ANNOUNCING A SPECIAL LIVE WEBCAST FROM TATE MODERN IN
LONDON, THIS SUNDAY 19 NOVEMBER. 


**** Spacings: Pre-fab Man Meets the Invisible City**** 
The first Mute Seminar on Culture and Technology

http://www.tate.org.uk/webcasting/live.html

< sincere apologies to anyone who receives this twice, or
receives this in error >

Time and Date
1430 - 1730 [ GMT ]
1530 - 1830 [ Central European Time ]

East Room, Level 7, Tate Modern, London, UK

Are you turning your Edwardian dilapidated dwelling into a
pirate media ship? Could you say wherever you lay your
mobile phone 'that's my home'?  Do you ever get the feeling
your supermarket is watching you? Do you associate public
space with franchised cappuccino bars? Have you heard of
airlines' new deportation class? Do you aspire to live out
of town, in the city centre, or in cyburbia? 

What do any of these questions have to do with each other?

Technology and culture magazine Mute
<http://www.metamute.com> has organised an afternoon of
discussion and screenings to examine the feedback loops
between physical and information space. Held simultaneously
on-site at Tate Modern <http://www.tate.org.uk>, and online
via Real Audio, the event will explore how the speeds,
flows and database logic of information networks impact in
urban and national geographies.  Which new spaces are
opening up and which ones are getting lost as public space
gets 'branded to the bone' and the 'digital agora' gives
rise to a wave of direct action?

Presented live online (in audio) using the Real Player. 

Live audio available at:
http://www.tate.org.uk/webcasting/live.html


ABOUT THE EVENT
The seminar will features presentations, discussions and a
20 minute preview of Patrick Keiller's forthcoming C4 
series,"Dilapidated Dwelling" on today's housing and
planning status-quo will be screened.

Invited speakers are: 
- Ros Diamond - part-time lecturer on the MSC in advanced
architectural studies at the Bartlett Graduate School
(Space Syntax Department)

- Kodwo Eshun - author of 'More brilliant than the Sun:
Adventures in Sonic Fiction' and techno-cultural critic

- Patrick Keiller - documentary filmmaker and director of a
forthcoming TV series on housing and urban thinking,
'Dilapidated Dwelling', to be screenedon C4.

- Florian Schneider - film maker, writer and media
activist, member of thecollective action network 'No One is
Illegal' and co-organisor of the 'Cross the Border'
campaign <http://www.contrast.org/borders/>.

- James Stevens - founder of the independent media lab
Backspace and co-organiser of the user-constructed, free
wireless broadband network 'consume.net'
<http://www.consume.net>

Spacings will be moderated by David Panos - cultural critic
and research director of newly formed documentary and
social & qualitative research company, Year Zero


TECHNICAL DETAILS 
If you haven't listened to webcasting online before, read
these instructions carefully.
To listen to this webcast, you'll need access to a computer
with a sound card, a connection to the internet (at least
28.8K), and the Real Player installed.  This can be
downloaded for free that the Real Networks website
<http://www.real.com>. The direct link to the free
RealPlayer is
<http://proforma.real.com/real/player/player.html?src=000919realhome_2,000919rpchoice_h1&dc=922921920>.
 Make sure you download the BASIC VERSION of the Real
Player.

It would be best if you knew that your computer is able to
play audio in the Real Player before you listen to the
webcast. 
Until the webcast begins at 1730 GMT there will be no audio
available at the above website..

BACKGROUND 
http://www.tate.org.uk/webcasting 

This year Tate are operating a pilot programme of
webcasting.  Webcasting is the term used to describe the
real-time delivery of  moving images, moving text and
sound, over the internet.  Webcasting  software allows
internet audiences to listen or watch types of media, 
which have, up until now, been considered too large and
bulky for  consumption over the internet.  

Over the next 6 months, webcasting will operate in a pilot
phase at  Tate Modern within the Education and
Interpretation department.  The  long-term objective is for
the remit of the Webcasting Programme to be  Tate-wide. The
objective is look to the future and thoroughly research 
and test possibilities, which may eventually form the basis
of a long  term plan for webcasting across Tate sites.  In
this pilot phase, aspects of Tate's public events programme
will be  webcast live to internet audiences, and events
will be documented and  presented on Tate's website for
audiences to view afterward.  Education  and interpretation
materials will be developed for the internet, and  online
discussion forums introduced. Webcasting activities being 
explored in the pilot phase include:
- Tate Modern's Public Events programme 
- The Turner Prize  
- Online Interpretation materials 
- Online Conferences & Discussions 
- Video Conferencing 
- Online Audio Tours 
- Distance learning & Online Courses 
- Workshops and Seminars 

FEEDBACK 
As these webcasts are part of a testing process, I would
very much appreciate it if listeners of the event can
provide qualitative feedback that will help shape the
character of live webcasts from Tate Modern in the future..



MORE INFORMATION:
About the webcast: Honor Harger, Webcasting Curator, Tate
Modern 
honor.harger@xxxxxxxxxxx 
PH: (44) 020 7401 5066
http://www.tate.org.uk/webcasting/


About Tate or getting tickets for the event:  Tate Box
Office
PH: 020 7887 8888
Tickets: £10 (concessions £7)
http://www.tate.org.uk


About Mute: Mute Magazine
mute@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.metamute.com


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