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Now is the time to act!

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Now is the time to act! Please voice your support for the Contemporary Art Tower in Vienna

Dear Friend of the MAK Center:

For those of you who have signed the petition to support the CAT in Vienna, we thank you. If you have not done so, there is still time!

About the CAT
Our parent institution in Vienna, MAK (Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art) has begun an innovative plan to convert a World War II anti-aircraft “flak” tower located at the center of the city into a vital international center for contemporary art. Through this project, called the Contemporary Art Tower (CAT), the MAK proposes a groundbreaking and affordable strategy for establishing an international collection in the 21st century.

The idea behind CAT is to invite international artists to participate in residencies during which they will create site-responsive permanent works at the flak tower. Plans for the CAT include exhibition spaces, studios, workshops, and an auditorium.

Over time, the amassed collection of contemporary art and new media at the CAT will be unique in Austria and will make obsolete the kind of art purchases that today have become prohibitively expensive for museums.
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Distinguished artists Jenny Holzer and James Turrell hav! e alread y created artistic interventions for this site. Renowned artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude have lent their support by designing a special stamp block issued in 2009 by the Austrian Postal Service.

Unfortunately, the CAT project is now facing opposition from a citizen’s initiative in Vienna and is at risk of being lost forever.

Your help is crucial to ensure that this somber historic site will become a lively center for contemporary art and the home of a unique collection of the 21st century.

Please support its realization with your signature at the following link:
http://www.cat.mak.at/pro_cat/index.php?cat=1&page=1

For mor! e information on CAT, see:
http://www.cat.mak.at/e/projekt_e.html

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MAK Center for Art and Architecture
at the Schindler House
835 North Kings Road
West Hollywood, CA 90069
323 651 1510 phone
323 651 2340 fax
visit: www.MAKcenter.org
contact: office [at] makcenter [dot] org

Open Avatar on Second Life

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...just born and wonders where/what he/she is...

This is my Techno Image:

An open avatar on Second Life!

…interested in web2.0, in collective intelligence and the idea of a global democratic revolution that could come from cyberspace I created Shared Galaxy, an avatar on Second Life, that is free to use for everyone. (The password stands in his/her profile.) Shared has no gender yet, and no clothes…it’s just born and your turn to give him/her an identity…many minds creating one (virtual) person.

How to share:

1. Download Second Life on your computer:

http://secondlife.com/support/downloads.php

2. Install it and start the application.

3. Log in as

Name: Shared Galaxy

Password: openavatar

4. explore the virtual world, think about your identity and share your mind with everyone who shares Shared ;-)

Create your public intervention – action with Charlie Todd and Improv Everywhere

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THU⁄FRI, July 9th and 10th 09

Improv Everywhere is known for their Performances in New York and their movies on You Tube. …
More under http:⁄⁄improveverywhere.com⁄.

If you want to partecipate to their mobile action in cologne please contact
christine [dot] nippe [at] koelnischerkunstverein [dot] de.

Freedom Not Fear 2008

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Freedom Not Fear 2008

On 11th October 2008 we call for an international action day in as many European capital cities as possible and elsewhere around the world to demonstrate against the total retention of telecommunication data and other instruments of surveillance. We would like to recall the remembrance of the historical achievement of civil rights and liberties as a heritage of the Age of Enlightenment and to support the trust in security in our free society.
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