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Friday March 4th, 2005 at 4:30 pm
Saturday March 5th, 2005
at 2:00 pm

Einstein Auditorium - Barney Building
Department of Art and Art Professions, New York University
34 Stuyvesant Street (at 9th Street between 3rd and 2nd Avenues)
New York City

The War of The Worlds

File under: semiotic warfare, media activism, critical entertainment

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Friday March 4th, 2005 at 4:30 pm
Saturday March 5th, 2005 at 2:00 pm

Einstein Auditorium - Barney Building
Department of Art and Art Professions, New York University
34 Stuyvesant Street (at 9th Street between 3rd and 2nd Avenues)
New York City

Featuring
The Yes Men
Yomango
Big Noise
Candida TV
Eddo Stern
retroYou/Nostalg

Presented by d-i-n-a <digital is not analog> in conjunction with the New York University Department of Culture and Communication and Department of Art and Art Professions.


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Schedule of Events

Semiotic Warfare
Friday March 4th 2005

4:30 pm Introduction: Professor Nicholas Mirzoeff, Director, Visual Culture MA Program.
5:00 The Yes Men presents “The Yes Bush Can!” (US)
6:30 Yomango (Spain)

Media Activism and Critical Entertainment
Saturday March 5th 2005

2:00 pm Big Noise (US)
3:30 Candida (Italy)
5:00 Eddo Stern (US)
6:30 Nostalg/Retroyou (Spain)

8 pm Reception


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d-i-n-a is a cultural association based in Barcelona, Bologna, Rome and New York that has been active since 2000 in several projects related to arts, grassroots media and communication. d-i-n-a organized four international festivals dedicated to different forms of direct intervention in the world through digital technology, arts, and media.

The Department of Culture and Communication is the premier center for the study of media, culture and communication at NYU enrolling 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The alumni include media executives, professors, and scholars, journalists, media educators, and activists.

The Department of Art and Art Professions brings together artists, educators, therapists, administrators and visual culture innovators who influence the visual arts at local, national, and international levels.


For further information, please contact gc510@nyu.edu
call press office at 212-998-5799 or visit:
http://www.d-i-n-a.net/wotw