<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--> <!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial">Press Release March 2008<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <!--EndFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial"> <b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><img src="cid:8CA80538-C833-47C3-9F10-118E2B9E0471@local"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b> </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><img width="81" height="83" src="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image003.png" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"></span></span></span></b></span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial"><b>Exhibition, Conference & Screenings</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">4 April – 4 May 08</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:48.0pt;margin-bottom: 12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: Arial">FIL<i>M</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: Arial">OBILE is a network project developed at the University of Westminster bringing together the mobile phone industry, filmmakers and artists working with mobile devices. In April and May 2008 FIL<i>M</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">OBILE is organising a major international event consisting of a gallery exhibition, cinema screenings and an international conference. This event will explore the cultural and economic impact brought about by new mobile technologies and initiate debates between artists, the media and the new mobile industry.<span style="color:#0020D3"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial">The FIL<i>M</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">OBILE EXHIBITION at London Gallery West will feature mobile art works by Mark Amerika, Camille Baker, Bebe Beard, Melissa Bliss, Elly Clarke, Romain Forquy, Steve Hawley, Brian House, Brooke A. Knight, Simon Longo, Anne Massoni, Kasia Molga, Sylvie Prasad, Michele Pred, Henry Reichhold, Max Schleser and Jo Thomas.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial">The FIL<i>M</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">OBILE CONFERENCE at The Old Lumiere Cinema includes more than 22 speakers from the USA, South Africa, Australia, Germany, Italy and the UK addressing the global impact of mobile technologies in the domain of art, media and communication. A live web broadcast with the <i>Mobilefest</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"> in Brazil is scheduled to take place during the conference. For detailed conference program see <b><a href="http://www.filmobile.net"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none">www.filmobile.net</span></a></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial">To complement the event, SCREENINGS of world premiere mobile feature productions, including <i>SMS Sugar Man, Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me It Would Become This Bad In Afghanistan, <span style="color:black">NAUSEA</span></i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><i>and Max With A Kaitai </i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">will also be presented at The Old Lumiere Cinema, Regent Street.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow""><b>For detailed program information see: <a href="http://www.filmobile.net"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none">www.filmobile.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow""><b>The events are free to attend but registration via email or text-message is essential. Email to <a href="mailto:info@filmobile.net">info@filmobile.net</a> or text FILMOBILE to 81707 including your name and email address to register (texts cost 1 standard message).<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b><u> <o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b><u>FILMOBILE EXHIBITION at London Gallery West, Watford Road, Harrow HA1 3TP (tube: Northwick Park)</u><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>Exhibition Private View: <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>Thursday 3 April, 5pm – 8pm at London Gallery West<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial">Featuring a live performance by Jo Thomas and <i>Visual Rhythms</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>Exhibition Opening Times: <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial">4 April to 4 May, 2008. 9 am to 5pm daily <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black"><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b><u>FIL<i>M</i></u></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b><u>OBILE CONFERENCE AND SCREENINGS at The Old Lumiere Cinema, 309 Regent Street, London W1R 8AL (tube: Oxford Circus):</u><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>Friday 4 April <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>4pm – 6pm: FIL<i>M</i></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>OBILE Conference <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Melissa Bliss (Artist), </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Emma Bewley, (TV Producer, Leo Burnett), Tony Fish (AMF VENTURES), Helen Keegan, Kasia Molga (artist), Dennis Morrison (zzizzl Films), Emily Renshaw-Smith (Current TV)<span style="color:black"> and Jo Thomas (sound artist), </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>6.30pm - 8.30pm: FIL<i>M</i></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>OBILE Cinema screening<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>8.30pm: FIL<i>M</i></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>OBILE Reception</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>Saturday 5 April<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>10:30 – 18:30 FIL<i>M</i></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>OBILE conference</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Bebe Beard (Suffolk University, Bosten), Camille Baker (SMARTlab, University of East London), Professor Emiliana De Blasio (University of Campobasso, Italy), Mark Brill (Ping Corporation Ltd, immedia24), Chris Chadwick (ICDC, Liverpool), Elizabeth Evans (University of Nottingham), Daniel Florencio – Mobile content producer (Brazil / UK), Professor (Dr) Lizbeth Goodman (SMARTlab), <span style="color:black">Marcelo Godoy (Mobilefest, Brazil), </span>Paulo Hartmann <span style="color:black">(Mobilefest, Brazil)</span>, Professor Steve Hawley (Manchester Metropolitan University), Larissa Hjorth (RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), <span style="color:black">Monica Horten (University of Westminster), </span>Brian House (Knifeandfork – New York, USA), Dr. Thomas Meyer (University of Siegen, Germany), Max Schleser (University of Westminster), Professor Michele Sorice (Crisc-Cmcs, University of Rome, Italy and University of Lugano, Switzerland) and Dr. Terry Wright (University of Ulster).<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"; color:black">FIL<i>M</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black">OBILE is supported by the University of Westminster, HEIF (</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Arial Narrow"">Higher Education Innovation Fund), London Westside<span style="color:black">, CREAM (Centre for Research and Education in Art and Media), </span>London Gallery West, Immedia 24 and the new media eXchange. FILMOBILE is part of the NODE.London Spring ’08 season <span style="color:black">– <a href="http://nodel.org"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none">http://nodel.org</span></a></span>. FIL<i>M</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"">OBILE works in collaboration with the Mobilefest in San Paulo, Brazil.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow""> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:gray"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:1in;height:26pt'> <v:imagedata src="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image006.jpg" o:title="75308 WF CreatIndNet"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><img border="0" width="72" height="26" src="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image007.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1027"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1028" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:99pt;height:22pt'> <v:imagedata src="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image008.gif" o:althref="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image009.pct" o:title=""/> </v:shape><![endif]--><img border="0" width="99" height="22" src="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image010.png" v:shapes="_x0000_i1028"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1029" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:38pt;height:38pt'> <v:imagedata src="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image011.png" o:title="London Westside logo"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><img border="0" width="38" height="38" src="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image012.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1029"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1030" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:54pt;height:27pt'> <v:imagedata src="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image013.jpg" o:title="LDA"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><img border="0" width="54" height="27" src="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image014.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1030"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1031" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:81pt;height:24pt'> <v:imagedata src="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image015.jpg" o:title="nodel_logo"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><img border="0" width="81" height="24" src="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image016.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1031"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1032" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:63pt;height:38pt'> <v:imagedata src="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image017.jpg" o:title="Mobilefest"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><img border="0" width="63" height="38" src="file://localhost/Users/shirley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image018.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1032"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial">Press images available on request. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:gray">London Gallery West, University of Westminster, Watford Rd, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3TP<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:gray">FIL<i>M</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:gray">OBILE </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><a href="http://www.filmobile.net"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none">www.fil<i>m</i></span><span style="color:black;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none">obile.net</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:gray"> e: <a href="mailto:info@filmobile.net"><span style="color:gray;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none">info@filmobile.net</span></a> m: 0791 9032 166.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->
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