#022 Oct 1993

                 THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS

                             THE ISEA NEWSLETTER

                             # 22, OCTOBER 1993

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Editors: Dirk Boon, Wim van der Plas (Holland). Correspondents: Yoshiyuki
Abe (Japan), Ray Archee (Australia), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Leslie Bishko
(US), Paul Brown (US), Annick Bureaud (France), Jurgen Claus (Germany),
Roger Malina (US), Ivan Pope (UK), Rejane Spitz (Brazil). Lay-out: Rene
Pare (Grafico de Poost). Text editors: Ray Archee, Seth Shostak. ISEA, POB
8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Tel 31-10-2020850,  Fax 31-10-2668705 (c/o Heidi van der Plas).
Email ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL (Board) or ISEA@SARA.NL (Newsletter)
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                                  CONTENTS
EDITORIAL . STELARC US/CANADA TOUR . JURISPRUDENCE SOUGHT . IDEA . CALLS
FOR PARTICIPATION . PUBLICATIONS . EXHIBITIONS . PROJECTS . CALENDAR
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EDITORIAL

Another milestone for the Inter-Society is approaching: the Fourth
International Symposium on Electronic Art. The Final Program is 
impressive, and once again proves that the ISEA symposia are unique in the
world. If you have any chance of being in Minneapolis during the first week
ofNovember: get there! The Final Program is included in this newsletter.

Since ISEA is an umbrella organization, we seek to recognize all the
organizations and institutes that are active in the field of electronic art. 
So if you wish to introduce your group to the readers of the ISEA Newsletter,
send us a contribution of about 250 words. However, note that our regular
members come first. So why not make your group a Regular Member, when sending
the text?

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STELARC USA/CANADA TOUR

ISEA is investigating the possibility of organizing a USA/CANADA tour by
Australian performance artist Stelarc in 1995. Stelarc is probably the most
exiting performance artist in our electronic culture. The tour consists of
both 'events' (performances) and, when desired, lectures. In order to assess
the feasability of such a tour, we invite interested event organizers,
universities, art schools, theaters, festivals, etc. to contact ISEA asap. 
Of course, contacting us implies no obligation whatsoever.
Interested parties will receive more information. Tips on potentially
interested third parties are appreciated.

Artist Statement
Stelarc is an Australian performance artist who uses prosthetics, robotics
and virtual reality systems to create interactive multi-media events that
interface human, machine and computer. Using bio-sensors, ultrasound
transducers and photoelectric sensors, he acoustically amplifies brain waves,
heartbeat, bloodflow, muscle signals and limb motion. 

His Third Hand is a robotic mechanism attached to his right arm (...).
Recent projects include a Virtual Arm - a computer generated human-like
manipulator actuated by a pair of data gloves. With a gesture recognition
command language, it can be given extended functions (...).

Wim van der Plas in the ISEA Newsletter:
"The Stelarc events are a unique combination of sensational spectacle and
subtle, almost fragile high art. It is the balance between the overwhelming
sounds, lights, images, generated by the body on the one hand and the
introvert choreography of Stelarc on the other that makes his performance so
interesting. No artist alive is closer to the essence of the state that human
evolution has reached, and knows how to express it."

For a paper by Stelarc, see: SISEA Proceedings, Groningen, 1991.

You can contact ISEA at POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, Holland.
Tel: 31-10-2020850, Fax: 2668705 (c/o H. van der Plas)
Email: ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL

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JURISPRUDENCE SOUGHT

The Dutch (bi-lingual) quarterly on photography, Perspektief, is interested
in any cases of jurisprudence in digital imagery. Anyone who has experienced
copyright problems that were typical for digital imagery, or knows of such
cases, is requested to  contact the magazine.
Perspektief, c/o Bas Vroege, St. Jobsweg 30, 3024 EJ Rotterdam, Holland.
Tel: 31-10-4765208, Fax: 4772072, or contact ISEA by email

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IDEA AVAILABLE FROM ISEA

The International Directory of Electronic Arts, 2nd Edition, is available
through ISEA. IDEA covers the whole range of activities in the field of 
Art  and  Technology (computer art, computer music, video, holography,
performing art, virtual reality, networking, ...).
Bilingual French/English, it includes more than 2800 addresses world-wide
concerning organizations (festivals, galleries, museums, art centers,
schools and universities, centres for research and creation, production
companies, resource centres, non-profit organizations), artists, people
(theoreticians, critics, researchers, curators) and periodicals.
A bibliography and four indexes complete the IDEA. IDEA is published by
CHAOS, Paris and costs 250FF or US$43,--.
Credit card orders:  send type of card (VISA, Euro & Master only), number,
expiry date, name & address to ISEA.

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                           CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION
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ISEA94 THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRONIC ART 
August 23 - 28  1994, Helsinki, Finland.

The 5th International Symposium on Electronic Art will take place in
Helsinki, Finland in 1994, August 23rd through 28th. ISEA'94 Helsinki will be
a lively forum for scholars, artists, critics, scientists and educators, all
those who share a professional interest in the electronic media. In addition
to approximately 200 international participators, the organizers expect a
total attendance of 10.000 visitors.

FOCUS
In addition to  more general topics related to the electronic arts, the
organizers of ISEA94 encourage discussion on four themes:

-Spacescapes.
Configurations of Space and Landscape in the Electronic Arts.
The electronic arts create new sets of spatial concepts and experiences.
ISEA94 assesses the aesthetic and social implications of this paradigm
shift. The topics addressed may include: Spatial Aesthetics: topographies
of art and experience; Merge - Immerse: the merging of human and
electronic space and of inner and outer space; Programmed Spaces: the
natural, cultural and social environments of the electronic era; Caught in
a Net?:  the hopes and fears of future network technology; etc.

-High & Low.
Cultural Histories of Technology.
ISEA94 aims at a critical investigation of 'high' an'low', a pair of
opposing terms used to designate both technology and culture. The topics
addressed may include: High Tech vs. Low Tech, High Culture vs. Low
Culture: a role for a technological cottage industry? The cultural history
of the individual's response to media: high tech meets low human?
Spectacular Technologies: historical perspectives on spectacle apparatus;
etc.

-The Next Generation
Questions on the Future of Electronic Art.
ISEA94 looks to the future of electronic media and its young users by
focussing on questions of psychology, learning and ethics. The organizers
encourage discussion on the following themes: Virtual Literacy: what are
the narrative structures and patterns of reading  brought about by
multimedia and computers ? From Desktop to the Workroom: views of future
interfaces; Interactivity or Interpassivity?:  will interactivity pave the
way to a technological paradise? What about the role of gender in
interactive systems?; Game Aesthetics:  Will computer games really advance
learning? What about ethics in a world based on illusions? etc.

-Electronic Arts In Universities.
The Pedagogical Challenges of Electronic Media.
The University of Art and Design UIAH will host an international meeting
of teachers and students at the ISEA94 Symposium. The Electronic Arts at
the Universities Session enhances the interchange of ideas between
different universities and aims at a comparison of pedagogical ideologies
and practices in electronic art education.

SOUND & MUSIC
ISEA94 wishes to lay stress on the importance of electronic sonic arts,
from computer music to sound environments, from techno to radiophonics.
The organizers encourage a wide participation of artists and specialists
in this area.

DEADLINES
01/12/1993  Installations/Performances/Concerts/ Workshops /Network &
Other projects
01/02/1994   Papers & panels / Electronic theatre / Listening space
01/04/1994   Poster Sessions

Notification:  6 weeks following deadline dates.

Send a completed ISEA94 entry form together with indicated additional
material to:
Secretary General Kristina Andersson
University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH / Centre for Advanced Studies
Hameentie 135 C, 00560 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: 358-0-7563344, Fax: 7563537

For further information, please contact:
ISEA94 Project Manager
Minna Tarkka, University of Art and Design  UIAH/Media Lab
Hameentie 135 C, 00560 Helsinki, Finland.
Tel: 358-0-7563601, Fax: 358-0-7563602, Email: isea@uiah.fi

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CYBERCULTURE HOUSTON 93
December 10 - 12  1993, Houston, Texas, USA.

CyberCulture Houston 93 will be the first annual exploration of computer art
and of the social issues emerging in cyberspace. We hope to prove to the
general public that creative behavior in the computer age is not limited to
getting the best deal on the latest desk-top or avoiding Carpal-Tunnel
Syndrome.  At the same time, we hope to help this new medium gain greater
acceptance and exposure in Houston's art community and the community at
large.

Categories of works shown will include:
1.   Graphic stills projected from slides and in hard-format. The
     latter format is prefered, as we have a limited number of slide
     projectors.  This category includes not only "traditional" art, but
     also creative  ray-tracing and fractal generation.
2.   Computer Animation in VHS format. Preferably more artistic than commer-
        cial.
3.   Tangible works made with or from computer bodies and/or electronic
     components.
4.   Performance art dealing with human-computer interface.
5.   Electronic Zines under 30-40K shown in hard-copy .

Also featured will be lectures and discussions on present and possible future
issues related to this technology.
Events will take place December 10th through 12th and the entries will be
shown in the gallery for the next two weeks at Commerce Street Artist's
Warehouse, 2315 Commerce, Houston Texas, USA.

Please send entries to:
Cyberculture Houston, P.O. Box 52973, Houston, TX 77052-2973, USA.
Tel: 1-713-227-8917, Email: cyber@fisher.psych.uh.edu
This is an open show and there is no entry fee, but if you want your
work returned, please send return postage.

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                                 PUBLICATIONS
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THE WORLD WIDE WEB NEWSLETTER
Travels in Cyberspace
Art Computers announces the first UK publication that focuses entirely on
the new global information systems and the myriad uses to which they are
being put. This is not a technical publication filled with unintelligible
gobbledegook, it is a guide to using and exploring the Internet plus all
related systems and a source of hard information.
The WWW Newsletter costs 24 pounds for 6 issues including postage in the UK
and Europe, 42 pounds elsewhere including airmail postage. Individual issues
3 pounds + 1 pound p&p. (ISSN 1350 - 2263)
Art Computers, 13 Brett Rd, London E8 1JP, UK.
Info: Ivan Pope, Fax: 44-81-5330818, Email:IVAN@UKARTNET.DEMON.CO.UK

BLITZ CD ACTUEL
Nine record labels and one magazine of daring musics from concrete,
electro-acoustic, new music to contemporary, cooperate in Blitz.
Info: Diffusion i Media, 4487, rue Adam, Montreal, Canada H1V 1T9.
Tel: 1-514-2547794, Fax: 2811884

UNIVERSITY VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS
New video lectures for individuals and seminars:
Artificial Intelligence, User Interface, Networking, Latest on 
Hardware, AppleScript, etc. VHS NTSC & PAL
Info: UVC, POB 5129-MM, Stanford, CA 94309, USA.
Tel: 1-415-813-0506x154, Fax: 0315, Email: UVC.LEMON@FORSYTHE.STANFORD.EDU

ART IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE 
Frank Popper - Thames and Hudson - 1993
The book of Frank Popper has just been published, simultaneously in English
by Thames and Hudson and in French by Hazan under the title "Art a l'Age
Electronique". Including a rich iconography this book is important for at
least 2 reasons:
-    Examining the links and ruptures with the art of the beginning and
     middle of the 20th Century (Futurism, Constructivism, Conceptual Art,
     Cinetic Art, ...) it replaces electronic arts in the history of contem-
        poray art.
-    Overwiewing a rich panorama of the artistic creation in these fields, it
     shows the diversity of these artworks and that the question of the
     "Death of Contemporay Art" is in any case not an accurate one.

Through 7 chapters :
The Origins of Electronic Art/Laser Art and Holography/Video Art/Computer
Art/Communication and Networking Art/Art, Nature and Science.

The Social and Aesthetical issues of art in the electronic age, it
constitutes a working tool and a didactic basis for all students in art
studies and more for a general audience curious of contemporay arts.
(Annick Bureaud: BUREAUD@ALTERN.COM)

COMPUTERS & TEXTS: CALL FOR PAPERS
Computers & Texts has now been running for over two years and is the newslet-
ter of the Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Textual Studies, based
at Oxford University Computing Services.
Lorna Hughes or Stuart Lee, CTI Centre for Textual Studies
Oxford University Computing Services, 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN, UK.
Tel: 44-0865-273221, Fax: 44-0865-273221, Email: CTITEXT@VAX.OX.AC.UK

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                                  EXHIBITIONS
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MOTORWAY, Transport of Delight
October 6-28, 1993, Amsterdam, Holland
Video Installation by George Snow. Soundtrack by the Art of Noise. Earlier
work by Snow in the Video Room.
Melkweg (Milky Way), Lijnbaansgracht 234 A, 1071 PH Amsterdam, Holland.
Tel: 31-20-6241777

L' HERBIER NUMERIQUE
October 13, 1992 - January 2, 1993, Paris, France
Revue Virtuelle Exposition. Modelling of plants at CIRAD
Galeries contemporaines, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

RESURRECTION BODY 1993
October 17 - November 21 1993, Den Haag, Holland
'Resurrection Body' (1993) and 'Correspondences: Day into Night Into Day'
(1992), video-installations by Rita Myers.
Info: World Wide Video Centre, Spui 189, 2511 BN Den Haag, Holland.
Tel: 31-70-3644805

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                                   PROJECTS
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FISEA FAX OPEN, ATTENTION: FAX ARTISTS
The exquisite fax announces a fax art project in conjunction with the Fourth
International Symposium on Electronic Art (FISEA 93). The theme of the
project is The Fax Art Factor. Faxes received will be exhibited at FISEA 93
at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in Minneapolis, Minnesota during
the symposium.

Theme: The Fax Art Factor.
This project encourages artists to send faxes which explore and expand on the
use of fax technology as an art form. The fax artwork may address this issue
directly or demonstrate the art factor by its existence as an art
object. 

Supplementary text discussing the art factor of a visual fax may be sent but
will not be exhibited. However, a record of such faxes will be maintained and
made available to FISEA attendees at the site of the
exhibition.

Eligibility: The project is open to anyone. 

Timeline:
Fax artworks will be accepted via fax at FISEA during the symposium from noon
CST November 3 to noon CST November 7, 1993. Please do not send faxes to
these numbers outside of the stated time boundaries.

Fax Numbers:
Both a plain paper fax and a roll fax will be available to accommodate faxes
of standard and non-standard size.
The plain paper fax number is 1-612-874-3797.
The roll paper machine fax number is 1-612-874-3748.

This project is sponsored by the Fourth International Symposium on
Electronic Art (FISEA 93).

Craig Ede (craige@pantry.mcad.edu), Curator The Exquisite Fax
Our Motto: "Very soon, and in pleasant company."

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                                  CALENDAR
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25 YEARS OF STEIM
October 22 - 24  1993, Theater De Balie, Amsterdam, Holland. 
STEIM is the Foundation for Electro-Instrumental Music in Amsterdam.
It celebrates it's anniversary with a concert program with, among others: Jon
Rose, Joel Ryan, Ben Neill & Don Yallech, Nicolas Collins, John Cameron and
many others.
Concerts: fri & sat 20.45 hours and midnight, sun: 1500 hours.
Info: Tel: 31-20-6232904

IEEE VISUALIZATION 93
October 25 - 29  1993, Red Lion Hotel, San Jose, CA, USA.
Fourth technical conference on computer visualization and its 
applications. Info: Tel: 1-510-4239368, Email: VIS93@LLNL.GOV

INTER COMMUNICATION '93 
October 27 - November 16  1993, Tokyo, Japan 
"MEDIA PASSAGE" at Shibuya BEAM HALL & GALLERY
Artists: Agnes Hegedus, Matt Mullican and Jeffrey Shaw.
Info: ICC(Inter Communication Center), Tel: 81-3-3476-7507, Fax: 3476-7506

DOORS OF PERCEPTION
October 30 - 31  1993, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Conference for which thinkers from the fields of graphic and industrial
design, architecture, information technology, philosophy, computer
science, business and media will assemble to consider the cultural and
economic challenges of interactivity, the role of design in turning
information into knowledge, the challenge of smart objects and smart space, 
the need for an ethical and cultural response to the $70 billion a year 
digital gold rush, the role of design within new forms of industrial
organisation, such as the virtual corporation.
With Norbert Bolz, Bill Buxton, Denise Caruso, Dave Collier, Gillian Crampton
Smith, Arthur Elsenaar, Michael Heim, Kei'ichi Irie, Toshio Iwai, Derrick de
Kerckhove, David Little, Hiroshi Masuyama, Christian Moller, Joy Mountford,
Bert Mulder, Louis Rossetto, Jeet Singh, Bob Stein, Atau Tanaka, Dave Warner,
Thomas West.
Info: DoP, PO Box 69266, 1060 CH Amsterdam, Holland. Fax: 31-20-6174679

FISEA 93, FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRONIC ART
November 3 - 7  1993, Minneapolis, USA. 
Theme "the art factor". Exhibitions include interactive,
sound/performance, electronic theater, networking, 2-D/3-D. Projects, papers
& panels on theory & practice. Participants: artists, musicians, performers,
scientists, arts critics, curators, educators, and others
interested in the use of electronics in the arts. Preliminary program &
Registration information available now.
Info: FISEA 93, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, 2501 Stevens Av S,
Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA.
Tel: 1-612-8743754, Fax: 1-612-8743732, Email: fisea93@mcad.edu
See appendix to this Newsletter.

4TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON NETWORK & OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORT 
FOR DIGITAL AUDIO & VIDEO
November 3 - 5  1993, Lancaster, UK.
Info: W.D. Shepherd, Tel: 44-524-593827, Fax: 381707
Email: DOUG@COMP.LANCS.AC.UK

UIST'93
November 3 - 5  1993, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
6th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.
Info: Scott Hudson, Tel: 1-404-8949222, Fax: 8530673
email: HUDSON@CC.GATECH.EDU

INTERNATIONAL AUDIO VISUAL EXPERIMENTAL FESTIVAL
November 4 - 10  1993, Arnhem, Holland
8th Edition of this media festival. 370 film and video productions by young
international artists. Installations, performances and 'media route' through
Arnhem.
Info: Carla Nent, AVE Festival, POB 307, 6800 AH Arnhem, Holland.
Tel: 31-85-511300, Fax: 517681

MMM'93
November 9 - 12  1993, Singapore, Rep. of Singapore
The International Conf. on Multi-Media Modeling.
Info:  Ms Veronica Ho, MMM'93 Secretariat, Dept of Information Systems and
Comp. Sci., National Univ. of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore.
Tel: 65-772 2730, Fax: 65-779 4580, Email: hosf@iscs.nus.sg

ACM CONFERENCE ON HYPERTEXT.
November 14 - 18  1993, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Info: Steven Poltrock, Boing Computer Services, P.O. Box 24346, MS 7L-64,
Seattle, WA 98124-0346, USA.
Tel: 1-206/865-3270, E-mail: ht93@atc.boing.com.

DOCUMENT INTEROPERABILITY
November 16 - 17  1993, London, UK
Europe's first international congress to address the requirement for the
document interoperability and how it can be achieved.
Info: Technology Appraisals Ltd., 82 Hampton Road, Twickenham, Middlesex,
TW2 5QS, UK. Tel: 44-81-8933986, Fax: 44-81-7441149

ANIMATION STUDIES CONFERENCE
November 25 - 28  1993, Farnham, England, UK
The 1993 Animation Studies Conference of The Society for Animation Studies
will be held at West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, England from
Thursday 25th November to Sunday 28th November 1993.
Info: Roger Noake, Animation Studies Conference, West Surrey College of Art
and Design, Falkner Road, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7DS, UK.
Fax: 44-252-733869

VIRTUAL REALITY VIENNA '93
December 1 - 3  1993, Vienna, Austria
International symposium on Virtual Reality and New Technologies in
Computer Simulation. Contact:
Dr. Manfred Weiss, IDG Austria, Fax: 43-1-523050833,
Email: christian.bauer@uibk.ac.at

HYPERTEXT AND AI
December 2 - 3  1993, Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany
Contact:  Susanne Neubert, Univ. Karlsruhe, 
Inst. fur Angewandte Informatik und  Formale Beschreibungsverfahren, Postfach
6980, D W-7500 Karlsruhe 1, Germany. Tel: 49-721-6084751,
Fax: 49-721-693717, Email: neubert@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de

X COLLOQUIUM ON MUSICAL INFORMATICS
December 2 - 4  1993, Milan, Italy
The Colloquium on Musical Informatics is an international biennial meeting of
researchers in computer applications to music. The special topic of this 10th
edition is musical informatics and hypermedia systems.
Info: Comitato Organizzatore del X Colloquio di Informatica Musicale
c/o L.I.M. - Laboratorio di Informatica Musicale, Dipartimento di Scienze
dell'Informazione, Universita' degli Studi di Milano
via Comelico 35, I-20135 Milano, Italy.
Tel: 39-2-55006.338/.382, Fax: 39-2-55006.373, 
E-mail: MacLim@hermes.mc.dsi.unimi.it

EDUGRAPHICS'93  &  COMPUGRAPHICS'93  
December 6 - 10  1993, Hotel Alvor Praia, Alvor, Algarve,  Portugal
The First International Conference on Graphics Education and the Third
International Conference on Computational Graphics and Visualization Techni-
ques.
Organizer and Chairman : Harold P. Santo, Department of Civil Engineering,
IST - Advanced Technical Institute, Technical University of Lisbon
Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal.
Tel. + Fax: 351-1-848-2425, E-mail: d1663@beta.ist.utl.pt

DICTA 93
December 8 - 10  1993, Sydney, Australia.
Digital Imaging Computing: Techniques & Applications
Info: Tony Adriaansen, CSIRO
Tel: 61-2-8099495, Email: DICTA93@EE.UTS.EDU.AU

ONLINE 93
December 7 - 9  1993, Olympia 2, London, UK.
Seventhteenth International Online Information Meeting.
Themes: Online and Internet, Mulimedia Solutions, VR, CD-ROM, New methods of
Information Delivery. Info: The Organizing Secretary, Learned Information
Ltd, Woodside, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5AU, UK. Fax: 44-865-736354

2nd INTERNATIONAL INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA SYMPOSIUM
January 23 - 28, 1994, Perth, Australia
Topics: Education, training & public information, Industry applications &
contexts, Finding markets and niches, Creative design, Management &
marketing, Research & evaluation
Info: John W. Brown, Western Australia House, 115 Strand, London

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