fineArt forum: December 2003 fineArt forum = art + technology netnews http://www.fineartforum.org This month's issue: :: fAfText :: In focus in fAfNews: AIMIA advises that urgent action is required to ensure the future of Australian digital and screen industries; MOOT Records Launch 'The Surrealestate Project', Melbourne, Australia; Australasian Computer Music Association seeks contributions, Australia; Alan Sondheim in Gridface, Online. :: Australian URL :: fAfText Essays: : Artist Run Spaces - Peter Anderson explores the fortunes of artist run spaces : Body, Place-Time and New Media, an essay by Anna Barros : Dispositions, an extract from McKenzine Wark's latest book : desperate optimists in interview with Ben Slater Reviews & Reports: : The Shoulders of Giants: The New Media Reader reviewed by Axel Bruns : Virtual Art: From Illusion to Immersion by Oliver Grau reviewed by Teri Hoskin : Gating, a sound art cd reviewed by Gavin Sade : Konstantin Batynkov's One's Own, Someone Else's, an exhibition reviewed by Selma Stern : SIGGRAPH 2003, a Report from the Military Entertainment Complex from Paul Brown : Macromedia Flash MX Game Design Demystified reviewed by Heidi Jermyn : Industrial Strength Design: How Brook Stevens shaped your world reviewed by Lisa Chittick : Steffen Lehmann's retrospective Architeken reviewed by Gina Velli : TRANSIT - 8 Views of Indonesia, a report by Francesca Berger : Electrofringe 2003, a report by Linda Carroli : Temporal Intervals by Trish Adams reviewed by Linda Carroli http://www.fineartforum.org/Backissues/Vol_17/faf_v17_n12/reviews/reviews_in... :: In focus in fAfNews Upfront: Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) advises that urgent action is required to ensure the future of Australian digital and screen industries. Along with representatives of Australia's film, television and other cultural industries, AIMIA has been lobbying to stop the Australian government from trading away its right to intervene to protect Australia's new media industries. http://www.fineartforum.org/Backissues/Vol_17/faf_v17_n12/upfront_index.html Events: MOOT Records is a newly established, Melbourne based independent record/cd label. Its first CD release, 'The Surrealestate Project', is a "collaborative psychotronic journey" by MOOT founders, Justin Butler and Ceallaigh Norman. The CD will be launched 10 & 12 December in Melbourne, Australia. http://www.fineartforum.org/Backissues/Vol_17/faf_v17_n12/events_index.html Opportunities: The Australasian Computer Music Association seeks contributions by young and/or emerging composers and sound artists for a compilation compact disk that will be published in 2004. The aim of the compact disk is to showcase some of the best emerging talent from this region, reflect the broad streams of research, production and performance that inform contemporary sound culture, and it will be used to promote Australasian sound culture locally and abroad. http://www.fineartforum.org/Backissues/Vol_17/faf_v17_n12/opps_index.html Stuff: Gridface, an e-zine featuring digital art and experimental music, is pleased to present a series of images by renowned net personality Alan Sondheim. http://www.fineartforum.org/Backissues/Vol_17/faf_v17_n12/stuff_index.html PLUS more than 150 news items, announcements and calls ... :: Australian URL Due to a server restructure at QUT, our Australian host, fineArt forum will no longer maintain the Australian mirror and apologise for any inconvenience. fAf will explore the viability of setting up a mirror in the Asia Pacific as a means of providing faster access in the region. In the meantime, fAf's sole online incarnation continues to be available at http://www.fineartforum.org. . . . . . SUBSCRIBE To subscribe to fineArt forum: Send an email message to: mailserv@qut.edu.au with the following text in the message: subscribe fineartforum To unsubscribe - the first line of your email should read: unsubscribe fineartforum GOT NEWS?? Send it to editor@fineartforum.org MORE INFO Nisar Keshvani: editor@fineartforum.org MISSION fineArt forum is a free, not-for-profit news and information service exploring the relationship between the arts, sciences and technology. fAf aims to inform new media arts and technology communities worldwide of the latest events, developments and opportunities. fineArt forum is supported by QUT Communication Design Department, School of Film and Media Studies - Ngee Ann Polytechnic Singapore and Mississippi State University. fAf is published by Fine Art Forum Inc. fAf is associated with the Art, Science and Technology Network (ASTN) http://www.astn.net and Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA). LEA is an online peer-reviewed journal published at MIT Press for the Leonardo Network http://www.leonardo.info.