[spectre] THE UPGRADE! TEL_AVIV launch

[Mushon|Shual.com]

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About THE UPGRADE! TEL_AVIV:
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Once a month or two a group of new media artists, curators, activists and
enthusiasts gather in Israel, for a session titled The Upgrade! Tel-Aviv.

It is aimed at enriching ourselves by introducing the works and activities
of local and global new-media artists and activists, and to find
opportunities for us to learn from each other, collaborate, and upgrade this
field in Israel and beyond. Specifically focusing on the tremendous effect
the media has on our region, The Upgrade! Tel-Aviv will focus not only on
new-media art, but also on Media Activism and the way understanding the
power of the media and the ways in which it can be used by the civil-society
can contribute to a social change.

At each meeting one or two artists present work in progress that fosters a
dialogue with the group. 

The local events series is inspired and affiliated with The Upgrade! NYC,
initiated by New-York based Israeli net art artist Yael Kanarek, and
supported by Eyebeam. The call to expend to Israel was answered in May 2005
by Mushon Zer-Aviv and the Maarav online art, culture, and media magazine. 

http://www.maarav.org.il/theupgrade

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FIRST EVENT:
No-Org / Salamanca
www.no-org.net
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Gathering at 20:00, May 15, 2005, The Jah-Pan  club, Comfort 11, Tel-Aviv.
After the gathering, we will be invited by the club for an ElectRock show by
Onili  . 

no-org.net is new Jerusalem art network envisioned as a platform for
experimental projects in the area of netbased and digital art and for the
exchange of independent information on contemporary art. 

The site is also housing an active archive of Hearat Shulaym (Independent
Journal for Contemporary Art) and Heara events . 

Artists and cultural mediators are welcome to participate in the no-org.net
undertaking - publish articles, essays, art projects or links to them,
reviews or announcements for independent art events as well as comments and
reacts. 

Though English is the interface language of no-org.net, it is not
necessarily the dominant one. Artworks, projects, articles, and texts in
other languages can be submitted and will be published. 

The no-org.net project is initiated by Sala-Manca Group and vagRearg. 

no-org.net is an independent project, run with no official support or
commercial sponsors.

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Mushon Zer-Aviv
Shual design studio
www.shual.com @> mushon at shual.com 
+: www.pixelsurgeon.com +: www.exego.net +: www.maarav.org.il 
Telephone: 972-3-5568792 Mobile: 972-52-2337637 Fax: 972-3-5580003
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