[spectre] webcast: Upgrade! Amsterdam 0.0: THOU SHALT NOT UPGRADE!

[nat muller]

dear all,

for those of you who cannot join us IRL:

live streaming via FABCHANNEL: www.fabchannel.com

cheers_

nat

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Upgrade! Amsterdam 0.0: THOU SHALT NOT UPGRADE!

When: April 19 2006 || 20.30 hours
Where: De Melkweg, Theaterzaal, Lijnbaansgracht 234 A, Amsterdam

| free admission | | cocktails | | T-shirts |

URL: www.melkweg.nl/upgrade
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|| Proud to present: Upgrade Amsterdam! || Kick-off

| Thou Shalt Not Upgrade! |

An upgrade generally implies technological improvement and progress.  
However, technological history is also one of choices, determined by  
contextual factors.
What do we win and what do we lose with our current obsession with  
upgrading? What are its wider cultural implications? What does it mean  
for art, design and our worldview? Are there things sacrosanct, one  
should not touch: Thou Shalt Not Upgrade?

Guests:
| Max Bruinsma |
Is an independent design critic, editor, curator and editorial designer.
http://www.maxbruinsma.nl/

| Taco Stolk |
Conceptual artist and head of the ExtraFaculty (xFac) of the Royal  
Academy of Art in The Hague.
http://www.wlfr.nl/

Performative intervention by:
| Aart Muis | and his | BrainClone |
http://www.aartcore.com
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Upgrade! Amsterdam is a series of gatherings for and by new media  
aficionados, artists, geeks, media makers and breakers, and the  
generally curious. Point of departure is the premise: “No upgrade  
without a downgrade.” Upgrade! Amsterdam is organised by Nat Muller &  
Lucas Evers, and is actively hosted by De Melkweg.

Send ideas and proposals to nat at xs4all.nl | lucas at melkweg.nl

Upgrade! is an international, emerging network of autonomous nodes  
united by art, technology, and a commitment to bridging cultural  
divides. Since April 1999, a group of new media artists and curators  
have gathered in New York City. The first meeting took place at a bar  
in the east village with Tim Whidden & Mark River [MTAA], Mark Napier  
and Upgrade! founder Yael Kanarek.
URL: http://www.theupgrade.net/