[Nettime-bold] fAf January - February 2003

["Fatima Lasay" <digiteer@ispbonanza.com.ph>]

** Sincere apologies for cross-posting **


fAf January - February 2003
BLACKOUT: INDIGENOUS NEW MEDIA ARTS COLLECTIVE

fineArt forum = art + technology netnews
http://www.fineartforum.org
http://www.cdes.qut.edu.au/fineart_online

BLACKOUT
This month, Blackout, a site created by Jenny Fraser, is launched. Blackout
features information about and work by Australian Indigenous new media arts
practitioners. Blackout was initiated at NISNMA (ANAT's National Indigenous
School for New Media Artists) in 2002 when the participants formed the
Indigneous New Media Arts Collective.
http://www.fineartforum.org/Gallery/cybertribe/blackout/index.html

THE A4 REFUGEE PROJECT
Also in the Gallery, Jane Gallagher, curator of the recent Brisbane-based
exhibition, The A4 Refugee Project negotiated with several of the
participating artists for permission for their works to be reproduced as
downloadable PDFs. In conjunction with AUSTCARE, the exhibition presented
over 100 A4 sized artworks at Metro Arts during Refugee Week - we present 6
of those online.
http://www.fineartforum.org/Gallery/current_index.html

READER SURVEY
This month fAf invites your feedback about the magazine through a reader
survey which will be online until 6 March. In order to attend to your needs
appropriately, we hope you will take the time to complete the survey. Your
feedback will be used to chart future changes and refinements to fAf online
and the edigest as well as our other components such as Art Resources,
Gallery, Screening Program and projects.
http://www.fineartforum.org/aboutus/survey.html

THIS MONTH'S TEXT
Features
:: Opening doors: Using new media techniques to aid students with
developmental disabilities - a study by Deena Larsen
:: Molly Hankwitz takes a look at Borders and Edges: BitParts: New Media Art
in the UK's Midlands
Reviews and Reports
:: From Singapore, Andrea Lau, Eunice Tan & Wai XiaoWen report on the
proceedings of the Forum on Creativity in the Arts, Science and Technology,
Nanyang Polytechnic
:: JM John Armstrong reviews Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in Science,
Religion and Art
:: Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez reports on Querying Ourselves: Locus:
Interventions in Art Practice, two part project held in Manila
:: Jane Gallagher reviews The A4 Refugee Project which deals with artistic
engagement in the debate about asylum seekers and mandatory detention.
:: NTT/Verio to Terminate Thing.net as reported by Judy Malloy
:: Michelle Gordon-Coles looks at Retooling: A Historian Confronts
Technological Change, an historical perspective of MIT culture
:: Linda Carroli reviews reload: rethinking women and cyberculture

DEENA LARSEN GUEST LECTURE
Please join QUT's Communication Design Department and fineArt forum for a
lecture by Deena Larsen, a visiting new media writer from the United States.

Topic: New Media: We just couldn't go there before
What is the potential for writing and art with new technologies? Images,
sound, text, programming, interface design, and more are merging to spawn
countless numbers of new genres. Join us on a guided tour of some of the
amazing works produced by artists working across disciplines. Deena Larsen,
noted new media author, will introduce some of the exciting potentials in
this field. Explore things that could not have been conceived of only a
decade ago. Discuss the issues that arise as universities and practitioners
meet the challenges that these new art /sound/text forms present.

1.30pm, Thursday 13 February 2003
A105 (Conference Room)
Kelvin Grove - QUT (Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove)

For more information or reservations please contact:
Linda Carroli
l2.carroli@qut.edu.au

fAf_15: 15th ANNIVERSARY CDROM
Don't forget that fAf_15, our commemorative 15th anniversary cdrom is still
available and free. On fAf_15, we present the magazine's entire archive as
well as specially commissioned and collated new material. fAf_15 is an
invaluable resource for researchers, artists, writers and activists in the
new media, science and technology fields. It will be particularly useful to
those living and working in areas where internet access is difficult and
unreliable. To obtain a copy, email fAf at l2.carroli@qut.edu..au with your
name and postal address.
http://www.fineartforum.org/aboutus/highlights_index.html

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fineArt forum is assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the
Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body
http://www.ozco.gov.au. Additional support is provided by QUT Communication
Design Department, School of Film and Media Studies - Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Singapore and Mississippi State University.

fAf is produced on behalf of the Art, Science and Technology Network (ASTN)
http://www.astn.net.
fAf and Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA) are strategic partners. LEA is an
online peer-reviewed journal published at MIT Press for the Leonardo Network
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