| Andreas Broeckmann on Thu, 30 Sep 1999 09:05:21 +0200 |
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| Syndicate: DA2 - The Container sets sail |
DA2 hosts: THE CONTAINER - SEND OFF PARTY @ The Black and White Café, Grosvenor Road, St Pauls, Bristol Sunday 3 October from 2 pm with live London Link Up between 2-5pm, demonstrating the technology the container will be using to link the Caribbean to the UK when the Container lands in Jamaica. ********************************************************* ABOUT THE CONTAINER The Container - a means of technological repatriation The Container - a unit of transportation, distributing large quantities of collective and individual gross Domestic Product. A dogma in the industrial revolution. The Container is a mobile media lab which can provide access to computers and the internet for those who are least able to gain access through traditional means. Jamaican born Mervin Jarman has purchased and equipped a container with computers and accessories and is shipping it to Jamaica next week where it will be used as a centre for drop-in training, education, advice and DIY-media. Later it will island-hop across the Caribbean. Over the summer the Container was used in London and Bristol to host informal workshops for people with Caribbean connections wanting to learn more ways in which they can take advantage of digital media. When the Container reaches the Caribbean, the people from the UK communities that have already been involved in the project will be able start up dialogues on-line with friends and family overseas. The Container was in Bristol as part of the DA2, Digital Arts Development Agency, arts programme, in July, during and after the St Pauls carnival, providing hands-on internet workshops and demonstrations. In 2000 when the Container has been landed in Jamaica, DA2 will be organising links between artists working with the two international communities. If you would like to help contribute computer resources to the Container project or for more information about it please contact [email protected]. For information on the Container in Bristol and the DA2 programme contact [email protected]. You can follow the progress of the container at the DA2 website http://www.da2.org.uk The container in Bristol is supported by the Arts Council of England, JP, Computer Access, Highprosys Computers, Hewlett Packard, RUZ productions, Mongrel and IANI media. The Container Project Web Site is @ http://www.container.access-it.org.uk Be a Mongrel use NaturalSelection? @ Mongrel: http://www.mongrel.org.uk Other publications: http://caribbeanshop.com http://www.dfi.org.uk ******************************************************** Peter Ride, Director DA2 Digital Arts Development Agency http://www.da2.org.uk [email protected] DA2 is supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of England ISP sponsorship provided by City Netgates ------Syndicate mailinglist-------------------- Syndicate network for media culture and media art information and archive: http://www.v2.nl/syndicate to unsubscribe, write to <[email protected]> in the body of the msg: unsubscribe [email protected]