grand Ave. RTMark (http://rtmark.com) is a brokerage that benefits from limited liability just like any other corporation. Using this principle, RTMark supports the sabotage of corporate products by channeling funds from investors to workers. As ordinary corporations are solely and entirely machines to increase their shareholders' wealth (often to the detriment of culture and life) so RTMark is a machine to improve its shareholders' culture and life (sometimes to the detriment of corporate wealth). Andrei Codrescu, prolific writer and National Public Radio commentator says of RTMark: "RTMark continues to gain territory in the ongoing battle against faceless corporations and what used to be known as human beings, now in the process of becoming corporate appendages.... I must congratulate RTMark ...on its victories in cyberspace and in the secretive lands of Corporate Art, where their advances have been nothing short of stunning." Fiambrera (http://www.sindominio.net/fiambrera) are a collective who live and work in Valencia, Sevilla and Madrid. Billboards, dog shit, airport signs, flamenco music and video games are some of the political tools Fiambrera use to reinforce a will for grassroots radical democracy. Together RTMark and Fiambrera are developing new strategies for today's artist, tying artistic work to real political and social challenges -- not just referring to them-- but helping to build them *from the inside.* <net.net.net> is a series featuring net artists, net activists and net collectives from around the world. The series, which continues through May 2000, brings together for the first time in the United States artists and activists known throughout the world for their low tech and interventionist strategies of experimental and radical cultural production, collaboration, and critique on and off the Internet. The series is a collaborative effort between the CalArts Programs in Photography in the School of Art, the Integrated Media Program, and MOCA. For further information please call 323-644-1762 or send email to bookchin@calarts.edu or see the website: http://calarts.edu/~ntntnt </net.net.net> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 1 0 | - - - - THE THING [newsletter] February 20, 2000 Vol.2, Nr.1 http://bbs.thing.net Lt. Crack here with the latest infomercials! Let's start with the good news... [news] [1] ETOY DECLARES TOYWAR VICTORY Domain is back online: http://www.etoy.com Since the official capitulation of eToys on January 25, Network Solution (NSI) told the press that they need an order from court to put etoy back on the net. After facing another email firestorm and looking at the eToys disaster they gave in and reinstalled the DNS without an official order. How are the etoy.SHARES doing? Well..."STRONG BUY" of course: http://www.toywar.com/shop Don't miss the victory parade in NYC this weekend. Find out more at: http://bbs.thing.net [threads] etoy.com>>at>>>postmasters>>>>459>>W>>19>>>street>>>>>>>>>>> new>>york>>>>>>ny>>10011>>>>04/29/2000>>>>>05/11/2000>>>>>>> [2] STARRET LEHIGH BUILDING HIJACKED BY REAL ESTATE SHARKS As you might have read in the New York Times real estate section, the Starret Lehigh building has been sold to a bunch of aggressive real estate developers. Although they claim they want to turn the building into a center for art, media and technology, they show no appreciation for the arts whatsoever. As a matter of fact they already forced out Paul Miller and Sandro Chia. Leslie Tonkonov is leaving in the fall and THE THING was strongarmed into moving its office from the 16th Floor to a new space on the fourth floor. Well, the view is gone, but the elevator ride is shorter, a big advantage since the elevators are now filled with all those nerdy dotcom slaves... To make the story short: We'll be down for a few hours sometime in early March when we switch the T1 lines over. Now, the program... [video] NEU: Daniel Pflumm. Berlin media mix master's interventions into the world of corporate logos and imagery. http://bbs.thing.net [video] [video {live}] Get in the HOVlane of the info highway with GH Hovagimyan: Tuesday, February 22, 2pm Live from New York, it's Collider! GH interviews Whitney new media curator Christiane Paul. Mark this in your calendar right now! Tuesday, February 29, 2pm New show, new format: 10001-1011, a review of the "Greater New York" show at PS1. GH and guests. http://www.ps1.org/cut/current.html Live mix of location video and studio talking heads. All Collider productions are netcast live from THE THING's Chelsea studio. Scholars and archeologists may dig for archived shows in the [video {archive}]. All audio and video netcasts require a real player G2. 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