Dissension Convention - Transatlantic Collaborative Multimedia Protest Jam

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*Dissension Convention*
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*A Transatlantic Collaborative Multimedia Protest Jam*

29th August- 2nd September 2004

http://www.furtherfield.org/dissensionconvention/

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Coinciding with the Republican Convention in New York, 10 pairs of 
net/digital artists, from the Americas and Europe, will create live,

online multimedia performances with a focus on how Bush negatively 
influences every locality around the world with his bullshit.

These will be projected at *RNC NODE, Postmasters Gallery* as well as by 
other appointed NY platforms in 'store windows, bars'

5 days of  live mix performances, online in real-time from 29th August- 
2nd September between 12noon and 6pm (NY time) via

Furtherfield's VisitorsStudio http://www.furtherstudio.org/live

If you are viewing from home you can visit versions mirrored on the 
artists' websites (check project URL for updates)

* If you wish to mirror this event on your site please target this file 
http://www.furtherstudio.org/live/dissensionconvention.swf

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*The Programme- Participants*
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Sunday 29th August

4-7pm NY (9-12pm BST)    *Maya Kalogera & Marc Garrett*
7-10pm NY (12-3am BST)   *Moport.org & Glowlab.org*

Monday 30th August

4-7pm NY (9-12pm BST)     *Chris Webb & Sim (Soy.de)*
7-10pm NY (12-3am BST)    *Lewis Lacook & Alan Sondheim, Sheila Murphy 
[tbc] & Jason Nelson [tbc]*

Tuesday 31st August

4-7pm NY (9-12pm BST)     *Helen Varley Jamieson & Karla Ptacek*
7-10pm NY (12-3am BST)    *Joseph and Donna McElroy*

Wednesday 1st September
 
4-7pm NY (9-12pm BST)     *Neil Jenkins & Roger Mills*
7-10pm NY (12-3am BST)    *Digitofagia vs. Autolabs*

Thursday 2nd September

4-7pm NY (9-12pm BST)     *Michael Szpakowski & Ruth Catlow*
7-10pm NY (12-3am BST)    *Ryan Griffis & Mark Cooley*

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*Postmasters Gallery is creating RNC NODE*, a way-station, serving as a 
physical node of an ad-hock public broadcasting, a system

of online, real time protest performances and alternative news actions. 
All online streams will also be output in local bars and

projections from windows. *DissensionConvention* will be part of this 
programme.

Be a part of the network! http://www.postmastersart.com/RNC_NY.html >>>> 
for instructions. (active from 23rd August)

DissensionConvention is a Furtherfield Project http://www.furtherfield.org
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