From: Sam Nemeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 1 May 2006 4:24:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Waag Society] nieuwsbrief/newsletter mei/May 2006
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<>Waag Society newsletter May 2006 <>
On 28 April our founder and director Marleen Stikker received a royal
decoration: she has been made 'Knight of the Order of Orange Nassau'.
This year is the tenth anniversary of Waag Society and Stikker sees
the decoration in that light: ‘It means recognition for the social and
cultural significance of our work. I’m very happy.’ The tenth
anniversary of Waag Society falls on 21^ June. The Waag building on
the Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam will become a huge bazaar in which
highlights of Waag Society projects will be presented and media art
will be shown. There will also be talk shows in which some of the
people who shaped the internet will discuss the past and the future of
new media.
Several activities will be held in the Theatrum Anatomicum in May.
These will be streamed, as ever, at http://connect.waag.org.
<http://connect.waag.org/>
Wednesday 10 May 2006: Cyberasia
The last of a series on the increasingly important role of the Asian
continent in the world of internet. Contrary to other announcements
the evening will focus on the arts and internet. The guests will be My
Yuming, Sookoon Yang, Onno Dirker and Sjoer Moenandar.
<>Wednesday 17 May, 2006: Poetry on the Internet
An evening showing the results of co-operation between poets and
designers: what can internet do that pen, paper or a word processor
can’t?
Friday 19 May, 2006: EU-India Killerclub
As part of a two day workshop of the EU-India project 'Towards a
Culture of Open Networks' Waag Society hosts a Killerclub that
attempts to highlight the different shades of the Commons. Different
participants of the workshop (among others Lawrence Liang (Alternative
Law Forum) and Rasmus Fleischer & Palle Torsson
(Piratbyran/Piratgruppen)) will give presentations about their work
and how they relate to the concept of a commons.
Wednesday 31 May 2006: Rob and the Rebels
Another episode of /The End of the Netherlands in 12 steps/ edited by
Rob van Kranenburg, Lotte Meijer, Jasmijn Snoijnk and Suzanne
Hogendoorn. Why is our nation-state in decay? And what can we do about
it? In a dazzling multimedia spectacle the rebels will tackle these
and other issues.
Where: Theatrum Anatomicum, de Waag, Nieuwmarkt 4, 1012CR, Amsterdam
When: 8pm
Entrance: free
Stream: http://connect.waag.org <http://connect.waag.org/>
______________________________________________
SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe
Info, archive and help:
http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
