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Hello All,

I want to drop a short note about the questionably elected despot running our country, and the war he is (heaven) bent on waging. I don't want to turn preachy, and I know that I would probably be preaching to the choir, but I just want to express my own frustration. I want to reaffirm what we already know: that there is a strong vocal growing majority of dissenting Americans. Americans who are outraged at the irrational bully and his posse who are running our country.

This list has a large contingent of international subscribers (especially Europe, and Australia), and I want to let you know that we are ashamed and appalled by his conduct in representing this country. I want to remind everyone on this list to actively oppose this war through all nonviolent means. I especially want to impress upon the Americans importance of contacting the people who run this government, and letting them know how you feel.

one of the great things about the Internet is that large groups of people can organize and distribute information quickly and effectively. The calls and opps listed as an example of this. An even better example of this is the growing online protest movement, spearheaded in part by http://MoveOn.org, which is a member of the http://www.winwithoutwarus.org/ coalition. Move on had a strong role in organizing the U.S. protests on february 15, and was responsible for the first virtual march on Washington about 10 days ago. only in the last three weeks has the press become aware of and begun representing the dissent in this country.

I urge you to at the very least sign up at http://MoveOn.org, March in the next protest, speak about the way you feel, and stand up and be counted

yours,

Michael

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links:

http://MoveOn.org
http://www.moveon.org/emergency/

Uncle Sam's dirty tricks?
Alleged U.S. spying at the U.N. -- huge news in the rest of the world,
ignored here -- provides fodder to festering anti-Americanism
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/04/spy/index.html

Patriot Act's Big Brother
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030317&s=cole

Newsweek's Iraq Report Falls on Deaf Ears
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15273

U.S. Diplomat's Letter of Resignation
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/27/international/27WEB-TNAT.html?pagewanted=print&position=top

"Slouching Toward Baghdad" Mike Davis, February 28, 2003
http://slash.autonomedia.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/01/1951255&mode=nested

Time for Sanctions Against the Bush Administration-- Boycott America?
http://www.counterpunch.com/madsen03062003.html

equal numbers called Saddam and Mr. Bush the "greatest threat to world peace."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/07/opinion/07KRIS.html

American Friends Service Committee
http://www.afsc.org/

United for Peace and Justice
http://unitedforpeace.org/

Military Families Speak Out
http://www.mfso.org/

Veterans for Peace
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

Black Voices for Peace
http://www.bvfp.org/

Student Peace Action Network
http://www.studentpeaceaction.org/summit.html

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
http://www.wilpf.org/

Jewish Voice for Peace
http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

Win Without War
http://www.winwithoutwarus.org/

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And now with out further ado, this week's calls:

Dear friends and colleagues,

www.on-the-move.org, the performing arts travellers toolkit, is a web
portal dedicated to professional mobility for artists and arts operators,
featuring information about international activities, projects and their
funding, intended for artists and performing arts professionals from the
European Union and its surrounding countries. In fact the visitors have
been coming from many other points of the globe.

We receive a growing number of visitors from: Argentina, Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands,
Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia,
Seychelles, Serbia Montenegro (Yugoslavia), Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States,

This year www.on-the-move.org, with the support of the European Commission,
Directorate General Education and Culture, the European Cultural Foundation
and the Fonds voor de Amateur-en Podiumkunsten (The Netherlands) is
carrying out a number of technical improvements. During the course of this
year the site will be translated into at least one other language and we
will start to gather information and links also for the area of music. In
the meantime, collaboration with a team of expert consultants will make the
site even more interesting to visit and easier to use. In other words,
within a year you will get much more than what you see now!

The new portal, currently being improved, will be launched in Brussels in
December 2003 with all the improvements and suggestions we have gathered
during the year.

Meanwhile we need your FEEDBACK:
Visit ,
send us your opinions, comments and critical remarks; forward this email to
your
friends; link ; to your website.

ART TOPOS (www.artopos.org) invites Greek or Greek origin artists working in the field of net art to contact ART TOPOS' curator, Mrs Anna Hatziyiannaki.
The aim of this invitation is to create a comprehensive directory of Greek net artists and to establish a community for communication and information exchange through a mailing list, as well as for examining the possibilities of their participation in relevant international art events

Anna Hatziyannakis

Dear Artist,

this is an invitation to submit images of your best work so you can
expose to the rest of the world free of charge on www.monoprints.com .

The requirements:
In order to have your own space on monoprints.com, you need to send an
artist statement, along with no more than 3 images. We will only
consider your submission if the images you send are either monotypes or
monoprints. You should also include the image size, paper size and cost
for each piece. You can send this information to info@monoprints.com

Happy printing!

from artservis:

Zagreb, Croatia
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti / Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb
looking for a new director
Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb is looking for a new director by the international competition.
More information: Mr. Branko Kostelnik, museum secretary
Rok prijave: 17/03/03

Kontakt:
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti
Branko Kostelnik
tel: ++385 1 4851930, ++385 1 4851931
branko.kostelnik@msu.hr

Rijeka, Croatia
University library of Rijeka
4th International Ex-Libris Exhibition "Man and Fish"
Artists from all over the world are entitled to participate.
http://www.svkri.hr/exlibris2003/
Each ex-libris must within composition of its visual art interpretation include the text: EX-LIBRIS "MAN AND FISH" and UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF RIJEKA.

Artists may send up to five ex-libris impressed on paper format not larger than 15 x 21 cm. The ex-libris may be executed in any known graphic art techniques.

Send two signed ex-libris imprints of each implemented bookplate together with completed application form to the address of the organizer.
Rok prijave: 30/04/03

Kontakt:
University library of Rijeka
Dolac l
51000 Rijeka
Croatia

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
European Cultural Foundation
S.T.E.P. Beyond
ECF's new Mobility Scheme: Encouraging cross-border cultural cooperation and exchange between the current European Union, the countries joining the EU in 2004, and the future EU's eastern neighbours.
www.eurocult.org/chapter4/advocating...
The new mobility scheme launched in February 2003 offers grants to individuals to contribute to this goal.

What kind of initiatives does the European Cultural Foundation support?
The new ECF mobility fund, S.T.E.P. beyond (Supporting Travel for European Projects), is a vital part of its action line Enlargement of Minds, which tackles the cultural challenges presented by EU enlargement. By contributing to certain costs, it supports initiatives that help to prepare cross-border projects in the field of culture and the arts. It allows the individuals/cultural partners involved to establish real cooperation and possibly enter a long-term partnership.

For more info please check the internet.

Kontakt:
European Cultural Foundation
Lieke Schuitmaker, Co-ordinator
lschuitmaker@eurocult.org

Koãevje, Slovenija
Datum dogodka: April 15 - May 5
Center for Slovenian Literature
CREATIVE RESIDENCE KOâEVJE
Starting in 2003, the Center is offering a stay of three weeks to a writer and translator with interest in Slovenian literature and culture.
Center for Slovenian Literature is offering a stay of three weeks (April 15 - May 5) in the Valentin Hotel in Koãevje, Slovenia, 60 kilometers away from Ljubljana. More about the city can be found at www.kocevje.si

The grant covers lodging, food, access to local library and Internet, and ground transportation to Koãevje. It is aimed at writers and translators with interest in Slovenian literature and culture. The Center will organize meetings with Slovenian writers and/or translators, if desired.

Applications including a brief CV and a short proposal of the project which will be developed in Koãevje should be sent to email below by no later than March 31. The applicants will be informed of the final choice a few days later.
Rok prijave: 31/03/03

Kontakt:
Center for Slovenian Literature
litcenter@mail.ljudmila.org
http://www.ljudmila.org/litcenter/

Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Datum dogodka: May 17 to June 15, 2003
Zolt Kovaã, Vera Veãanski, Vladimir Nikoliç
INVITATION TO RESIDENCY PROJECT COMPETITION
A group of artists from Belgrade has the pleasure of announcing the competition for a 24 hour residential occupation of a Trabant car.
The project includes a three day stay for two persons in Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia, and covers travel cost, visas, accommodation and living expenses for three days, and the materials required for the art work to be produced during the project.

The Trabant Residency Project is an annual event, founded in 2002 by three artists from Belgrade who spent full 24 hours in a Trabant car, and devoted all their time to art work, discussing art, reading about art. Their action led to the institution of an international residential programme.

Two artists will be selected among the applicants to participate in the Trabant 03 project. They will spend 24 hours in the old Trabant car, an exhibit at the Last Eastern European Show taking place at the Museum of Modern Art in Belgrade from May 17 to June 15, 2003. They will then take part in the press conference, along with all previous participants of the project. The two artists will then have a two day recuperation stay in Belgrade, which they will be free to spend as they wish.

The works and documentation resulting from the activities in the project will be exhibited in the Last Eastern European Show, and will be returned to the authors after the Show is closed.

The application must include:
1. Contact address and e-mail
2. Short CV (including short history of art work and activities)
3. Visual materials in digital form (maximum 1MB)

The competition is open from March 4th -April 10th and is limited only to artists from EU countries.

Send your applications to email below.

For more details on The Last East European Show see www.msub.org.yu.
Rok prijave: 10/04/03

Kontakt:
vladah@bitsyu.net

Dublin, Ireland
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Artist in Residency
The Programme provides opportunities for artists to research and develop their work practice, and is open to artists of all nationalities working in any medium by application or invitation. / Poseben poziv slovenskim umetnikom.
www.modernart.ie/Artists/artistsworkprogramme...

The Artists’ Work Programme is the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s studio/residency programme which operates in converted coach houses adjacent to the main Museum building. The Programme provides opportunities for artists to research and develop their work practice, and is open to artists of all nationalities working in any medium by application or invitation.
The Work Programme emphasises the working process rather than the finished product and enables artists to explore new ideas and ways of working in the context of the developing identity of the Museum and its various programmes. The Museum’s 17th-Century architecture and grounds, its Exhibition, Collection, Education and Community and National programmes provide a challenging and dynamic environment within which the definitions of art and artist can be tested.
How To Apply
The artist’s presence on the Programme is funded in terms of studio/accommodation, relevant administrative back-up and a basic living allowance. Specific proposals may necessitate extra fund-raising with which the Museum may assist.
There are two submission dates every year - the 31st of March and the 30th of September. The submission should be accompanied by an official application form and should include CV, visuals & documentation of work and a full proposal for a programme of work. The proposal forms the basis of one to one negotiation with artists. The Artists’ Work Programme is also open to practitioners in other disciplines and occasionally curators and writers where a relevant programme of work is proposed.
The Work Programme studios are programmed approximately a year in advance. There are eight studio spaces, three upstairs studios and five slightly larger downstairs spaces. Each studio has the possibility of accompanying accommodation space, either in self-contained apartments over the studios or in the accommodation block, the Flanker Buiding, which can house five artists at a time.
Public Access
Visitors to the Museum are able to meet artists in their studios to discuss their work, as the artists' schedules permit. This element of the Work Programme is probably the most important, as it helps dispel some of the mystery surrounding the production of art. The emphasis is on providing access to as wide an audience as possible and furthering the understanding of how and why art is made through direct contact with working artists. There are talks, workshops, open days and panel discussions organised around the residencies, all of which are open to the public. Artists participating in the Work Programme are also asked to participate in the Talks Programme.
Rok prijave: There are two submission dates every year - the 31st of March and the 30th of September.

Kontakt:
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Royal Hospital, Military Road
Kilmainham
Ireland
tel: +353-1-612 9900
fax: +353-1-612 9999
info@modernart.ie
http://www.modernart.ie

Madcat Women's International Film Festival, San Francisco, USA. Deadline: 4 April. http://www.madcatfilmfestival.org

XIII "MESSAGE TO MAN" International Documentary, Short and Animated Films Festival, St Petersburg, Russia. Submission deadline: 15 April. http://www.message-to-man.spb.ru/e_part.htm

Edinburgh Film Festival, Scotland. Submission Deadline: 18 April. See http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk for details

Chicago Underground Film Festival, USA. Deadline: 1 May. http://www.cuff.org/2003_entry.php

Pulse, LFVDA, London. Production awards for digitally-produced low budget short narrative films. Deadline: 28 March. NB only open to filmmakers in the London region. http://www.lfvda.demon.co.uk

Hothaus, artists in residence 04, Vivid, Birmingham, UK. Residencies for established UK and international media artists. Deadline: 31 March. http://www.vivid.org.uk

Marieke Istha

Workshop Open Source Multimedia Tools
10 - 13 April
Fee: 100,-
Scholarships available
Information and application: marloes@montevideo.nl
Guests (subject to change): Günter Geiger, Andrey Savitsky, Iohannes Zmölnig, Thomas Musil and
Derek Holzer

This workshop will focus on Open Source software for the real-time manipulation of audio and
video. The dual package of Pure Data and GEM, offer a complete set of tools for sound,
multimedia and VJ purposes. Topics will include: real-time audio and video processing, creating
a custom user-interface, using and creating external objects, an overview of other free and
open source audio and video tools for Linux.

Discussion and presentation workshop
Sunday April 13
15.00 hours
Admission: free
A discussion on open source software versus commercial software, the artistic use of multimedia
tools and the future of open source. After the discussion a short presentation of the workshop
will take place.
Panel: Robert de Geus, Derek Holzer, Günter Geiger, Andrey Savitsky, Iohannes Zmölnig, Thomas
Musil

Application and information: marloes@montevideo.nl

Marieke Istha
Communicatie

Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst
Montevideo/Time Based Arts
Keizersgracht 264
1016 EV Amsterdam
T 020 6237101
F 020 6244423
istha@montevideo.nl
www.montevideo.nl