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[PLUG] An art & technology gathering in Towson MD...Feb 15th
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"E-co-create" Gathering Saturday Feb 15th in Towson MD.
Towson Library - 320 York Road - Towson, Maryland
(North Side of the Baltimore Beltway, 2 hours from Philly)
The Gathering - a West Coast Phenomenon for 20+ years - is a free ,
non-commercial, open to all, event which encourages artists of all types
to mingle....
It is sponsored by tech guru Howard Perlmutter and including speaker
and open source advocate Eric Raymond (two names not unknown to this
group).
It will be of interest to those creating a symbiosis between the
computer and the human being -- the mind and the heart. This event
encompass panels, group discussions, multimedia, community
networking, and unstructured mingling times.
http://www.glassroutes.org/gathering.html
mailto:gathering2003@glassroutes.org
This year our special theme will be "A Safari into the Jungle of
Information Ecology: Codes, Cultures, & Creatives."
Some of provocative seed topics will include: "Security and Freedom";
"Art, Craft, & Creativity in the New Millenium"; "Who Owns Your Mind?";
"The Code" (from binary code, to legal code, to building code, to
genetic code, to source code, to ethical...); "Does Information Really
Want to be Free?"; "Connectivity, Disconnectivity, Complexity, and
Chaos"; "What will Public Libraries look like in 20 years?"; "Colorful
Languages"; "Is the Venture Capital Model Dead?"; "The Future of
Privacy"; "Why is the fate of the Internet being decided in Baltimore?";
"New Games"; "What's the test to get an Editorial License?"; "The
Vanishing Art of the Press"; "OK, so this is the 21st Century... Now
What?"; "Business Ethics and Sustainable Economics"; and "Should
Oxymorons be Allowed to Run Wild?"
setup of art / multimedia displays 12:45PM
event begins 1:30PM
NO-HOST DINNER AT 6PM
(Asian buffet (Korean & Japanese & Chinese) at a restaurant next to
the Library)
THEN AN AFTER-DINNER JAM SESSION
NO RSVP NEEDED.
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John Voris mailto:jvoris@axs2000.net
610 873-0780
............... John Voris ...............
IBM Certified Specialist,
iSeries Technical Solutions Designer
mailto:jvoris@axs2000.net
610 873-0780
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