[Imc-oceania] EngageMedia Launch at Earthling National Environmental Forum - This Is Not Art Festival

[Anna Helme]

ENGAGEMEDIA.ORG LAUNCH AND WORKSHOP

Come along to the launch of EngageMedia at the Earthling National
Environmental Activist Forum at This Is Not Art in Newcastle, Saturday
30th September 2006.

EngageMedia.org is a website and a network for distributing social
justice and environmental video from South East Asia, Australia and the
Pacific. It is a space for critical documentary, fiction, artistic and
experimental works that challenge the one-way communication model of the
mainstream media.

The growth of digital tools such as peer-to-peer networks,
video-podcasting and broadband mean independent video makers can bypass
the control of big media conglomerates and create their own distribution
networks.

EngageMedia aims to demystify and provide access to these new tools,
create an online archive of Creative Commons licensed videos and form a
peer network of video makers, educators and screening organisations.

On Saturday the 30th of September we'll be holding a workshop for
video-activists to learn how to get their work online. We'll be
screening some of these videos and other content from the EngageMedia
site as part of our launch later that evening.

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WORKSHOP: DIY Activist Media - How to Get Your Video Online
WHEN: 2pm - 4pm, Saturday 30th September 2006
WHERE: Lab GN07, Newcastle TAFE, 590−608 Hunter St, Newcastle

Online Video Publishing for Independent Doco Makers and Campaigners -
how to use new web video tools to distribute your film and get your
message out there, hosted by the EngageMedia team. We'll help you
publish your video to the EngageMedia website and screen videos uploaded
during the workshop at the launch during the evening.

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LAUNCH: EngageMedia.org Public Beta
WHEN: 7pm - 8pm, Saturday 30th September 2006
WHERE: Newcastle Room, Newcastle City Hall, 290 King Street, Newcastle

A presentation of the EngageMedia project that aims to train
video-activists in online tools, create a space for thought-provoking
and informative video focused on social and environmental issues and
foster a regional network of producers and screeners to distribute their
work in the South East Asia, Australia and Pacific regions. We'll take
the audience through the main features of the website including setting
up a profile, uploading video, peer-to-peer file-sharing using
BitTorrent and video podcasting. Afterwards we'll screen a few short
videos from the workshop and our growing archive of critical and engage
documentary, fiction and experimental video.

Beat the rush of thirsty video-activists by coming along early for free
pre-launch drinks.

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Earthling Environmental Activist Forum

Earthling is a terra firma gathering for environmental activists who too
rarely get together to talk about "why" and "how" and "if." Sessions
will explore broad ideas about the way we activate, the tools we use,
the way we organise and the biggest challenges facing us all. It is in
Newcastle (Carbon Capital) of NSW, Australia, September 29 to October
1st 2006, as one of a number of festivals making up the annual This Is
Not Art (TINA) festival.

http://earthling.thisisnotart.org
http://www.thisisnotart.org

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Email us for further info: contact at engagemedia.org
Visit the EngageMedia website: http://engagemedia.org

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