Subject: CFRONT online sessions: please join in

Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 00:48:17 +0100 (BST)
From: honor <honor@va.com.au>
To: syndicate@aec.at

Dear All,

This is to announce that The Communications Front 2000 will
be opening a virtual portal on Thursday 8 June, from our
base at The Mexican House in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Anyone
interested in the thematic of 'Crossing Points: East/West'
would be welcome to join us in an online chat and an audio
broadcast during the afternoon and evening. Details below.

Best wishes

Honor Harger
for CFRONT2000

* Data*

The chat room is kindly being supplied by Re-Lab in Riga,
Latvia who have invited us to use the Xchange online
discussion room for our conversations.

Via web: http://irc.re-lab.net/xchange
Via IRC: server: irc.re-lab.net
channel: #xchange

Later on in the evening we will be creating a live
net.radio broadcast/performance, which will be an aural
composite of the ideas, texts and sounds created in the
opening days of the workshop. Listeners should expect to
hear a melange of interviews, audio artworks created on
site, sonic collages, and ambient sounds from the
municipality of Plovdiv.

Connect to the stream via the website:
<http://www.idea.org.uk/cfront> at the time listed below.
Listeners will need the Real Player installed (G2 or
better).

* Schedule *

16:30 - 17:30 Bulgarian Time
1530 - 1630 CET
1330 - 1430 GMT

Chat room opens. Chat will stay open all evening, and
people are encouraged to 'drop in' for a casual chat.

20:00 - 21:00 Bulgarian Time
1900 - 2000 CET
1700 - 1800 GMT

Online debate on the topic: 'Crossing Points: East/West'.
This discussion will be lead by members of The
Communicatiosn Front, and is intended as a way of allowing
people to feed into the workshop remotely.

21:00 - 22:00

Live Netcast

One hour 'net.radio' show, including interviews,
sound-mixes, collage and other audio matter.