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Videazimut is forwarding the agenda of the Next Five Minutes
conference as it may be of interest to subscribers.  Some
descriptions of installations associated with the conference have
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all information received.  Please contact the Next Five Minutes
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>From euronet.nl!sure Mon Dec 11 12:43:51 1995 Date: Mon, 11 Dec
1995 18:47:49 +0100 To: videaz@web.apc.org (Vinny Mohr) From:
sure@euronet.nl (Sjoera Nas) Subject: Official programme Next 5
Minutes: Tactical Media

PROGRAM OF THE 'NEXT FIVE MINUTES' CONFERENCE
Amsterdam/Rotterdam, january 18-21, 1995

Next 5 Minutes: tactical media is a conference and exhibition that
will take place at Amsterdam's Balie and Paradiso and at
Rotterdam's V2_Organisation from January 18th till January 21st
1996. The conference will be officially opened Thursday evening in
Rotterdam with a performance of the Critical Art Ensemble  from
Chicago about the matter of media.

Underneath you can find the official program. All updates are to
be found on the Next 5 Minutes website: http://www.dds.nl/n5m. For
more detailed information about the Amsterdam conference please
contact De Balie, phone 020 - 62 33 673 and ask for Sjoera Nas or
David Garcia. For information about the Rotterdam programme please
contact V2_Organisation, phone 010 - 404 76 93 and ask for Andreas
Broeckmann. Or e-mail N5M@dds.nl

PROGRAM

Friday January 19

programme in Amsterdam Balie theatre: 10.30-12.00 hours
	From Access for All to Access for What Can strategic
combinations of old and new media make the dream of genuine public
access a reality?
*       Presentation by DeeDee Halleck (New York) co-founder of
Paper Tiger TV and Deep Dish TV, with screenings of influential
old and new material from the Paper Tiger collection
*       Interview with Juergen Linke (Berlin) director of the
Berlin Open Channel and Nico van Eyk (Amsterdam) former board
member of SALTO, Amsterdam Open Channel, as representatives of
important examples of public access to cable television in Europe
*       Presentation by Mark Dery (New York) cyber critic and
author of 'Culture Jamming', with a street level perspective on
the future of public access
*       Spoken column by Rop Gonggrijp (Amsterdam) co-founder of
XS4ALL and of Amsterdam Digital City Moderation: David Garcia
(Amsterdam) Centre for Tactical Media.

Paradiso hall: 10.30-12.00 hours
	Copyright in the Next Century To be able to interpret our
history we must also be free to access and use information. With
digital collage and sampling playing an ever more important role
in daily culture, is the concept of copyright becoming obsolete?
Moderation and organisation: Tjebbe van Tijen, International
Institute for Social History (IISG), Amsterdam.

Balie Salon: 13.00-14.30 hours
	Workshop: Curator Activists Participants: Kathy Rae
Huffman (Vienna) networker; Renate Lorenz (Zurich) exhibition
organiser; Norbert Meisner (Leipzig) media artist currently
involved in Kanal X; Alla Mitrofanova (St. Petersburg) arts
curator.  Moderation: Chris Hill (Buffalo) media curator and
involved in the public access movement and Keiko Sei (Prague)
media curator.

Balie theatre: 14.30-16.15 hours
	Beyond the Metaphors of War Does the use of violent
metaphors beget more violence?  From South Africa to Northern
Ireland a number of societies are at various stages of transition
from  war to peace. What are the images and strategies that will
enable them to grow towards reconciliation?
*       Introduction by Marilyn Hyndman (Belfast) to the screening
of key works by the Belfast based tactical television group
Northern Visions.
*       Presentation by Chris Gutuza (Bellville South Africa),
producer of the Media Training & Development Trust.
*       Interview with Maya van de Velde (Amsterdam) expert on
Palestinian tactical communication, from magazines to electronic
networks.
*       Presentation of Radio Doble F (San Salvador) previously
the voice of the resistance, the Frente Farabundo Marti para la
Liberation Nacional.  This radio station is supported by XminY
Solidarity Fund.  Moderation: Michael Pollman (Nijmegen) founder
of Antenna, access provider and networking node.

Balie theatre: 16.30-17.00 hours
	Screening of 'Shock is Spreading', by Olivera Todorovic
(Belgrade 1995).  Short documentary about life in Belgrade in the
past 10 years, about the energy of youth so rarely noticed on film
or video.

	Screening of fragments of 'Zombietown' by Marc J. Hawker
(Glasgow 1995).  Documentary about radio B'92 and surroundings in
Belgrade.

Paradiso hall: 14.30 -17.00 hours
	The Desire to be Wired
A series of performance-lectures that will form a radical critique
of cyberculture
*       Calin Dan (Bucharest) visual artist, member of the artists
group SubREAL.
*       Konrad Becker (Vienna) video and computer artist,
<www.netbase.t0.or.at>.
*       Sabeth Buchmann (Berlin) member of Minimal Club, editor of
the theoryzine A.N.Y.P..
*       Heath Bunting (London) street culture hacker
<cybercafe.org>.
*       Pit Schulz (Berlin) electro artist, editor of the theory
database Webstop.
*       Dirk Paesmans (Amsterdam) media and web artist
<www.jodi.org>.
*       Alla Mitrofanova (St. Petersburg) art curator and media
philosopher.
*       Steven Kurtz (Chicago) member of the media/art activists
group Critical Art Ensemble.  Hosted by Geert Lovink (Amsterdam)
Centre for Tactical Media.  Paradiso Cellar: 16.00-18.00 hours
	Workshop The impact of radio on civil conflicts
Participants: Democratic Voice of Burma, Radio B'92 (Belgrade),
Radio Kameleon (Tuzla, Bosnia), La Voz Popular (Guatamala), Radio
Doble F (El Salvador), Community Radio (South Africa), Martha
Hawley (Amsterdam) European Community Medmedia Program.
Moderation: Rita Brakel (Amsterdam) XminY Solidarity Fund.

Balie theatre: 19.30 - 21.00 hours
	Lecture 'From Cyberspace to Neurospace' by Peter Lamborn
Wilson (New York), member of the collective Autonomedia.

Paradiso hall: 21.00-22.00 hours
	Performance by vakuum tv Unplugged TV from Budapest In the
context of new forms of censorship in Hungary, these artists
invented a new way to transmit their political opinions. In a
small theatre in Budapest they transformed the stage into a
television set. Every Monday they talk back to the media.

Paradiso hall: 22.00-23.30 hours
	Screening of the movie 'Predictions of Fire' (1995) by
Michael Benson Movie about the Slovenian arts collective 'NSK'
During the 80's this group shocked many people in western Europe
with their use of fascist iconography. Only later, after the
Balkan explosion, did people realise that 'NSK' were merely
predicting the flames of militant nationalism that were to come.

Saturday January 20

Balie theatre: 10.30-12.00 hours
	Reality Check Do the new media really lead to greater
democracy?
*       Presentation by Steven Lenos (Agora) and Nina Meilof
(Beurs TV, Digital City), about current experiments with
tele-democracy in Amsterdam
*       Presentation by Rena Tangens from Zerberus (Bielefeld),
alternative computer network
*       Debate with Katja Diefenbach (Munich) journalist, Kees
Schalken (Tilburg), researcher at the Catholic University Brabant.
Moderation: Marleen Stikker, Director of the Society for Old and
New Media.

Paradiso hall: 10.30-13.00 hours
	The Metaphor Machine The issue of metaphorical language is
not abstract. It poses the vital strategic question what language
to use. An investigation of language and metaphor in the
technological age.
*       Performance interview by Graham Harwood and Matthew Fuller
(London), with demonstration of the CD-ROM
*       Rehearsal of Memory' (1995) showing the physical memories
of several patients of the Ashworth Mental Hospital.
*       Presentation by Stephan Geene (Berlin), member of Minimal
Club, about the language of biotechnology.
*       Presentation by Karin Spaink (Amsterdam), author, about
the
Cyborg-metaphor.
*       Video screening of  fragments of 'Simultaneous City'
(1994) by RongWrong Productions (Amsterdam). With the growing
uniformity of the world
- the same TV programmes, the same food, the same advertisements -
culture shock is replaced by a shocking familiarity. Cities are as
anonymous and interchangeable as hotel bedrooms.
*       Presentation by Jochen Becker (Berlin), member of
B=FCroBert, about 'Telepolis' and the impact of digital cities on
urban spaces.  Moderation: Geert Lovink (Amsterdam) Centre for
Tactical Media.

Balie theatre: 14.30-17.30 hours
	Tactical Media as Tools for Survival Series of
presentations from front-line activists who use tactical media as
tools or as weapons in a struggle for survival.
*       Lecture by Sivam Krishnapillai (Cambridge) scientist,
about the ethno-national cyberquarrels in Sri Lanka.
*       Presentation by Vesna Jankovic (Zagreb), editor in chief
of Arkzin, the bi-weekly anti-war magazine that combines politics
and subculture.
*       Screening of the new video of Jelenko Bantic (Zagreb)
about the armed struggle for a free radio station in Northern
Kroatia
*       Presentation of the Democratic Voice of Burma by Thein
Htike Oo, the radio station of the democratic alliance, that has
been banned by official authorities. The radio station is
supported by XminY Solidarity Fund, who will be launching an
action campaign to put them on the air again.
*       Screening of videos about the current media activities
from the Zapatistas in the Chiapas region in Mexico.
*       Presentation by Sacha Mirkovic (Belgrade), producer from
the radio station B'92.  Moderation: P.L. da Silva, social
scientist at the University of Amsterdam.

Balie Autonomous Zone:  15.00-17.00 hours
	Workshop: Mortal Acts. The Tactical Body.
A workshop produced by Almanac, an Amsterdam based tactical
television program. On the symbolic use of the body in art and
political intervention.

Paradiso upper floor: 15.00-17.00 hours
	Workshop: Low End Technology
>From a wide assortment of consumer cameras to wind-up radios,
scanners and other hacking devices, this workshop celebrates the
vitality of using cheap technology.  Participants: Heath Bunting
(London street culture hacker); Leo Jacobs (Film and Television
Academy Amsterdam); Pauline Krikke (Amsterdam City Council);
Debra Solomon (Amsterdam media artist); Bobby Tuazon (Peoples
Television Network of the Phillipines Manila).  Moderation: Raul
Marroquin (Amsterdam) media artist.

Paradiso upper floor:  17.00-18.00 hours
	Workshop: Latino Networks on the Net Video conference /
CUSeeMe in the two most widely used languages on the Net: English
and Spanish.  With Lourdes Cillerulo (Universidad del Pais Vasco),
Marcelo Exposito (Universidad de Valencia), and the Universidad de
Chile.  Moderation: Mariano Maturana (Amsterdam).

Paradiso upper floor:  18.00-19.30 hours
	Workshop: Accessing Satellite Technology Satellites need
no longer be the monopoly of mainstream media, as tacticans from
all over the world learn how to appropiate communication
satellites.  Participants: DeeDee Halleck (New York); Allan
Fountain (London) formerly Channel 4, currently involved in the
Mondial Satellite Project.  Moderation: Raul Marroquin, Hoeksteen
TV Amsterdam.

Balie Salon: 17.00-18.30 hours
	Workhop: Media in the new Southern Africa The role of the
old and new media in social transformation: do the electronic
media have anything to add to the process of political
reconstruction in Southern Africa.  With: David Adams
(Johannesburg) ANC media trainer; Shareef Cullis (Johannesburg)
Centre for Democratic Communication; Chris Gutuza (Bellville)
Media Training & Development Trust; Jeanne du Toit (Salt River)
Bush Radio.  Moderation: Bert Frereks (Amsterdam) Komitee
Zuidelijk Afrika.

Balie theatre: 20.00-21.30 hours
	Tactical Research - The Myth of Easy Search
Serious research is the source of all tactical communication. Low
budget investigative journalism challenges the superficial
knowledge presented as background in mainstream media.
*       Presentation by Frannie Armstrong (London) of One World of
the McLibel Case, the judicial procedures of the Green Peace
London Collective against McDonalds
*       Introduction by Jamie Hartzell (London) of the screenings
of the London based video collective Small World
*       Presentation by Christian Golla (Bonn) of the Copex
incidents in Germany
*       Screening of fragments of Haiti: Killing the Dream  by
Babeth (Amsterdam) visual artist. Providing an eye witness account
of the coup with enough inside knowledge to provide an account of
CIA involvement in events.  Moderation: Eveline Lubbers
(Amsterdam) research collective  Jansen & Janssen.

Balie Autonomous Zone:  22.30-24.00 hours
	Workshop: Sex in the Age of Media Open discussion to
explore the pleasure principle, its directions and the use of
abuse in the media today.  Participants: Susan Janssen & William
Levy; Peter Mueller Sziami, Mariska Majoor, Xaviera Hollander,
Michel Beaujart, Jeanette Genant & others.  Moderation: Marianna
Padi (Amsterdam) writer and organiser.

Paradiso hall: 21.30-05.00 hours
	E~Scape Technoparty by Digital Artists Xperiments.
D.A.X. consists of Konrad Becker (Vienna) Monoton,  Michael Wells
(London) Technohead, Robin Rimbaud (London) deejay Scanner, Dano
(Amsterdam) deejay, No Sweat (Amsterdam) producer, Liza 'n Eliaz
(Antwerp) deejay.  Veejaying by Cut Up (Rotterdam).  With:
hypermedia interfaces, videogates, interactive sound database,
live techno music.

Sunday January 21

Balie salon: 13.00-14.00 hours
	Mr President Interviews by Cecile Landman (Amsterdam)
researcher with Giovanni Ruggeri (Milan) the famous Italian
critic, author of 'the business of Mr.  President' and Gianluca
Neri (Milan) Peacelink, about the current television and internet
monopoly positions in Italy. What's behind Video Online, the
fastest growing Internet provider in Italy.

Balie theatre: 14.00-15.00 hours
	Net Criticism The emergence of the Net is so significant
that it forces us to reimagine the role of all other media.  Like
Art and Literature does the net require it's own independent
critical discipline?  Participants: Mark Dery, Katja Diefenbach,
Paul Garrin, P.L. Wilson.  Moderation: Geert Lovink (Amsterdam)
media theoritician, Centre for Tactical Media.

Balie Salon: 14.00-15.00  hours
	Workshop: Financing Tactical Media Participants: Eveline
Lubbers (Amsterdam); Arie-Willem Bijl (XminY Solidarity Fund);
Jamie Hartzell (London); and a representative of the Soros
Foundation.  Moderation: Rita Brakel, XminY Solidarity Fund.

Paradiso hall: 15.00-17.00 hours
	New Impulses For Translocal Culture Discovering ways to
give a new prominance to the diversity of global media.  And
eroding the dichotomy between the North and the South.
*       Presentation by Sharad Argwal and Satuajit Sarkar (Delhi)
on the current position of independent video makers and internet
activists in India.
*       Presentation of the Refugee Republic by Ingo Guenther (New
York) media artist.
*       Presentation by Caetanno Scannavino (Rio de Janeiro) of
the Video Popular network in Brasil, a collective of media
activists that put up wide screens in small Brasilian villages
with limited media access.
*       Highlights of the efforts of South African Community Radio
to balance social justice with reconciliation.  Moderation:
Olivier Pasquet (Queige, France) board member of Videazimut, the
internatio-nal organisation of independent video makers.

	Final Debate moderated by David Garcia (Amsterdam) Center
for Tactical Media.  The final debate draws together the key ideas
to have emerged during the Next 5 Minutes and will ask whether
such a diverse range of communities and interest groups can create
shared strategies and a common agenda.

A World Wide Web site <www.dds.nl/n5m> features an online journal,
newsgroups, tele-conferencing, etc., throughout the four days of
the event, containing extensive coverage of N5M debates and
workshops. It will also be an environment for a number of visiting
artists to realise new works. Teletext and other forms of digital
television will keep people without computers updated about the
conference. An extensive archive and media library will be
accessible to all visitors on the upperfloor of De Balie.

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