On Sunday, September 29, 2002 from 1:00pm until 5:00pm LA Freewaves will
host 2 more public panel discussions in their ongoing panel series
TV or NOT TV: Discussions to Create a Mass Media Outlet for the Arts. These
next 2 panels will take place at the L.A. Central Public Library in
downtown Los Angeles. Both panels are free of charge and open to the public.

LA Freewaves is currently in the middle of a series of 8 panel discussions
bringing together alternative media voices, arts and culture stakeholders,
technology experts, and media academics laying the conceptual and technical
groundwork to launch the initial steps towards a Culture Channel by late
2003.

LA Freewaves has come to the conclusion that a dedicated source for the
dissemination of contemporary arts, especially media and digital arts, is
now more than an ideal. The matrix of Internet, satellite technology and
affordable means of production offer an opportunity to radically reshape
theways in which people experience art.

Join us as we present the 2nd & 3rd panels in the ongoing series: TV or NOT
TV: Discussions to Create a Mass Media Outlet for the Arts

Sunday, September 29, 2002
1:00pm - 5:00pm
L.A. Central Public Library (aka Richard J. Riordan Central Library, at 5th
and Flower Streets in Downtown Los Angeles)
Parking: $1 with library validation
Reception before and after panels

Panel #1 (2nd in the series): WEB vs. TV
1:00pm - 3:00pm

Topics:

- Why Can't That be on BROADCAST TV, but on the Web?

- Where is the line between TV and the WEB?

Panelists include:

- Glenn Kaino, artist, Creative and Technical VP of Pressplay

- Erik Loyer, artist of Chroma web site and www.marrowmonkey.com

- Axel Roselius, pioneer in interactive TV, digital TV channels, satellite
broadcasts

- Holly Willis, editor at Res magazine and iFilm, moderator

Panel #2 (3rd in the series): TV vs. ART
3:00pm -5:00pm

Topics:

- Where are the lines between high vs low culture, pop vs fine art?

- Is the avant garde a niche market? Is it just a matter of class?

- What are the effects of commercial image on art and art on commercial
image?

- Yet young artists and designer blur genres and distinctions

- Post modernism has after effects

- and hip hop crosses all lines

Panelists include:

- Tony Cokes, artist producing pop culture commentary

- Katherine Lee, MOCA Communications, who are art audiences?

- Marita Sturken, author of "Practices of Looking, An Introduction to Visual
Culture", faculty at USC Annenberg School of Communication

- Moe Verbrugge, TBWA/Chiatt/Day art director for MOCA and Apple ad
campaigns


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Next panels (4th & 5th panels in a ongoing series TV or NOT TV: Discussions
to Create a Mass Media Outlet for the Arts)

Saturday, November 2, 2002
1:00pm - 5:00pm
L.A. Central Public Library

Topics:

WHAT IF?


- If The Arts Were on TV, How Would They Look/Sound? Do?

- Can Equal TV Representation Be Demanded As A Next Civil Right?

More details to follow…

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