The War of The Worlds -- today & saturday

The War of The Worlds
File under: semiotic warfare, media activism, critical entertainment

Friday March 4th, 2005 at 4:30 pm
Saturday March 5th, 2005 at 2:00 pm
Einstein Auditorium - Barney Building
Department of Art and Art Professions, New York University
34 Stuyvesant Street (at 9th Street between 3rd and 2nd Avenues)
New York City

Featuring
The Yes Men
Yomango
Big Noise
Candida TV
Eddo Stern
retroYou/Nostalg

Presented by d-i-n-a <digital is not analog> in conjunction with the
New York University Department of Culture and Communication and
Department of Art and Art Professions.

The War of The Worlds
The American Union and The United States of Europe: the old world, the
new world and the new world order. Do we really live in political
blocks with conflicting interests and diverging ideologies, or are
these just interchangeable chessboards for the same transnational
players?
d-i-n-a, the Southern European-born collective of media agitators,
travels to New York City, the historical bridge between the old world
and the new world, to present The War of The Worlds, a showdown of
projects and performances from both North America and Europe. During a
two-day session of open and direct confrontation, artists, activists,
engineers and pranksters will present their work in the fields of
semiotic warfare, critical entertainment and media activism. The War of
The Worlds, a title that echoes both the fiction of civilization