>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 11:05:02 -0500 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: US Department of Art & Technology <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Announcement of Experimental Party >X-Loop-Detect: 1 > >US Department of Art & Technology >PO Box 32265 Washington, DC >http://www.usdept-arttech.net >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Press Secretary >For Immediate Release: March 13, 2002 > > >US Department of Art & Technology >Announces Experimental Party > >Washington, DC. - On April 13th at the Thaw 2002 Festival of Video, FIlm, >and Digital Media in Iowa City, Iowa - the heartland of the nation and a >hotbed of American politics - the US Department of Art & Technology will >announce the formation of a new artist-based political party, heralding a >new era for the nation. The party will be officially named the >Experimental Party - the "party of virtualization" - to be built on the >inherent strength of the artists' message. > >"There is no stopping the Experimental movement," said Randall M. Packer, >Secretary of the US Department of Art & Technology and National Co-chair >of the newly formed Experimental Party Steering Committee. "The new >Experimental Party of the United States of America is an artist-driven >caucus from which will fuel the momentum against the corporatization of >media that is building on a global scale." > >The US Department of Art & Technology has decided to form the Experimental >Party in order to activate citizens across the country in its effort to >bring the artists' message to center stage of the political process. >According to Packer, "This is a great political awakening, 'Representation >Through Virtualization' is the major political thrust of the Experimental >Party, it is the driving force." > >"In making this announcement in America's heartland, the Experimental >Party is working for the things that will make a positive difference in >the lives of average citizens, " Secretary Packer said. "We are working >towards new ways of thinking, freedom of association, and extreme states >of subjective experience. We propose an end to corporate control of mass >media, so that a new century is spared new horrors of CNN - the issue >Americans should care most about." > >At the University of Iowa, Packer will announce a two-part strategy to >build the party in the coming years. > >(1) The Experimental Party intends to recruit and support viable artists >who will virtualize both Republicans and Democrats at every level of >government. The party will subject these two parties to artistic forces of >appropriation, virtualization, and transformation. >(2) The Experimentalists will aggressively register new members across >the country to create a party that will truly engage the voter, to >catalyze the artist's need to extend aesthetic inquiry into the broader >culture where ideas become real action. > >Packer's announcement, scheduled for 12:00 PM at the Shambaugh Auditorium >at the University of Iowa, will be open for press coverage. The speech >will be taped for delayed broadcast over Tel-SPAN, the telematic >broadcasting channel of the US Department of Art & Technology. Throughout >the day, Packer will be available for questions and for the recruitment of >party members. > >The Department's "Media Deconstruction Kit" Preview will also be on view >at the University of Iowa Art Museum. The "Media Deconstruction Kit" >seemlessly integrates data, analytics, theory, electronic art, virtual >reality and straight through processing in a single, extraordinarily >robust and complete solution delivered in real-time to the desktop, >gallery, artist studio, or outdoor media sculpture. > >Media representatives may cover this event upon presentation of either (1) >a US Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White >House, Congress, Department of Art and Technology, or Foreign Press >Center), (2) a photo ID issued by the employing media organization, or (3) >a letter on official letterhead from their news organization verifying >their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo ID >(drivers' license or passport). > > >URLs: >US Department of Art & Technology: http://www.usdept-arttech.net >Tel-SPAN: http://www.usdept-arttech.net/tel-span >Thaw 2002: http://www.uiowa.edu/~thaw/ > >Contact: Press Secretary of the US Department of Art & Technology >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ># 01-096
