[spectre] The IOCT Salon, Leicester, UK - 2nd November, 5.30pm - 7.30pm.

[marc]

The IOCT Salon
http://www.ioctsalon.com

The IOCT Salon is a new regular event that highlights practice and
practitioners in the digital arts. It takes place at the Institute of
Creative Technologies, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

Admission is free, and members of the public are very welcome! It would be
very helpful if you could email us to let us know you are coming ( info /at/
ioctsalon.com ), but just turning up on the night is also fine.

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Thursday 2nd November 2006, 6.00pm - 7.30pm (coffee from 5.30pm)

Marc Garrett, http://www.furtherfield.org

Net artist, media artist, curator, writer, street artist, activist,
educationalist and musician. Emerging in the late 80's from the streets
exploring creativity via agit-art tactics. Using unofficial, experimental
platforms such as the streets, pirate radio such as the locally popular
'Savage Yet Tender' alternative broadcasting 1980's group, net broadcasts,
BBS systems, performance, intervention, events, pamphlets, warehouses and
gallery spaces. In the early nineties, was co-sysop (systems operator) for a
while with Heath Bunting on Cybercafe BBS, dedicated to arts, technology and
hacking.

Co-director and co-founder, with artist Ruth Catlow of the net arts
collectives and communities- furtherfield.org, furthernoise.org,
netbehaviour.org, also cofounder and co-curator/director of the gallery
space called HTTP Gallery in London, UK. Currently involved in co-running,
collaborating with many others on Node.London. Also co-curating various
contemporary Media Arts exhibitions, nationally and Internationally such as
Game/play a touring exhibition.


Other projects:

http://www.http.uk.net
http://www.visitorsstudio.org
http://blog.game-play.org.uk
http://www.nodel.org (with many others)
http://netartfilm.furtherfield.org
http://www.netbehaviour.org
http://www.furthernoise.org


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The IOCT Salon ( http://www.ioctsalon.com ) is managed by Chris Joseph,
Digital Writer in Residence at the Institute of Creative Technologies, De
Montfort University. This residency is funded by Arts Council England: East
Midlands.

For further information about the IOCT Salon please email Chris: info /at/
ioctsalon.com . To be notified of future events please join the mailing list
on the Salon website.

The IOCT Salon is held at and staged by De Montfort University and the
Insitute of Creative Technologies, and supported by Arts Council England and
the Literature Development Network.