Blogs

FutureScreen Mobile investigates the potential of mobile phone devices and technologies as platforms for creation, distribution and presentation of screen based and new media art. Focusing on the development of skills and knowledge, FutureScreen Mobile consists of a series of workshops and master classes and a research component. Outcomes of all FutureScreen Mobile events and research will be presented on the dLux media arts website with the aim of establishing an invaluable knowledge base for artists interested in working in the mobile domain.

Questia is an online library of books and journals. Some free books are available whilst others are accessible via subscription. visit http://www.questia.com/ for more details

Vloggercon was held late January in New York - a conference about vlogging. check out the vlogging yahoogroups mail list if you'd like more info or visit the vlogging wiki at http://www.me-tv.org, and view the photos at Flickr

Mapping New Territories sets out to survey a new landscape - the landscape of Swiss media art. This voyage of discovery is charted by an exhibition (30 January through 27 March 2005), a symposium (12 March 2005) and a publication (book and CD-Rom, forthcoming May 2005). En route, we will explore the still young history of Swiss media art, from its tentative beginnings in the 1990s to its rapid development in recent years.

hack.it.art - Hacktivism in the Context of Art and Media in Italy is being held from January 15th till February 27th 2005 at the Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien in Berlin. The project hack.it.art is an exhibition and event about technological, artistic and political activism in Italy. There will be workshops and events on various aspects of Hacktivism. More info on: http://www.ecn.org/aha

The Interactive Design Competition is back. Last year we received hundreds of entries from ad agencies, freelancers, design studios, artists, museums, galleries, broadcasters and non-profit organizations.

All selected websites will form part of an exhibition online and at the festival. Your work will also be celebrated at our Awards ceremony. All winners will be featured in the VIDFEST program and receive a VVIP Pass - access to all the activities, conference sessions, and parties of VIDFEST.

It has been twelve months since INFECTED MUSHROOM hit Cyclone Orphic with their dynamite live set. Despite a rare tropical cyclone - some eleven hundred people turned out to see one of the most intense performances ever witnessed. Well INFECTED MUSHROOM are back.

Returning as a part of their national tour, INFECTED MUSHROOM will play 100% LIVE through the only system that will do them justice - FORTY FIVE THOUSAND WATTS of MEGABLAST SOUND SYSTEM.

A wide-ranging survey of technology leaders, scholars, industry officials, and analysts finds that most internet experts expect attacks on the network infrastructure in the coming decade as the internet becomes more embedded in everyday and commercial life. They believe the dawning of the blog era will bring radical change to the news and publishing industry and they think the internet will have the least impact on religious institutions.

Until January 23rd, you can catch the Jenny Holzer exhibition at the Kukje Gallery in Seoul, Korea. visit http://www.kukjegallery.com for more details

view the photos from New York, USA, taken January 1-7 2005

armyrations.co.uk is a website where you can buy all sorts of military based foodstuffs. whether you need them for leisure or as part of a emergency preparation plan, be prepared!

I just uploaded a mix recorded on 15 October in Phoenix club, Liege Belgium. feel free to go to AUDIO section on www.djmisjah.com and listen to this "ultra-raw-funky-3deck-cdr-loopmachine-mix"!!. if you can not listen to online audio. mail me for a promotion cd. enjoy, misjah