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WifiledeFrance : la Région Ile-de-France lance
la première course à l’Internet libre haut débit
sans fil 3 juillet 2004 de 14 H à 18H - document pdf |
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| 19. Konrad Becker, Tactical Reality Dictionary. Cultural Intelligence and Social Control, éd. Selene, Vienne : 2002, anti-copyright. ISBN 3-85266-194-3 | |
| 18.Objet : [Autonogram] Steve Kurtz/CAE update and NYC benefit | |
| 17. *FBI ABDUCTS ARTIST, SEIZES ART | |
| 16.GNU Philosophie/philosophy - Mai 2004 | |
| 15.Liliane Schneiter lit dans "Libération" du 23 avril 2004 | |
| 14. Arts Catalyst Art-Science e-bulletin - 4/04 • pdf | |
| 13.Observatoire de l'Evolution | |
| 12.[Autonogram] Mayday special! | |
| 11.COMMUNIQUE DE GLOBENET • pdf | |
| 10.Sites activistes sur les libertés publiques et les droits numériques | |
| 9. cybermedias_études
critiques> recommande les thèmes d'étude et les connexions
entre les recherches scientifiques et les recherches artistiques répertoriés
par le bulletin 2/04 de "The Arts Catalyst" |
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| 8.CALL FOR PAPERS
- DEADLINE FEBRUARY 29TH 2004 "SPACE: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS" |
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| 7. START-Simply
the State of the Art Du 23 au 25 Janvier 2004 (communiqué de presse) |
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| 6.Platoniq - Laboratoire
cybermedia Mercredi 11.02.04 - 12 :00 – 14 :00 |
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| 5. FRANKFORT IfS_lieu
d’excellence du savoir |
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| 4. DIGITAL COMMUNITIES _ Ars Electronica 2004 | |
| 3. Sommet du terrain/Ground Summit | |
| 2. SMSI/WSIS Information | |
| 1.WE SEIZE! Strategic Conference /Polimedia Lab /WSIS/SMSI/ | |
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du terrain sur l’Information /CCC-cyber/SMSI Mercredi 10 décembre 2003 / Wednesday 10th of December 2003 12:00 - 14:00 : Sommet du terrain/Ground Summit École supérieure des beaux-arts HES-GE ESBA_CCC-cyber/SMSI Rue Général-Dufour 2 CH-1204 Genève Suisse Échange de devises/Exchange Devices "Libre échange sur quelques devises de la société de l'information à l'âge de l'Internet" Free talk on the Information Society's Devices at the Internet Age http://www.cyberaxe.org/ |
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| Introduction par Liliane Schneiter : « APRÈS LE 11 SEPTEMBRE 2001, L’INFORMATION EN LIGNE et Les pionniers des droits fondamentaux du cyberespace, — EFF et ADILKNO ». | |
| EFF (1990) : Electronic Frontier Foundation http://www.eff.org/ ADILKNO (1988 NL) : The Foundation for the Advancement of Illegal Knowledge. « The World After the Media ». | |
| SMSI/WSIS Information | |
| ouverture du forum de discussion. http://111.college-invisible.org/forum/ WSIS Intergovernmental Conference, Palexpo 10-12 December 2003 http://www.itu.int/wsis WSIS Civil Society Section, Palexpo 10-12 December 2003 http://www.geneva2003.org (official civil society secretariat) World Electronic Media Forum, Palexpo 9-11 December 2003 http://www.wemf.org ICT4D Exhibition, Palexpo 10-12 December 2003 http://www.ict-4d.org World Forum on Communication Rights, Palexpo 11 December 2003 http://www.communicationrights.org Community Radio Seminar, Palexpo 12 December 2003 http://www.communica-ch.net WSIS?We seize! (dates/locations to be confirmed) Counter summit and alternative events including — MakeWorld Convention, Polymedia Labs, Indymedia webcast http://www.geneva03.org/ http://www.geneva03.net |
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| More information on: http://geneva03.net/moin.cgi/StrategicConference Jamie King, one of the organisers of the WE SEIZE! events, as well as a member of the Geneva03 collective, wrote on 20th of November 03: These sessions should be useful for your students: not only will they provide something of a primer on the emerging information politics 'movement', but also attempt to connect the legal, theoretical and juridical framework to some ongoing projects that provide initial points to intervene in contemporary information regimes. I think this could provide an interesting jumping-off point for any studies in this area. You or they may scrutinise the (developing) programme at: http://geneva03.net/moin.cgi/StrategicConference |
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| DIGITAL COMMUNITIES _ Ars Electronica 2004 | |
| Ars Electronica Center Linz, Austria http://www.aec.at/de/prix/index.asp contact: communities@prixars.aec.at Online Registration starts January 12, 2004 Deadline March 12, 2004 To mark its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2004, Ars Electronica, in cooperation with SAP, has expanded its international competition for cyberart to include a new category called “ Digital Communities ”. To match the large number and broad spectrum of projects as well as the diversity of protagonists active in the field of “ Digital Communities ”, two Golden Nicas will be bestowed in this new category focusing on works of great sociopolitical relevance. “ Digital Communities ” encompasses the wide-ranging social consequences of the Internet as well as the latest developments in the domain of mobile communications and wireless networks. “ Digital Communities ” will spotlight bold and inspired innovations impacting human coexistence, bridging the digital divide regarding gender as well as geography, or creating outstanding social software and enhancing accessibility of technological-social infrastructure. This new category will showcase the political potential of digital and networked systems and is thus designed as a forum for a broad spectrum of projects, programs, initiatives and phenomena in which social innovation is taking place, as it were, in real time. |
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| http://www.ifs.uni-frankfurt.de/ Anciens élèves ou enseignants célèbres : Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Friedrich Pollock, Erich Fromm, Walter Benjamin, Martin Buber, Jürgen Habermas… Directeur actuel : Axel Honneth, philosophe, assistant de Jürgen Habermas (directeur depuis 2001, enseignant à l’Université Goethe, créée en 1914). Départ de Habermas en 1994. Nombre d’étudiants en 1993 : 75 ; en 2003 : 500 Classement d’excellence en Allemagne : Université von Humboldt (Berlin), université d’Heidelberg, IfS IfS : " Les cours de base de philosophie pratique et théorique sont bondés ". Proportion de niveau d’études : sur ~30 étudiants de niveau magister (DEA français), — 5 doctorants. Points forts : interdisciplinarité et théorie critique. Un cadre émulatoire par les séminaires et les débats internes aux séminaires. Renommée de l’IfS : " La plupart des étudiants viennent ici pour regarder vers l’avant pour voir quelle direction la théorie critique peut prendre ". Coût : gratuit Autres lieux d’excellence en Europe http://www.lse.ac.uk/ Coût 1er cycle : 1100£ (UE) 1£=1,42E / Coût maîtrise : 7000 à 14000£ http://www.csm.linst.ac.uk Coût: ~1620E/ an Insead, École internationale de management, Fontainebleau http://www.insead.edu Coût 43000E/ an (créé en 1994, 178 étudiants) http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de Coût : gratuit; bourse obligatoire d’une autre institution http://www.rijksakademie.nl Bourse de 9500E/an : 2 ans : les résidents doivent trouver des fonds à parité Niveau d’admission. études dans une école d’art + trois ans de pratique (Emmanuelle Antille) http://www.ceu.hu Fondée en 1991 par le financier milliardaire George Soros, Américain de souche hongroise. Langue d’enseignement : anglais Coût : aucun (prix estimé des frais d’études 11000$). MBA :coût : 40000$ / an Nombre d’étudiants en 1991 : 933 ; en 2003 : 2004 de 58 pays. 19 lieux d’excellence en Europe : Amsterdam / Berlin / Bruxelles / Budapest / Florence / Fontainebleau / Francfort / Lodz / Londres / Louvain / Madrid / Milan / Southampton / Strasbourg / Valenciennes / Versailles |
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| platoniq présente ses e-stratégies médiatiques
communautaires et migratoires. platoniq.net de barcelone est une plate-forme de production par un groupe d’artistes, d’activistes et d’agents militant pour l’application sociale des nouvelles technologies et la démocratisation des médias http://www.platoniq.net/dossier_platoniq_de.pdf http://www.platoniq.net/aireincondicional/dossierAI01.pdf http://www.platoniq.net/aireincondicional/dossierAI02.pdf platoniq.net organise un tour opérateur activiste passant par Genève, Zürich, Bâle, Lugano du 11 au 16 février 2004. Il exposera le projet "aire incondicional" au centre d’art Shedhalle de Zürich du 13 février au 4 avril 2004. Contact Olivier Schulbaum E-mail : olivierschulbaum@platoniq.net |
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| Le Fresnoy, Studio national organise en
collaboration avec VB2S, START (Simply the State of the Art), un événement
multimédia rythmé par une coding party publique. Les participants
de cette coding sont des passionnés d'informatique, venus du monde
entier qui se regroupent pour concevoir des modules de programmation de
musique et de graphisme 2D et 3D. Parallèlement à cette
performance, des vidéos, installations et oeuvres multimédia,
des conférences techniques dirigées par des professionnels,
des projections spéciales (nuit Matrix, palmarès de festivals
et films d'animation de grandes écoles multimédia), la diffusion
des productions des entreprises du secteur audiovisuel et multimédia
de la région, et la diffusion des créations des anciennes
coding party sont programmés au cours de cette manifestation. Cet
événement, déjà identifié comme l'un
des plus importants sur la scène internationale, promet donc de
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| CALL
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| The "7th Workshop On Space And The Arts" 18-21 May 2004, ESTEC (European Space Agency), Noordwijk, The Netherlands Full Documentation of the 7th Workshop on "Space: Science, Technology and the Arts" at http://www.congrex.nl/04c20 All inquiries and abstracts should be sent at : workshop2004@arsatronautica.com ************************** Leonardo/Olats, The OURS Foundation, together with the European Space Agency and the International Academy of Astronautics -Commission VI are pleased to announce: "SPACE: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS" THE "7TH WORKSHOP ON SPACE AND THE ARTS" that is scheduled to be held at ESTEC - ESA's European Space Research & Technology Centre in Noordwijk, The Netherlands from 18-21 May 2004. Presentations are being solicited from space scientists, engineers, technologists, artists, writers, journalists, art critics, curators and philosophers who have a developed interest in the aims and theme of the workshop. The Workshop on "Space: Science, Technology and the Arts" aims to: * provide a platform where new ideas and experiments relating to the interaction of space science, technology and the arts can be exposed and debated * provide an environment where people, especially artists and other "culture professionals" together with space scientists, engineers can exchange ideas and projects about space from the perspective of their unique backgrounds, education and experiences * provide a meeting place where new space art and technology projects can emerge and new teams and partnerships can be built * nurture a domain of space activities that is becoming more recognized in both the space community and in the mainstream art world * disseminate the ideas and projects by publicizing the results of the event. About 30-40 participants will be selected on the basis of a submitted abstract of a proposed presentation. Presentations can be about any aspect or issue related to "Space: Science, Technology and the Arts". Potential participants might like to consider submitting abstracts for presentations addressing such topics as: * the impact of space technologies on the arts and vice-a-versa * the transfer of space technologies to art and design * the role and involvement of space bodies in the arts * designing art for the space environment - the requirements, the limitations * synergies between the arts and space communities * the interaction between space, arts and the public * space and the new media arts * using the arts to explore space * the arts in orbit - use of the ISS for artistic and cultural expression. Authors need not, of course, limit themselves to these topics. The deadline for abstract submission is 29 February 2004. Details for abstract submission can be found below. There is no charge for participation in the workshop however each participant will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses. A reasonably priced hotel with half-pension has been reserved in the nearby town of Noordwijk and booking information will be sent to all participants that are accepted. This is an official European Space Agency sponsored conference and the announcement will be listed on the ESA conference website at : http://www.congrex.nl/04c20 Details on the previous workshops can be found on the Leonardo/Olats website at http://www.olats.org/setF3.html SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS Participation in the workshop will be limited to a maximum of 40 persons and participants will be selected upon review of abstracts of presentations proposed for the workshop. Abstracts, limited to one A4-size page, should be submitted via the online form available at http://www.congrex.nl/04c20/ The abstract should be in English and include: · Workshop name · Title of presentation · Name and affiliation of authors · Full contact details of presenting author, including postal and e-mail addresses, phone and fax The deadline for abstract submission is 29 February 2004. Following acceptance, a complete paper will be required and the author(s) will be invited to register for the Workshop. TIMETABLE 29 February 2004 - Deadline for abstracts 15 March 2004 - Notification of acceptance 20 April 2004 - Preliminary program 7 May 2004 - Deadline for papers 18-21 May 2004 - Workshop COMMITTEES Programme Committee: Annick Bureaud (Leonardo/OLATS) Roger Malina (International Academy of Astronautics) David Raitt (ESA) Arthur Woods (OURS Foundation) Advisory Committee: · MIR Consortium (Microgravity Interdisciplinary Research Consortium) · Nicola Triscott, Rob La Frenais (The Arts Catalyst, London, England) · Roger Malina, Annick Bureaud (Leonardo: Leonardo/OLATS Observatory for the Arts and the Techno-Sciences, Paris, France, and Leonardo/ISAST International Society for the Arts, Sciences & Technology, USA) · Marko Peljhan (Projekt Atol, Ljubljana, Slovenia) · Alex Adriaansens, Anne Nigten (V2_Organisation, Rotterdam, Netherlands) · Masha Chuikova (Multimedia Complex of Actual Arts, Moscow, Russia) · Jean-Luc Soret (Paris, France) · Kara Szathmary, (International Association of Astronomical Artists, Quebec, Canada) · Patrick Gyger, (Maison D'Ailleurs, Yverdon, Switzerland) Frank Pietronigro (Zero Gravity Art Consortium, San Francisco, USA) LINKS http://www.esa.int http://www.estec.esa.nl http://www.estec.esa.nl/conferences http://www.iaanet.org http://www.olats.org http://www.leonardo.info http://www.ours.ch http://www.arsastronautica.com http://www.artscatalyst.org |
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| A selection of events that have been brought
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| 1. Call for Papers URGENT DEADLINE:
Friday 20 February 2004 55th International Astronautical Congress 4 - 8
October 2004 - Vancouver, Canada Call for Papers Deadline for Abstracts: 20 February 2004 IAA.6.16. 15th SPACE ACTIVITY AND SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM Session: IAA.6.16.1. Sights and Sounds of Space Space exploration has produced some of the most provocative and captivating images of our time. Likewise, popular culture has created its own images of space exploration which has made "space" a powerful metaphor for the advancement of human achievement and the human spirit. This session will bring together the different characteristics and properties of space and examine the various ways in which the theme and concept of space has found aesthetic expression. Sessions and events at the congress cover the whole spectrum of space development and exploration. For more information please visit the Vancouver Congress website: http://www.iac2004.ca/intro_no.html IAF website: http://www.iafastro.com/ How to submit an abstract: http://www.iafastro.com/congress/ Abstract form: http://www.iafastro.com/congress/
6. Impact & Legacy 8. ISEA 12th International Symposium on Electronic
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Ben at Autonomedia <ben@autonomedia.org> ben@autonomedia.org <autonogram@lists.interactivist.net> Mardi, 27 avril 2004 22:31 [Autonogram] Mayday special! greetings, all -- Mayday is just around the corner, so here's your Autonogram full of relevant material. For some background info, have a close read of Peter Linebaugh's colorful "Incomplete, True, Authentic and Wonderful History of MAY DAY" at http://info.interactivist.net/article.pl?sid=02/05/02/1029240 . * * * * * 1. Mayday events in New York and around the world (but not London). 2. Have you read "The Anarchists", speaking of London? 3. Anarcho-historical radio drama, live online next week! * * * * * Depending on where you stand with regards to the revolutionary aspects of poetry or the poetic aspects of revolution, you may find inspiration in some of the following, all from the Interactivist Info Exchange at http://info.autonomedia.org -- a good site for analysis of the sorry state of the world and some modest proposals, as it were, for its improvement... * Mayday Disarmament Rally and Concert in Bryant Park (NYC) A year after Bush pulled that flight deck stunt, declaring the "battle of Iraq" over (he really did that on Mayday? What a creep!), a major rally will be held concurrent with the UN's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Treaty meeting. Bryant Park is on 42nd Street at 6th Ave, and the UN is just 5 blocks away at 1st Ave, so maybe this will actually work. Maybe it'll work so well that not only will the nuclear threat be abolished, but the State itself will crumble, alongside the pharmaceutical companies, the military contractors, and the media consolidators (all in the same neighborhood, of course)... Here's hoping! http://info.interactivist.net/article.pl?sid=04/04/27/1729235 * Romantic Mayday Poetry with Peter Lamborn Wilson (Hudson Valley) Peter Lamborn Wilson presents Romantic Mayday Poetry in the Hudson Valley. Peter will be presenting an afternoon reading featuring Robert Kelly, Jane Heidgerd, David Levi Strauss, Charlotte Mandell, Marilyn Stablein, and his own work at the Poet's Walk Romantic Landscape Park, near Red Hook, New York, on May 1st from 4 - 6 pm. Poet's Walk is on River Road (Dutchess County Route 103), near Bard College. From Kingston, take Rhinecliff Bridge, turning left on River Road; Poet's Walk is a half mile on the left. This event is free. * MAYDAY, MAYDAY!! Why Precari@s, Intermittents, Cognitari/e Are Rebelling Across NEUROPA... Remember MAYDAY, the global holiday of workers, dear to anarchists and socialists worldwide, born in America and mummified in Russia and China, fallen in neglect in Europe as neoliberalism mounted and many unions sold out? Well, in Milano since 2001 a network of Italian, French, Catalan, Spanish media hacktivists, rank-and-file unions, self-run and squatted youth centers, critical mass bikers, radical networks, student groups, syndicalist collectives, immigrants' associations, assorted commies, greens, anarcos, gays and feminists have given life to a MAYDAY PARADE taking place in the afternoon of May 1st, whose participation and meaning has grown tremendously from 5,000 to 50,000 people, thereby triggering many urban actions and social conflicts that are spreading among young temps, part-timers, freelance and contract workers, researchers and teachers, service and culture workers in Italy, France, Spain, and elsewhere across Europe. http://info.interactivist.net/article.pl?sid=04/04/15/2352208 * London Demo Cancelled Comments by Some Members of the Mayday Collective Following a meeting held in mid-January the London Mayday Collective decided not to proceed with plans for an anti-capitalist event this year. This will be the first time in 5 years that there has not been an event of its kind in London and we hope what follows will help to explain the reasoning behind the decision and perhaps begin some discussion into the prospects for planning future Mayday events, keeping in mind what has gone before. What follows is a personal reflection from a couple of participants in this year's collective rather than a statement issued by the group as a whole. http://info.interactivist.net/article.pl?sid=04/04/26/128230 * Mayday Dublin 2004 For An Alternative Europe Irish people have generally seen the European Union as a good thing, for reasons that include investment in infrastructure and farm subsidies. But increasingly the EU is an excuse for privatization, for shifting the burden of taxation onto you and for Ireland's increasing involvement in military adventures. We are struggling with others across Europe for a different type of Europe, one that puts people before profit and does away with top-down decision making. Join these protests in the struggle for an alternative Europe. http://info.interactivist.net/article.pl?sid=04/04/26/125221 * * * On the topic of Mayday and London: Autonomedia republished John Henry Mackay's novel "The Anarchists" for its Centennial a few years back, ripe with descriptions of the poverty and inequality of the day in London and Chicago, and the efforts of the London anarchists to understand and counter this misery. Many historical figures wander through this novel, including Benjamin Tucker and the Haymarket anarchists (who figure prominently); the additional materials in the Centennial Edition include both a guide to these characters and a map of Mackay's London, which is described in high Victorian detail throughout the book. As a special Mayday treat, then, we're selling these off at half price (I can hear the snickers already -- yes, this is a sales pitch!) from our web store: http://bookstore.autonomedia.org/index.cgi?&pid=7 will get you a $7 copy between now and May 5. There's also a downloadable version of the table of contents and first chapter at http://www.autonomedia.org/anarchists.pdf , so have a look. * * * Finally, Autonomedia editor Jordan Zinovich has written a radio play loosely based on the life of American icon Johnny "Appleseed" Chapman. Jordan writes: "'John Chapman's Harvest' is a picaresque scramble through the mind of Chapman's 21st century avatar. Written as a four-voice radio play -- with the Narratrix creating the world, Mercury providing itineraries, and Pomona as nurturing divinity -- Chapman moves from the Rocky Mountains to Amsterdam to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with stops on the barricades at Quebec City and at the lost anarchist utopia of Fools' Paradise. En route he surveils 18 extraordinary varieties of heritage apple in a search for knowledge and satisfaction." "John Chapman's Harvest" will be broadcast on BION Radio, a community radio micro-casting project in Bushwick, Brooklyn, run by the transmission arts organization Free103point9. The show will air at 7 pm on May 6, and will be web-cast at http://www.free103point9.org . * * * * * That's all I have at the moment; look for announcements soon about a bunch of new books that are just about to emerge from the pipeline. And as usual, feel free to forward these announcements as you see fit, or to modify your own subscription via the links at the very top of this email. bests, Ben at Autonomedia |
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Alejandra Riera <ale.r@wanadoo.fr> Liliane SCHNEITER <l.schneiter@dplanet.ch> Mercredi, 28 avril 2004 0:23 L'observatoire de l'évolution L’Observatoire de l’évolution poursuit ses activités en organisant une nouvelle rencontre, le vendredi 30 avril. Nous proposons lors de cette réunion de nous pencher sur quelques points d’analyse : les contraintes subies par tout organisme vivant, les modalités de passage du biologique au culturel/social, l’étude de leurs degrés d’imbrication, l’importance des interactions organisme-environnement. L’approche de ces questions devrait se soucier de ne pas oublier le deuxième terme de la question générique posée par l’observatoire “ qu’est-ce qu’il se passe et qu’est-ce qu’on y peut ? ”. De ce point de vue, les indices permettant d’espérer que l’incorporation sociale de l’humain ne soit pas nécessairement placée sous le signe de sa réduction à une simple entité fonctionnelle d’un corps social poursuivant ses finalités propres - mitochondrie du successeur pour reprendre l’image proposée par J.M. Truong - devraient être recherchés. On tentera de faire la part des choses entre apports scientifiques et dérives idéologiques dans les travaux issues des sciences de l’évolution. Il sera peut-être alors temps de revenir sur l’idée de liberté qui mériterait d’être resituée dans un contexte de réflexion élargie sur le vivant. Notre actualité présente-t-elle une opportunité pour l’émergence d’une nouvelle logique des relations entre les êtres et ce qui les environne ? Il s’agira notamment de documenter certaines pratiques alternatives. On pourra s’attarder sur la façon de conjuguer l’analyse et l’action sur le réel, suivant des modalités qui ne placent pas nécessairement l’une comme préalable de l’autre. L’Observatoire de l’évolution Rendez-vous à partir de 11h45 à Interventions à partir de 12 heures
Transformer le monde ne suffit pas. C'est déjà
ce que nous faisons. Mais surtout le monde se transforme sans notre intervention.
Nous devons ainsi devenir capables d'interpréter cette transformation
pour que le monde ne se transforme plus sans nous pour finir par devenir
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"The Arts Catalyst" <info@artscatalyst.org> Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:52:10 +0100 "Undisclosed Recipients" <info@artscatalyst.org> Arts Catalyst Art-Science e-bulletin - 4/04 Arts Catalyst Art-Science e-bulletin - 4/04 INTERNATIONAL EVENTS IN ART-SCIENCE A selection of events, projects, news and announcements in the burgeoning field of art and science. * Apologies for x-posting. If you wish to be removed from our email list, please reply to this email, putting 'remove' in the subject line. In this bulletin: Section 1 - Arts Catalyst events & associated projects Section 2 - International art-science news & events Section 3 - Art & technology Section 4 - Science events Section 1 - Arts Catalyst events & associated projects DESIGNER BODIES: Towards the Posthuman Condition * In association with Arts Catalyst * Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, UK To 6 June 2004 www.stills.org Christine Borland, Gina Czarnecki, Gair Dunlop and Jacqueline Donachie. Curated by Iliyana Nedkova for New Media Scotland and Stills, in association with Arts Catalyst. OPEN SOURCES ENCOUNTER * In association with Arts Catalyst * Nouveau Petit Faucheux Jazz Club & Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts de Tours, Tours, France 19/20 June 2004 www.artscatalyst.org Music, art, space, radio event organised by Ellipse in association with Arts Catalyst. Featuring Hallucinator, Puna Syndicate, Bernice & Barberi, DJ sets by Kodwo Eshun, Philippe Petit. Film screenings, panel discussions, masterclass. FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS' AIRSHOW * An Arts Catalyst event * Farnborough, UK 12 September 2004 www.artscatalyst.org Artist-made flying machines, at the former Royal Aeronautical Engineering Workshops OTOLITH (2003) - Kodwo Eshun, Richard Couzins, Anjalika Sagar * An Arts Catalyst Commission * Can be seen as part of Our House Is A House That Moves, Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia From 7 May 2004 ZERO GENIES (2001) - Ansuman Biswas & Jem Finer * An Arts Catalyst Commission * Can be seen as part of Homeland, organised by Spacex, Exeter, UK To 15 May 2004 www.spacex.co.uk/ UNNATURAL SELECTION (1996) - Helen Chadwick * An Arts Catalyst Commission * Can be seen as part of Helen Chadwick: A Retrospective, Barbican Centre, London, UK To 1 August 2004 www.barbican.org.uk/gallery/chadwick.htm SPACEARTS: Space and the Arts Database Leonardo/OLATS and the Ours Foundation * In association with Arts Catalyst / MIR Network * www.spacearts.info Artists are invited to submit their work for inclusion. Section 2 - International art-science news & events DISTINCTIONS AND COUNTERPOSES Wysing Arts, Cambridge, UK To 3 May 2004 www.wysingarts.org An exhibition that explores aspects of transplant surgery. Jane Prophet in collaboration with surgeon Francis Wells and staff and patients at Papworth Hospital. ALEXIS ROCKMAN EXHIBITION Camden Arts Centre, London, UK 23 April - 13 June 2004 Alexis Rockman's paintings present ambivalent visions of the 'Wonderful World' of biotechnology. www.camdenartscentre.org/exhibitions.asp?type=now PULSE CONFERENCE University of Manchester School of Music and Drama, Manchester, UK 24 - 26 June 2004 www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/pulse/festival.html A conference exploring young people's performing arts work inspired by biomedical science. FABULOUS BEASTS Natural History Museum, London, UK 13 May - 12 September 2004 www.nhm.ac.uk/services/press/items/fabbeasts.htm Giles Revell's photographs and Mark Fairnington's paintings of insects. ** Imminent Deadlines ** LEONARDO ELECTRONIC ALMANAC Worldwide Call for Submissions http://lea.mit.edu LEA is seeking submissions for its upcoming special issues. 1. From the Extraordinary to the Uncanny: the persistence of a parallel universe Deadline for expressions of interest: 30 April 2004 Deadline for accepted proposals: 10 September 2004 Proposals/queries to Michael Punt - extraordinaryconnections@uk2.net or Nisar Keshvani - lea@mitpress.mit.edu 2. Re:Searching Our Origins: Critical and Archival Histories of the Electronic Arts Deadline for abstracts: 1 May 2004 Contact Paul Brown - Paul@paul-brown.com or Catherine Mason - cs.mason@hart.bbk.ac.uk Call for Contributions to the Art Show EUROGRAPHICS 2004 - Art Show Theme: art science Grenoble, France 30 August - 3 September 2004 http://eg04.inrialpes.fr Deadline: 1 June 2004 EG 2004 - Art Show juried competition open to all artists and researchers who explore science through graphics and visual methods. PERCEPTION & REALITIES: THE SCIENCE OF THEATRE Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK 14 June 2004 Neuroscientist Mark Lythgoe on how theatre works. Part of LIFT04. SONIC SPACE CARTOONS Kaffe Matthews, Mandy McIntosh, Zeena Parkins www.weightlessanimals.com NANO: Making nanoscience visible Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA To September 6, 2004 http://nano.arts.ucla.edu Exhibition produced by LACMALab with installations developed by a group led by media artist Victoria Vesna and nano-scientist Jim Gimzewski TATE IN SPACE www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/tate-in-space.html Tate in Space discussion room launched for tate-in-space subscribers Call for Proposals from Australian New Media Artists ANAT SYNAPSE ART AND SCIENCE RESIDENCY PROGRAM Deadline 23 April 2004 www.anat.org.au/home.htm Section 3 - Art & technology FUTURESONIC Urbis and city wide, Manchester, UK 27 April - 8 May www.futuresonic.com/ The international festival of electronic music and media arts ** Imminent Deadline ** TRAMPOLINE SUMMERSHOW - PLATFORM FOR NEW MEDIA ART Prater of Volksb|hne Berlin, Kastanienallee, Berlin, Germany 3 June 2004, 8pm One-night-platform-event showcasing the work of artists experimenting with new technologies DEADLINE for entries 1 May 2004 (postal stamp date) http://www.trampoline-berlin.de Preliminary Announcement: INTERNATIONAL ART AND TECHNOLOGY HISTORY CONFERENCE Banff Centre, Canada 28 Sep - 2 Oct 2005 Scholars and researchers interested in participating in the conference may send an email of intent to: banffleoarthistconfinfo-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ISEA2004 Baltic Sea August 14th-22nd www.isea2004.net Registration now open RE:THINKING:TIME an exhibition of LabCulture artists Peterborough Digital Arts, Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, Priestgate, Peterborough, UK To 23 May 2004 www.pva.org.uk/ Ars Electronica 2004 Linz, Austria 2 - 7 September 2004 www.aec.at/timeshift " TIMESHIFT - The World in 25 Years" is the title of the 2004 festival Section 4 - Science events Discussion forum READY SET GO: RACE FOR EQUALITY Achieving ethnic minority participation in science Royal Society, London, UK 4 May 2004 http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/framer.asp? page=/events/other/Level2_final/Diversity.html WORLD SPACE WEEK 4-10 October 2004 Mandated by the United Nations to be "a yearly celebration at international level of the contribution that space science and technology can make to the betterment of the human condition." 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Schneiter lit dans le quotidien Libération du 23 avril 2004 : “ Une artiste et une théoricienne lancent un jeu collaboratif. ” “ Sur le modèle de l’open source, la net-artiste américaine Nathalie Bookchin et la théoricienne politique Jacqueline Steven ont lancé le 15 mars un ambitieux projet de jeu collaboratif, AgoraXChange, commissionné par la Tate Online à Londres. Un jeu en ligne, multijoueurs, indépendant et radical, dont l’objectif n’est pas seulement de bousculer les stéréotypes des jeux commerciaux, mais de changer notre vision sclérosée du monde. A partir d’un cadre initial fixé par quatre décrets qui posent les fondements géopolitiques du jeu, les participants sont invités à prendre part activement à son élaboration en ligne, en s’exprimant tant sur le contenu, que sur les règles, le design ou le gameplay. Dans une deuxième phase, un comité d’artistes, activistes et théoriciens s’inspireront des contributions pour proposer trois prototypes de jeux. Ces protos seront soumis aux participants qui décideront quel jeu sera effectivement développé. ” http://www.agoraxchange.net [Les quatre décrets devraient être les quatre propositions de Jacqueline Steven qui aura lu pour sûr, — Freud avec Marx : citoyenneté par choix, abolition du mariage, de l’héritage, du terrain privé, — nation, famille, religion et propriété privée ayant été les vecteurs instrumentalisés de la terreur ordinaire (LS)]. Et quand nous disions au cours cybermédia que le jeu a un immense potentiel en dehors de l’industrie du loisir, qu’il peut offrir une alternative radicale aux visions conventionnelles du monde politique et qu’il offre un espace pour une culture du jeu vraiment artistique et critique des nuisances d’un monde de violence globale et d’inégalités, et quand nous essayons de penser et de faire quelque chose de différent et de nous appuyer sur des développements innovants, comme ces zones d’échange des communautés en ligne ou comme ces modèles open source, — nous avions en toute modestie “ tout juste ” |
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- Mai 2004 Le concept de logiciel libre a de multiples définitions. La meilleure explication est donnée par les fondateurs du mouvement GNU. L’expression “ logiciel libre ” fait référence à la liberté et non pas au prix. C’est la liberté pour les utilisateurs d’exécuter, de copier, de distribuer, d’étudier, de modifier et d’améliorer le logiciel. Un programme est un logiciel libre si les utilisateurs ont ces cinq types de liberté et donc l’accès au code source comme condition requise. Pour que ces libertés soient réelles, elles doivent être irrévocables. Certains types de règles sur la manière de distribuer le logiciel libre sont acceptables tant que ces règles ne rentrent pas en conflit avec les libertés fondamentales. Ainsi le développeur peut demander un prix pour une copie d’un logiciel libre. Chacun a donc la liberté de copier et de modifier un logiciel et même d’en vendre des copies. Quand on parle de logiciels libres, il est préférable de ne pas utiliser les termes comme “ donner ” ou “ gratuit ” qui prêtent à confusion. Enfin, si on veut savoir si une licence spécifique est définie comme “ libre ”, le site GNU offre une “ liste de licences ”. Si on veut connaître une licence qui n’est pas listée, GNU répondra aux questions: licensing@gnu.org Free software: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.fr.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fs-translations.fr.html Pour éviter les mots à confusion : words-to-avoid http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.fr.html Voir aussi LINUX et les logiciels libres http://www.linuxedu.org |
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| May 25, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *FBI ABDUCTS ARTIST, SEIZES ART * |
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| Feds Unable to Distinguish Art from Bioterrorism Grieving Artist Denied Access to Deceased Wife's Body DEFENSE FUND ESTABLISHED - HELP URGENTLY NEEDED Steve Kurtz was already suffering from one tragedy when he called 911 early in the morning to tell them his wife had suffered a cardiac arrest and died in her sleep. The police arrived and, cranked up on the rhetoric of the "War on Terror," decided Kurtz's art supplies were actually bioterrorism weapons. Thus began an Orwellian stream of events in which FBI agents abducted Kurtz without charges, sealed off his entire block, and confiscated his computers, manuscripts, art supplies... and even his wife's body. Like the case of Brandon Mayfield, the Muslim lawyer from Portland imprisoned for two weeks on the flimsiest of false evidence, Kurtz's case amply demonstrates the dangers posed by the USA PATRIOT Act coupled with government-nurtured terrorism hysteria. Kurtz's case is ongoing, and, on top of everything else, Kurtz is facing a mountain of legal fees. Donations to his legal defense can be made at http://www.rtmark.com/CAEdefense/ FEAR RUN AMOK Steve Kurtz is Associate Professor in the Department of Art at the State University of New York's University at Buffalo, and a member of the internationally-acclaimed Critical Art Ensemble. Kurtz's wife, Hope Kurtz, died in her sleep of cardiac arrest in the early morning hours of May 11. Police arrived, became suspicious of Kurtz's art supplies and called the FBI. Within hours, FBI agents had "detained" Kurtz as a suspected bioterrorist and cordoned off the entire block around his house. (Kurtz walked away the next day on the advice of a lawyer, his "detention" having proved to be illegal.) Over the next few days, dozens of agents in hazmat suits, from a number of law enforcement agencies, sifted through Kurtz's work, analyzing it on-site and impounding computers, manuscripts, books, equipment, and even his wife's body for further analysis. Meanwhile, the Buffalo Health Department condemned his house as a health risk. Kurtz, a member of the Critical Art Ensemble, makes art which addresses the politics of biotechnology. "Free Range Grains," CAE's latest project, included a mobile DNA extraction laboratory for testing food products for possible transgenic contamination. It was this equipment which triggered the Kafkaesque chain of events. FBI field and laboratory tests have shown that Kurtz's equipment was not used for any illegal purpose. In fact, it is not even _possible_ to use this equipment for the production or weaponization of dangerous germs. Furthermore, any person in the US may legally obtain and possess such equipment. "Today, there is no legal way to stop huge corporations from putting genetically altered material in our food," said Defense Fund spokeswoman Carla Mendes. "Yet owning the equipment required to test for the presence of 'Frankenfood' will get you accused of 'terrorism.' You can be illegally detained by shadowy government agents, lose access to your home, work, and belongings, and find that your recently deceased spouse's body has been taken away for 'analysis.'" Though Kurtz has finally been able to return to his home and recover his wife's body, the FBI has still not returned any of his equipment, computers or manuscripts, nor given any indication of when they will. The case remains open. HELP URGENTLY NEEDED A small fortune has already been spent on lawyers for Kurtz and other Critical Art Ensemble members. A defense fund has been established at http://www.rtmark.com/CAEdefense/ to help defray the legal costs which will continue to mount so long as the investigation continues. Donations go directly to the legal defense of Kurtz and other Critical Art Ensemble members. Should the funds raised exceed the cost of the legal defense, any remaining money will be used to help other artists in need. To make a donation, please visit http://www.rtmark.com/CAEdefense/ For more information on the Critical Art Ensemble, please visit http://www.critical-art.net/ Articles about the case: http://www.rtmark.com/CAEdefense/news-WKBW-2.html http://www.rtmark.com/CAEdefense/news-WKBW.html |
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Ben at Autonomedia <ben@autonomedia.org> Répondre à : ben@autonomedia.org Date : Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:28:20 -0400 À : autonogram@lists.interactivist.net Objet : [Autonogram] Steve Kurtz/CAE update and NYC benefit greetings, all -- What's there to say about Steve Kurtz's case? Not much, at the moment. The grand jury hearing began this past Tuesday, amid a large public outcry and simultaneous demonstrations in Buffalo, Pittsburgh and San Francisco. Unfortunately, because the hearing is closed to the public and witnesses are sworn to secrecy, there's not much beyond speculation to report at this point. A lot of press attention HAS been drawn to the case, which is being archived at http://www.caedefensefund.org/press.html along with much background information on the case. Also of great value is the Critical Art Ensemble's own website describing the "Free Range Grains" project, the piece that was intended to be installed at MassMOCA and is now in the custody of the FBI. This can be found at http://www.critical-art.net/biotech/free/index.html along with in-depth descriptions of CAE's other critical work involving biotechnology. The activist strategy that undergirds much of CAE's work is well-articulated in the third chapter of their recent book "Molecular Invasion", entitled "Transgenic Production and Cultural Resistance: A Seven-Point Plan." The PDF of this chapter can be downloaded at http://www.critical-art.net/books/molecular/chapter3.pdf , and more on the book itself can be found at http://bookstore.autonomedia.org/index.cgi?pid=258 . One of the most important things that can be done in support of the CAE is to understand what it is that they're doing and why it's important, and then spreading this around. Please tell people about this case, forward this email and links to the stories on the CAE Defense site, and help build a critical public awareness of why the State fears the kind of well-articulated opposition represented by the CAE. * * * * * ALSO: There will be a benefit cabaret in NYC this coming Tuesday, June 22, at 8 pm, hosted by Gary Indiana at the Passerby Gallery, 436 West 15th Street between 9th and 10th Aves in Manhattan. The evening will focus on video work, with screenings of Alex Bag's "Demo Reel/Coven Services" (2004), Gary Indiana's "Soap" (2004, and based on a Francis Ponge book), and Michel Auder's "My Last Bag of Heroin (For Real)" (1986). Also expect lots of talk and other cabaretic behavior from Mr Indiana, and be prepared to drink lustily from the gallery bar. CAE books will be available, with all sales going to the Defense Fund; all donations taken at the door will also go to their legal fund. Please come, and tell your NYC friends about it as well. * * * That's all for now, but expect more updates as this case progresses. bests, Ben / Autonomedia |
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| Konrad Becker, Tactical Reality Dictionary. Cultural Intelligence and Social Control, éd. Selene, Vienne : 2002, anti-copyright. ISBN 3-85266-194-3 schneiter@cyberaxe.org This book may be pirated for noncommercial purposes. Please inform the author and publisher at <trd@t0.or.at> http://www.autonomedia.org/newbook/index.html Comme un manuel de “ Crude Thinking ” anti-politiquement correct, le dictionnaire de Konrad Becker est un guide pour les tacticiens de l’intelligence culturelle, — artistes, théoriciens, médias tacticiens, — tous contre-agents des “ services spéciaux ” de la société de contrôle. Le dictionnaire offre plusieurs entrées à la notion d’intelligence culturelle présentée comme l’intelligence des multitudes, celle qui interagit au niveau des droits à la liberté d’expression et de communication dans une infosphère livrée à la concurrence de l’industrie culturelle. Les services de l’intelligence culturelle sont de l’ordre d’une culture parallèle. Leurs agents dénoncent la confiscation des informations par les médias et les services spéciaux traditionnels, — services de police, services des armées et services gouvernementaux. Ils proposent des réponses techniques, artistiques, esthétiques, politiques aux questions posées par les multitudes menacées de mass-médiatisation, — nouvelle forme d’asservissement de l’existence à l’échelle mondiale. Becker montre que cette intelligence des multitudes augmentée par les flux des réseaux électroniques a besoin de modèles de logique connectés aux dynamiques de l’ambiguïté et de l’incertain. Le modèle dominant de la logique aristotélicienne a cédé le pas devant les modèles de corrélation propres aux symboles idéographiques. Les avancées de la recherche en logique floue (Fluffy Logic), appliquée déjà à certains logiciels et à des robots permettent d’interpréter le divers autrement que par l’exclusion ou la dichotomie. Des logiciels autopoiëtiques dont les programmes se modifient en relation à des situations ou à des environnements spécifiques, contribuent à transformer sensiblement les modes de pensée, les états de la conscience, et les interventions dans la réalité. En soixante-douze entrées, Becker poursuit l’exploration des flux électroniques et des mutations infra-sensibles de la société de l’information et du contrôle. Il dessine les contours flous d’une réalité “ transhumaine ” à venir. Visionnaire, Becker entrevoit dans cette espèce de guérilla “ méta-iconoclaste ” alliée aux machines intelligentes où chacun interagit en même temps, en multiples directions, — une vaste danse d’allias et de données mimant des figures imprédictibles. Longue vie à un dictionnaire qui contribue à l’expansion d’un Critical Art Intelligence Network (CAIN), — un réseau d’agents spéciaux de l’intelligence critique où on trouverait côte à côte relisant le Léviathan de Thomas Hobbes, — Hakim Bey, le collectif subRosa et le CCC critical curatorial cybermedia, — parmi tant d’autres ! Liliane Schneiter Extrait, op. cit., p. 37. Cultural CounterIntelligence “ (…) The practice of subvertisement, culture jamming, semiotic counterterrorism, collective phantoms, media invasion, autonomous space exploration, all known means of artistic expression need to converge in a general movement of counter-propoganda which must encompass all the perpetually interacting aspects of social reality. ” Bio Konrad Becker est un chercheur et un développeur des hypermédias. Il est membre de l’Institut New Culture Technologies, directeur de Public Netbase/t0, — un centre d’étude de la culture dans les techniques de l’information et de la communication (TIC) et collaborateur au World-Information.Org. http://world-information.org/ |
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À l’âge des électrons libres,
les communautés, les collectifs, l’art des réseaux
sont les vecteurs indispensables de l’intelligence culturelle. |
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