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Please join Not An Alternative, Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, and Upgrade NY! this Thursday, June 10 for the opening of Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus, an exhibition which examines models of participation and participation as a model in art and activism.

Re:Group proposes that with participation now a dominant paradigm, structuring social interaction, art, activism, the architecture of the city, the internet, and the economy, we are all integrated into participatory structures whether we want to be or not. The exhibition showcases work that subverts existing systems or envisions new alternatives to the ways in which individuals can take part, or choose not to take part, in social and cultural life.



05-07-2010
April 19, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Dow Throws a Dismal Party, Few Attend

Underattended "Run for Water" plagued by death, zombies, and dozens of "Dow spokesmen"; truth seems to run free



30-04-2010
November 12, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

"SPECIAL" NEW YORK TIMES BLANKETS CITIES WITH MESSAGE OF HOPE AND CHANGE

Thousands of volunteers behind elaborate operation



04-08-2009
Dr. Steven Kurtz-the artist accused of bioterrorism in federal court-will make his first public appearance following the dismissal of his case

Thursday, May 29, 2008, 7PM
Eyebeam 540 W. 21st St. (btw 10th and 11th Aves.)
Free and open to the public


27-06-2008
Migration and media-activists gather with theorists and labour organizers to discuss and share best practices in the fight against precarity and insecure labour conditions. Sharing inspiring examples of social justice unionism and creative campaigning like Justice for Janitors in the U.S. and Cleaners For a Better Future in the Netherlands.

24-01-2008
Expert meeting (morning) and public presentations (afternoon) during the Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF) 2007.
Organised by de Balie and Portsmouth University, ISEA and V2_ In collaboration with Virtual Platform.

Thursday 12 April
Expert meeting: 10.00 ? 13.00
Public presentations: 15.00 ? 18.00

24-01-2008
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Collateral Murder
media

5th April 2010 10:44 EST WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad -- including two Reuters news staff.
www.collateralmurder.com

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To Shoot an Elephant
media

A documentary by Alberto Arce and Mohammad Rujailah.
Running time: 113"
Language: Original in english and arabic. Subtitles in english.
Country: Spain.
Production year: 2009
Distribution and press: Eguzki Bideoak Merced, 21
Directors: Alberto Arce/ Mohammad Rujailah
Script: Alberto Arce/ Miquel Martí Freixas
http://toshootanelephant.com

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Book Launch Critical Strategies in Art and Media

Following the September 2009 roundtable conference organised by the World Information Institute in New York, the follow-up publication will be presented on Thursday April 15 at the New School University. The book launch hosted by Ted Byfield, with remarks by Marco Deseriis (NYU), Steve Kurtz (Critical Art Ensemble), Andy Bichlbaum (The Yes Men), Ken Wark (NSU), and Trebor Scholz (NSU)
Wollman Hall, New School University, 65
West 11th St, 5th Floor, New York, NY.
6:30 - 8:15 pm

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Staats TV Rabotnik: Interview with Goran Milic
media

Goran Milic was the editor in chief of Yu-Tel the last remaining television station, located in Sarajevo, covering news in all former Yugoslav territories after its break-up.

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Oleg Kireev: Miliitsia in Amsterdam
media

In 2002 Kireev executed a street performance in Amsterdam, as part of the Debates & Credits art project co-organised by De Balie, "Militsia in Amsterdam". The report aired on Amsterdam TV as a "Study in the Mechanisms of Obedience".
Kireev patrolled Amsterdam streets for several days, followed by a camera, dressed up as a typical Moscow Militsia officer, checking personal identity documents of random people on the street. The level of compliance he encountered was astounding.
Oleg Kireev, Debates & Credits, De Balie Amsterdam ,SuMe productions,
Oleg Kireev (RU.)
NL
2002

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Some points of departure

Introductory essay for the second editon of the Next 5 Minutes festivcal of tactical media, 1996.

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Critical Art Ensemble

A collective of five artists dedicated to exploring the intersections between art, technology, radical politics and critical theory.

CAE @ wikipedia: Critical Art Ensemble (CAE) is an award-winning collective of five tactical media practitioners of various specializations including computer graphics and web design, film/video, photography, text art, book art, and performance.

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9-11 and After: A Virtual Case Book

 The attack on the World Trade Center was--among other things--a stunning media event, and there was no shortage of analysis on mass media coverage. We saw no reason to replicate what others were doing. What no one seemed to be looking at closely was the significance of this ephemeral material that filled the streets and parks in New York below 14th Street or its relationship with the new media that was also flooding our lives.

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