sorry, i had to pick up on this - spot the beautifully freudian slip with lindsey's post...
Seeing as its topical, I've put a link below to Mediarama, the 'electronic art festival' in Seville for which I curated the scittish contingency. lets not get hung up on the c and k - its still a gem! all good things, michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindsay Perth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 4:15 PM Subject: Re: <ambit> topic of the month > I agree with Torsten about a more diverse, supported and accessible > programme of events/exhibitions/performances. This would lay a > foundation of critique and encourage networks of communication and > support exisiting ones and would also indicate if another New Media > Festival would be of use...and perhaps the form and direction it should > take. > > My opinions about new media festivals goes up and down but it never > ceases to amaze me how wrong people still get it. But in saying that, I > do feel some sort of focus on arts activity would be a good idea. I'm > just not sure about the 'festival' tag, what does this mean anyway in > the context we are speaking of?...as misplaced as new media... > > Any activity would also have to take into consideration the veterans and > the new talent, national and otherwise, if you know what I mean and > consider the issues of accessibility with regard to the artists and > audience across the whole of Scotland. > > Seeing as its topical, I've put a link below to Mediarama, the > 'electronic art festival' in Seville for which I curated the scittish > contingency. There is an article I wrote for AN linked from > 'mediarama'...it was pretty much a festival for > how-not-to-put-on-a-festival. I reckon one of its problems was it didn't > know who it was for, and it attempted too much too soon. > > http://www.flipt.net/mediarama.html > > > regards > Lindsay > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and write "info ambit" in the message body > ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
