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2008 Program Archive
 
WEB PUBLISHING EVENTS
Artist Talk: Neural & Mute
Join two of Europe's most ingenious radical publishers - Neural.it (Italy) and Metamute (UK) - for an in-depth look at experimental digital publishing, internet culture and net.art, plus high-profile hacking exploits. From the Documenta 12 Magazines Project to OpenMute to Amazon Noir, expect insights into some of the world's most exciting contemporary... >> read more
Alessandro Ludovico, Simon Worthington
Beyond Read/Write: A Literature Remix Masterclass

Read/Write has always been a dichotomy in literature. The author on one side, reader on the other, both toiling away in solitude. But is there a more collaborative space for literature? Can work be read and write? Creative Commons Australia invites you to cut, paste, shuffle and republish in this remixable literature masterclass.

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Amy Barker, Elliott Bledsoe
Interactive Narrative

Writers & media artists are invited to join force and collaborate to create new & innovative interactive narrative concepts. Presented by Electrofringe and the NYWF, it's for installation and media artists who are keen for some narrative brilliance; and for writers who'd like to see their work taken off the page and brought to life in the world of digital art.

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Elmar Trefz, Nicolas Low
Nanoworks - Make Your Own Magazine - Collation Station
See yourself in print! Bring your work to the collation station and get stuck into making a magazine alongside the staff of Voiceworks, Vibewire, Farrago and Youth Central. Watch in awe as it rolls off the presses of the super new Fagette Risographic Duplicator, and get ready for... >> read more
... and everyone else (including you!), Ryan Paine
Nanoworks - Make Your Own Magazine - Introduction

See yourself in print! Join Voiceworks, Vibewire, Farrago and Youth Central to create an entire print & online magazine at the festival. It's collaboration in the extreme with just 5 days to write, edit, illustrate, layout, publish and distribute. This intro session outlines the process and will have you out there generating content in no time.

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... and everyone else (including you!), Benjamin Riley, Ryan Paine
Nanoworkshops: Online journalism

Independent youth media network Vibewire presents a workshop for online reporters. Staff will be on hand to look over work you’ve prepared, or help make something new. All work will be published online and on paper in Nanoworks. Bring  your biros, notebooks, dictaphones, cameras, and your nose-for-news.

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Nicolette Lorraway, Rachel Hill, Tim Grey
Web2Pod Project: Distribution
Using the UK's More=More distribution network as a starting point, we focus on innovative, accessible developments in distribution. From direct mail subscription to indy courier services, find out how to harness sophisticated technology, social networks and common-sense local knowledge to get your publications out... >> read more
Alessandro Ludovico, Anna Helme, Jessica Crouch, Kalinda Ashton, Simon Worthington
Web2Pod Project: How-to Workshop

Web2Pod is a new printing model which lets readers create high-quality, cheap, customised print-on-demand books and mags directly from your website. Users select their own material online, which is printed, bound and posted to their door. This workshop demonstrates the technology and offers a roadmap for implementing your own system.

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Simon Worthington
Web2Pod Project: The future of online media and publishing

While YouTube has revolutionised how we procrastinate, there's been a quiet explosion in other online media initiatives. We discuss open source and collaborative approaches to publishing, explore creative commons and copyright revenue issues, and ponder the dissolving boundaries between writing, publishing, networking and socialising.

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Alessandro Ludovico, Anna Helme, Lisa Dempster, Michael Webster, Simon Worthington, Tim Grey