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| <nettime-ann> [event] The IOCT Salon with Marc Garrett, Leicester, UK - Thursday Nov 2, 5.30pm - 7.30pm |
. The IOCT Salon http://www.ioctsalon.com
The IOCT Salon is a new regular event that highlights practice and practitioners in the digital arts. It takes place at the Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
Admission is free, and members of the public are very welcome! It would be very helpful if you could email us to let us know you are coming ( info /at/ ioctsalon.com ), but just turning up on the night is also fine.
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Thursday 2nd November 2006, 6.00pm - 7.30pm (coffee from 5.30pm)
Marc Garrett, http://www.furtherfield.org
Net artist, media artist, curator, writer, street artist, activist, educationalist and musician. Emerging in the late 80's from the streets exploring creativity via agit-art tactics. Using unofficial, experimental platforms such as the streets, pirate radio such as the locally popular 'Savage Yet Tender' alternative broadcasting 1980's group, net broadcasts, BBS systems, performance, intervention, events, pamphlets, warehouses and gallery spaces. In the early nineties, was co-sysop (systems operator) for a while with Heath Bunting on Cybercafe BBS, dedicated to arts, technology and hacking.
Co-director and co-founder, with artist Ruth Catlow of the net arts collectives and communities- furtherfield.org, furthernoise.org, netbehaviour.org, also cofounder and co-curator/director of the gallery space called HTTP Gallery in London, UK. Currently involved in co-running, collaborating with many others on Node.London. Also co-curating various contemporary Media Arts exhibitions, nationally and Internationally such as Game/play a touring exhibition.
Other projects:
http://www.http.uk.net http://www.visitorsstudio.org http://blog.game-play.org.uk http://www.nodel.org (with many others) http://netartfilm.furtherfield.org http://www.netbehaviour.org http://www.furthernoise.org
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The IOCT Salon ( http://www.ioctsalon.com ) is managed by Chris Joseph, Digital Writer in Residence at the Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University. This residency is funded by Arts Council England: East Midlands.
For further information about the IOCT Salon please email Chris: info /at/ ioctsalon.com . To be notified of future events please join the mailing list on the Salon website.
The IOCT Salon is held at and staged by De Montfort University and the Insitute of Creative Technologies, and supported by Arts Council England and the Literature Development Network. _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list [email protected] http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann