[spectre] ** 6th International Browserday**

geert lovink geert@xs4all.nl
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NL-Design and Paradiso present


6TH INTERNATIONAL BROWSERDAY=20



WIRELESS =AD CELLSPACE =AD RICH AIR
PARADISO =AD AMSTERDAM - friday May 17 - 2002=20
Start at 2 PM

Browserday, the international competition for new media designers,  is
coming back to Amsterdam. After Browserdays in New York and Berlin, the
next event will take place at Paradiso on 17 May 2002. In 1998, the
first Browserday was staged in the midst of the so-called 'Browserwar'
between Netscape and Microsoft. Ever since the question who owns
infrastructure and thus determines the ways in which billions of people
communicate has become increasingly urgent. The techno-economic
battleground has shifted from the Internet to mobile networks but the
issues are still the same: who sets the standards and owns them? What
degree of freedom does the user have and what is the role of designers
in this fast changing world of new media? Almost 35 young designers =
will
present their alternative proposals that leave the existing software =
and
interface culture far behind.=20

Wireless
The networks have liberated themselves from their cables. Electroclouds
blow through the streets. The heavy desktop computers of yesteryear =
have
shrunk and accompany us everywhere and nowhere. The unbearable =
lightness
of the media makes us feel uneasy about the almost perfect =
accessability
of the world. The invisible abundance of signs takes users into a
technological unconscious. For the moment all problems seem to be
solved. But who are the ones that invite us to this technological
wonderland? Are wireless networks part of society or are we mere paying
guests of this cell space; clients granted access only after having
paid? Does wireless mean powerless? Can we act against wireless devices
being tapped? Are there public spaces on the network that aren't being
run by the big telecoms? What do the tiny screens look like that offer
more facilities than sending text messages or photos?=20



---

PROGRAM:



Start 2 PM - (door open at 1.30)=20
Browsershow and contest =AD more than 30 fresh and cool presentations =
of
exactly 3 minutes by young designers from all over the world.=20
Presentation: John Thackara (Doors of Perception)

Special guests:=20
Tim Pritlove, Chaos Computer Club=20
Jaap den Dulk, KPN Mobile

The jury members are:=20
Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Fellow MIT Dublin
Taco Stolk, Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag
Caroline Nevejan, Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Shu Lea Cheang, Artist (USA)
Koert van Mensvoort, Designer / Programmer
Thorsten Schilling , Bundeszentrale f=FCr Politische Bildung, Bonn
Ine Poppe, Journalist & Professor, The Netherlands
Jaap den Dulk, KPN Mobile, The Netherlands

7 PM =AD 8 PM: dinnerbreak

8 PM=20
That evening, five finalists chosen by the jury will compete for The
Browser Award. Before the Award Ceremony three former Browserday =
winners
will give a presentation:
Jonah Brucker-Cohen (USA), Fellow MIT Dublin, winner of the 4th
Browserday in New York. Joes Koppers (NL), interaction designer/artist,
winner of the first Browserday in Amsterdam. Victor Vina (Spain),
researcher at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Italy, winner of
the 3th Browserday Amsterdam.

10 PM =20
WWAMM - Wireless Wide Area Music Machine
BrowserParty organized by Paradiso.



*** STAR GUESTS


Tim Pritlove, Chaos Computerclub from Berlin.=20
The Chaos Computer Club is world's oldest hacker club with more than
1000 members mostly in but not limited to german-speaking countries. =
The
club organizes regular meetings and conferences and actively promotes
freedom of information in the public. The acts as a mediator between
public and the technical scene and tries to explain both chances and
risks of the use of modern technologies.

Jaap den Dulk, KPN mobile. He will introduce i-mode to the Netherlands
and shows how to create your own website on the mobile phone. =20



---

INTERVENTIONS:


Docu RT. Browserday will be broadcast live from the Paradiso on the
Internet (www.browserday.com) and on Amsterdam=B9s local TV cable =
A2000.
Comments, Interviews and moving images will give shape to =
Browserday=B9s
theme of "Wireless Cellspace: rich air". Students from UvA and the
Rietveld Academy will experiment using digital techniques to tackle the
difficulty-defined term "webcast"

- Live streaming of International browserday: www.browserday.com

- International browserday creates temporary public space!
100% FREE AIR AVAILABLE! Not just in the foyer and main hall, but also
outside. Bring your computer with airport/wavelan to Paradiso and hook
up to our broadband connection.

- Circus Babylon (DJ plus coctailbar) by Ixopusada.

- WWAMM- Wireless Wide Area Music Machine by Luna Maurer, Maarten
Wolzac,  Roel Wouters, Joes Koppers.

- Browserday Reader - THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT
With: Archigram (Ron Herron and Barry Snowden), Paul Auster, Don
Cameron, Ben Rubin, Rob van Kranenburg, Chaos Computer Club, Brad
Evenson, Leonard Latiff, Diller and Scofidio, Geert Lovink, John Glenn,
tom abeles, Johan Grimonprez, Kevin W. Tharp, Vic Mu=F1iz, Vince =
Murphy,
Unidentified Skyjackers Everywhere, Zapatistas.=20

Compiled by: Geert Lovink, Tara Karpinski, Natacha Vairo

The reader is literally enveloped in air and costs only 5 euro.



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PARADISO, WETERINGSCHANS 6-8, 1017 SG AMSTERDAM.=20
TEL: 020-6264521 Entrance: 12 euro, students 7 euro. Tickets are
available at the door and AUB Ticketshop and Postoffices 0900-3001250.



---

EXTRA EVENT:



NL.design, DasArts Dialogue and Sandberg Institute
present:



DRIVE BY DINING
wireless browserdinner =AD May 16


WE  CONTROL THE FOOD. WE CONTROL YOU.
This is the year 2030. Biochips have inscribed into our flesh. Mobility
has colonized the body. We are tracked and traced. Our presumed freedom
of movement is at stake. Robots taking orders and serving food. Rebels
navigate foodpills. Technology is slowly entering our physical body;
wireless and mobile. Skyworks is lifted up the sky, sweeping webcam,
SEEING and STREAMING on www.dasarts.nl en www.browserday.com.=20

Concept: Shu Lea Cheang - artist (USA) in collaboration with
DasArts dialogue and Sandberg Instituut.

May 16th Dinner Served at 7.30 pm. at the glasshouse at dasarts
Haarlemmerweg 8-10 reservations compulsory. t: 020-5869636



---



MOBILE MINDED - publication

This is the mobile world of quotes, essays, statistics and factoids, =
all
reflecting the very young state of the art in wireless thinking. This
publication asks what it means to become cellular, think wearable and
live mobile. Liberated from cables and heavy objects, the new human
condition of always being available is a  remarkably light and
unreflected one. Mobile phones seem to fit in almost unconsciously our
busy everyday lives. More than 60 thinkers, designers, artists have
contributed to this colorful book.=20

The texts of this book are compiled by Geert Lovink & Mieke Gerritzen.
Design by NL.Design. The publisher is BIS Publishers (nl) and Gingko
Press (usa). The book is available at browserday for 12 euro.

---

International Browserday is a project by NL.Design. Day and Dinner
address issues pertaining to the present state of communication in
society. By thinking up new communication concepts and creating
experiments, we criticize the technological developments in business,
culture and society.=20
For more information: browserday@nl-design.net

The Sixth International Browserday is organized in collaboration with:
Paradiso, DasArts, UvA, Rietveld Academy and Sandberg Institute.
The Browserday is generally supported by: Mondriaan Stichting, Thuis
Kopie Fonds, Prins Bernhard Cultuur Fonds, Amsterdam Fonds voor de
Kunst, KPN Mobile, Engage!, XS4ALL, DDS Studio and Skyworks Nederland.



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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D5>NL-Design and Paradiso=20
present<BR></DIV></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=3D"55 Helvetica Roman">
<H1>6TH INTERNATIONAL BROWSERDAY <BR><BR></H1>
<DIV><FONT size=3D6><B>WIRELESS &shy; CELLSPACE &shy; <I>RICH=20
AIR<BR></I></B></FONT><B><FONT size=3D5>PARADISO &shy; AMSTERDAM - =
friday May 17 -=20
2002</FONT><FONT size=3D6> <BR></FONT>Start at 2 =
PM<BR><BR></B>Browserday, the=20
international competition for new media designers, &nbsp;is coming back =
to=20
Amsterdam. After Browserdays in New York and Berlin, the next event =
will take=20
place at Paradiso on 17 May 2002. In 1998, the first Browserday was =
staged in=20
the midst of the so-called 'Browserwar' between Netscape and Microsoft. =
Ever=20
since the question who owns infrastructure and thus determines the ways =
in which=20
billions of people communicate has become increasingly urgent. The=20
techno-economic battleground has shifted from the Internet to mobile =
networks=20
but the issues are still the same: who sets the standards and owns =
them? What=20
degree of freedom does the user have and what is the role of designers =
in this=20
fast changing world of new media? Almost 35 young designers will =
present their=20
alternative proposals that leave the existing software and interface =
culture far=20
behind. <BR><BR><B>Wireless<BR></B>The networks have liberated =
themselves from=20
their cables. Electroclouds blow through the streets. The heavy desktop =

computers of yesteryear have shrunk and accompany us everywhere and =
nowhere. The=20
unbearable lightness of the media makes us feel uneasy about the almost =
perfect=20
accessability of the world. The invisible abundance of signs takes =
users into a=20
technological unconscious. For the moment all problems seem to be =
solved. But=20
who are the ones that invite us to this technological wonderland? Are =
wireless=20
networks part of society or are we mere paying guests of this cell =
space;=20
clients granted access only after having paid? Does wireless mean =
powerless? Can=20
we act against wireless devices being tapped? Are there public spaces =
on the=20
network that aren't being run by the big telecoms? What do the tiny =
screens look=20
like that offer more facilities than sending text messages or photos?=20
<BR><BR></DIV>
<H2>---<BR><BR>PROGRAM:<BR><BR></H2>
<DIV><B>Start 2 PM </B>- (door open at 1.30) <BR><B><I>Browsershow and =
contest=20
</I></B>&shy; more than 30 <I>fresh and cool</I> presentations of =
exactly 3=20
minutes by young designers from all over the world. <BR>Presentation: =
<B>John=20
Thackara</B> (Doors of Perception)<BR><BR>Special guests: <BR><B>Tim=20
Pritlove</B>, Chaos Computer Club <BR><B>Jaap den Dulk</B>, KPN=20
Mobile<BR><BR>The jury members are: <BR><B>Jonah Brucker-Cohen</B>, =
Fellow MIT=20
Dublin<BR><B>Taco Stolk</B>, Koninklijk Conservatorium Den =
Haag<BR><B>Caroline=20
Nevejan</B>, Hogeschool van Amsterdam<BR><B>Shu Lea Cheang</B>, Artist=20
(USA)<BR><B>Koert van Mensvoort</B>, Designer / =
Programmer<BR><B>Thorsten=20
Schilling </B>, Bundeszentrale f=FCr Politische Bildung, Bonn<BR><B>Ine =
Poppe</B>,=20
Journalist &amp; Professor, The Netherlands<BR><B>Jaap den Dulk, =
</B>KPN Mobile,=20
The Netherlands<BR><BR><B>7 PM &shy; 8 PM: dinnerbreak<BR><BR>8 PM =
<BR></B>That=20
evening, five finalists chosen by the jury will compete for The Browser =
Award.=20
Before the Award Ceremony three former Browserday winners will give a=20
presentation:<BR><B>Jonah Brucker-Cohen (USA)</B>, Fellow MIT Dublin, =
winner of=20
the 4th Browserday in New York.<B> Joes Koppers (NL)</B>, interaction=20
designer/artist,<B> </B>winner of the first Browserday in Amsterdam. =
<B>Victor=20
Vina (Spain)</B>, researcher at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, =
Italy,=20
winner of the 3th Browserday Amsterdam.<BR><BR><B>10 PM =
</B>&nbsp;<BR><B>WWAMM=20
</B>- Wireless Wide Area Music Machine<BR><B>BrowserParty</B> organized =
by=20
Paradiso.<BR><BR></DIV>
<H2>*** STAR GUESTS<BR></H2>
<DIV><B>Tim Pritlove</B>, <B>Chaos Computerclub from Berlin. =
<BR></B>The Chaos=20
Computer Club is world's oldest hacker club with more than 1000 members =
mostly=20
in but not limited to german-speaking countries. The club organizes =
regular=20
meetings and conferences and actively promotes freedom of information =
in the=20
public. The acts as a mediator between public and the technical scene =
and tries=20
to explain both chances and risks of the use of modern=20
technologies.<BR><BR><B>Jaap den Dulk</B>, <B>KPN mobile. </B>He will =
introduce=20
i-mode to the Netherlands and shows how to create your own website on =
the mobile=20
phone.<B> &nbsp;<BR><BR></DIV></B>
<H2>---<BR><BR>INTERVENTIONS:<BR></H2>
<DIV><B><I>Docu</I> RT</B>. Browserday will be broadcast live from the =
Paradiso=20
on the Internet (<U>www.browserday.com</U>) and on Amsterdam=B9s local =
TV cable=20
A2000. Comments, Interviews and moving images will give shape to =
Browserday=B9s=20
theme of "Wireless Cellspace: rich air". Students from UvA and the =
Rietveld=20
Academy will experiment using digital techniques to tackle the=20
difficulty-defined term "webcast"<BR><BR><B>- Live streaming of =
International=20
browserday: </B><U>www.browserday.com<BR><BR></U><B>-</B> =
<B>International=20
browserday creates temporary public space!<BR>100% FREE AIR AVAILABLE! =
</B>Not=20
just in the foyer and main hall, but also outside. Bring your computer =
with=20
airport/wavelan to Paradiso and hook up to our broadband =
connection.<BR><BR><B>-=20
Circus Babylon </B>(DJ plus coctailbar) by Ixopusada.<BR><BR><B>- =
WWAMM-=20
</B>Wireless Wide Area Music Machine by Luna Maurer, Maarten Wolzac, =
&nbsp;Roel=20
Wouters, Joes Koppers.<BR><BR><B>- Browserday Reader - THE SKY IS NOT =
THE=20
LIMIT<BR></B>With: Archigram (Ron Herron and Barry Snowden), Paul =
Auster, Don=20
Cameron, Ben Rubin, Rob van Kranenburg, Chaos Computer Club, Brad =
Evenson,=20
Leonard Latiff, Diller and Scofidio, Geert Lovink, John Glenn, tom =
abeles, Johan=20
Grimonprez, Kevin W. Tharp, Vic Mu=F1iz, Vince Murphy, Unidentified =
Skyjackers=20
Everywhere, Zapatistas. <BR><BR><B>Compiled by: Geert Lovink, Tara =
Karpinski,=20
Natacha Vairo<BR><BR>The reader is literally enveloped in air and costs =
only 5=20
euro.<BR><BR></DIV></B>
<H2>---<BR><BR></H2>
<DIV><B>PARADISO, WETERINGSCHANS 6-8, 1017 SG AMSTERDAM. <BR>TEL: =
020-6264521=20
Entrance: 12 euro, students 7 euro. Tickets are available at the door =
and AUB=20
Ticketshop and Postoffices 0900-3001250.<BR><BR></DIV></B>
<H2>---<BR><BR>EXTRA EVENT:<BR></H2>
<H3>NL.design, DasArts Dialogue and Sandberg =
Institute<BR>present:<BR></H3>
<H1>DRIVE BY DINING<BR><I>wireless browserdinner &shy; May =
16<BR></I></H1>
<DIV>WE &nbsp;CONTROL THE FOOD. WE CONTROL YOU.<BR>This is the year =
2030.=20
Biochips have inscribed into our flesh. Mobility has colonized the =
body. We are=20
tracked and traced. Our presumed freedom of movement is at stake.=20
<B><I>Robots</I></B> taking orders and serving food. =
<B><I>Rebels</I></B>=20
navigate foodpills. Technology is slowly entering our physical body; =
wireless=20
and mobile. Skyworks is lifted up the sky, sweeping webcam, SEEING and =
STREAMING=20
on <U>www.dasarts.nl</U> en <U>www.browserday.com</U>. =
<BR><BR><B>Concept: Shu=20
Lea Cheang - artist (USA) in collaboration with<BR>DasArts dialogue and =
Sandberg=20
Instituut.<BR><BR></B>May 16th Dinner Served at 7.30 pm. at the =
glasshouse at=20
dasarts<BR>Haarlemmerweg 8-10 reservations compulsory. t:=20
020-5869636<BR><BR></DIV>
<H2>---<BR><BR></H2>
<DIV><FONT size=3D4><B>MOBILE MINDED - =
<I>publication</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3D4></FONT></EM></STRONG><I><BR></I>This is =
the mobile=20
world of quotes, essays, statistics and factoids, all reflecting the =
very young=20
state of the art in wireless thinking. This publication asks what it =
means to=20
become cellular, think wearable and live mobile. Liberated from cables =
and heavy=20
objects, the new human condition of always being available is a =
&nbsp;remarkably=20
light and unreflected one. Mobile phones seem to fit in almost =
unconsciously our=20
busy everyday lives. More than 60 thinkers, designers, artists have =
contributed=20
to this colorful book. <BR><BR>The texts of this book are compiled by =
Geert=20
Lovink &amp; Mieke Gerritzen. Design by NL.Design. The publisher is BIS =

Publishers (nl) and Gingko Press (usa). The book is available at =
browserday for=20
12 euro.<BR><BR>---<BR></DIV>
<DIV><B>International Browserday</B> is a project by NL.Design. Day and =
Dinner=20
address issues pertaining to the present state of communication in =
society. By=20
thinking up new communication concepts and creating experiments, we =
criticize=20
the technological developments in business, culture and society. =
<BR>For more=20
information: browserday@nl-design.net<BR><BR>The Sixth International =
Browserday=20
is organized in collaboration with: <B>Paradiso, DasArts, UvA, Rietveld =
Academy=20
and Sandberg Institute</B>.<BR>The Browserday is generally supported =
by:=20
<B>Mondriaan Stichting, Thuis Kopie Fonds, Prins Bernhard Cultuur =
Fonds,=20
Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, KPN Mobile, Engage!, XS4ALL, DDS Studio =
and=20
Skyworks Nederland.<BR><BR></DIV></B></FONT></BODY></HTML>

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