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Subject: <nettime> announcer 009 From: announcer <Sandra.Fauconnier@rug.ac.be> Date: 13 Nov 1997 13:07:26 +0100 * * * * * Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.3.96.971107150653.11996A-100000@eduserv2.rug.ac.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-nettime-l@Desk.nl Precedence: bulk 1. Jetai Conference on New Ways of Communicating 2. Eduardo Kac Time Capsule 3. Citizen Vagrom Media Conglomerates Seized by NYC Protestors 4. rasa Xchange on-air session on-line! 5. Alt-X New at Alt-X _______________________________________________________________________ 1. From: jetais@mcg.gla.ac.uk (Jetai) To: javap-uk@mailbase.ac.uk Subject: Conference on New Ways of Communicating Official Programme Jetai'97 - New Ways of Communicating November, 12th-15th 1997. The University of Glasgow, Glasgow (http://www.jetai.mcg.gla.ac.uk) (e-mail: jetais@mcg.gla.ac.uk) 1. General Information 2. Sessions, Talks and Workshops 3. The Conference Timetable 1. General Information The field of modern communication is expanding so rapidly that even specialists find it hard to keep track of recent developments. Jetai'97 is being organised in order to bring together the diverse disciplines and applications, and to investigate the implications of these exciting changes. Talks and presentations at Jetai'97 will be about technical, medical, social, cultural and artistic uses of communication technology. The latest developments and innovations will be discussed with experts from professional and academic backgrounds. A comprehensive translation service into 4 different languages (French, Italian, Spanish and Sign Language) will be provided. In addition to conference speeches, a variety of small group workshops will take place under expert supervision. Jetai'97 is also complemented by an exhibition where companies and businesses have the opportunity to display their products and services. It will also feature a display of "40 Years of Computing" organised in conjunction with the Computer Services and Computing Science departments and the Hunterian Museum. The exhibition is open to the public free of charge and will run continuously throughout the conference. A typical conference day is split into 3 "sessions" which consist of a number of presentations on a related subject. In order to offer delegates an interesting programme, a choice of sessions and workshops will be staged simultaneously. 2. Sessions, Talks and Workshops The Programme of Jetai'97 comprises the following sessions: OPENING Session (Thursday, Nov. 13th, 9.00am - 10.45am Bute Hall) * Ellen Jackson, Jetai UK: Welcome address * Huge Harry, The Netherlands: Opening Speech * Colin Green, Intel Corp.: Keynote on "MMX Technology" JAVA - (Thursday, Nov. 13th, 11am - 12.30pm) * Grahame Reynolds, SUN Microsystems:=20 Overview of current and future Java Technology * Dieter Metzger, Daimler Benz, Germany: Remote control of a wind tunnel using Java * Mark Stiles, Staffordshire University: The COSE project * Tim Stammers, Computer Magazine: Java PEOPLE AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY - (Thursday, Nov. 13th, 11am - 12.30pm) * Prof. Anne H. Anderson, HCRC, University of Glasgow: Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Human Communication * Prof. Terry Mayes, Glasgow Caledonian University: The vicarious learner * Dr Andrew Monk, University of York: Fit for purpose? Making Communication Technology work WORKING, TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH IT - (Thursday, Nov. 13th, 11am - 12.30pm) * Mike Tate, British Telecom: The future of work * Alison Smith, University of the Highlands and Islands: Using telematics to breakdown barriers of access to further and higher education * Ashley Lloyd, Univ. of Edinburgh: Metropolitan Area Networks and management education: EaStMAN and the Omni.bus project * Gill Price, University of Wales, Aberystwyth: A NEAT delivery of advisory services ART & IT (I) - (Thursday, Nov. 13th, 2.00pm - 3.30pm) * Angus Farquhar, NVA: NVA projects (VWO, Stormy Waters) * Van Gogh TV: VAN GOGH TV's past - present - future ideas and examples for=20 interfacing "Cyberspace and Reality" * Stelarc, Australia PARASITE - Event for invaded and involuntary body NETWORK TECHNOLOGY - (Thursday, Nov. 13th, 2pm - 3.30pm) * Martin Cook, Cisco UK Ltd: The future of Intra- and Extranets * Francois Lancon, Bay Networks: Adaptive networking * Nigel Hawthorn, 3COM: Planning and Implementing an Intranet EXHIBITON FEATURES - (Thursday, Nov. 13th, 2pm - 3.30pm) * Lynn Coventry, NCR: Advertising ATM * Paul Readman, Saville: The presentation revolution * Rachel McEwan, University of Glasgow: Crossing boundaries - virtual teamworking in a Multimedia Environment WWW - (Thursday, Nov. 13th, 4pm - 5.30pm) * Mark Overd, Alcatel UK: Alcatel internet terminals * Elizabeth Bartley, Microsoft: Remembering the basics - web design as a medium of communication * Dr. Janet Hitzeman, University of Edinburgh: The ILEX and SOLE projects: A personal, dynamic, talking web browser * Linzi Perth: WWW design * Lucy Smallwood, University of Glasgow: Web DESIREables ART & IT (II) - (Thursday, Nov. 13th, 4pm - 5.30pm) * Kathy Rae Huffman & Eva Wohlgemuth, Austria Women online: Face Settings , a real virtual, cooking & communication forum for women. * Simon Yuill, University of Dundee The "STRUT" performance series * Rachel Baker Irational.Org - be your own propagandist LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE NET - (Thursday, Nov. 14th, 4pm - 5.30pm) * Yaman Akdeniz, Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties, * Prof. Clive Walker, University of Leeds: Digital Democracy: Dilemmas of Freedom * Duncan Campbell, Guardian papers: Surveillance & Supervision: Privacy, secret intelligence and the wired world * Lilian Edwards, University of Edinburgh: Interent regulation TELEMEDICINE - (Friday, Nov. 14th, 10am - 12.30pm) * Dr Pradeep Ramayya, Society for Computing and Technology in Anaesthesia: Telemedicine - a new mode of health care delivery * Prof. Fatima Adilova, Institute of Cybernetics, Uzbekistan: Telemedicine in the former SU states * Dr Donnie Ross, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary: Computers & Creativity in Hospitals - The Elusive Vision * Prof. Gavin Kenny, Glasgow Live video link to operation in Southern General Hospital MOBILE COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTING - (Friday, Nov. 14th, 10am - 11.30pm) * Tim Sagar, Alcatel UK: Evolution and delivery of value added services * Brian Turner, Nokia: Mobile phone meets the Internet * Paul Kurth, IBM: Function and industrial use of ThinkPads * Richard Alexander, University of Glasgow The mobile desktop ELECTRONIC SPEECH - (Friday, Nov. 14th, 10am - 11.30pm) * Klaus Failenschmid M.A., Dialogue Research, Vocalis: Spoken Language Dialogue Systems - Dreams and Reality * Dr Norman Alm, University of Dundee: Some new communication opportunities and some old challenges for people with special needs * Steve Renals, ILASH, University of Sheffield: Speech recognition VIRTUAL WORLDS - (Friday, Nov. 14th, 2pm - 3.30pm) * Chris Thornborrow, Silicon Graphics: VRML for Virtual Worlds * Andy Campbell, Red Lemon Studios: Development of a computer game * Eva Wohlgemuth, Austria: Bodyscan * Dr Paul Siebert, Turing Institute: Communicating in the 3rd dimension COMMUNITY SPACE & CYBERSPACE - (Friday, Nov. 14th, 2.00pm - 3.30pm) * Dr. Andrew McDonald, CCIS, Edinburgh: Mr McLuhan visits Craigmillar - Fast Forward through the Rearview Mirror - Digital Digerati or Digitally Deprived? * David Keltie, Zygosis: Doubly Disadvantaged? The Electronic Revolution and Local Urban Regeneration * Nigel Paine, SCET: IT Projects in the Community * Michael Mulquin, Communities Online: Communities Online to promote community networking initiatives throughout the UK BUSINESS ON THE WEB - (Friday, Nov. 14th, 2.00pm - 3.30pm) * Gary Lynch, UUNet: Exploiting the Internet for business * Adrian Norman, Worldwide Electronic Trading Ltd. Overview of Electronic commerce * Robert Snedden, Provisions on the Net: The virtual shop - a personal perspective VIDEOCONFERENCING - (Friday, Nov. 14th, 4.00pm - 5.30pm) * Gry Holthe, Tandberg ASA, Oslo: Videoconferencing: The innovative communication tool * Dr Paul Cockshott, Strathclyde University Fractal Compression - the Strathclyde Compression Technique * Roy Bennett, University College London: MBone Videoconferencing HIGH BANDWIDTH NETWORKS - (Friday, Nov. 14th, 4.00pm - 5.30pm) * Joe Frost, 3COM: Understanding the business benefits of ATM=20 * Colin Cooper, University of Glasgow The network situation in Scotland * Dave Harney, Cisco UK: ATM and Multilayer Switched Campus Network Design * Jean Ritchie, Scottish Higher Education Funding Council Multimedia teaching materials and the Scottish MANs THE FUTURE OF THE NET - (Saturday, Nov. 15th, 10.00pm - 2.00pm) * Erik Huizer, SurfNet, The Netherlands Introduction to the topic Subsequent panel discussion with various representatives from all sessions. (including: Chris Thornborrow, Silicon Graphics Malcolm Crowe, University of Paisley John Martin, TERENA Van Gogh TV Scottish Enterprise) 2a Workshops Java workshop SUN Microsystems, Thu & Fri 2pm - 3.30pm 4pm - 5.30pm Html Linzi Perth, Fri 10pm - 11.30pm Videoconferencing MCG, Thu & Fri 4pm - 5.30pm Electronic Music NVA, Fri 2pm - 3.30pm Brainstorming VGTV, Fri 2pm - 6pm 3. The conference timetable Wednesday, November 12th * Conference accreditation * Accommodation * Exhibition/Stand setup for exhibitors * 19.00 Formal welcome reception with the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Glasgow City Chambers Thursday - November 13th 9.30 - 11.00 Official opening of the conference and keynote speech 11.00 - 12.30 Morning sessions 12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break 14.00 - 15.30 Afternoon sessions and workshops 15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break and official visit by Brian Wilson, Minister for Industry and Education 16.00 - 17.30 Evening sessions and workshops Evening: Conference Ceilidh 20.00 - "Face Settings" performance, Streetlevel Gallery, Glasgow Friday - November 14th. 10.00 - 12.30 Morning sessions 12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break 14.00 - 15.30 Afternoon sessions and workshops 15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break 16.00 - 17.30 Evening sessions and workshops Evening: 20.00 - 21.30 "Glasgow by Night" - tour. Streetlevel Gallery, Glasgow: 20.00 - 21.00 Performance, Colin Andrews 21.00 - 22.00 Performance, Sandreuter Saturday - November 15th. 10.00 - 14.00 Special morning session 14.30 - 17.00 Shopping in Glasgow for international delegates 14.00 - 18.00 Lounge session Streetlevel Gallery, Glasgow Evening: Jetai'97 Conference Party Streetlevel Gallery, Glasgow: 20.00 - 21.00 Performance, Linzi Perth 21.00 - 22.00 "Between floor and ceiling", Simon Yuill 22.00 - Huge Harry says goodbye Performances of a number of artists attending the conference will take place at Streetlevel Gallery, Glasgow in conjunction with the Elevator performance series broadcast. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. Contact: ssinsley@starnetinc.com ARTIST EDUARDO KAC IMPLANTS IDENTIFICATION MICROCHIP TIME CAPSULE, AN INTRACORPOREAL ART WORK BY KAC, RAISES ETHICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT MEMORY AND IDENTITY IN DIGITAL CULTURE, LIVE ON TV AND ON THE WEB ARTIST'S ARM WILL BE SCANNED VIA THE INTERNET --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT, WHEN, WHERE: What: Event in which a microchip (identification transponder tag) will be implanted in the artist's left arm Artist: Eduardo Kac (ekac@artic.edu) When: Tuesday, November 11, 1997, at 9:30 PM Sao Paulo time Where: Casa das Rosas Cultural Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil On the air: Live on national Brazilian television via TV Cultura, in the daily program "Metropolis," at 9:30 PM Sao Paulo time (via Intelsat) Online: Live Webcast (November 11) at http://www.dialdata.com.br/casadasrosas/net-art/kac Additional information and permanent site: http://www.ekac.org/timec.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= AN ARTICLE ABOUT TIME CAPSULE BY EDUARDO KAC CAN BE READ AT: http://www.ekac.org/timec.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= TIME CAPSULE "Time Capsule" is a work-experience that lies somewhere between a local event-installation, a site-specific work in which the site itself is both the artist's body and a remote database, and a simulcast on TV and the Web. The object that gives the piece its title is a microchip with a programmed identification number which is integrated with a coil and a capacitor, all hermetically sealed in biocompatible glass. Scanning the implant generates a low energy radio signal (125 KHz) that energizes the microchip to transmit its unique and inalterable numerical code, which is shown on the scanner's 16-character Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). As we call "memory" the storage units of computers and robots, we antropomorphize our machines, making them look a little bit more like us. In the process, we mimic them as well. Memory today is on a chip. The body is traditionally seen as the sacred repository of human-only memories, acquired as the result of genetic inheritance or personal experiences. Memory chips are found inside computers and robots and not inside the human body yet. In "Time Capsule", the presence of the chip (with its recorded retrievable data) inside the body forces us to consider the co-presence of internal lived memories and external artificial memories within us. External memories become implants in the body, anticipating future instances in which events of this sort might become common practice and inquiring about the legitimacy and ethic implications of such procedures in the digital culture. Live transmissions on television and on the Web bring the issue closer to our living rooms. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eduardo Kac is an artist and writer who works with electronic and photonic media. His work has been exhibited widely in the United States, Europe, and South America. Kac's works belong to the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Holography in Chicago, and the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, among others. He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Leonardo, published by MIT Press. In 1995 he received the prestigious Shearwater Foundation Holography Award for his body of work in the medium, and in 1996 he received a grant from the same foundation to compile the first book on the aesthetic theory of holography (in progress). His anthology "New Media Poetry: Poetic Innovation and New Technologies" was published in 1996 as a special issue of the journal Visible Language, of which he was a guest editor. His writings on electronic art have appeared in several books and journals in many countries, including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States. He is an Assistant Professor of Art and Technology at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has received numerous grants and awards for his work. Kac works with multiple media to create hybrids from the conventional operations of existing communications systems, engaging participants in situations involving elements such as light, language, distant places, time zones, telerobotics, interspecies interaction, video conferences, biological elements, and the exchange of digital information. Often relying on the indefinite suspension of closure and the intervention of the participant, his work encourages confrontation of complex issues concerning identity, agency, responsibility, and the very possibility of communication. Eduardo Kac can be contacted at: ekac@artic.edu. His work can be seen at: http://www.ekac.org. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 07:31:47 -0800 (PST) From: Citizen Vagrom <citizen@speakeasy.org> Subject: Media Conglomerates Seized by NYC Protestors C I T I Z E N V A G R O M Local Platform \ \ \ -> the information subway www.speakeasy.org/citizen ======================================================================== Tune in to TV Channel 29 Wednesday November 12th (12 noon P.S.T.) for exciting coverage of the media revolution in progress ======================================================================== Citizen Vagrom's November installment presents a video scrap book on the New York Free Media Alliance's recent Media Mogul Tour, where citizens re-claimed public airwaves and seized public assets. H E A D L I N E - - - - > [New York City] International Federation Restores Public Ownership of Airwaves -- Joe-Friendlian Revolutionaries Seize the Means of Mass Communication and hold Public Court Condemning Media Monopolists. P U B L I C A C C E S S - - - - > where to find the video, the sites Film at 12 Noon Wednesday, November 12th on TCI owned and operated CH 29. F R E E video rentals available at Rain City Video (Ballard, Fremont, Sunset Hill), Scarecrow (Ravenna, U. District), Vertigo (Capitol Hill), Broadway (Broadway Market). Netcasts on RealVideo in cooperation with Freespeech TV: http:// www.speakeasy.org/citizen; Ney York Free Media Alliance site: http:// artcon.rutgers.edu/papertiger/nyfma/march/march1.html M E D I A M O G U L T O U R - - - - - - - - > It was the single largest anti-privatization gesture since, well, it's hard to remember when. GE (NBC) ........................................SEIZED NEWS CORP (FOX) ..................................SEIZED WESTINGHOUSE (CBS) ..............................SEIZED DISNEY (ABC) .....................................SEIZED TIME/WARNER (CNN) ...............................SEIZED Hundreds of Media Activists took to the streets during the recent Media and Democracy Congress for a Mogul World Tour. According to anarchist member of the Toronto Media Collective Jesse Hirsh, speaking in accord with Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, public retraction of media properties owned by the above corporations would ensue immediately. Citizen Vagrom was there to document the historic event. Vagrom's November issue showcases some of the best articulators of the growing Media and Democracy movement's raison d'etre, and some are likening the effort to the beginnings of the war resistance movement, or to the Civil Rights Movement in the early 50's. The video includes the words and ideas of such distinguished speakers as Neil Postman (author/educator), Jeff Cohen (F.A.I.R.), DeeDee Halleck (Deep Dish TV), Laura Flanders (F.A.I.R.), Robert McChesney (author), Karl Grossman (anti-nuclear activist), Sut Jhally (Advertising Critic), Jessica Glass (Paper Tiger TV), and more. According to the Canadian anarchist Hirsh, the plan at present is to review the extent of our new public holdings, and to begin the process of becoming a global media cooperative under democratic leadership. Rupert Murdoch, former CEO at NewsCorp, is reported to have been fired from his post, but can take active part in the new public entity, as can all other concerned citizens. for more information... please contact Vagrom at 206.344.6434, or send e-mail to: citizen@speakeasy.org * * * * * * * This is an initial release from the New York Free Media Alliance (sponsors/instigators of the March), which says it better than we could have. Mogul World Tour march of October 17, 1997, NYC: http://artcon.rutgers.edu/papertiger/nyfma/march/march1.html According to media historian Bob McChesney, this was the first demonstration of its kind in U.S.. history. May there be many more marches on the media moguls, until corporate control of the media and our airwaves subsides and there is room for widespread commerical-free communication by, for, and about the public. SEE video grabs of boisterous, pointedly critical, loud, informed, fun-loving and intelligent demonstrators; READ information about each stop on the route (in this case it REALLY IS 'edutainment'). Pictured: Media & Democracy Congress participants, MW Double-Decker Tour Bus, Bread & Puppet Circus Media Dogs, Musicians, media activist people of all ages and colors, interested onlookers joining in the march, colorful signs and banners. Recommended reading for the media mind & soul. Don't hesitate to look at all of the pages on the site; each stop on the Mogul World Tour gets better than the last. Great work as usual, Michael Eisenmenger! We've gotten a bunch of calls to the NYFMA voicemail (212) 969-8636 with encouraging, positive, and appreciative comments about the march; and one woman who was irked that she couldn't speak to a human being on our phone number. Four days later requests are still coming in for the beautiful and info-packed flier, created to distribute on the actual route, by Peter Hart, Steve Rendall, Mike Eisenmenger, and Amy Melnick. (Includes the info on each media mogul listed on the site above, minus the action-packed video-grabs). For a copy of your own, call 212-969-TOFM. Initial reports are that at least two people are known to have said that they were watching the public access cablecast of the pre-tour with Bob McChesney, and that they did indeed turn off their TVs and go to the demo. In another report, FedEx employees in Midtown with a view of us in the street from their office above were impressed and energized. Contrary to the report in Wired the next day, they apparently got a clear idea of what the 350+ people were there to say. Anyway, On To The Next! ******************************************************************* Contact Paper Tiger TV for a videotape of the Tour, as well as a pre-tour video walk-thru with Prof. McChesney at tigertv@bway.net; or check out Citizen Vagrom's November videoZine for that cranky perspective... ******************************************************************* NEW YORK Media for Change <<< FREE MEDIA >>> Changing the Media ALLIANCE listserve: nyfreemedia@tao.ca voicemail: (212) 969-TOFM website: http://artcon.rutgers.edu/papertiger/nyfma _______________________________________________________________________ 4. Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:56:35 +0200 To: nettime-l <nettime-l@Desk.nl> From: rasa <rasa@parks.lv> Subject: XCHANGE *ON-AIR SESSION* ON-LINE! ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| *XCHANGE on-air session* ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Hello, - some news from Riga: Tonight -------->November 12, 1997 at 22:00 there is Xchange festival OPENING party with live music jam session by Latvian musicians and DJs with participation of Isa Suarez from London&France [FinDeSiecle band] Tomorrow we start net.radio conference and in the evening everybody is welcome to participate remotely in "net.radio workshop". During the festival (13-15 nov.) there will be available CHAT room on Xchange Web-site, LIVE broadcasting from all festival events, live IMAGES and 3D VIRTUAL model of conference places. PROGRAM and more info you can find at http://xchange.re-lab.net Please JOIN us in Xchange LIVE BROADCASTING sessions: Thursday [November 13]_______19:30-23:30 (riga time = GMT +2h) Friday [November 14]_________ 20:00-23:00 LIVE AUDIO stream: http://re-lab.net/audio/live.ram CONTACT to: rasa@parks.lv ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ live real audio stream: http://re-lab.net/audio/live.ram ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ XCHANGE is 4 days event in Riga focused on Internet radio experiments and development of the Interface for Net.audio eXchange Network. |-| net.radio conference+workshop |-| presentations+discussions |-| on-line press conference |-| live music jam sessions+concerts |-| screenings - night parties |-| XCHANGE [*ON-AIR SESSION] IN INTERNET: |*| live broadcasting [real audio + live images] from all Xchange events |*| net.casting of remote participants |*| available chat room |*| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://re-lab.net/Xchange ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 18:55:31 -0700 To: Alt-X <golam@grammatron.com> From: golam@grammatron.com (Alt-X) Subject: New at Alt-X - November 10, 1997 11.10.97 www.altx.com New at Alt-X: +++ Digital Studies: Being In Cyberspace +++ The most recent addition to our rapidly growing Hyper-X network installation, the Digital Studies "online exhibition," curated by Mark Amerika and Alex Galloway, features some of the most innovative hypermedia art being coded in the electrosphere! The DS group of artists and theorists being showcased here include Roy Ascott, Shelley Jackson, Vuk Cosic, Lev Manovich, Knut Mork, Erwin Redl, INTIMA, Ricardo Dominguez, Juliet Ann Martin, Tina Laporta, Claire Cann, Richard Allalouf, Nino Rodriguez, Melinda Rackham, Jeff Zilm, Dr. Hugo, Nari, La Societe Anonyme, Jennifer McCoy, Kevin McCoy and Torsten Burns. www.altx.com/ds/ +++ Alt-X Audio +++ Alt-X is now actively streaming both home-grown radio.art and specially-curated audio installations. The program streams every Saturday night at 11:00 pm Mountain Standard Time and, for our overseas listeners, on Sundays at 5:00 am MST. We will also have an active archive set-up for random listening of past shows! Our initial blasts into net.radio space will feature Ambient Fiction from Erik Belgum and Eric Lyon's breakthrough CD *Retirement Fund*, clips from the Dogma Hum Archives (featuring Mark Amerika on vocals), Raymond Federman reading from his classic Pomo novel *Take It Or Leave It*, and all manner of excessive word-dub from the Alt-X Audio Files. This new addition to our endless push-media mayhem is NOT FOR EVERYONE. But don't take our word for it -- tune in yourself! www.altx.com/audio/ +++ Alt-X Virtual Imprints +++ Since Alt-X's inception in 1993, our primary mission has been to challenge both the art and literary publishing establishments by supporting some of the most iconoclastic voices and visions in the international art world. Our new *Virtual Imprints* section brings to web-readers some of this Century's most subversive narrative art, including electronic reprints of classic interventionist writings of the recent past like Ronald Sukenick's landmark novel OUT and Raymond Federman's post-holocaust novella VOICE IN THE CLOSET. V-Imprints also features a backlist of excellent anthologies, including *The Write Stuff*, our collection of over 50 interviews with writers, artists and political activists like Leslie Marmon Silko, William T. Vollmann, Mark Leyner, George Landow, Avital Ronell, Sadie Plant, Marcos Novak, Bret Easton Ellis, Douglas Coupland, Kathy Acker, Dennis Cooper, Stephen Wright, Larry McCaffery, Rikki Ducornet and many others. For those interested in sexually-transgressive fiction, our popular *Dirty Desires* anthology celebrates our Freedom To Write in cyberspace, while those of you curious about the still headline-grabbing Avant-Pop phenomenon will want to open up our *In Memoriam To Postmodernism* essay collection featuring work from Michael Joyce, Eurydice, Don Webb, Curtis White, Lance Olsen, Steve Shaviro, Martin Schecter and many others. And as if this were not enough, our *Interzones: Genre-Blending* anthology features a diversity of un-definable writing styles from Alt-X correspondents all around the world! For more information send email to x@altx.com --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@icf.de and "info nettime" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@icf.de