Richard Rinehart <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On December 1, the University Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive at UC
>Berkeley will close down it's WWW site to help illustrate a day without
>art.

While we are not a museum (yet) artnetweb will be hosting a project by Creative
Time in New York. A
description follows. Please contact Carol at Creative Time ([log in to unmask])
if you want to join.
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ROBBIN MURPHY
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http://artnetweb.com/artnetweb/
426 Broome Street, NYC 10013  212 925-1885



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>Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 14:02:52 -0500
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>Subject: Day Without Art WEB ACTION 1995
>
>Greetings from Creative Time
>TO:      My fast and friendly CyberPals
>FROM:  Carol - Hey Howdy!
>DATE:   13 November 1995
>
>I'm whipping myself up into a frenzy to execute my first web project, DAY
>WITHOUT ART WEB ACTION 1995.
>
>PROJECT DESCRIPTION
>For the duration of December 1st, Creative Time wants to coordinate a
>collective linking together in digital observance of the 7th annual Day
>Without Art to create a moment of pause -- to create a visible network of
>consciousness anchored to this day.
>
>MY PERSONAL APPEAL TO YOU
>In a couple days I'll be sending out batches of e-mail to individuals and
>sites that I hope will participate.  I am contacting you ahead of time in the
>hope you will want to participate and have suggestions and e-mail addresses
>for other web sites I should contact.  I know this is VERY SHORT NOTICE,  but
>even a couple addresses would be great.  I'm also going to send you the
>official invitation to participate in a couple days.
>
>HOW TO PARTICIPATE
>Contained in the soon-to-be-sent email will be the Day Without Art graphic
>and the code needed to hyperlink your homepage to the WEB ACTION 1995 site.
>
>SITE CONTENT
>Click on the Day Without Art icon and this is what you will encounter:
>
>*A refresh animation of the  following John Giorno poem:
>
>The World is getting empty of
>everyone I know
>
>One by One
>
>In every direction
>
>They are leaving
>this world
>
>for some people
>Everyone they know has died.
>
>*After the Giorno "reading"  descriptive information about DWA and this
>project follows.
>
>*4 GIFs of Visual AIDS broadsides
>
>*Links to other AIDS-related sites and DWA observances.
>
>I'm trying to keep this "brief" so if you have any questions you can contact
>me @ 212.206.6674 ext. 201 or [log in to unmask]
>
>I hope your autumnal movements are productive and look forward to hearing
>from you soon.
>