I N V I T A T I O N to all ambiteers and friends
STILLS, New Media Scotland & Product would like to invite you to join us for an evening of music, beer and interactive ambience to celebrate the double festival launch of: Product:the fiction issue http://www.product.org.uk ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ New Media Scotland: HOST Mike Stubbs: Strapline Generator http://host.mediascot.org In association with: Forma, Arts Council England, Newcastle Gateshead Initiative, University of Dundee, Newhaven and Tennent's Lager Friday, 8 August 2003, 6-10pm STILLS 23 Cockburn Street | Edinburgh | EH1 1BP | Scotland | t: 0131 622 6200 http://www.stills.org Admission FREE ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ Product - STILLS' Media Partner for the current exhibition FESTIVAL TIMES 2003 (until 20 September) - launches its second themed issue, a fiction special with a free Canongate book. Highlights include a series of new art commissions around text and fiction alongside a provocative essay on extreme responses to literature; an investigation into the failure of film adaptations of Scottish books; a map of Scottish fiction in 2003; and an interview with novelist Louise Welsh. A special Film issue of Product will be published in the autumn. Copies of Product:the fiction issue will be available at a special launch price on the night. ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ Experience the latest online project by widely acclaimed artist and curator Mike Stubbs. For one night only, his Strapline Generator will be launched as an interactive installation. A playful yet poignant social observation on city branding as a strategy of marketing and regeneration. Also talk to the artist and his collaborator Dan Norton, both featured as part of New Media Scotland project pages in Product:the fiction issue. Strapline Generator is a project for HOST, a space on the New Media Scotland web site dedicated to online projects by a range of Scottish and international artists including slateford, *candy factory, Torsten Lauschmann, Lindsay Perth, Claude Closky, and Roshini Kempadoo. Strapline Generator is part of Stubbs' City Strapline Industries project commissioned by Forma for an exhibition at BALTIC The Centre for Contemporary Art in 2004. Looking forward to seeing most of you on Friday night at STILLS. Iliyana Nedkova | Curator-in-residence | New Media Scotland P.O.Box 23434 Edinburgh EH7 5SZ Scotland, UK E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T: +44 (0) 131 477 3774 F: +44 (0) 131 477 3775 http://www.mediascot.org | enabling cultural activity shaped by creative technologies | ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
