Following from the previous post in DE :
A Makan-Meetup Date . Finally, more of the details are confirmed.

You are cordially invited to {MEDIA MANIAC POTLUCK} @ The Annexe Gallery, Central Market.

MEDIA MANIAC POTLUCK

Media Maniac Potluck provides educators and practitioners in the arts and

technology field an opportunity to network with one another and discuss

issues surrounding new media education, exhibition and its presence in our

culture. Participants will have a chance to network with colleagues

possessing similar interests and/or educational goals. In addition, the

group gathers for the opportunity to exchange ideas in the area of media

arts development. We would like to extend our invitation to a diverse

group of educators from academia to the practitioners and thinkers of

media industry, art institutions and beyond for an exposure to networks

within the art and technology community.

Also,guest speaker – Nisar Keshvani will share insight into the Leonardo

Electronic Almanac (MIT Press). Jointly produced by Leonardo, the

International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST), and

published by MIT Press, is an electronic journal dedicated to providing a

forum for those who are interested in the realm where art, science and

technology converge.

Date:
24th August 2007 (Friday)

Time:

7:00pm

Venue:
The Annexe Gallery @ Central Market

Admission :

Free

*All you have to bring along is food to share with everyone*

*Media Artists/producers/activists, Designers, Curators, Thinkers, Art

lovers…all are Welcomed!*

About Nisar Keshvani:

Singaporean Nisar Keshvani is a consultant, Internet journalist, web

developer, filmmaker, curator, educator and new media specialist. In the

last decade, he has worked across five continents (Asia, Africa, Europe,

North America and Australia/Oceania). He is Director of Leonardo (Asia

Pacific), editor-in-chief of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac

(http://leoalmanac.org) and International Co-Editor of fineArt forum

(http://www.fineartforum.org) – one of the Internet’s longest running arts

publications.

About LEA:

Established in 1993, Leonardo Electronic Almanac (ISSN No: 1071-4391) is

the electronic arm of the pioneer art journal, Leonardo – Journal of Art,

Science & Technology.

For over a decade, LEA has thrived as an *international peer reviewed

electronic journal *and web archive covering the interaction of the arts,

sciences, and technology. *On average 5 – 10% of manuscripts received are

eventually published. *LEA emphasizes rapid publication of recent work and

critical discussion on topics of current excitement with a slant on

shorter, less academic texts. Many contributors are younger scholars,

artists, scientists, educators and developers of new technological

resources in the media arts.

Hope to see everyone there!!!