Get on your Digital Soapbox! Dont miss out!!

Sept. 4, 2007

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Get on your digital soapbox!

Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) are holding a series of FR=
EE public forums as part of still/open Program during September in Melbourn=
e, Perth and Brisbane as part of their emerging technology labs. The forums=
are running;

Melbourne 6pm, 5th September 2007 @ Digital Harbour
Perth 6pm, 10th September 2007 @ The Bakery ARTRAGE Complex
Brisbane6pm, 14th September @ The Judith Wright Centre

The forums will explore recent projects by internationally renown guest thi=
nkers: Alessandro Ludovico (Italy) a publisher, media artist and editor in =
chief of Neural (http://www.neural.it/), Andy Nicholson (Australia) a free =
software hacker, new media activist and part of the Engage Media collective=
(http://engagemedia.org/) and Beatriz da Costa (USA) an interdisciplinary =
artist and researcher who works with open science (http://www.beatrizdacost=
a.net/). Creative Commons Australia will open the floor for discussion of O=
pen Source Culture.

Open Source Culture is the growing global phenomenon of creative practices =
of sharing content for others to rework, reuse and redistribute. It has cre=
ated a digital collective media culture and cult like following where every=
one from teenagers to grannies are getting involved. It has moved from the =
programming sphere into the general and business community; the purchase of=
YouTube for $1.65 billion and MySpace for $580 million by News Corp. and G=
oogle highlight just how much value they can have.

Open Source Culture aims to empower the user and challenge the power of the=
media giants. Currently a conflict is occurring between the owners of onli=
ne "user generated" infrastructures and those who use them. User submitted =
and generated content often is moderated by the site or organization it is =
uploaded to, giving absolute control to the powers that be to do as they wi=
sh with the content submitted. By its nature Open Source Culture brings up =
many opinions and questions including; how open is Open Source Culture? Is =
it user friendly or financially beneficial to the big players? How might ar=
tists make use this cultural movement? And [insert your own question here] =
will be part of the discussion in the still/open forum.

The forums are presented as part of ANAT's emerging technology labs, which =
are responsible for the hugely successful reSkin program.

For media information and availability of the facilitators for interviews p=
lease contact Amanda Matulick on 8231 9037 or [email protected] or fo=
r more information on the forums and still/open please visit www.anat.org.a=
u/stillopen/blog/forums/.

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Get on your digital soapbox! 
 
Australian Network for A=
rt and Technology (ANAT) are holding a series of FREE public forums as part of still/open Program during September in Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane as part of their </FONT=
>emerging technology labs=
. The forums are running; 
 
Melbourne 6pm, 5th Septembe=
r 2007 @ Digital Harbour 
Perth 6pm, 10th September 2007 @ The Bakery ARTRAGE Complex 
Brisbane6pm, 14th September @ The Judith Wright Centre 
 
The forums will explore rece=
nt projects by internationally renown guest thinkers: Alessandro Ludovico (Italy) a publisher, media artist and editor in chief of =
Neural (<A HREF="http://www.neural.it/">http://www.neural.it/</A=
>), Andy Nicholson (Australi=
a) a free software hacker, new media activist and part of the <FO=
NT SIZE="1" FACE="Helvetica">Engage Media collective (<A HREF="http://engagemedia.org/">http://engagemedia.o=
rg/</A>) and <FONT=
SIZE="1" FACE="Helvetica">Beatriz da Costa (USA) an interdisciplinary artist and researcher who wo=
rks with open science (<A HREF="http://www.beatrizdacosta.net/">http://www.beatrizda=
costa.net/</A>). <=
FONT SIZE="1" FACE="Helvetica">Creative Commons Australia<FO=
NT SIZE="1" FACE="Helvetica"> will open the floor for discussion of Ope=
n Source Culture. 
 
Open Source Culture is the gr=
owing global phenomenon of c=
reative practices of sharing content for others to rework, reuse and redist=
ribute. It has created a digi=
tal collective media culture=
and cult like following where everyone from teenagers to grannies are gett=
ing involved. It has moved from the programming sphere into the general and=
business community; the purchase of YouTube for $1.65 billion and MySpace =
for $580 million by News Corp. and Google highlight just how much value the=
y can have. 
 
Open Source Culture aims to e=
mpower the user and <=
B>challenge the power of the media giants. Currently a conflict is =
occurring between the owners of online "user generated" infrastructures and=
those who use them. User submitted and generated content often is moderate=
d by the site or organization it is uploaded to, giving absolute control to=
the powers that be to do as they wish with the content submitted. By its n=
ature Open Source Culture brings up many opinions and questions including; =
how open is Open Source Culture? Is it user friendly or financially benefic=
ial to the big players? How might artists make use this cultural movement? =
And [insert your own question here] will be part of the discussion in the <=
/FONT>still/open forum. 
 
The forums are presented as part of ANAT's emerging technology labs, which =
are responsible for the hugely successful reSkin progra=
m. 
 
For media information and availability of the facilitators for interviews p=
lease contact Amanda Matulick=
on 8231 9037 or [email protected] or for more informa=
tion on the forums and still/=
open please visit =
www.anat.org.au/still=
open/blog/forums/. 
 
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