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From: Jenny <jmarketo@thing.net>
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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 21:24:30 -0400
Subject: SUPERFLEX / TENANTSPIN IN NEW YORK at the New Museum of
Contemporary Art, New York

SUPERFLEX / TENANTSPIN IN NEW YORK at the New Museum of Contemporary
Art, New York , JUNE 13-16, 2002

As part of Open_Source_Art_Hack at the New Museum, a four -day community
project with Superflex ,Tenantspin channel and community organizations
in New York.
The event is taking place at the mezzanine of the New Museum of
Contemporary Art where Superflex/Tenantspin have built up a small
internet TV studio that will broadcast live.

The Tenantspin group will meet, discuss and exchange ideas with
different
elderly groups from New York and will train groups of local seniors to
build their own interactive internet TV channel.

The workshops at the Museum will run from 12 noon to 6 pm, and will be
very informal and relaxed.

Thursday, June 13th - Lincoln Square Neighborhood
Friday, June 14th - Henry Street Settlement
Saturday, June 15th - American Bible Society
Sunday, 16th - Beans on Toast / DJ

If you want to follow the events online go to the Tenantspin channel on
www.superchannel.org and watch out for the "SPIN ON TOUR" shows. We will
be
broadcasting live on the following days - everything will be available
in
the archive after.
http://www.superchannel.org/Home/Profile/Channels/SPIN/

Superflex is a group of three Danish artists (Rasmus Nielsen, Jakob
Fenger and Bjornstjerne Christiansen) & tenantspin (featuring tenant
producers, Alan Dunn from FACT (the Foundation for Art & Creative
Technology), and representatives from the Liverpool Housing Action
Trust).

In 1999, with programmer Sean Treadway, Superflex developed the first
Superchannel project in Copenhagen, training local communities to
produce
interactive, non-commercial, television programs on the internet. There
are now more than twenty Superchannels worldwide, covering serious
debates more lighthearted and humorous topics such as food, leisure and
pop stars.

Since 2000, the tenantspin channel has been produced by a group of
housing tenants in Liverpool (UK) – the majority of whom are elderly
and in high rise accommodation –
Tenantspin is a live interactive web casting studio managed by and for
tenants of Liverpool's Housing Action Trust in collaboration with the
foundation for Art & Creative Technology.Tenantspin aims to promote
resident participation in regeneration and social housing issues through
constructive debate, the sharing of experiences and the encouragement of
responsible free speech. Tenantspin participants are responsible for
research, camerawork, computer operation, publicity, presentation,
training and studio management. Each week tenantspin broadcast two
one-hour shows that stimulate debate on issues as diverse as smart
homes, landlords, Elvis, the year 2040, sport, and E-Democracy.


For more information:

http://www.newmuseum.org
http://www.netartcommons.net
http://www.superflex.dk/index.shtml
http://www.superflex.dk/tools/superchannel and
http://www.superchannel.org
http://www.tenantspin.org




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