For those of you who will be in or near enough to the UK and can make it
over to Manchester you may be intrested in the following symposium to
take place in Mid April as part of the Video Positive 97 "Escaping
Gravity" Technocultures 2 conference strand.

Cosmopolis

"Excavating Invisible Cities". 18, 19, 20 April @ Bridgewater Hall,
Manchester

***COSMOPOLIS is part of Video Positive 97 which is sponsored by
Manchester Airport plc and Motorola Computer Group.***

As home and refuge to diverse cultures, histories and traditions, the
city is continually transformed, recycled, rebuilt, destroyed and
re-invented, its histories plundered for ideas for futures.

Cosmopolis takes the city of Manchester as one starting point to explore
the cultural and social transition from post industrial to digital city.
Inviting artists, architects, academics, designers and professionals to
discuss the future of the city space.

Book tickets for the full two and a half days or attend on a daily
basis, tickets can be booked through FACT - 0151 709 2663. Tickets