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symposium in Amsterdam which will be streamed

by Sonja van K

Symposium Positions in flux: On the changing role of the artist and institution in the networked society Friday, May 8th, 2009 Organised by Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk), Amsterdam Symposium venue: Trouw Amsterdam Wibautstraat 131, Amsterdam www.trouwamsterdam.nl The symposium 'Positions in flux: On the changing role of the artist and institution in the networked society' will center on some of the major parameters for the current and future development of contemporary art. In particular it will reflect on the aspect of cultural sustainability of art projects, art and technology initiatives and art curating. 'Positions in flux' will give floor to international artists, theoreticians, critics, cultural producers and aims to initiate a truly critical debate. The symposium is designed for a broad audience working in the field of contemporary culture and art, with a desire to understand what comes ahead and how to respond to these changes on an artistic or institutional level. 'Positions in flux' will provide a platform and "thinkspace" for artists, cultural workers, theoreticians and a broader public to envision the future in our field and to provide us with the necessary information to make choices for a meaningful and sustainable development of society and culture. The three panel discussions follow a clear thematic scheme and try to bring in as much expertise and viewpoints as possible. The panels are interlinked and designed to initiate an ongoing discussion among the participants. The symposium will be streamed from the symposium venue, Trouw Amsterdam. Online audiences will have the opportunity to participate in the debate in the live discussion forum. The results of the debate and its main contributions are reviewed and published online on the new Media Art Platform. www.mediaartplatform.org The symposium is part of the 'Here we are - There we go' programme at the Netherlands Media Art Institute, May 8th - 10th, 2009 which takes place on the occasion of the Institute's 30th anniversary. 'Here we are - There we go' celebrates the Institute's achievements in these thirty years and plans for the future with an inspiring open house weekend of artist talks, performances, installations, tours and a party. 'Positions in flux' is made possible with the kind support of the Mondriaan Foundation. The conference language is English. Speakers and panels Please note that speakers and times are subject to change. 9:00 - 10:00 Registration 9:45 Welcome and Introduction by Heiner Holtappels, director of NIMk 10:00 On the changing role of the artist and institution in the networked society by Susanne Jaschko, curator of Positions in Flux and chief curator NIMk 10.30 - 12.30 Panel 1: Art goes politics In this session we will discuss the potential of art to contribute to global and local problems such as religious conflicts, environmental or social crisis. Or is art constrained to raising awareness only? Should art become an agency for political and social affairs at all? How to successfully implement and conduct art projects in zones of crisis? What does it take to successfully implement and conduct projects in zones of crisis? How far do these projects benefit from the dubious attention of the mass media? Hans Bernhard (AT), artist, UBERMORGEN.COM www.ubermorgen.com Wafaa Bilal, artist (IQ/US) www.wafaabilal.com Knowbotic Research, artist group (DE/CH), artist in residence at NIMk 2008/2009 www.krcf.org Moderated by Chris Keulemans, writer and journalist (NL) (tbc) roadtrip.submarinechannel.com/content/view.jsp?mapid=5986&itemid=4897&menu=… 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch break 13.30 - 15.30 Panel 2: New territories and cultures of the digital This panel will look at the geographical shift that media culture currently undergoes and that will shape the future of this field. In the past, Europe, North America and Japan were at the forefront of digital production, design, art and technological research. Now that digital technologies become available at lower prices and spread more widely on the globe, new digital communities flourish. This panel looks specifically at new initiatives and bottom-up organisations in other parts of the world such as East Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South America, trying to understand what characterizes these initiatives. In how far do local and national cultures shape digital culture? Do these initiatives share common experiences and challenges, or is there no common ground to be found? Which kind of art arises from these new nodes on the digital map? How can we support the growth and establishment of these organisations? Bronac Ferran (UK), researcher, consultant and founding member of bricolabs www.boundaryobject.org Nat Muller, independent curator and critic (NL) Marcus Neustetter, media artist, curator and co-founder of Trinity Session (ZA) www.onair.co.za/thetrinitysession/index_temp.html Adam Somlai-Fischer, artist and architect, programme director of Kitchen Budapest (HU) www.kitchenbudapest.hu Moderated by Rob van Kranenburg, thinker, networker and author (NL/BE) Van Kranenburg has been teaching at various schools in the Netherlands (UvA, EMMA Interaction Design, Industrial Design). Currently he works as the Head of the Public Domain Program at Waag Society. He is author of 'The Internet of Things.' For this session we will ask initiatives and organisations around the world to come up with a short written or a 1 minute video statement about challenges they face in the future. These contributions will be shown during the panel. 15.30 - 16.00 Coffee Break 16.00 - 18.00 Panel 3: Open Source - A scheme for art production and curating? This session deals with the concept of open source for art production and its presentation. The open source movement is driven by the idea of collective, process-based, sustainable production and improvement. In software development this strategy has already proven to be valid; however can this model be applied to other products such as artworks or even exhibitions? In how far does the open source model differ from other forms of artistic collaboration? Is there a new role model for both the artist and the curator in the future? Which (economic) value and impact has expertise in open source production? How could institutions and organisations respond to this trend? Marcos Garcia, director of Interactivos, Medialab Prado (ES) www.medialab-prado.es Jaromil, dyne.org and researcher at NIMk jaromil.dyne.org/journal/ Joasia Krysa, curator, founder of KURATOR (PL/UK) www.kurator.org Moderated by Josephine Bosma, theoretician and critic (nl) http://laudanum.net/bosma 19:30 Reception at the Netherlands Media Art Institute, Netherland Media Art Institute Keizersgracht 264 1016 EV Amsterdam www.nimk.nl ENTRANCE: 15 euro (Students 10 euro). You can buy your ticket in advance at the reception of the NIMk (sale starts May 1th) or you can pay at the venue location until a half hour before the symposium starts. Including tea, coffee, reception at the NIMk at the end of the day. Sonja van KerkhoffART: www.sonjavank.comBLOG: sonjavank.blogspot.comDESIGN: www.sonjavank.com/designVIDEOS: www.youtube.com/sonjavank BOOKMARKS: http://del.icio.us/sonjavank _________________________________________________________________ Reinvent how you stay in touch with the new Windows Live Messenger. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9650731

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FW: NEH Fellowship at USC: Broadening the Digital Humanities

by Sean Cubitt

This might well be of interest sean >From: "Tara McPherson" <tmcphers(a)usc.edu> >To: "tara mcpherson" <tmcphers(a)usc.edu> >Date: March 21, 2009 12:01:07 PM NZST >Subject: NEH Fellowship at USC: Broadening the Digital Humanities > >The University of Southern California's Institute for Multimedia >Literacy and the electronic journal /Vectors /are pleased to announce a >National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Program for summer 2009 >designed to foster innovative multimedia research. Titled "Broadening >the Digital Humanities," the Institute will offer scholars the >opportunity to explore the benefits of interactive media for scholarly >analysis and authorship, illustrating the possibilities of multimodal >media for humanities investigation. Fellows participating in the program >will learn both by engaging with a variety of existing projects as well >as through the production of their own project in collaboration with >the /Vectors/-IML team. The projects fellows create will at once enrich >their own understanding of the digital humanities and model the field >for other scholars. Select projects will be published in /Vectors/. > >PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL MARCH 29th. >For more information, please visit our submissions page at >http://vectors.usc.edu/pdf/NEH_CFP_Summer_2009.pdf ><http://vectorsjournal.org/journal/index.php?page=Submissions> > >Feel free to distribute to your lists. > >Best wishes, >The Vectors Journal >http://vectorsjournal.org > ------ End of Forwarded Message

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April Fools Screening - Urban Myth Mash

by Mark Williams

In association with the exhibition Terry Urbahn Selected Works 1994-2008 we invite you to an April Fools Day screening (Weds April 1) of Urban Myth Mash. A collection of short video works made by Terry Urbahn from 1995-2005, Urban Myth Mash features the artist as punk rocker, stalker and criminal. It includes material from The Karaokes (1998); a video featuring New Plymouth punk group Sticky Filth (1995); and in P.S. ... I love you (2001) Urbahn secretly films the director of the City Gallery Paula Savage as she visits a friend and goes for a walk. Urban Myth Mash screens as part of Terry Urbahn - Selected Works 1994 - 2008 which runs until May 9. Playing daily in the cinema is Urbahn’s 2008 video installation The Sacred Hart. Writing in the blog eyecontact about The Sacred Hart Tao Wells said "I ... was struck by its lifting the lid on whiteness, white culture, white power, white spirit, truly a herculean task and achieved with space to reflect..." Urban Myth Mash A screening of video works 1995-2005 7pm, Weds April 1 $8 / $6 The inclusion of The Sacred Hart in Terry Urbahn - Selected Works 1994 - 2008 has been made possible by special arrangement with Auckland Festival. In accordance with the New Zealand Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act, the New Zealand Film Archive needs to review your consent to receiving e-mailed exhibition notices. If you wish to continue receiving our emails then please do nothing. If you would prefer not to receive any further emails from the New Zealand Film Archive, then please reply to this email with ‘unsubscribe’ in the subject box. Mark Williams Exhibitions/Project Developer Nga Kaitiaki O Nga Taonga Whitiahua The New Zealand Film Archive PO Box 11449 Wellington Aotearoa, New Zealand ph +64 4 384 7647 ext 829 fax +64 4 382 9595 http://www.filmarchive.org.nz

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CFF announce aims to help 'Fix Section 92'

by Bronwyn Holloway-Smith

Dear ADA, Firstly, thanks for the support that has come through on the list lately - we really appreciate it! It's been a hard slog, but we are certainly feeling optimistic about the future for creativity in NZ. I thought you might be interested to hear about our next plan, and I look forward to reading your feedback on it. Bronwyn *-- * * * *MEDIA RELEASE **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Wednesday 25 March, 2009* CFF announce aims to help 'Fix *Section 92'* The *Creative Freedom Foundation* (CFF) welcomes the government's decision to stop S92A coming into force as originally written on March 27th, and to work towards a replacement section. CFF Director Bronwyn Holloway-Smith says *“We have said throughout the process of pushing for S92's repeal that there is a considerable issue with copyright infringement online. S92 was not the way to fix this, so we have been working on a draft that we hope will sensibly deal with the issue, while retaining New Zealander's fundamental right to due process.”* The document has been released today on the CFF website www.CreativeFreedom.org.nz <http://www.creativefreedom.org.nz/> under the title “Fix Section 92” and is open for immediate public submission. “*We encourage New Zealand artists, and the wider public to make submissions on this draft document and are we look forward to working with everyone who would have been affected by S92A towards a sensible and workable alternative”*** Holloway-Smith further states. At the core of the draft document is the idea of an additional branch to the existing Copyright Tribunal specifically for these disputes, an adoption of the internationally popular *notice-and-notice* model, and a variety of sanctions. This aims to be an efficient resolution to copyright infringement in an online environment. *ENDS*

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// section 92A to be scrapped //

by Julian Oliver

great news: http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/section-92a-be-scrapped-89121 a summary snipped from /.: "The New Zealand Prime Minister announced his Government will throw out the controversial Section 92A of the Copyright Amendment (New Technologies) Act and start again. The proposed law changes contained 'guilty upon accusation, without appeal' clauses and heavy compliance costs to ISPs and businesses. The changes were hours away from being signed but a series of online protests, a petition on Government grounds, as well as public rebuttal by a large ISP and by Google contributed to the Government changing course and respecting the wishes of the IT industry." congratulations to Bronwyn and all others that breathed sanity into this debate, -- Julian Oliver home: New Zealand based: Madrid, Spain currently: Madrid, Spain about: http://julianoliver.com

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Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals: The 4th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2009), Technical Co-Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Section

by g.akmayeva＠icitst.org

Kindly email this Call for Papers and Workshops to your colleagues, faculty members and postgraduate students. Apologies for cross-postings. Please send it to interested colleagues and students. Thanks! CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS The 4th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2009), Technical Co-Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Section, November 9–12, 2009, London, UK (www.icitst.org) The 4th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2009) is co-sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Section. The ICITST is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practical implementation of secured Internet transactions and to fostering discussions on information technology evolution. The ICITST aims to provide a highly professional and comparative academic research forum that promotes collaborative excellence between academia and industry. The objectives of the ICITST are to bridge the knowledge gap between academia and industry, promote research esteem in secured Internet transactions and the importance of information technology evolution to secured transactions. The ICITST-2009 invites research papers that encompass conceptual analysis, design implementation and performance evaluation. All the accepted papers will appear in the proceedings published by IEEE and fully indexed by IEEE Xplore. All the ICITST papers are indexed by DBLP. The topics in ICITST-2009 include but are not confined to the following areas: * Application of agents * Application security * Blended Internet security methods * Biometrics * Boundary issues of Internet security * Broadband access technologies * Challenges of content authoring * Data mining security * E-society * Globalisation of information society * Government, and corporate Internet security policy * Internet architecture * Infonomics * IPSec quality of services * Patentability * Regulation, self-regulation, and co-regulation Web services * Secured database systems * Synchronising e-security * Software Architectures * Technology-enabled information * Trust, privacy, and data security * Wireless transactions * Context-Awareness and its Data mining for Ubi-com service * Human-Computer Interface and Interaction for Ubi-com * Smart Homes and its business model for Ubi-com service * Intelligent Multimedia Service and its Data management for Ubi-com * USN / RF-ID for Ubi-com service * Network security issues, protocols, data security in Ubi-com * Database protection for Ubi-com * Privacy Protection and Forensic in Ubi-com * Multimedia Security in Ubi-com * Quality of Service Issues * Authentication and Access control for data protection in Ubi-com * Information visualization * Web services * Service, Security and its Data management for U-commerce * New novel mechanism and Applications for Ubi-com * Information Management * Multimedia Information Systems * Information Retrieval * Natural Language Processing * Digital Libraries * Data and Information Quality Management * Data Grids, Data and Information Quality * Database Management * Web Databases * Temporal and Spatial Databases * Data Mining * Web Mining including Web Intelligence and Web 3.0 * E-Learning, eCommerce, e-Business and e-Government * Web Metrics and its applications * XML and other extensible languages * Semantic Web and Ontology * Human-Computer Interaction * Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems * Knowledge Management * Ubiquitous Systems * Peer to Peer Data Management * Interoperability * Mobile Data Management * Data Models for Production Systems and Services * Data Exchange issues and Supply Chain * Data Life Cycle in Products and Processes * Case Studies on Data Management, Monitoring and Analysis * Security and Access Control * Information Content Security * Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Security * Distributed information systems IMPORTANT DATES Extended Abstract Submission Date April 30, 2009 Paper Submission Date May 31, 2009 Proposal for Workshops and Tutorials April 30, 2009 Notification of Workshop Acceptance May 15, 2009 Proposal for Industrial Presentation April 30, 2009 Notification of Extended Abstract Acceptance/Rejection May 15, 2009 Notification of Industrial Presentation Acceptance May 15, 2009 Notification of Paper Acceptance/Rejection June 30, 2009 Camera Ready Paper Due September 1, 2009 Author Registration September 15, 2009 Early Bird Attendee registration October 01, 2009 Conference Dates November 9-12, 2009 The ICITST also encourages organisations to submit their Job Fair Booth Reservations and/or Exhibit Proposals. If your organisation is interested, kindly submit a brief Proposal (not more than 1 side of A4 page) to jobfair(a)icitst.org PROGRAM COMMITTEES Honorary Chair Kevin Warwick, University of Reading, UK General Chairs Godfried Williams, University of East London, UK Ion Tutanescu, University of Pitesti, Romania General Vice-Chairs Kevin J. Lü, Brunel University, UK Shi-Cho Cha, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, ROC Technical Program Chair Emmanuel Hooper, Harvard University, Harvard MIT Yale Scholar, USA Bernd Markscheffel, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany International Chairs Nicu Bizon, University of Pitesti, Romania Titus Olaniyi, London South Bank University, UK Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shizuoka University, Japan Poster and Demo Chair Fred Mtenzi, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland Local Arrangements Chairs Alex Logvynovskiy, University of East London, UK Cyril Azenabor, University of East London, UK Post-Conference Tour Chair Babatunde Ali-Alao, University of Greenwich, UK Research Student Forum Chairs Taiwo Ayodele, University of Portsmouth, UK Terry Walcott, University of East London, UK Publication Chairs Charles A. Shoniregun, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Canada Maaruf Ali, Oxford Brookes University, UK Publicity and Workshop Chair Galyna Akmayeva, Wessex Institute of Technology/University of Wales, UK Industrial Chair Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA Steering Committee Chair Charles A. Shoniregun, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Canada Steering Committees Paul Hofmann, Vice President Research, SAP Labs, USA Brendan O’Shea, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland Liang-Jie (LJ) Zhang, IBM T. J. Watson Research Centre, New York, USA Maaruf Ali, Oxford Brookes University, UK Dragana Martinovic, University of Windsor, Canada Victor Ralevich, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Canada Ali Al-Dahoud, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Jordan Charles Winer, Purdue University Calumet, USA TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEES Technical Program Committee members names and their affiliations are available at www.icitst.org

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taster/teaser ADAsymposium09

by su b

Dear all, We are thrilled to announce that the ADA trust board have secured adequate funding to stage: ADAsymposium09: critical materialities Place: WELLINGTON ... at various locations including ... victoria university design and the film archive ... Dates: three full days ... Friday 26th June - Sunday 28th June 2009. Including: Intensive workshops (on Friday), a grand opening, networked and remote keynotes, a revival of a wonderful work from nz media arts history, curated screening programmes, performances, presentations, fabulous conversation, and the ADA free lunch! More details (including a website, registration info, and accommodation deals) will follow soon. Look forward to seeing you all there! cheers su =============================### Dr. Susan Ballard Academic Leader, Electronic Arts School of Art Otago Polytechnic Te Kura Matatini ki Otago Private Bag 1910 Dunedin 9005 NEW ZEALAND office ph. +64-3-4796061 cell. +64 (0)21-209-0721

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Deadline Looms: S U P E R H U M A N Symposium Call for Abstracts

by ANAT Communications

Super Human: Revolution of Species Symposium Melbourne, 23-24 November 2009 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS DEADLINE - 30 MARCH 2009 Inspired by the 150th publication anniversary of Darwin's evolutionary treatise, 'On the Origin of the Species', ANAT presents the Super Human: Revolution of the Species Symposium. A single-stream high calibre event, the Symposium turns the spotlight on contemporary art and science collaborative research and practice and its interpretations of - and impacts upon - the human body now and into the future. The Symposium is open to any format or style of presentation so long as it directly engages with one or more of the Symposium themes: Augmentation, Cognition, Nanoscale Interventions. For more information about these themes or to download the call for abstracts please visit www.superhuman.org.au. We invite abstracts of 250-500 words in word/pdf format plus up to two jpg images. Email abstracts or questions to the Symposium Chair at as(a)anat.org.au. The Super Human: Revolution of the Species website goes live in mid-April. Be sure to visit and subscribe to receive Super Human updates as they happen! ____________________________________________________ ANAT is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council http://www.ozco.gov.au its arts funding and advisory body, by the South Australian Government through Arts SA http://www.arts.sa.gov.au and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. If you would like to change your contact details or be added or removed from this list please email anat(a)anat.org.au

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Key Kiwi ISP looking to block NZ P2P disconnection law

by Luke Munn

Hey ADAers, Hadn't seen this posted here so thought I'd share story from Ars Technica posted last week.... "Under government pressure, copyright holders and ISPs in New Zealand have been meeting for months to hash out a Code of Conduct for disconnecting repeat Internet "pirates." It's a process that requires the unanimous agreement of all parties, but ISP TelstraClear has now publicly refused to back the process, saying that disconnecting users based on content owner complaints was simply unfair." http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/key-kiwi-isp-looking-to-blo… Cheers, Luke

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[Fwd: CFF Newsletter 20th March 2009]

by helen varley jamieson

(problems viewing this newsletter? View it online at http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=227 ) We are now one week away from March 27th, the day when the Guilt Upon Accusation law Section 92A is due to come into effect. The CFF put out a press release today <http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=224> giving a quick history of how we got here, and in this newsletter we have information on what you can do today to help. The decision on S92A may be made as soon as a cabinet meeting on Monday, so we're asking you to write TODAY to the coalition politicians about this. It doesn't need to be long, it can just be a few sentences and you might find some ideas here <http://creativefreedom.org.nz/forum/topic.php?id=73>. As always please keep it polite and but firm, as it's not only decent behaviour it'll be more persuasive that way. National: j.key(a)ministers.govt.nz ,s.power(a)ministers.govt.nz , c.finlayson(a)ministers.govt.nz , g.brownlee(a)ministers.govt.nz , s.joyce(a)ministers.govt.nz And please send supportive emails urging the coalition partners speaking out against S92A to follow through United Future: p.dunne(a)ministers.govt.nz ACT: r.hide(a)ministers.govt.nz , h.roy(a)ministers.govt.nz Also The Maori Party voted against it at the time: p.sharples(a)ministers.govt.nz RECENT NEWS * One Week Until Guilt Upon Accusation Law In NZ. <http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=224> With only seven days until the Guilt Upon Accusation law, Section 92A of the Copyright Act, is due to come into effect the Creative Freedom Foundation has renewed calls for National to repeal S92A and replace it with a workable alternative. Intended to protect artists, the controversial law has been rejected by a majority of them with over 9,000 artists, including Yulia, Glyn MacLean, Luke Buda (Phoenix Foundation), Luke Rowell (Disasteradio) and Imon Star (Olmecha Supreme), calling for a sensible alternative. Gray Bartlett MBE has stated that "The sledgehammer approach across the board, will totally dampen artistic and musical talent, most especially new and young talent". * Glyn MacLean speaks from experience as he's built three multi-million dollar music retail/wholesale businesses and is the manager for multi platinum artist Yulia. He has written a guest post describing his experiences with music in New Zealand, how APRAs own disputes resolution process failed, as well speaking directly on the issue of Section 92A. Read on at http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=226 <http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=226> * A Response to Roger Shepherds Article <http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=225>. Today's Dominion Post published an opinion piece by Roger Shepherd about Section 92A. The article talks passionately about New Zealand music and then decides that S92A is the solution. Our response Thanks, Creative Freedom Foundation --- You are receiving this email because you subscribed to The Creative Freedom Foundation's newsletter. Click here to unsubscribe <http://creativefreedom.org.nz/unsubscribe.html?email=helen%40creative-catal…> -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst helen(a)creative-catalyst.com http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.upstage.org.nz http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________

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