Hello list people,
been asked to post this intro to the superchannel project on your list. hope
you can check it out, and feedback is always welcome.
cheers, fee.


www.SUPERCHANNEL.org

 What is Superchannel?
 Superchannel is a tool that transforms the everyday home computer into an
 online television studio, broadcasting live to the world.  A simultaneous
 chat function invites interaction from an online audience where questions
 and comments can be fed directly into the broadcast.  The Superchannel is a
 network of people that uses streaming media to strengthen and create social
 connections by redefining the broadcaster / viewer relationship.

 The Superchannel presents a unique opportunity for the empowerment of the
 individual or community group, where even the viewer has the ability to not
 only decide on subject matter, but also change the way it is presented.
 Through use of the Superchannel as a communications tool, the role of the
 audience is transformed from passive viewer to active user.  The content of
 the Superchannel is made by people like you.

 The Superchannel wishes to discuss and change present structures within
 media. Conventional media such as radio and TV are the formats through
which
 information is being exchanged and shared narratives are being created.
The
 Superchannel intends to start a discussion around new formats of media and
 their possible influence on and use by society.

 How are FACT involved?
 The Foundation for Art & Creative Technology (FACT), has over a decade of
 experience in the exhibition, support and development of artist's film,
 video and new media projects in the UK.

 Since 1989 the Collaboration Programme, central to FACT's operation, has
 created opportunities for artists and cultural producers to develop new
 work, and new ways of working, within a professionally supportive
 environment.   It offers the challenge of a real social context, and a
 process that pushes forward debate around the role of the artist.

 The Collaboration Programme encourages artists to investigate the creative
 possibilities offered by collaborative practice and emerging technologies,
 and in particular, the collaborative potential of new media to develop
 communication networks dialogues and discussions.

 Who made it happen?
 Superchannel was initiated by the artist group Superflex from Copenhagen
and
 the American programmer Sean Treadway.  FACT are the UK agency for the
 Superchannel project, currently managing the Coronation Court channel and
 the soon-to-launch High Rise Tenant Group channel, with plans for many
more.
 Both these projects have been realised in partnership with the Liverpool
 Housing Action Trust, and the support of the Arts Council of England's New
 Media Projects and Arts for Everyone Scheme, Danish Contemporary Art
 Foundation, Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust and the Millennium Festival
 Fund.

 For more information on the Superchannel project, to request addition to
the
 broadcast bulletins emailing list or to propose content for a broadcast,
 please contact Fee Plumley, Superchannel Project Manager,
 fee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or call +44 (0) 7968 258630.

 www.fact.co.uk * www.superflex.dk * www.superchannel.org *
 www.liverpoolhat.org.uk






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