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The Association of American Geographers are seeking papers that examine geographies of the various forms of media, including music, art, advertising, newspapers and magazines, video and animation etc. These sessions should include contributions to current issues surrounding these media, beginning with constructions of space, culture, society, and identity within textual realms. AAG are hoping to present a wide range of both topic and context and seek participants interested in the geographical implications - social, political, cultural, and economic - that are often contained within the spaces and places of different forms of media. These contexts invite inquiries into the production, distribution, exhibition, and consumption of all types of media and they encourage critical, pedagogical and discursive contributions. visit http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/call_for_papers/call_for_papers1.html for details

Vibewire.net have created a website for young voters interested in finding out more about the upcoming federal election's political parties, policies and opinions on the election issues, with the hope of assisting them to make an informed decision come voting day. http://www.electionTracker.net will feature news, interviews and opinion pieces from young writers from every state and territory, Q+As with notable politicians and candidates, enrolment and parliamentary background info, policy overviews, "electionSlacker", a section devoted to the lighter side of the campaign, discussion forums and more.

Ever wanted to know more about electronics and electro magnetism? http://www.electronetwork.org is the place to go to improve your education. The mail list is also worth a look with it's informative and interesting articles. The aim of the site is to raise public awareness of electromagnetic matter, energy, & in-formation in everyday life. There are simple and innovative projects for you to try at home such as making electronic jewellery, a circuit board log plus more.

The Australian Music Centre was established in 1974 to facilitate and encourage the performance and understanding of music by Australian composers throughout the world. The website contains an impressive collection of articles on music ranging from electroacoustic to electronic. Sounds Australian is the flagship magazine published twice a year. Visit the AMC @ http://www.amcoz.com.au

BACONFAT SYNAPTIC UPROCK Mish-mash and Beats by.. Justice Yeldham and the Dynamic Ribbon Device (Dual Plover, Sydney), Ivan Chopyerkockov (USSR, Ex-Nam Shub Ill), Miss P Leisure, 4 Layers of 9, Julez, Morf and Affix, Aoi, The Deveraux, Faber Castell, Shazam vs. Simulcast, Lord Chezwell, Suckaphish P, Jones vs Drink, Gulp, Ah!, Twisted Bustard, DJ Slime, Decaf, & El Crumple Dash. Projections and Art-stuff by... Velvet, Madeline King, Rin, Sally Goulding and Puppets 4 Music. read more for more details

No matter what your beliefs are regarding how Crop Circles are created, they sure look spectacular from the air! Many thanks to the guys at Fast Helicopters [ http://www.fast-helicopters.co.uk ]for the opportunity to see these wonders from the air - if you're in the area, check these guys out for the best view in town. I didn't make "The Wiltshire Crop Circle Study Group Annual Conference" at Alton Barnes, Wiltshire - perhaps next year. note: some pics have parts of the helicopter and reflections - for professional quality images, book, calendars and a spectacular DVD of the crop circles in UK check out the Steve Alexander collection [ http://www.temporarytemples.co.uk ] Click on photo gallery in the menu above or visit http://www.aliak.com/module.php?mod=gallery to view the images

Piksel is a yearly event for artists and developers working with Free Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) for realtime processing of video and sound. It will take place at BEK - the Bergen Centre for Electronic Art, in Bergen, Norway from october 29. to november 7. 2004. An important part of piksel04 is a series of evening events of live art and audio-visual performance in cooperation with Landmark/Bergen Kunsthall (www.kunsthall.no/landmark). Performing artists using open source software in the creation and presentation of their work are invited to apply. This call goes out to VJ-crews, live coders, typing divas, virtual actors, noise combos and FLOSS performers of all kinds. visit www.piksel.no for details

The Dream Sequence is a unique, interactive digital film project, produced and directed by Christopher Kenworthy. Dreams are harvested from around the world, one is chose and then made into a digital film. The completed film will be screened on the dream sequence website in late August 2004, and used to stimulate further dreams through a technique known as 'incubation'. visit http://www.thedreamsequence.com for details

Rainbow Visions Hunter is seeking contributions from young (12 - 25 year old) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersexed, Queer people to be part of the Youth Art Exhibition during the Rainbow Visions Festival 2004. Any form of art is acceptable: artists, sculptors, cartoonists, printmakers, photographers, stencilists, mixed media artists, graffiti-ists. email lronneberg@acon.org.au for details

ResearchChannel demonstrated the first successful transmission of full bandwidth High Definition (HD) 1080i video between two desktop computers using high speed networking technology at the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) conference in Cairns, Australia, July 6, 2004. visit http://www.researchchannel.org/ for details

Grants up to $40,000 are available for projects that are non-recurrent, will be completed in twelve months and will provide tangible benefits for women in NSW. The Office for Women website has further information on funding categories. Funding guidelines and application forms are available by accessing the Office for Women website: http://www.women.nsw.gov.au

wheremusicmeets is a new hybrid arts event in Brisbane that brings together music and sound with other art forms and ideas. This month's gig features Julius Ambroisine and Aaron Hull. more info: visit http://www.explodingart.com/wheremusicmeets or contact: wheremusicmeets@yahoo.com.au

FurtherStudio is an exploratory, year long project, set up to create online, real-time, net art residencies with three UK-based artists. Each residency lasts for 3 months, during which time the artists need not leave their studio or home environments, as the FurtherStudio web facility offers a public window on the artist's PC desktop as they work. Chat online to the artists via the website @ http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio/

Spring clean the beach; the focus is on landcare, the plan is to cleanup a section of the beach/camping area adjacent to and including = the party zone. Accompanied by a diverse soundtrack, cleaning tunes, relaxing tunes, the sound of the ocean, followed by the pleasure of partying on the beach we have just restored. Keep an eye on http://www.fusingbrisbane.com and http://www.gooblewarming.com.au for the latest news

PLUCK TV broadcasts nightly @ 5.30pm on C31 MELBOURNE. The show is made entirely by people under 25 and is aimed at 11-19 year olds. PLUCK is the training ground for Melbourne youth in television production and a platform for their art, opinions, short films, vox pops, animations and whatever else Melbourne youth want on their TV. New Producers are invited to contact the show with their ideas. Read more for details.