AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

The whole email I got from e-flux is below, but click here to go directly to the latest films:

http://www.animateprojects.org/films

It's nice to view them in higher quality, and even nicer to view them in full screen (click the little box on the right of the controls under the film, once it starts). Like having your own FREE experimental film festival at home.

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The New Animation:
new animation by artists
to view online now

Animate Projects
London, UK
info@animateprojects.org

http://www.animateprojects.org

Animate Projects presents its new commissioned films online.

AnimateTV 2008
Seven extraordinary films, commissioned in association with Channel 4 and Arts Council England.

an artist's project
people drawn on subways all over the world

http://www.subway-life.com/

http://www.seuss.org/seuss/seuss.parody.html

Hey, I just discovered a great new link (through StumbleUpon.com - if you haven't checked that out, do). It gives you 10 new ways to discover new music online:

http://www.lostintechnology.com/internet-tools/top-10-ways-to-discover-n...

I saw the below posted on the Art4Development Yahoo! Groups listserv. I'm very happy when things go green, and I think some of you are too.

Terri

'Green' Art Museum to Open in Buffalo, NY

BUFFALO, NY.- When the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State
College opens to the public Nov. 22, it is expected to be the first
art museum in New York State to be certified by the Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program of the U.S. Green
Building Council.

Designed by the award-winning international firm Gwathmey Siegel and
Associates Architects, the $33 million art center fronts Buffalo's
historic museum district. It is one of the largest regional art
museums in the country and is slated for LEED silver certification.

Check out AMP's new Featured Member Galleries, for AMPers who have submitted 10 or more pieces to their galleries on AMP.

To see the art, click on the listed usernames.

To learn more about the artist, login, click on the piece of art, then click on the artist's name *just* above the image. You'll be taken to the artist's profile.

To send a message to the artist, click contact to send an email, or click private message to send a message within the AMP website.

Look what Banksy's doing now:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7662627.stm

http://courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-artist.artaug18,0,1560635....

http://Courant.com

A Loft-y Law

August 18, 2008

Cities are again safe for struggling artists: Safe from the IRS.

The housing bill recently signed by President Bush makes it clear that
low-income housing tax credits can be used for artist housing. The IRS
had challenged the practice. Had the agency prevailed, a useful tool
for urban revitalization would have been jeopardized.

In an effort to add creative life and verve to downtowns, as well as
to preserve historic buildings and augment arts districts, dozens of
cities in nearly 20 states including Connecticut have built subsidized
housing for artists and writers using low-income tax credits.

The Art and Environment Conference, October 2-4, 2008

The Art + Environment Conference at Nevada Museum of Art

RENO, NV.- Global interest in the intersections of nature and culture
has broadened in recent years and contemporary artists and designers
have re-envisioned the concept of environment. To better understand
the ideas shaping this dialogue, Nevada Museum of Art (NMA) will
bring together creative practitioners whose works explore natural,
built, and virtual environments at The Art + Environment Conference,
scheduled for October 2-4, 2008.

With programming and permanent collections focused on art and the
environment, and partnerships with key environmental and science
communities, the NMA looks toward building an active network of

...sounds interesting...

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The Sound of Failure 2008
Sound art festival
(Sydney, Australia)

Bookings: http://factorytheatre.com.au
Website: http://SoundOfFailure.com

Following on from the (ironic) success of last year's festival, Sound
of Failure 2008 brings together over forty local and international
sound artists in numerous venues to surprise, shock and entertain.
Many of these artists have attempted to transcend the small
rectangular screens and the latest Microsoft releases, opting instead
to look at unintended consequences of technology – when it misbehaves
or just gives up the ghost.

Internationally renowned torturers of electronic toys, Toydeath, will
unleash their circuit bent mayhem on the Factory Theatre along with 15