------------------------------ From: [log in to unmask] Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:15:59 CST To: Multiple recipients of list ACTIV-L <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Next 5 Minutes: conference & exhibition on tactical tv During The Next 5 Minutes, Paradiso (Amsterdam, Netherlands) will bring together tactical television producers from different regions of Europe and beyond. All those invited have a desire to re-imagine the basic nature and foundation of television. Their work lies on the boarders of what is politically, technically or aesthetically possible. TV-tacticians exist in both marginal and established television. Many of them even jump from one to the other and back again, depending on what is best for their projects. Tv-tacticians can be individual media activists trying to communicate their messages through public access channels, small production companies testing the limits of established tv from the inside, tv-art projects using the latest techniques to develop a new kind of tv-language, independent stations fiercely resisting political influences, or some remarkable people within big tv-institutions developing radically new programme concepts. Everyone invited has a unique perspective on the nature of television and a special story to tell about the country, community and situation in which they work. During N5M, they will tell these stories in many different ways: through lectures, debates and interviews, through the showing of tapes and films, and also through the workshops and installations of visual artists. In the n5m's tape-library material can be viewed on request. Besides the many tapes brought along by guests, a collection of both historical and contemporary examples of tactical television will be available. N5m's programme contains five themes: the camcorder-revolution (ed. Karel Koch), tactical television and visual art (ed. David Garcia), tactical television in the Southern Hemisphere (ed. Geke van Dijk), tactical television as a means to democracy in East Europe (ed. Geert Lovink), the role of tactical television in wartime (ed. Jeroen van Bergeijk) Some individual stories Black Box from Hungary is just one of a number of East European groups, which produced a video equivalent to the tradition of illegal literature known as Samizdat, who will be visiting n5m. In 1991, one of their programmes recently lead to the resignation of Hungarie's minister of the interior minister. In common with many other participating groups, they deal with some of the most pressing problems of today, such as the resurgence of anti-Semitism, the persecution of Gipsies and the strange alliances between the "new right" and the old communists. Black Box produces independent productions in Hungary and, at the same time, does regular work for CNN. Pesti Lazlo and other Black Box correspondents will talk about their work. Yutel and Studio B belong to the few truly independent television stations in former Jugoslavia, where the mainstream nationalist media have been influential instigators of the current Balkans-tragedy. Up to this very day, Studio B broadcasts daily. The United Nations excepted them from the cultural boycott, enabling them to now receive financial support from outside of Jugoslavia, and to participate in n5m. Goran Milic, founder of Yutel, will describe how Yutel was literally "launched" from Sarajevo. Paper Tiger and Deep Dish TV are two groups that have shattered the illusion that only very wealthy institutions can set up satellite networks, and that local television cannot appeal to a wide audience. Just before and during the Gulf War the programmes of Paper Tiger provided one of few forums in the USA for dissenting voices. Not only did they start broadcasting one full week before war was officially declared, but their programmes were also distributed through satellite to 400 public access stations throughout the USA. Colophon General Information: The Next 5 Minutes will be on Friday 8th of January, Saturday 9th, Sunday 10th 1993. Admittance is fl. 17,.-- a day or fl. 40-- for a three day go-as-you-please ticket. Advance booking is possible through AUB and local VVV offices. For international reservations phone: +31. (0) 70- 3202500. For more information you can call Helen Vreedeveld at Paradiso during office hours, telephone number: (0)20-6237348. E-mail address: [log in to unmask] In preparation for the event, the "ZAPBOOK" has been compiled by Amsterdam Cultural Studies. It contains an international selection of text fragments on tactical television, together with some of the ideas behind the Next 5 Minutes. The ZAPBOOK can be obtained from Paradiso during business hours, price fl. 15. The Next 5 Minutes is organized by the following people: original concept- David Garcia; production - Caroline Nevejan, Helen Vreedeveld; conference- Geke van Dijk, Bas Raymakers, Jeroen van Bergelijk, Karel Koch, Geert Lovink, Marianne Padi( East Europe), Deak Zjolt (East Europe), Zoe Bierman (East-Europe); N5M live tv program: Menno Grootveld, Lennaart van Oldenborgh, Raul Marroquin, Rob Linders. N5M is produced by Paradiso in cooperation with Montevideo/Time Based Arts, The Ministry of Welfare, Health and Cultural Affairs, Arts Council Amsterdam, The European Cultural Foundation, The Soros Foundation, NCO, Activist Press Service. 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