[rumori] [HTBA] [Fwd: [tech_nicks] Rogue States - Call for Content]


From: Vicki Bennett (peoplelikeusATmistral.co.uk)
Date: Tue May 22 2001 - 04:46:52 PDT


>s|a|m wrote:
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>> From: MC Reader <mc-readerATantimedia.net>
>> Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 00:11:16 +1000 (EST)
>> To: infoAThumanrights.com.au, kareneliotATyahoo.com
>> Subject: Rogue States (working title) - Media Circus Reader
>>
>> (please forward on to like-minds)
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> We are producing a Reader with a working title of Rogue States for the
>> upcoming Media Circus.
>>
>> The Media Circus is a gathering of people who create, consume,
>> critique and distribute media content that challenges, questions and
>> expresses our culture, our society and the way we live. The event
>> happens in Melbourne from the 13th to 15th July, 2001, and will be
>> comprised of screenings, workshops, forums and exchanges.
>>
>> Call for content:
>>
>> This is a call for printable content to be considered for inclusion in
>> the Reader which will aim to present a snapshot of the state of the
>> international media circus and provide views and ideas on how we can
>> identify and tackle the sensorial bombardment, establish mental
>> defence shields and develop our own media to challenge the established
>> and propagate new stories in our community.
>>
>> Here are a list of words and phrases which will provide further
>> guidance as to the nature of content we are calling for: transnational
>> protests and the alt.media and alt.art machines;
>> counter-culture-corporations and their tricks; public relations,
>> think-tanks, robot-artists, automatic journalists and traitor
>> academics; getting nasty surveillance and censorship;
>> misrepresentations, deceptions and lies; new and converged media,
>> hackers, viruses; political arts, hip-hop, graffiti, and comedy.
>>
>> We are especially keen to give space to stories from the invisible
>> from new people and people who are outside the outside from the
>> colonies, the remote regions and the developing and 3rd worlds.
>>
>> So we ask you to go berserk. We do not have much time. Maybe you know
>> of content in the public-domain compatible with being re-published in
>> Reader or maybe you want to write something fresh. Dont forget images.
>>
>> Our deadline for content is 15 June 2001.
>>
>> Heres how you get involved:
>>
>> If you have content which you want to be considered for inclusion or
>> have any queries relating to content please email:
>>
>> <mc-reader-contentATlists.myspinach.org>
>>
>> All messages sent to this address will be sent to the editorial
>> collective.
>>
>> If you have any other queries, please contact mc-readerATantimedia.net
>>
>> Once printed, the Media Circus Reader will be distributed
>> internationally to key media activist groups and cultural
>> organisations. The publication will be in English however its content
>> will call in to copyleft and we would welcome repurposing and
>> translations as long as the moral rights of the author and the
>> publication is respected. We will also upload the content to the net.
>>
>> If you are part of a media or cultural organisation and are interested
>> in receiving copies, please contact us.
>>
>>
>> Who is behind MediaCircus and the Reader?
>>
>> There is a small collective of volunteers who are organising
>> MediaCircus and the publication of Reader. We are genuinely interested
>> in fostering a strong progressive and critical media culture and come
>> from various places but are currently based in Melbourne. Our past and
>> current involvements cover a broad range of media and cultural
>> practice and activism, including melbourne.indymedia, S11 protests,
>> National Young Writers Festival, exploring the sociology of activism,
>> investigating surveillance, organising screenings and events, and
>> facilitating email lists. We are students, academics, media makers,
>> writers and people wanting to create a more sustainable future. Some
>> of us do stuff with SKA TV, Voiceworks, Radio 3CR, Friends of the
>> Earth and The Paper. Some of our names are Nik Beuret, Marni Cordell,
>> Sam de Silva, Aizura Hankin, Alex Kelly, Rachel Maher, Lachlan
> > Simpson and Karen Eliot.
>>
>>
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