A Conference and net.radio event by and about independent cultural internet platforms from Europe. London, 30th June to 4th of July 1998, ICA New Media Centre and Backspace.

The event is structured into three parts: closed working meetings at backspace, a public conference and a net.radio night at the ICA. The goal is to look at different working models of art server projects, reflect about different strategies and, if possible, draft a paper which gives recommendations for cultural policy making to art funding bodies and raise awareness for topics such as public access and cultural content providing, emphasizing notions of independent, self defined cultural and artistic practice.

However, in the times of crumbling art servers (Adaweb, Internationale Stadt Berlin, word and so on) and the instrumentalisation of culture by governments for political and economical reasons (eg 'Cool Britannia') we wanted to open up the event for more participants.

All who are actively involved in running "art servers" - environments that support a blend of creative, experimental, artistic, non-commercial use of the net - or who are thinking about launching an initiative of this kind are invited to participate.

Confirmed Participants coming to London: Rasa Smite, Raitis Smits, Peteris Kimelis (tbc): e-lab /xchange /ozone [http://re-lab.net] Marko Kosnik: Institute Egon March [http://www.radiostudent.si/~march] Heath Bunting: irational.org [http://www.irational.org] Marko Pelijhan, Vuk Cosic, Luka Frelih:

Ljubljana Digital Media Lab [http://www.ljudmila.org] Janos Sugar: Media Research Foundation [http://www.mrf.hu] Borut Savski: ministry:of:x-periment [http://www.radiostudent.si/mzx] Daniel Molnar: Pararadio [http://www.c3.hu/para] James Wallbank: Redundant Technology Initiative [http://www.lowtech.org] Oskar Obereder: Silverserver [http://www.silverserver.co.at] Konrad Becker, Marie Ringler: t0 Public Netbase [http://www.t0.or.at] William Rowe: ProteinTV [http://www.proteinTV.com] Micz Flor: yourserver [http://www.yourserver.co.uk] James Stevens, Kass Schmitt, Rachel Baker, Gio Angelo: backspace [http://www.backspace.org]

C3 Center [http://www.c3.hu]

" :  (Source: Ninfomania NewsWire)