Strano Network va a chiaccherare a Budapest....
di seguito il programma del convegno
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MetaForum II
/NO BORDERS/HATAROK NELKUL/
Budapest Networking Conference,
October 6, 7, & 8,
http://szocio.tgi.bme.hu/metaforum

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Networking has played a role in the evolution of culture since humans have
been communicating: economy, language, religion, postal systems,
telephones, radio, and television all function as networks. Modern
technology has enhanced networking to the point where data is transferred
at nearly the speed of electrons, theoretically, the speed of light....
New Communication technology plays an increasingly important role in the
most basic of every day tasks, and will continue to have an impact on our
lives long after the current hype has died down.
MetaForum II / NO BORDERS / HATAROK NELKUL / critically examines the
role that the internet plays now and what is possible in the future. How and
where do geographic borders render cyberspace mythical? How is democracy
defined and enforced in the fourth dimension? What role do economics play in
the colonization of the last frontier? How is identity altered by new
communication technology? In addition to lectures on these topics, MetaForum II
provides audience members with access to the internet, Surf Courses, the Digital
Island BBS, and the NepGep HelpDesk throughout the conference. In keeping with
the spirit of free information, downloading and copying data is welcomed and
encouraged.


FRIDAY, October 6th
12:00 Opening by Janos Sugar, Diana McCarty and Geert Lovink

12:15 -15:30 Art in the Digital Era
Introduction by Jozsef Tillman
Alpar Losoncz, Temerin: POST MODERN SIMULATIONS
Heath Bunting, Cybercafe, London: ISOLATION THROUGH VELOCITY
Matthew Fuller, IOD, London:
WARNING! this computer has multiple personality disorder
Laszlo Tolgyes, daSh Gallery, Budapest: ON WEB DESIGN
Konrad Becker, Institute of New Technology, Vienna:
ART IN THE AGE OF BIOCYBERNETIC SELF-REPRODUCTION

15:30 -16:00 Break

16:00 -19:30 The Politics of Information
Tommaso Tozzi, Strano Network, Florence:
FLUCTUATING INTERFACE AND COMMUNICATION RIGHTS
Debra Guzman, Human Rights Network, Hannover: A BRIEF HISTORY OF
NON-PROFIT NETWORKING: Information as Commodity
Wam Kat, ZaMir Network, Zagreb: THE POWER OF INFORMATION
John P. Barlow, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wyoming:
SOVEREIGNTY AND CYBERSPACE

19:30 Reception

20.00 Introduction to the Surf course / NepGep-Helpdesk / Digital Island
Internet Access
21:00 Building closes
22:00 Celebrating Old Media: Cyber hits the Cinema
(Location to be announced)

SATURDAY October 7th
10.00 Surf course/NepGep-Helpdesk /Digital Island / Internet Access open

12:00 -13:45 Virtual Economics in the Real World
Gabor Kelemen, Technical University, Budapest:
ADVERTISING IN THE NEW FRONTIER
Tamas Szalay, ELTE Computer System Administrator, Budapest:
ON FINANCE AND CONNECTIVITY
Marleen Stikker, Digital City, Amsterdam:
THE DIGITAL CITY AND THE MARKET
13:45 - 14:00 Break

14:00 -16:30 Hacking Democracy
Fido-net, Hungary: FIDO- THEN AND NOW
E. "Gomma" Guarneri, Decoder Group, Milan:
THE FEAR OF FREEDOM: Rights in the Colonies of Cyberspace
Rop Gongrijp, Hacktic, Xs4all, Amsterdam:
HACKTIC - Defining Access to Information
Peter Lamborn Wilson, writer, producer, Autonomedia, New York:
Islam on the Internet
16:30 -17:00 Break

17:00 - 20:45 After Communication: Net Culture
Krist=F3f Nyiri ELTE Univ.Budapest, Head of Philosphy Dept.:
THE NETWORKED BRAIN
H.C. Dany, Hamburg: SCHIZOS STILL WANNA HAVE FUN
Matthew Fuller, IOD Journal, London:
SPEW: excess and moderation
Ferenc Gerloczy, writer, Budapest: BEYOND NETIQUETTE -
Interreligious Dialogue and the Making of a Global Ethic
Through the Net
Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, Ctheory, Montreal:
THE GLOBAL ALGORITHM

21:00 Building closes

SUNDAY, October 8th
10:00 Surf course / NepGep-Helpdesk / Digital Island / Internet Access open

13:00 -14:30 Modus Operandi: Panel Discussion
Participants: Digital City, Internationale Stadt, Desk.nl, Koz-Hely,
Zamir Network
Chairman: Geert Lovink

15:00 -16:30 Art Discourse on the Net: Panel Discussion
Participants: Lsszlo Tolgyes, Pit Shultz, Heath Bunting, Walter Van Der
Cruijsen, Konrad Becker, Matt Fuller,
THE THING, Basel, Budapest, Hamburg, Vienna
Chairman: Miklos Peternak

16:30 - 17:00 Break

17:00 -19:00 Hungarian Net Initiatives: Panel Discussion
Participants: Fidonet, Zold Pok, Strawberry Net, Digital Island, Cyber Cafe
Budapest, EFF-Hungary,
EastEdge, Koz-Hely, xybrrrpunk magazine,
Imago Magazine, Internetto
Chairman: Tamas Bodoky

19:00 - 19:30 Closing session with panel


NO BORDERS, organized by the Media Research Foundation and the Intermedia
Department of the Hungarian Fine Arts Academy, will take place on October 6th,
7th, & 8th, 1995, at the Academy of Fine Arts as a part of Budapest's annual
Autumn Festival of the Arts.



The Media Research Foundation would like to thank its sponsors, The Autumn
Festival, SCCA, Westel 900, The Dutch Embassy, Pro Helvetia, The Austrian
Ministry of Science, Technology and Culture, Polaroid, Minolta, Magyar Narancs,
Vista Travel, and The Merleg Etterem.
Special thanks to EsCom for providing computers with an internal network
and Isys Hungary for the much needed 28.8 internet connection.
We would also like to thank Peter Mate, for his continued support of new
technology in the Arts, Gabor Kelemen, webmaster, and Janos Farkas of the
Technical University, for their support throughout the year.


Board of organizers
Idea, international organization: Geert Lovink,Janos Sugar,Diana McCarty
Project coordinator: Diana McCarty
Technical consultant: Zoltan Szegedy-Maszak, Lazslo Tolgyes
Finance: Gabriella Szucs
contact
intermed@ind.eunet.hu dia@szocio.tgi.bme.hu
http://szocio.tgi.bme.hu/metaforum fax: (36 1) 342 79 18





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