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Bruce Sterling, a friend of Erik Davis http://www.well.com/conf/mirrorshades/ Bruce Sterling 3410 Cedar Street Austin, Texas 78705 USA > > Table of Contents: > > new online publication series: CULTURAL SNAPSHOTS > Giles Lane <giles.lane@rca.ac.uk> > > Leonardo Book Series Release: Metal and Flesh by Ollivier Dyens > Joel Slayton <joel@well.com> > > there's a war on.... > Jonathan Prince <jonathan@killyourtv.com> > > CULT 2001 - proceedings > "Pia Vigh" <pia.vigh@www.kulturnet.dk> > > a girl in the sound without movie but she knows light redemption > jimpunk <jim@jimpunk.com> > > > Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl> > > Rhizome ArtBase--_Pause is online > "Garrett Lynch" <garrett_44@hotmail.com> > > mail art call > cdr@pro.hu > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 12:18:42 +0200 > From: Giles Lane <giles.lane@rca.ac.uk> > Subject: new online publication series: CULTURAL SNAPSHOTS > > Proboscis announces a new online publishing series: CULTURAL SNAPSHOTS > > CULTURAL SNAPSHOTS are brief cultural analysis documents published > alongside research projects. They are intended to provoke comment and > debate on the contexts in which research by Proboscis is carried out. > CULTURAL SNAPSHOTS is part of Proboscis' SoMa: social matrices think tank > programme. > > > The first in the series is: > > A NEW CULTURAL REVOLUTION: pervasive information in the new world order > > This essay looks at the impact of the recent attacks in New York & > Washington on the knowledge society and the development of 'convergent' > services as part of a social and cultural response. It proposes the > integration of wireless communications more deeply into Civil Society by > devising civic applications (in addition to existing commercial services) > for the new 'digital commons'. > > > ISSN: 1475-8474 | Free | PDF format > > http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~proboscis/SNAPSHOTS_revolutionP.pdf > > - -- > > http://www.proboscis.org.uk > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 21:56:03 -0700 > From: Joel Slayton <joel@well.com> > Subject: Leonardo Book Series Release: Metal and Flesh by Ollivier Dyens > > The Leonardo Book Series published by MIT Press is pleased to announce the > release of "Metal And Flesh, The Evolution of Man: Technology Takes Over" > by Ollivier Dyens, translated by Evan J. Bibbee and Ollivier Dyens. > > For more than 3,000 years, humans have explored uncharted geographic and > spiritual realms. Present-day explorers face new territories born from the > coupling of living tissue and metal, strange lifeforms that are > intelligent but unconscious, neither completely alive nor dead. Our bodies > are now made of machines, images, and information. We are becoming > cultural bodies in a world inhabited by cyborgs, clones, genetically > modified animals, and innumerable species of human/information symbionts. > Ollivier Dyens¹s Metal and Flesh is about two closely related phenomena: > the technologically induced transformation of our perceptions of the world > and the emergence of a cultural biology. Culture, according to Dyens, is > taking control of the biosphere. Focusing on the twentieth century--which > will be remembered as the century in which the living body was blurred, > molded, and transformed by technology and culture--Dyens ruminates on the > undeniable and irreversible human/machine entanglement that is changing > the very nature of our lives. Ollivier Dyens is Assistant Professor of > French at Concordia University in Montreal. > > Order information: > http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?sid=3349F310-7872-4EBD-868E-C > F672FD1C89F&ttype=2&tid=8504 > > Leonardo Book Series > http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/isast/leobooks.html > > The mission of the Leonardo Book Series, published by the MIT Press, is to > publish texts by artists, scientists, researchers and scholars that > present innovative discourse on the convergence of art, science and > technology. Envisioned as a catalyst for enterprise, research and > creative and scholarly experimentation, the book series enables diverse > intellectual communities to explore common grounds of expertise. The > Leonardo Book Series provides for the contextualization of contemporary > practice, ideas and frameworks represented by those working at the > intersection of art and science. > > Book proposals addressing theory, research and practice, education, > historical scholarship, discipline summaries, collections, and > experimental texts will be considered. > > Submission Guidelines: > <http://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/ms-submission.html>. > > Inquiries and proposals can be submitted to: > > Joel Slayton, Chair > Leonardo Book Series Committee > c/o LEONARDO > 425 Market Street, 2nd Floor > San Francisco, CA 94105 > U.S.A. > > or > > Doug Sery, Book Series Editor > MIT Press Books > 5 Cambridge Center > Cambridge, MA 02142 > U.S.A. > > E-mail: leonardobooks@mitpress.mit.edu > > Recent titles include: > The Language of new Media, by Lev Manovich > The Robot in the Garden, edited by Ken Goldberg > Technoromanticism, by Richard Coyne > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 22:20:33 -0400 > From: Jonathan Prince <jonathan@killyourtv.com> > Subject: there's a war on.... > > http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war.html > - -- > .. > Jonathan Prince > jonathan@killyourtv.com > http://KillYourTV.com > > meta photo blog > http://Photographica.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 15:13:14 +0200 > From: "Pia Vigh" <pia.vigh@www.kulturnet.dk> > Subject: CULT 2001 - proceedings > > > The conference CULT 2001 previously announced at this maillist - was > held in Copenhagen, October 3-5 and turned out to be a very inspiring and > stimulating conference providing participants new perspectives in the > field of digital culture. > > Old structural barriers have been transgressed on the cultural scene, due > to the digital economy and the new media strategies. New creative models > of collaboration emerge between institutions preserving cultural heritage, > performing arts creating new expressions, and information technology > providing tools of communication. > > > The interface between Cultural Heritage, Netart and State of the Art > Projects is new. It is both innovative, challenging and a critical vehicle > for issues concerning collaboration, communication and dissemination > strategies in modern societies. > > CULT 2001 established a platform for discussions and reflections on these > new visions of collaboration and dissemination strategies. > > Please feel free to share the inspiration given by the keynotes > and -statements: > > a.. Howard Rheingold, Author of 'The Virtual Community', US > b.. Hans Siggaard Jensen, Director of research, Learning Lab Denmark, DK > c.. Terry Eagleton, Professor, University of Manchester, UK > d.. Ceri Sherlock, Creative Director of IE-Ideas Ltd., UK > e.. John Howkins, Chairman, Tornado Productions, UK > f.. Bruce Royan, Executive Director of SCRAN, UK > g.. Preben Mejer, TDC, DK > h.. Björn Norberg, Beeoff/Splintermind, SE > > and by more than 30 session speakers, now available as papers and > abstracts in the proceedings of CULT 2001. > > You'll find the CULT 2001 conference site via link from frontsite of > www.kulturnet.dk. The proceedings of CULT 2001 are available in pdf-format > and in a few days also in html-format. The proceedings will be available > until the end of this year. > > > Please find the entire proceedings at the conference site; due to the > bit-weighty size of the complete pdf-format, proceedings have also been > broken down into smaller files. Please feel free to download them > separately. > > > > All papers are published according to an understanding with each author; > some are abstracts, some full papers. Please respect the individual > intellectual rights of the authors! > > > Kind regards, > Pia Vigh > ================================================= > Tilmelding til nyhedsbrev: > http://www.kulturnet.dk/kulturnyt/nyhedsbrev.html > ================================================= > > Pia Vigh > Projektleder > > Kulturnet Danmark > Christians Brygge 3 > 1219 København K > > Tel 33 13 50 88 > Fax 33 14 11 56 > Mo 28 58 03 88 > > pia.vigh@www.kulturnet.dk > www.kulturnet.dk > Pia Vigh > Project Manager > > CultureNet Denmark > Christians Brygge 3 > DK-1219 Copenhagen K > > +45 33 13 50 88 > +45 33 14 11 56 > +45 28 58 03 88 > > pia.vigh@www.kulturnet.dk > www.culturenet-denmark.dk > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 15:55:39 +0200 > From: jimpunk <jim@jimpunk.com> > Subject: a girl in the sound without movie but she knows light redemption > > § > § > § > § > § > § > § > § > § > http://www.jimpunk.com/pop/media/index.php3 > ^ | > ^ | > ^ | > | | > | | > | v > | v > | v > | v > | v > | v > | v > | v > | v > | v > | v > | v > |_________________________________________v > | > | > | > close>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > robot.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > manager.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > system.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > bad.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > parameter.html>>>>>>>>>>>>> > error.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > computer.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > request.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > test.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > crash.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > next.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > trash.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > slash.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > new.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > a.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 00:07:14 +0200 (CEST) > From: Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl> > > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:49:51 -0500 > From: Hermenaut Editors <editors@hermenaut.com> > To: josh@hermenaut.com > Subject: Any friend of Erik Davis... > > is a friend of Hermenaut's. > > Perhaps that's going too far. I like Erik and all, but I didn't like how > he accidentally sent my email address to a bunch of people I didn't know. > > This morning, however, as I was packing up a shipment of Hermenaut #16 to > send to one of our distributors, I was worrying that we're going to sell > out every single copy of the new issue, leaving us with zero copies to > give away to those with-it, media-literate types for whom we write and > edit Hermenaut. That's what happened with #15, to our chagrin. And that > made me think that I should offer a free copy of #16 -- the "Stockholm > Syndrome" issue, featuring writing by Sam Lipsyte, Keith Gessen, Gavin > McNett, Paul Maliszewski, David Mamet, Lydia Millet, Louis Theroux, and > Hermenaut's regular contributors -- to Erik's friends and acquaintances. > > If you've never heard of us, Hermenaut is a journal of philosophy and pop > culture published in Boston, Mass. -- we've been described by Wired > Magazine as "a sounding board for thinking folk who operate outside the > ivory tower," by The American Prospect as "a freelance department of > philosophy," and by the Boston Phoenix as "a refreshing challenge to the > cultural orthodoxy of self-conscious advertising, unexamined hipness, and > empty cynicism." > > So, here's the deal. I'll send you a free copy of the new issue (I promise > never to follow up with any salesman-like communications) if you do the > following two things: > > 1) Tell me a little bit about who you are and what you do. > 2) Send me your mailing address. > > This is a while-supplies-last kind of thing, so if you're interested, > please get back to me quickly. > > Thanks, > > Josh Glenn > editor, Hermenaut > > **** > > Hermenaut is a (print) journal of philosophy and pop culture > write us: 179 Boylston St., Bldg. P, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-4544 > e-mail us: editors@hermenaut.com > get information: info@hermenaut.com > visit our Web site: http://www.hermenaut.com > call us M-F, 10-6 EST: 617.522.7100 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 13:49:34 +0200 > From: "Garrett Lynch" <garrett_44@hotmail.com> > Subject: Rhizome ArtBase--_Pause is online > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > > Hello all > > _Pause has been added to the rhizome artbase and can be found at the > following address... > > http://rhizome.org/object.rhiz?2855 > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > > Salut tous > > _Pause est maintainent disponible dans le rhizome artbase, vous pouvez > trouve le a l'addresse suivant... > > http://rhizome.org/object.rhiz?2855 > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > > > a+ > Garrett > > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > > Garrett@asquare.org > http://www.asquare.org/ > http://www.intimacyandloneliness.f2s.com/ > http://www.playpause.f2s.com/ > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 22:41:34 +0200 > From: cdr@pro.hu > Subject: mail art call > >> patricia@redshift.com wrote to fluxlist [ 20/10/2001|10.24 PM ] >> >> Open to Everyone >> >> Greetings. >> This e.mail is to inform you of the upcoming >> International Mail-Art Exhibition >> entitled: >> >> "POSTCARDS TO NEW YORK" >> >> to be held at the MACY GALLERY on the campus of >> Teachers College, Columbia University in the City of >> >> New York in the United States of America, >> from November 5th through November 16th / 2001. >> Please join us for the Reception on Friday, >> November 9th, from 4-6 PM for special performances. >> >> >> Title: "Postcards To New York" >> open to interpretation >> size: Postcards only/ no envelopes >> Mail: All postcards must be received through >> the U.S. Mail >> Media: All >> All Entries are accepted >> Multiple entries are encouraged >> There is no fee or Jury >> Postcards cannot be returned >> Names of the participants will be listed >> alphabetically on our web site: >> www.tc.columbia.edu/academic/arts/MACY.html >> following the exhibition >> >> Deadline: November 1/2001 >> >> Mail your Postcards to: >> >> "Postcards To New York" >> Macy Gallery >> Box 78 >> Teachers College, Columbia University >> 525 West 120th Street >> New York NY 10027 >> >> Postcards are accepted from all Artists and >> Non-Artists from every age group, every country, >> every religion and every body from every walk of life >> who feels they want to say something, write something, >> draw, paint, make or photograph something about what >> happened on September 11/2001 in New York. >> Mail Art continues to be a creative venue for >> collective and communal expression and global >> communication. >> If you have any additional Questions please >> >> e.mail us at postcardstonewyork@yahoo.com >> >> We hope that you will pass this along to anyone >> or any organization that will be interested. >> Thank you for your participation. >> We will look forward to receiving your postcards. >> >> >> Yours, >> >> Kendal Kennedy >> Curator >> kendalkennedy@yahoo.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net > _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold