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Main Hall Friday 8 January 1993.

12.00
Opening Tape library, compiled by Bas Raijmakers.
Launch of APS and Hacktic newsroom, Rop Gonggrijp and Gert van Velzen.
Launching of Desktop TV/Black Hole TV, by Raul Marroquin, Kees Aafjes.
N5M Tower by Claudio Goulart. Mapping the Face: adventures close to home by
Keith Piper.

13.00
International guests are informed about dutch tactical television.

14.00
Presentation Dutch local tactical TV.
Editors: Menno Grootveld, Steven Huismans, Raul Marroquin.
The Netherlands has one of the highest concentrations of cable tv in the
world: both legal and illegal programmes by tactical television producers
have been broadcast from Deventer to Rotterdam and from The Hague to
Enschede.
This presentation gives a survey of Dutch local TV history and will also
let some of the people currently offering local TV programmes put a word in.

16.00
Paul Garrin
Visual artist and camcorder activist Paul Garrin presents his work and
ideas. In the summer of 1992 he realized a big installation in Knokke,
Belgium, in cooperation with Nam June Paik, John Cage and David Bowie.

17.00
THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES 1
Challenging visions of the future of tactical television.
Vision building by:
Kathy Rae Huffman (independent TV curator, USA/Austria)
Alan Fountain (Channel 4, GB)
Bert Mulder (Veronica, The Netherlands)
Ann Holmes (Capricorn, Zimbabwe)
Horea Murgu (Multimedia Laboratory Bukarest, Rumania)
Dirk Koning (Grand Rapids, USA)
Thomas Poole (Not Channel Zero, USA)
Chairman: Nico van Eijck (SALTO, The Netherlands)



18.00
Toast to N5M
By Coen Stork, dutch ambassador to Romania.

20.00
Eastern Europe Show
Presented by: Geert Lovink and Coen Stork.
Tactical video and tv groups form the former East Bloc are operating within
a curious void in the early nineties. Officially, censorship has been
abolished and a market economy introduced, but the State has great influence
on and power over the media. Privatization is stopped by both the old and
the new leaders. Media legislation has not yet been established. The
independent groups, that were founded during the revolution of 1989 and that
played an important role then, are now troublemakers that need to be
silenced. But that is out of the question, censorship is a highly sensitive
subject. On the other hand, daily life has become more difficult for
intellectuals, writers, film makers and artists because of the loss of all
kinds of social welfare, and one has to face up to bureaucracy, a lack of
money, political obstruction and a poor
technical infrastructure. The tactical TV groups that will be present
during the N5M, more than anything want to be independent and see themselves
as being part of the democratic opposition.
Geert Lovink and Coen Stork will introduce the work of several groups,
through short talks with the various producers.
With: Eveline Messinger (Internews Network), Black Box (Hungary), Free
Timisoara Television (Rumania), Kanal A (Slovenia), Echo TV (Poland), Studio
Telecommerce "Luc" (Siberia), Kanal X (Leipzig, Germany), Kyrill
Preobrazensky (Art Technology Institute Moscow).

23.00
End


SALON FRIDAY 8 JANUARY 1993

14.00
From Video dairy to street journalism
A workshop on the issues surrounding non professionals working with
mainstream television.
Led by Daoud Kuttab (East Jerusalem) and Jeremy Gibson (London).

20.00
The camcorder as the cornerstone of tactical TV
A "hands-on" practical workshop that will result in a programme to be
cablecast on De Hoeksteen (produced by: Mariano Maturana).
A historical collection of more or less portable video-apparatus of the
past 25 years will be used: from 2 inch "videotanks", through the now
classic 3/4 inch portapack, to the present generation of ultra compact
camcorders and video processing pc's.
Led by: Raul Marroquin




WORKSHOP FRIDAY 8 JANUARY 1993

14.00
Hack the news
About large alternative networks and computer hackers as sources for
journalism.
Presented by: Rop Gonggrijp (chief editor Hacktic, The Netherlands)



MAIN HALL SATURDAY 9 JANUARY 1993

11.00
Another view of the Gulf War
Presentation of the "Gulf Crisis TV Project" of Paper Tiger TV (USA) and
"After the Storm" by Migrant Media (GB).

13.00
Intercontinental presentation
Stories and television fragments from 3 continents where the media
landscape looks totally different from that ofEurope.
Ann Holmes (Zimbabwe) on Capricorn Video Unit and the network of
independent video-producers in Southern Africa.
Kamron Gunatikala (Thailand) on Media on Society and Culture and working
with both established and underground media.
Vincent Garelli (Brasil) on Centro de Trabaljo Indigenista and the use of
television by the indigenous population.

15.30
Long-term conflicts
Marilyn Hyndman (Northern Visions, Northern Ireland) and Daoud Kuttab
(Palestine) on how to produce television programmes during seemingly
hopeless wars.

16.30
Independent TV in former Jugoslavia
With Goran Milic of Yu-Tell (Sarajevo) and Jugoslow Pantillic of Studio B
(Belgrado).

18.00
Tactical TV in wartime
Debate with Daoud Kuttab, Northern Visions, Paper Tiger TV, Migrant Media,
Studio B and Yu-Tell.

19.00
End of afternoon programme







MAIN HALL SATURDAY NIGHT 9 JANUARY 1993

20.00
Media art/Media activism
Martha Rosler, visual artist and critic, on the changing role of visual
arts in the development of tactical television. Her article "Shedding the
Utopian Moment" is one of the key-texts on the tactical use of video.

20.30
Kyrilll Preobrazensky , curator of The Art Technology Institute Moscow,
presents Russian underground, pirate television and independant cable in
Russia.

21.15
Fields and Frames
Jane Rigby, founder of Field and Frames (Scotland), on "Interventions".
This production was broadcast by Channel 4 and is one of the few examples of
succesful integration of the work of tactical visual artist in strategic
television.

22.30
Kanal X
A discussion between Ingo Gunther (media artist) and Norbert Meisner (media
activist). They were both involved with the founding of Kanal X in Leipzig
in what was formerly East Germany.

23.15
Ponton European Media Art Lab/ Van Gogh TV
With Karel Dudesek
At Ponton European Media Art Lab / Van Gogh TV, a large of artists and
technicians are working together to develop projects that deal with the
future of art and television technology. At the Documenta IX (1992) they
presented "Piazza Virtuale", an interactive, computer-controlled television
project that was broadcast via 2 satellites and in that way gave viewers all
over Europe the chance to participate in the programme by means of their
press-button telephones.

24.00
TV Dinner - Midnight Lunch
Live entertainment by Dick Verdult (editor of "G-Force", a magazine
distributed on video), including "Illegal Transmission", a performance by
Raul Marroquin.

SALON SATURDAY 9 JANUARY 1993

11.00
Tactical TV in the Southern Hemisphere
As in the Northern, the Southern Hemisphere also has its media empires. The
Spanish language world network, or that from India, little of which can be
seen by us. Both hemispheres also have their world of tactical television
producers, hence an exploration.
With: Olivier Pasquet (Videazimut, Videos des pays et des Quartiers,
France), Maurizio Paffetti (Crocevia, Italy), Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi
(University of Leicester)
Presented by: Leonard Hennie (Third Horizon Foundation, The Netherlands).

13.00
War on television
Lecture by Bruce Cummings (USA) on how wars have been covered on mainstream
television during the past decades.

15.00
The tactical use of satellite
Satellite-hackers are able to bring down arbitrary image or sound from
satellites. At the same time unexpected groups like aboriginals and video
artists appear to be able to transmit legally via satellite.
With: Rudo Jockin (Intrax, The Neth.), Hans Breder (Iowa State University,
USA), Tony Dowmunt (APT, GB), Mike Steventon (Despite TV, GB), Deep Dish TV
(USA), Van Gogh TV (Germany), Dirk Paesmans (Belgium).

17.00
Local cooperation between continents
A debate to explore strategies for greater support and cooperation between
tactical television producers from the Northern an Southern hemispheres.

With: Channel 4, Videazimut, Avise, Third Horizon Foundation, Zebra, Ipal,
Medien Werkstatt Freiburg.
Chairman: Leonard Hennie.

20.30
Geert Lovink talks with Andrei Ujica about Videogramme einer Revolution.
In this documentary by Andrei Ujica and Hazarum Farocki the Rumanian
revolution is analyzed with the help of hundreds o film and television
recordings, from camcorder-amateurs to official tv-stations.
Internationally, this film is evoking a lot of reactions right now. It will
have its official premiere during the Rotterdam Filmfestival 1993.


WORKSHOP SATURDAY 9 JANUARY 1993

11.00
Future technology for tactical television.

14.00
Regional and local advertisers
In other countries local and regional television stations are financed by
advertisers. What are the possibilities?
With: Eddie Engels, Olivier Jansen, Carlos Majolo and Ira Schneider.

20.30
Translocal Network
The longing for a properly functioning translocal network has been
formulated repeatedly. Is it possible and desirable to realize this, and if
so, how?
Presented by: Nico van Eijk.




MAIN HALL SUNDAY 10 JANUARY 1993

11.00
Art and Television/on television/is television
Live television debate: in cooperation with Kunstkanaal.
Led by David Garcia

11.30
The Camcorder, video witnesses
Chris Hill (Video Witness Festival, Buffalo, USA) talks about the explosive
growth of camcorder activism in the USA. She will also present the most
remarkable tapes of the Buffalo Video Witness Festival 1992.

12.30
Videodairies
Jeremy Gibson (GB) presents "Teenage Dairies", a series broadcast by the
BBC.

13.15
Survival in the ghetto, as seen through a camcorder
Ilan Ziv (Tamouz Media, USA) shows us the camcorder making its way through
the ghetto's of New York and Chicago.

14.00
The Battle of Trafalgar
Despite TV uses video and tactical television as a weapon to campaign for
various social changes. Mike Steventon tells us what tactics Despite TV uses
and will show us material from "The Battle of Trafalgar" (Polltax-riots,
1990).

14.45
Not Channel Zero
Not Channel Zero is an Afro-American television group operating in the
streets of New York. Not Channel Zero's tape concerning the L.A. riots,
which was in part caused by the Rodney King footage, has evoked strong
reactions in the USA. Thomas Poole, one of the founders of the group, will
show the tape (for the first time in The Netherlands) and discuss current
projects.

15.30
THE NEXT 5 MINUTES II
The challenging visions of the future, as worded in the first N5M debate,
are rephrased:
Kathy Rae Huffman (independent TV curator, USA/Austria)
Alan Fountain (Channel 4, GB)
Bert Mulder (Veronica, The Neth.)
Ann Holmes (Capricorn, Zimbabwe)
Horea Murgu (Multimedia Laboratory Bukarest, Romania)
Dirk Koning (Grand Rapids, USA)
Thomas Poole (Not Channel Zero, USA)
Karel Dudesek (Ponton Medias, Germany)
Chairman: Nico van Eijck (SALTO, The Neth.)



SALON SUNDAY 10 JANUARY 1993

12.00
Community media threatened by racism and fascism
Several communities are fighting for their own identity and, for that
reason, are resisting multi-cultural cooperation. Still, the separate
problems each of these communities is encountering have significance
worldwide. The sharing of sources and knowledge is more important than ever
before.
With: Gay Dating Show (the Neth.), Migrant Media (London), Not Channel Zero
(L.A.), Migranten Televisie Amsterdam (The Neth.), Medien Werksttatt
Freiburg (Germany).


13.30
How to organize an open channel?
In Amsterdam, SALTO's Open Kanaal offers room to over fifty local
people/groups offering tv-programmes, a varied range from migrant television
producers to independent journalists and artists. This model, which is
unique for Europe, is under discussion: a Dutch political debate on local tv
and its relation to the authorities.



WORKSHOP ISUNDAY 10 JANUARY 1993

East European presentations:

11.30 Hungary: Black Box foundation and Black Box Ltd.
From underground to CNN (see explanation).

12.30 Poland: ECHO TV
About regional coverage and journalistic ambitions.

13.30 Siberia: Studio Telecommerce "Luc"
The future as seen from the other side of the world.

14.30 Romania: Horea Murgu, Sorin Iliesiu, Calin Dan, Gabor Xantus and
television producers from Timisoara, Brasov and Oradia.
Reports from the country where hunger strikes are held for
free television.



live_tv

The Next 5 Minutes Live TV channel from the Paradiso

Throughout the manifestation The Next 5 Minutes will be transmitting live
on Amsterdams cable network. The program will be realised by Menno
Grootveld, Lennart van Oldenborgh, Raul Marroquin, Rob Linders and David
Garcia.

The transmission starts on Friday night (8 January) at 8 p.m., in
collaboration with TVA, the opening "toast" will be covered along with
interviews with some of our most important guests, together with excerpts
from their most recent work. At two a.m. the transmission will be handed
over to P.A.R.K TV, a local arts channel, which as part of N5M will be
broadcasting on six consecutive nights from 2 to 3 a.m.

On Saturday (9 January) a twelve hour live marathon transmission will begin
at 12 a.m. produced by Rabotnik/Staats TV. The show will culminate at 12
p.m. in a theatrical "Midnight Lunch" designed and directed by Dick Verdult.
At 1 a.m. the transmission will be "hijacked" by pirate station Hoeksteen
TV and continue as "illegal" broadcast. The Hoeksteen will broadcast live
from Studio 5 in Amsterdam from 2 till 11 a.m.

To avoid the rigid structures of most live tv Dirk Paesman's ZAPP TV will
provide a stream of satellite images randomly accessed and mixed by Paesman
who acts as a kind of satellite DJ. Interviews with guests, excerpts from
tapes, hourly conference news bulletins and tv debates will burst through
Paesman's stream of satellite data as series of interruption. This structure
maximizes the flexibility of the transmission allowing for the spontaneity
of true tactical television.

On Sunday (10 January) N5M will transmit in cooperation with C
(Kunstkanaal). At 11 a.m. the transmission will commence with a debate which
focuses on the role of the visual arts within tactical television.
Afterwards a two hour selection of tapes of tapes produced by visual artists
who work with tactical will be shown and repeated throughout the day until
1a.m.



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