<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear new Research M.A. students<div><br></div><div>It was nice meeting most of you this afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>You can subscribe to the Research Master Media Studies mailing list by following this link: <a href="http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/rmm_listcultures.org">http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/rmm_listcultures.org</a></div><div>If you fill in the form, you not only will receive mail from this list but you also can add to it: you can post interesting media related events, job applications, or other study related questions to <a href="mailto:rmm@listcultures.org">rmm@listcultures.org</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have any more questions regarding the program or the UVA, don't hesitate to contact me.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope to see you next thursday at the new media party- see mail below!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Paulien Dresscher</div><div>OC member for the RMA media studies</div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:paulien@dresscher.nl">paulien@dresscher.nl</a></div><div>06-50668369</div><div>Skype: pauliendresscher</div><div><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>---------------------------------</div><div>Dear Research M.A. student,<br><br>We warmly invite you to a festive opening of the new media season with<br>a Pixelparty on Thursday 2 September starting at 8:30 in the evening.<br>The new media party is a co-production of "Schijnheilig"<br>(<a href="http://www.schijnheilig.org/">http://www.schijnheilig.org/</a>) together with the new media team at the<br>University of Amsterdam. We also have invited the new M.A. students,<br>all of last year's international M.A. students as well as the B.A.<br>students in new media & digital culture, so it is a nice blend.<br><br>We are proud to present the program of the evening, which includes a<br>performance, a notorious rogue band, Gameboy/Atari/Nintendo-inspired<br>DJs and our own alumni VJ Minke and VJ Rosa! Attached please find the<br>flyer.<br><br><br>We look forward to seeing you at the Pixelparty!<br><br>The new media team<br><br><br><br>Program<br>20.30 Best of YouTube<br>21.30 Sin Sin Collective<br>22.00 The RaaskalBOMfukkerZ<br>23.00 EINDBAAS dj team (Klazien Schaap & Frans Twisk) + VJ Rosa Menkman<br>00.00 EINDBAAS dj team (Klazien Schaap & Frans Twisk) + VJ Minke Kampman<br>01.00 End_<br><br>Location<br>Schijnheilig // Passeerdersgracht 23BG<br><a href="mailto:info@schijnheilig.org">info@schijnheilig.org</a><br>+31 (0)6 4797 2033<br><br>Organization<br>Lonneke, Esther, Anne & Marc<br>Questions? Please mail <a href="mailto:a.helmond@uva.nl">a.helmond@uva.nl</a> or <a href="mailto:e.j.t.weltevrede@uva.nl">e.j.t.weltevrede@uva.nl</a><br><br><br>BIOGRAPHIES<br><br>Sin Sin Collective<br>Dubbed ‘digital terrorists’ by The Irish Times, sin sin is an<br>international group of pan media artists working under the auspices of<br>their beloved leader, The Fat Controller. Sin Sin Collective makes<br>performances, music and art animations using new technology in<br>combination with classical techniques. See<br><a href="http://sinsincollective.com/">http://sinsincollective.com</a>.<br><br>The RaaskalBOMfukkerZ<br>Notorious rogue with pockets full of surprises in the form of<br>intricate noise / soundscape of hip-hop with eggs and poisonous<br>complex versification (from Russian bio). More on:<br><a href="http://www.myspace.com/raaskalbomfukkerz">http://www.myspace.com/raaskalbomfukkerz</a><br><br>EINDBAAS DJ team (Klazien Schaap & Frans Twisk)<br>EINDBAAS is the bad guy at the end of every computergame. We all know<br>him, he comes in shapes and sizes, he's invincible and always there.<br>EINDBAAS! It’s also the name of the super super super happy and<br>happening chiptune parties in Utrecht, hosted by dj PCK and Kla. They<br>love you getting your kicks playing their upbeat chiptunes, micro<br>dubstep, and other 8-bit dance delights. <a href="http://www.micromusic.nl/">www.micromusic.nl</a><br><br>VJ Rosa Menkman<br>Every technology possess its own inherent accidents. Rosa Menkman is a<br>Dutch visualist who focuses on visual artifacts created by accidents<br>in digital media. The visuals she makes are the result of glitches,<br>compressions, feedback and other forms of noise. Although many people<br>perceive these accidents as negative experiences, Rosa emphasizes<br>their positive consequences. <a href="http://rosa-menkman.blogspot.com/">http://rosa-menkman.blogspot.com/</a> and<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/rosamenkman">http://www.youtube.com/rosamenkman</a><br><br>VJ Minke Kampman (VIADUKTAPE)<br>VIADUKTAPE does it low-tech, analogue, crispy, trashy with lots of vodka.<br>One does the live VJ input that the other brings to the screen in a<br>wild performance. It’s like an electronique etch-a-sketch that keeps<br>on sketching. <a href="http://viaduktape.com/">http://viaduktape.com/</a><br></div></blockquote></body></html>