Syndicate: asu update

["Armin Medosch" <armin@mail.easynet.co.uk>]

Update on:
ART SERVERS UNLIMITED
conference and net.radio event 
London, 4th of July 1998, ICA, The Mall 

ART SERVERS UNLIMITED is a conference and net.radio event putting a
spotlight on art servers as innovative nodes of cultural activity on the
net. Part of the Festival of Central European Culture, ART SERVERS
UNLIMITED brings together about 50 people representing 22 projects coming
from 7 different countries. The event will address issues such as:

Who are the real creative forces on the internet? 

Will the increasing presence of e-commerce and info-shops threaten the
existence of independent arts ventures?

What can be done to support and sustain  independent, noncommercial,
artistic or experimental  projects on the internet? 


WHAT ARE ART SERVERS?
Art servers are servers on the internet hosting a wide variety of cultural
expression, from curated art-sites to freewheeling net.art, e-mail
discussion forums to invaluable text archives,  independent artists'
net.radios to forms of interactive tv and 3D worlds. 

Art Servers are not an artistic genre like theatre or TV.  Rather, they are
constantly shifting and evolving transitional mediums pointing the way to
new and diverse modes of expression. Art Servers are shaped by the engaged
individuals behind them, and vary wildly in structure and approach. 

Art Servers are sites of collective shared expertise where new net ideas
are born and nurtured.


THE CONFERENCE
ART SERVERS UNLIMITED will look at a variety of working models that
incorporate old and new media to bring to life diverse artistic visions.

ART SERVERS UNLIMITED examines different ways of  financing Art Servers.
Many economic models currentlly co-exist including government funding,
sponsorship and creating an income through some commercial activity. 

ART SERVERS UNLIMITED will seek to give an overview of existing art servers
and start up projects in Europe. 

NET.RADIO NIGHT

A net.radio live event tying in to the conference will be staged in the ICA
bar. Multiple live streaming of audio signals between London, Budapest,
Vienna, Lubljana, Riga, Rimini and other cities will demonstrate the
possibilities of netcasting. In London, the audio-streams of the
participating radios, the DJs, the moderator and studio guests at the ICA
will be mixed live and broadcasted back online as well as into the concert
theatre.

Schedule:

Date: 4th of July 1998
Location: ICA New Media Center and Brandon Room
Times:11.30 a.m. -  6 p.m.: Public Conference and Panel discussion,
structured presentation of Art Server activities. Participants can examine
Art Servers on web-stations dedicated to the present projects.

Prices: 8 / 6 Pounds
Box Office  0171 930 36 47

8 p.m. - 1 a.m.: Net.Radio Live Event with ministry:of:x-periment
(Slovenia), Pararadio (Hungary),  OZOne (Latvia), t0 ecape radio lounge
(Austria), radio Lada (Italy), Backspace (UK), ProteinTV (UK) a.o. 



Confirmed Participants:

Balázs Beöthy: C3 Center [http://www.c3.hu]

Marko Pelijhan, Vuk Cosic, Luka Frelih: Ljubljana Digital Media Lab
[http://www.ljudmila.org]

Janos Sugar: Media Research Foundation [http://www.mrf.hu]

Borut Savski: ministry:of:x-periment [http://www.radiostudent.si/mzx]

Szabo Sandor, Daniel Molnar: Pararadio [http://www.c3.hu/para]

Rasa Smite, Raitis Smits, Jaanis Garancs: e-lab /xchange /ozone
[http://re-lab.net]

James Wallbank:  Redundant Technology Initiative [http://www.lowtech.org]

Oskar Obereder: Silverserver [http://www.silverserver.co.at]

Konrad Becker, Marie Ringler: t0 Public Netbase [http://www.t0.or.at]

Sholto Ramsey, Nizami Cummins: ICA New Media Centre
[http://www.newmediacentre.com]

Micz Flor: yourserver [http://www.yourserver.co.uk]

James Stevens, Rachel Baker, Gio Angelo:  backspace
[http://www.backspace.org]

Heath Bunting: irational.org [http//www.irational.org]

William Rowe: ProteinTV [http://www.proteinTV.com]

Kass Schmitt, Jonathan Moberty: Ellipsis.Net [http://www.ellipsis.net]

David Sinden: Channel/Artec [http://www.channel.org.uk]

Matt Locke: Kirklees Media Centre [http://www.test.org.uk/]

Jon Harrison: Lovebytes [http://www.lovebytes.org.uk]

John Lundberg: Head-Space  [http://www.head-space.org] 

Sandra Fauconnier, Patrice Riemens, Guy van Belle: Dbonanzah
[http://www.dbonanzah.org]

Frederic Madre:  [http://pleine-peau.com] 

Jeremy Quinn: Hypermedia Research Center [http://www.hrc.wmin.ac.uk] 

Art Servers Unlimited is part of the Festival of Central European Culture.
In cooperation with and supported by:

Backspace Internet Gallery, Austrian Cultural Institute, Embassy of the
Republic of Slovenia, Cultural Institute of Hungary, Austrian
Bundeskanzleramt Sektion Kunst, ICA Newmediacentre, Westminster University
Hypermedia Research Centre, Arts Council of England. 


Please note: a more specific schedule and conference plan will be mailed
out on request soon:

Organisation-By / Reply-To: 
Manu Luksch [manu@sil.at] and 
Armin Medosch [armin@easynet.co.uk]
52B Andrews Rd, London E8 4RL
T: 0044.171.9238830 F: 9238831


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