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>- Syndicate is meant to circulate announcements related
>to new media art, new media culture, but we also expect 
>any information from parts of Europe where media arts are 
>still a marginal, emerging art form 
>- the list is meant to spread media criticism. 

syndicate is an organism
as such ... more later





>We keep in 
>mind that specially in East Europe, 

we choose our own way
and are prepared to `go crazy` when necessary or more oftenly when we simply.wish to



>where much of the 
>audience resides, commercial culture, and also wild 
>media capitalism gains much faster ground than media criticism 
>and visual culture. It is not widely known perhaps, 
>that all alternative information is very valuable in East European 
>countries, for instance in Russia, where journalists get 
>killed for political reasons in presently as well.  
>- because syndicate is a non-mainstream, alternative channel 
>of information, also reflections, reports about social or 
>political situation are also welcome on the list, 
>specially in these times, where the most alarming informations 
>come from the United States, and not only. East Europeans are 
>the people who know exactly what a totalitarian country means, 


please define totalitarian.
as personal sentiments whisper occident democracy much more brutal than ost.europe regimes is.



>and they could share their experiences and sensitivity about 
>total control, just as Ivo Skoric does when he crosspossts 
>to syndicate his mails sent to Thomas Keenan, one of the most 
>appreciated media experts involved in the Balkan war
>as well. But also ironic political comments based on the critical
>methods of the alternative culture, such as Marc Garret's texts
>are welcome.
>- syndicate is meant to circulate and spread net art, or whatever
>is left of that once avant-garde art form, that explores and experiences 
>with the internet as a medium, here including also spam art, errors,
>wrong interfaces as well (these simulations of the bad quality for 
>instance look so funny in East Europe where people bear the invasion
>of *real* bad quality) 
>- we encourage any critical reflection about net art and new media
>art in general, here including reports about events, festivals,
>or analyses about individual artists, works or a just a phenomena
>of the net
>- since the whole history of net art till present flourished
>and  still goes on practically without serious attempts to connect 
>net art to the other art forms, these kind of analyses are more
>than welcome also


dear anna - overall syndicate is not a work place [speaking as a `subscriber`

if you are bubbling with liberated life energy + desire for responsibilities - lovvvvely
financial + emotional support for creative proposals is available.
`select syndicate projects. books etc`  - listening




>- Syndicate is meant to circulate 

that which is meaningful to syndicate participants +?
what tempts you.




>serious 

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