From hungary-online-owner Thu Apr 27 01:49:30 1995 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) (fnord) by nando.yak.net (8.6.5/8.6.5) id BAA15333 for hungary-online-out31415; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 01:49:30 -0700 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) (fnord) by nando.yak.net (8.6.5/8.6.5) id BAA15316; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 01:49:14 -0700 Received: from carlson@odin.net () via =-=-=-=-=-= for hungary-online@hungary.yak.net (15314) Received: from odin.net (root@omega.odin.net [193.130.116.3]) (fnord) by nando (8.6.5/8.6.5) with ESMTP id BAA15306 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 01:48:15 -0700 Received: from [193.130.116.13] by odin.net with SMTP (8.6.10/1.2-btv) id KAA11716; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 10:04:34 GMT X-Sender: carlson@odin.net (Unverified) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 10:42:13 +0100 To: hungary-online@hungary.yak.net From: carlson@odin.net (Steven Carlson) Subject: (HOL) Sarajevo Pipeline Sender: owner-Hungary-Online@hungary.yak.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Hungary-Online@hungary.yak.net >-------------------press release follows------------------------------- > > MediaFilter World Wide Web > Alternative Info/Art/Politics/Humor > http://Mediafilter.org/MFF/mfhome > mf@MediaFilter.org > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: > >MediaFilter is honored to present its version of > "Sarajevo OnLine", >sponsored by the World Media Network, France and UNESCO. > > >"Objectives of "Sarajevo Live, Sarajevo On-Line": - to break the siege of >Sarajevo by promoting free expression and dialogue with the inhabitants of >Sarajevo - to promote the international mobilization of dailies newspapers >television stations and radio stations that will give accounts of the >dialogue that is taking place on the Internet - to invent new ways of >journalism based on direct contact between a virtual world of information >(the Internet) and the artists, intellectuals and the "men and women" who >are the citizens of Sarajevo." > >The "Official" event, sponsored by the World Media Network, France and >UNESCO, has been taking place over the past few days, March 29 to April 10, >1995, and is scheduled to expire on April 10, 1995. > >MediaFilter, since prior to it's presence on the world wide web on March 1, >1995, has been cooperating with the ZaMir Network in the former Yugoslavia. > >The ZaMir Network, set up just over two years ago in a dimly-lit basement >in the north German city of Bielefeld, ``ZaMir'' -- Serbo-Croat for >``towards peace'' -- is a computerized collection point and forwards >messages to and from former >Yugoslavia. > > Two Bielefeld artists, Rena Tangens and her partner who calls himself >Padeluun, tend 2.6 gigabytes of computer mailbox power that provides a >gateway to the war zone where rebel Serbs are pitted against Croats and >Bosnian Muslims. > > Tangens says 500 to 1,000 users are now regularly connected via >nodes in Sarajevo, Zagreb, Skopje, Belgrade, Ljubljana and Pristina to the >worldwide web of computer users and the network is expanding >rapidly. MediaFilter, in New York City, founded by MediaArtist Paul >Garrin, is one of the latest additions to the network, providing access to >ZaMir over the World Wide Web. > >MediaFilter, along with the publishers of ARKzine, an alternative, >multicultural, anti-war publication based in Zagreb, is mounting an effort >to gain support for the continuation of the "Sarajevo OnLine" project, >which in actuality, was more of a temporary media event, modeled after the >real and practical ZaMir network which has been in operation for nearly >three years. Although the increased media spotlight is appreciated, it is >unfortunately destined to become another >media novelty, which, in time, will be forgotten. > >Our intention is to expand the already established lines of communications >to the region permanently, in the interest of peace and understanding, not >just as media spectacle. > >Participation in the ongoing event can be accessed on the MediaFilter >World Wide Web site at: > >http://MediaFilter.org/MFF/SJform.html > >The current contents of the Sarajevo OnLine event can be accessed at: > >http://MediaFilter.org/MFF/SJ.html > >and further information and articles about the ZaMir Network, as published >in the magazine ARKzine, can be found at: > >http://MediaFilter.org/MFF/WarZone.html > > >Please help continue the moves towards peace by supporting >efforts to provide day to day communications facilities. > >Let's go beyond the Media Hype and DO SOMETHING >to STOP THE GENOCIDE. > >Don't let the established media continue to conceal the truth. > >It's time to let people write their own history! > >Let's start now. > >peace > >Paul Garrin >MediaFilter >mf@MediaFilter.org > >It's >about time >that our minds evolve >to the level of our technological means. >Use the technology to get us there >not to keep us >away. > >http://MediaFilter.org/MFF/mfhome > > > >Web Server:MediaFilter.org email: mf@MediaFilter.org -- David Hudson dwh@sirius.com http://Zero.Tolerance.org/Hudson/Hudson.html --- Steven Carlson moderator/publisher - hungary-online Critical Mass Media Inc internet trainer, consultant [+361] 133-4647 in Budapest, Hungary carlson@odin.net ############# # This message to Hungary-Online@hungary.yak.net # was from carlson@odin.net (Steven Carlson) # # To unsubscribe, # send "unsubscribe" to # An announcement-only subscription (less volume) is available # at # Send mail to for more information, # or to if you need human assistance. #############