Command Lines: The Emergence of Governance in Global Cyberspace

The Center for International Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is pleased to announce

Command Lines: The Emergence of Governance in Global Cyberspace
a colloquium at the Hefter Conference Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, April 29-30, 2005, organized by Sandra Braman, Dept. of Communication, braman[at]uwm[dot]edu and Thomas Malaby, Dept. of Anthropology, malaby[at]uwm[dot]edu.

free and open to the public

The transfer of many realms of social life to the global domain of cyberspace presents numerous challenges to formal governance through law and law-making while increasing the relative importance of other approaches to "the conduct of conduct." While governments struggle to develop and apply laws to cyberspace, the producers of the internet (its users and programmers) create their own parameters, norms, practices, and rules that control life online. Experience within cyberspace, whether building a virtual world, making or participating in games, or learning how to communicate congenially and productively in a listserv, is becoming the most important training in political life for many. Governance systems being developed within cyberspace in turn are providing models for, or interact with, the laws of governments. This colloquium will examine the diverse ways in which governance is developing within cyberspace and the effects of such approaches on governance in the off-line world. Sessions will cover the entire range of types of governance mechanisms, from the formal laws of government through the formal and informal governance mechanisms of both state and non-state actors to the cultural practices of governmentality that sustain and enable both governance and government.

Deviant Art Forum

This just in from Kari Hanson, one of the brightest up and coming Community Arts Educators and Advocates. Kari and I worked together on AWE's Art Truck / Truck Studio bringing Art to the kids in Milwaukee's Parks for 6 weeks in the summers. Now she's working with Public Allies, an Americorps program, organizing community service projects for youths.


My team is working with the Latino Community Center here in Milwaukee, specifically a small group of folks called TRUE Skool (Truth and Reality in Urban Education). On Wed. May 4th we are holding a forum called "Deviant Art" on the criminalization of graffiti/aerosol art in Milwaukee. So far we have confirmed some interesting folks for the panel, including Sharon Blando who is part of the anti-graf task force, Matt
Nowak, the owner of a graf/hip hop supply store called UPROC, and Judge Derek Mosley. We're also working on Alderman Tony Zalinski, the chair of the anti-graf task force but we'll see if he's willing... and looking for another artist, maybe graf artist, but most have understandably been hesitant to be part of the panel. We have questions prepared for the panelists and they will have equal time to talk after which the audience will also be invited to ask questions.

DEVIANT ART: a forum on the criminalization of graffiti/aerosol art in Milwaukee
Free admission and all ages and opinions welcome!
Wednesday May 4th
7-8:30pm (+ more fun after the forum)
@ The Latino Community Center 807 South 14th St. Milwaukee

Peace,
Kari Hanson
www.trueskool.org
www.publicallies.org

Contagious Media Showdown

This from Comrade Mat Rappaport Assistant Professor : Digital Media The University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee

Announcing the world's first Contagious Media Showdown. Do you have what it takes to corral enough traffic to win the cash prizes? Can you make the next Dancing Baby, All Your Base, or Star Wars Kid and ride into the sunset with the bounty? This is your chance to prove you are the best in the West.

April 28-June 4th the New Museum of Contemporary Art will feature "Contagious Media", an art exhibition presented in conjunction with theShowdown.

WFMU, Last of the Independents

Once upon a time, I was on a road trip to NYC and heard it. WFMU is a real gem, whether you are crusing through Alphabet City or going the wrong way on the George Washington Bridge.
The following is from my friend and collaborator,

Maddie Fix-Hansen.

Dear People;

This Saturday, bright & early in the morning from 9 AM - 10 AM, I have a WFMU Listener Hour broadcasting into the spring-like Saturday morning sunshine.

Catch some tunes you've never heard before by some great New York, Chicago & San Francisco musicians interspersed with some lesser heard favorites and recording treats.

WFMU is on your dial at 91.1 FM.

If you haven't tuned into WFMU before, that may be because you can't receive their signal, say you are in another city or in Brooklyn, per se. For people like us, there's www.wfmu.org wherein you can listen to a live stream or to an archive ... search for my show by "maddy fix" (slight name misspelling). The WFMU website is chock full of digitally archived music & sounds. Search for your favorite band - you'll probably find it carefully curated in a WFMU DJs archived program.

WFMU is one of the last remaining freeform, non commercial, self-supporting radio stations in America, right here in the New York metropolitan area.

hanks for listenin' & vive the born free airwaves!

mfix

The Rock and Roll Report is a nice blog with links to more freeform radio stations like WFMU.

indymedia.org

Columbia's Glass Curtain Gallery visited by Secret Service

A work of art depicting a sheet of mock 37-cent red, white and blue stamps showing a gun pointed at President Bush's head elicited a visit from Secret Service Agents last week.
The exhibition, curated by Michael Hernandez de Luna, opened last week at in the Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College in Chicago. Called "Axis of Evil: The Secret History of Sin," the show stamps designed by 47 artists addressing issues such as the Roman Catholic sex abuse scandal, racism and the war in Iraq.
CarolAnn Brown, the gallery's director said the agents were most interested in Chicago artist Al Brandtner's work titled "Patriot Act."
"We need to ensure, as best we can, that this is nothing more than artwork with a political statement," Secret Service spokesman Tom Mazur said.
AP story via Yahoo!News
Chicago Sun Times

Josh Macphee, Stencil Pirate, April 21, 2005

Respect for Lane Hall (a.k.a. The Elder), Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Visual Art, PSOA at UWM for sending this:

Nicolas Lampert, Lecturer in the PSOA is hosting Chicago artist, Josh Macphee to speak in his seminar class. Nicolas has kindly opened this up to all of us. You don't want to miss this chance to hear this fantastic artist speak about guerilla work in general, his own work as an artist, and his involvement with a global community of stencil artists.

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Thursday, April 21st. 7:00pm - 9:30pm
MIT 191
everyone welcome to attend
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Josh MacPhee is a Chicago based artist and author of "Stencil Pirates: A Global Study of the Street Stencil," published last year on Soft Skull Press. The book is a extensive look at the gloabl history of the street stencil.

Outside of working on book projects, MacPhee is an artist/activist who curates the "Celebrate People's History Poster Series", runs a distribution system for political art (www.justseeds.org), and has recently organized the group printmaking show "Paper Politics" that opens April 1st in Seattle, featuring 175
artists. He has also worked with many radical art collectives, including Counter Productive Industries (www.counterproductiveindustries.com) and the God Bless Graffiti Coalition (which was part of the Interventionist show at the MASS MoCA).

On Thursday, April 21st Josh will present a visual study and history of the street stencil, starting from its origins in ancient history to the Spanish Civil War to anti-colonial revolts in the 1970's to its present forms.

He will also talk about his own art and recent shows that he has curated followed by a question and answer session.

[Artlist] TRANSMEDIA :29:59 Call for video submissions

This comes from new media artist, Louise McKissick (artlist[at]louisem[dot]com), who manages ARTLIST, a listserve dedicated to providing artists with opportunities to publicize their work (with and emphasis on video, performance, and electronic art) and find new exhibition opportunities.
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YEAR ZERO ONE is an on-line artist run centre which operates as a
network for the dissemination of digital culture and new media through
web based exhibitions, site-specific public art projects, an extensive
media arts directory and the Year01 Forum.
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TRANSMEDIA :29:59

Year Zero One is currently accepting submissions for TRANSMEDIA :29:59, an ongoing programme of media art displayed on the pedestrian level video billboard at Dundas Square in downtown Toronto. Beginning June 1st 2005, one minute video works will be broadcast 24/7 every half hour on the 29th and 59th minutes.

Year Zero One accepts video submissions from both emerging and established media artists. Preference will be given to works that respond to the site and its position in a high traffic (pedestrians and vehicles) public location. Two artists will be featured each month. Proposals for real-time streamed video, live networked art and collaborative projects will be considered. Artists fees paid. Send URL
submissions to info(at)year01.com

Al Gore Launches New TV Network

Set to Launch August 1, Independent Venture Will Be First National Television Network Created For, By and With an 18-34 Year-Old Audience; Google Zeitgeist Data Used to Produce News Feature, 'Google Current'

"The Internet opened a floodgate for young people whose passions are finally being heard, but TV hasn't followed suit," said Gore. "We want to transform the television medium itself, giving a national platform to those who are hungry to help create the TV they want to watch."
Current, the new name of the cable network, formerly known as IndTV, sent out a press release Monday, seeking "to cultivate a national, and eventually global, coterie of 'Current Journalists' (CJs)."
Viewers will be able to upload video through the Current Studio where users can vote for the best clips to put on the air. But the real innovation of Current Studio is an online training program for users to learn how to improve their craft.
"We're creating a powerful new brand of television that doesn't treat
audiences as merely viewers, but as collaborators," said the former two-term Vice President, often erroneously mocked as the self proclaimed inventor of the Internet.
Press Release
AP via Yahoo! News
cnet.com news

Santiago Cucullu, Layton Lecture

Please join us on Thursday, April 7th, from 4:30 to 6:00 in Curtin 175
where installation artist Santiago Cucullu will give a public lecture
about his work. Santiago creates powerful large scale environments using humble materials such as cardboard, peel-n-stick vinyl and table skirting. His work was in the last Whitney, as well as the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles,Walker Art Center, at the Sandretto Foundation, Turin, Italy, and at INOVA, among many other impressive venues.

Satellite Seminar: Daily Show Writers Tell All

An upcoming Satellite Seminar from the Museum of Television and Radio is being made available to universities around the country and allow students to call in questions for the presenters during the program. It’s a great opportunity to interact with media professionals and gain some insight into the media production process. Seminar will be held in Bolton 150.

Making Politics Funnier:
Daily Show Writers Tell All
Thursday, April 7, 2005
6:00-7:30 p.m.

In a cultural environment where the line between news and entertainment
has blurred, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has emerged as a place
where serious political debate is open to irreverent but pointed
interpretation. Writers from "the most trusted name in fake news" will
discuss their unique brand of satiric news, how ideas are generated and
turned into a script, and their opinions on the show being held up as
"real" news.