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RED CIENTIFICA PERUANA                                                 NOTIRED
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                ...OTIS presents...
        another-of-many-collaboration-projects

          S Y N E R G Y : C R O S S W I R E
                  announcement #2

        START: July 12, 1993
        END  : August 16, 1993

        SYNERGY is the name for a continuing
        series of visual art collaboration
        exercises designed to weave the net
        even more strongly and instigate
        communication on all levels between
        participants.

        CROSSWIRE is the second in the series
        (the first was REVOLT) and will work
        like this:

        - you send in an original, but un-
          finished image.  This can be done
          via uuencoded email, FTP upload,
          or by sending in a copy via normal
          surface post.  All images will end
          up in GIF or JPG digital format.

        - accompanying your original image,
          you will send a one or two line
          text description of your image.
          If you do not provide one, we will
          write it.  The text description is
          to be integrated into a large text
          file that other participants can
          browse...deciding which image they
          wish to manipulate.

        - there are three stages...
          STARTER, MANIPULATION and FINISHED.
          The initial image you send in is your
          "starter" image.  Any "starter"
          manipulated by another participant
          is then a "manipulated" image.  Any
          "manipulated" image that is manipulated
          to completion is called a "finished"
          image.

        - a sub-directory called CROSSWIRE will
          be opened up in the OTIS directory
          at the FTP site SunSite.UNC.EDU.
          On July 12th, this directory will
          be filled with "starter" images
          from other CROSSWIRE participants.
          You will then choose as many images
          as you like to manipulate, get them
          from the FTP site and go wild and
          synergetic.

        - when you finish manipulating an
          image, you will return it to us
          via email, FTP or snail-mail, as
          described above.

        - you can then choose another image
          that has already been "manipulated"
          to "finish".  Returning it as we
          mentioned above.

        - you will be able to repeat the
          steps as many times as you like
          with whatever images you like. There
          will be an ID-based titling system
          so images will be titled in such
          a way as to provide easy tracking
          and identification.

        - (note: you need not be able to
           manipulate or finish images to
           participate.  If you'd like to
           just send in a starter image,
           that's acceptable)

        - (note2: starters are requested in
           before July 12th, but you may
           join in at any time between
           then and August 16th.  The
           earlier, the better chance your
           starter will make it to finished)


        There will be the dynamic of survival
        working within the collaboration
        project.  This is because some starter
        images may not be chosen to be
        manipulated, thus not getting finished.
        We will delete any non-finished works
        at the end of the project.

        Survival of the visually fittest.
        Opti-memetics.

        The finished images will be stored and
        then displayed indefinitely in their
        own directory under OTIS/COLLABS.
        They will be available for all to
        see.

        If interested, send starter images or
        questions via...

        ...email to:
        crosswire@unomaha.edu

        ...or snail-mail to:
        OTIS...SYNERGY:CROSSWIRE
        PO BX 241113
        Omaha, NE 68124-1113
        USA
        (images accepted in photograph, photocopy or on IBM/MAC disk)
        (SASE if you'd like them returned)

        ...or FTP images to:
        sunsite.unc.edu (/pub/multimedia/pictures/OTIS/Incoming)
        (all FTPs must be accompanied by text or email, or else
         we might not know who they are from)

        More information will be sent out to participants
        detailing the specifics and giving them their own
        personal CROSSWIRE ID.

        Be sure to check out the results of our first
        collaboration project, REVOLT, at SunSite.unc.edu
        in the /pub/multimedia/pictures/OTIS/collabs/REVOLT
        directory.

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