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The Aussie MilkBar is an icon in it's own right. Created as a thesis for it's creator Craig Bellamy, http://www.milkbar.com.au is a site showcasing the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy as well as some of the locals who visit the local milkbar. The site delves into globalisation issues, as well as providing an oral history of the place and point in time. Do you love visiting your favourite milkbar either now or during your childhood? Take a photo and submit it to the site and be a part of the project yourself!

There will be a screening of the Shangri-La Collective

22 July
6.30 pm
Hollywood Hotel
2 Foster St.
Surry Hills
92812765

Congratulations to ZT for their support of the upcoming Michael Franti & Spearhead concerts. Check out the latest Zephyr Timbre gigs and info..

Thursday 24:07:03 QLD Biennial Music Festival, Southbank, Brisbane

Thursday 07:08:03 Thebarton Theatre, Henley Beach Rd, Adelaide (with Michael Franti & Spearhead) Check out www.spearheadvibrations.com

read more for more states..

After months of re-experimentation and fine-tuning, slako & Bushsmoker! will once again present works from an
exciting new style of electronic music. "Beanbag", as the genre is titled, is best described as an experimental form
of lounge music, with elements of jazz, hip-hop, with a hint of disco.

BONDAGE & DISCO
Saturday 9th August : 9pm : Cambridge Hotel

Come dressed to the theme - "What does Bondage and Disco mean to you?"

flEXiff is a global community cultural development and screen culture initiative by CINEWEST, which expands across 2 decades. flEXiff invites image makers and multimedia artists who are willing to:
-Disperse their work universally and eternall
-Challenge the already existing alternative model structures that are merely a verisimilitude for the mainstream industry
-Deconstruct the commercial values projected for particular art works by particular producers, promoters and distributors

http://www.impakt.nl/online/

Database Dilemmas
The third and final theme for this year's Impakt Online commissions will be "Database Dilemnas". The deadline for submitting proposals is September 15, 2003. From these proposals, two projects will be chosen for the commission, which will be publically launched on December 1, 2003. Thematic and practical details follow:

http://www.isea2004.net

We are currently inviting proposals for projects and papers for the exhibitions, conferences and associated programs during ISEA2004. Projects might include: works for exhibition in a gallery; workshops; installations in public spaces; live performance; interfaced screenings; games or shared environments; projects which encourage remote participation - etc.

BAjA presents: KENNY 'DOPE' GONZALES - ONE NIGHT ONLY!

::: need to work out how you're getting to Battle of the Year this year? the lovely Kim Rockstar has prepared the lowdown - click read more for details..

BATTLE OF THE YEAR AUSTRALIA
NATIONAL BREAKDANCE COMPETITION
AUGUST 9 2003
STATE SPORTS CENTRE, sydney australia
Tickets thru www.ticketek.com.au and usual outlets
www.rockstar.net.au

This Sunday (20th July) SOBAR Presents
"Sounds On Sunday, Gold Coast House on the Beach"

With DJs:
Miss DiVynyl (6 pm-8 pm)
Giv (8 pm-11 pm)
Stafford Brothers (11 pm-1 am)
Reekay (1 am-3 am)

Pseudo Sound Project Inc (PSP) is Adelaide's only indi-electro-sonik-image-label-conservation organisation, combining electronic music, the moving image and mass native revegetation work of unprecedented creativity and originality verve.

PSP009 will be held 3rd week of march 2004 as STAGE02 of a 6 stage revegetation and biodiveristy program planed for 'Devil Gully' and links on the mid East coast Region of Yorke Peninsula. PSP009 are looking for volunteers for various tasks, read more to see if you can help

::: Nice to see Alex Davies featured at the festival!

N o C o n c e p t -- A State of Being

Pocket-earthquakes and underwater-phenomena, muezzin singing from church steeple, a brass orchestra at half speed, digestion sounds out of Polish synthesizers, building instructions for home security cameras, heavy bass
concerts by low-riders, swaying pillars of bridges, mobile phones that cause entire walls to vibrate, cooking as a means of self-defence... not enough? The 7th annual garage festival, which will take place from the 25th of July until the 16th of August, seeks to explore the methods and points of view of the creative process by looking at the principles and manifestations of insecurity and disorientation. The festival presents exhibitions, installations, concerts/ performances, lectures, films and workshops over the course of three weeks.

For those people in Melbourne, LiquidArchitecture is on again. . .

http://www.liquidarchitecture.org.au/

Hear the world through a different set of ears.

Liquid Architecture is a national sound art festival that celebrates and promotes the diversity of Australian sonic talent. Now in its fourth year, Liquid Architecture includes concerts, workshops, installations and forums focusing on contemporary practices in sound art.

WINK (Wired Innovative Naughty Kids) Awards 2003

http://www.biftek.com/awards/index.html
The WINK awards are happening again and calling for submissions - check out the categories:

1.. Subvert the dominant paradigm award. A prize of $2000 will be awarded
to the best use of electronic art and/or media to subvert mainstream
political and cultural values.
2.. Best video clip made for under $5000.
3.. Best home-made machine or software modification.
4.. Best piece of electronic art made by a gal.
5.. Best unsigned electronic music act.