[MLB-WIRELESS] [Forum] UPGRADE AVAILABLE: Media, Convergence and Mouse-Clicks

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If any one is in Melbourne town Tuesday evening and interested in a
bottom-up approach to ICTs and media, we'd love to see you at Open
Channel.

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UPGRADE AVAILABLE: Media, Convergence and Mouse-Clicks.

A discussion forum about how independent media practitioners can
engage with digital technologies. Featuring Andrew Garton, MJ Kim,
Keren Flavell and Nick Ritar.

WHEN: Tuesday Oct 5th - 7:00pm to 9:00pm (Doors open at 6:30pm)
VENUE: OPENChannel - 13 Victoria Street, Fitzroy. (Melways Ref: 2C A7).
COST: $5 or by donation (proceeds go to Open Channel)

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SPINACH7 and c2o/TOY SATELLITE presents...

UPGRADE AVAILABLE, a mini-forum that will discuss how independent
and community-based media practitioners can engage with communications 
technologies. It will investigate the challenges faced in the areas of 
funding and distribution and provide some models for organisations and 
networks that can assist media-makers to reach their audiences. 

Speakers include:

MJ Kim - (LabourMediaNet, MediACT, Jinbonet) On the establishment of a 
community based media culture centre in Seoul - bridging production,
media literacy education, exhibition and advocacy. Mr Kim's
presentation will be shown on video, specifically produced for this
forum.

Andrew Garton - (c2o, Toy Satellite, APC) presenting different models
being used within the Asia Region to train, produce and distribute
media content, including opportunities within Victoria, both in urban
and rural communities.

Keren Flavell - (Spring Time Productions) will present the online
documentary 'Sounds Like Techno'. She will give an overview of the
production and funding process and the challenges involved in creating
the project.

Nick Ritar - (Media Arts Lecturer, Swinburne University) discusses his
involvement in setting up a 'community technology centre' in regional
NSW and gives some suggestions as to how such a centre could be
established in Melbourne.

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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES:


-- Myoungjoon Kim is a member of the independent labor video activist
organization, Labor News Production <http://www.lnp89.org>, president
of media center MediACT <http://www.mediact.org> and board member of JinboNet 
<http://www.jinbo.net>. He has been active in the promotion
of labor media activism and the implementation and legislation of
public media policy. He has also been an advocate on issues related
with the independent film and video, documentary, media literacy and
the internet.

-- Andrew Garton is a producer, composer with a long involvement in
community radio and video production initiatives in NSW. Since 1989 he
has contributed to the development of low-cost computer networks in
Australia and countless community networking initiatives throughout
Asia Pacific. He is a Council Member of the Association for
Progressive Communications <http://www.apc.org>, and contributes to
information technology rights forums. Andrew is a Director of c2o
(Community Communications Online) <http://c2o.org> and Toy Satellite
<http://toysatellite.org>.

--Keren Flavell is a new media and documentary producer based in
Melbourne. Her most recent online documentary, Sounds Like Techno, won the 
Gold Hugo award at the Chicago Film Festival Intercom Awards and was selected 
for Sundance Online Film Festival and Real: Life on Film
Festival. <http://www.soundsliketechno.com>

-- Nick Ritar is a video artist and new media lecturer. In the late
nineties Nick became involved with Octapod an artist run space in
Newcastle NSW, and the annual alternative arts festivals they produce.