Videotage's Fuse Residency Program presents

 <p style="font-family: arial;"><br /></p>     <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">n</span>ew media arts: dislocating its  privilege</span></span><br />     <p style="font-family: arial;"><br />    <p style="font-family: arial;">a presentation about new  media arts and social change in Sydney<br />   <p style="font-family: arial;"><br /></p>     <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">When</span>: Tuesday 8 August 2006, 7-8.30pm<br />   <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where</span>: Hong Kong Arts Development  Council<br />   <p style="font-family: arial;">2/F, 181 Queen's Road Central<br /></p>     <p style="font-family: arial;">Opposite Sheung Wan MTR<br />    Sydney-based arts manager Lena </p>   <p style="font-family: arial;">Nahlous will share her work as the Director of Sydney's Information and <p style="font-family: arial;">Cultural Exchange (<a href="http://www.ice.org.au/">http://www.ice.org.au</a>), and will focus on the  role  <p style="font-family: arial;">of their <span style="font-weight: bold;">SWITCH Multimedia and Digital Arts  Access Centre in transforming culture and creating opportunities for  artists</span> in Western Sydney.<br />     <p style="font-family: arial;"><br />    <p style="font-family: arial;">SWITCH is a space where artists and    <p style="font-family: arial;">communities can make digital sound and music, web and graphic design,   <p style="font-family: arial;">and screen-based arts. SWITCH's results have been far-reaching: the <p style="font-family: arial;">Suburban Grooves urban music program (which has distributed the music  <p style="font-family: arial;">of over 100 new music artists); the establishment of several radio and <p style="font-family: arial;">TV production houses; the development of a documentary film with <p style="font-family: arial;">African war journalists in exile; youth filmmaking initiatives;   <p style="font-family: arial;">blogging projects; and new media arts installations, theatre and <p style="font-family: arial;">performance.<br />  <p style="font-family: arial;"><br /></p>[....]