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I'm looking for a band to play at our wedding in April 2014, was hoping to pay round about £800,is this totally unrealistic?
I'm looking for a band to play at our wedding in April 2014, was hoping to pay round about £800,is this totally unrealistic?
Try Hire a Band website. You type in your budget and they give you a list of bands for that price.
Good Luckxx
We booked 3 card trick for our wedding in August. They played my friends wedding last year and were great! We paid just under £900 so not much over your budget, although they are getting popular so their price may go up. Price usually goes up, the more members of the band there are, so in theory, a duo would cost significantly less than a 7 piece. Hope this helps
Our band cost £800 and we both preferred them to any other band - it wasnt the cost that made us book them but there style and music.
Hi there, our band (called "my wedding band") cost £1000 BUT this price was bumped up because they added on travel and accommodation from East Kilbride to Inverness. So they are less than this for more "local" weddings. We had so many comments about how good they were at our wedding.
Hi I know Hireaband do showcases aswell, so might be a good idea to go to one of them, means you get to see everyone at the same time and also suss out prices. Good luck x
We booked The Kicks, they were £895 and are brilliant! We also heard 3 Card Trick, liked them too, think their price was £995.
We saw them both at a Coast Entertainments Showcase but you can hear them on their website www.weddingandfunctionbands.co.uk
Hope this helps x
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we've booked studio, and theyre only £850 and we love them
I think its really important to have a live band, and not one that uses backing tracks, i think it will be worth it moneywise
We're having Jiggered and they came in under that budget xx
I've kissed a lot of frogs to find my Prince!! Roll on 5th August 2012!!!!
You should check out Pulse - they have a trio band who are fantastic! I have booked them for my wedding, they are slightly above your price range but well worth the money in my opinion.
We have just booked Fiore Wedding band for our wedding next Aug. This is a 6 piece band with both male and female vocalists.
They are really reasonably priced and i would highly recommend them!
Check out their website;
I was at a friends wedding recently and they had this great ceilidh and pop covers band. They were a four piece but came definitely came in under £1000. Think they were called Reel Time Band... Was awesome to have a bit of ceilidh mixed in with the covers. Going to see if they are free for mine next year but definitely gonna check out the other suggestions. Thanks guys!
I went to a hire a band showcase and saw studio also and they, in my fiance's and my opinion were the best and as already said were £850 we then won a band in a compition my MIL 2B had entered and i was gutted to not have studio anymore, we lost our deposit but they are great and have a saxophone which makes it so funky! We now have Hidden Agenda who are a house band for Maggie May's pay day Friday and are an 8 piece soul band and I love them but i think they are expensive, if you dont win them. Good Luck
What kind of band are you wanting? My fiance is in a ceilidh band if you want more info PM me.
Hi everyone
Thanks so much for your help! I'm thinking my budget is shot to pieces now as my fiancé is becoming increasingly fussy over our band!
MrCtobe, thanks for your offer. We are looking for a band that's a mixture, I'm not a big fan of ceilidh.
THREE CARD TRICK!!!! Right on budget!! xxxx
I noticed that somebody had recomended Fiore - we have also booked them for our big day.
Just had to say that they were the best band that we seen (and we went to a lot of showcases) and they were really reasonable.
We went to see them at their showcase in June and it was a great night!! The dance floor was packed all night so we booked them there and then!! Really looking forward to having them at our wedding
We had the same sort of budget as you and managed to get a great band within our budget
Good luck!!
Hi contact a band called "the fundamentals" AMAZING band they love to work around your budget 6 piece band and play all sorts of music you will find them on Facebook or google there website xx good luck oh may I add I had them at my wedding on 3rd June dance floor was packed all night xx


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Happy New Year! Well, we made it through all the craziness of the holiday season and now it's time to get down to business!
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December 2, 2013
Baby, it's cold outside!
Brrr…..I'm not loving this crazy winter stuff. After living in Vancouver, BC for three years, my body just isn't prepared for these chilly days! I guess there is no turning back now, winter has arrived!
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I apologize for not updating my website recently but it has been a very hectic month. In fact, you can learn all about it in my latest blog! Now that things have calmed down, I'm hoping to put more time and attention on my writing.
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So here's the news! I'm currently in the process of moving from west to east! Tried the western living thing and it's not really for me and as my friend Nadine used to say, 'I'm heading out for a new adventure'. So in between packing, cleaning and killing the fruit flies that invaded my home, I took the time to write a new blog about coloring outside the lines.
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Company News From National Association Of Manufacturers (NAM)
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Manufacturers: Transportation Bill Will Create Jobs and Enhance Competitiveness
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Manufacturers: New Export Control Framework a Welcome Step Forward
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Manufacturers: Increase in Unemployment Highlights Need for Pro-Growth Policies to Create Jobs
Jun 28, 2011
Manufacturers: FTAs Need to Move Quickly for Jobs and Growth
Jun 23, 2011
Manufacturers: Congress Must Protect Intellectual Property and Jobs
Jun 15, 2011
Manufacturers: Foreign and Domestic Investment Will Improve Competiveness
Jun 13, 2011
Manufacturers: Jobs and Competitiveness Council's Momentum and Goals are Positive Steps
Jun 08, 2011
President Obama Hosts Event with Manufacturing Institute and NAM
May 31, 2011
Manufacturers Welcome News of Nomination of Commerce Secretary
May 12, 2011
Comments of the National Association of Manufacturers Before the Senate Finance Committee
May 12, 2011
Senate Introduces Bill to Protect Manufacturing Jobs by Shutting Down Rogue Websites
May 11, 2011
Manufacturers: Resuming Offshore Drilling Will Help Job Creation
May 06, 2011
Despite 9 Percent Unemployment, Manufacturing Shows Gains
May 05, 2011
House Vote to Expand Energy Sources Sets the Stage for Economic Growth
May 04, 2011
Manufacturers: Trade Agreements Will Create Jobs
May 01, 2011
National Manufacturing Institute Partners with University of Phoenix to Offer Scholarships and Higher Education Opportunities to Manufacturing Employees
Apr 29, 2011
Manufacturers: Treasury Proposal on Derivatives Market a Key Step Forward
Apr 22, 2011
Manufacturing Expert to Speak at Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Apr 15, 2011
President and Congress Repeal Burdensome Reporting Requirement for Manufacturers
Apr 05, 2011
Manufacturers Applaud Senate Vote to Repeal 1099 Reporting Requirement
Apr 01, 2011
Manufacturers Support Bipartisan Bill to Empower Workforce and Create Jobs
Mar 31, 2011
The Manufacturing Institute Releases Roadmap for Education Reform in Manufacturing
Mar 03, 2011
Manufacturers: Bipartisan Energy Bill Will Help Economic Recovery
Mar 03, 2011
Manufacturers: Mexican Trucking Deal Will Boost Exports
Mar 03, 2011
Manufacturers Commend House Vote to Remove Costly Burden
Jan 27, 2011
Manufacturers: Increased Global Demand for Energy Presents Opportunity for U.S.
Jan 25, 2011
Manufacturers Reiterate Call for a Manufacturing Strategy
Jan 25, 2011
Manufacturers Welcome OSHA's Temporary Withdrawal of MSD Proposal: Another Sign the Agency Is Listening to Employer Concerns
Jan 21, 2011
NAM and Colonial Circuits Honor Congressman Robert Wittman for Supporting a Pro-Manufacturing Agenda
Jan 18, 2011
Manufacturers: Excessive Government Regulations Have Harmed Economic Growth
Jan 13, 2011
Manufacturers: EPA's Permit Suspension for Disposal of Mining Waste Creates Widespread Uncertainty
Jan 13, 2011
Technology Policy Expert Joins the NAM
Jan 06, 2011
Manufacturers: William Daley a Strong Choice for White House Chief of Staff
Dec 23, 2010
Manufacturers: EPA's Overregulation Agenda Continues
Dec 21, 2010
National Association of Manufacturers Names Jay Timmons President and CEO
Dec 17, 2010
Manufacturers: America COMPETES Act Will Improve Competitiveness
Dec 16, 2010
Manufacturers: Tax Relief Will Spur Economic Recovery and Job Growth
Dec 15, 2010
NAM Urges House to Act Quickly to Boost Economic Recovery and Job Growth
Dec 13, 2010
Manufacturers: Senate Bill Provides Much-Needed Incentives To Grow Our Economy
Dec 09, 2010
Manufacturers: Changes to Export Control System Will Boost Economic Growth and Jobs
Dec 08, 2010
Manufacturers Congratulate Rep. Dave Camp on His Appointment as Chairman of Ways and Means Committee
Dec 08, 2010
Manufacturers Congratulate Rep. Fred Upton on His Appointment as Chairman of Energy and Commerce Committee
Dec 07, 2010
Proposed Compromise on Tax Relief Is a Positive Step for Jobs and Economy
Dec 06, 2010
NAM Partners with Commerce Department to Boost Exports
Dec 01, 2010
Manufacturers Welcome Fiscal Commission's Report
Nov 03, 2010
Manufacturers Encouraged by Newly Elected Congress
Oct 28, 2010
Top Government Trade Official Joins the NAM
Oct 07, 2010
Douglas Oberhelman of Caterpillar Elected Vice Chair of the Manufacturers' Association
Oct 07, 2010
Mary Andringa of Vermeer Corp Elected Chair of the National Association of Manufacturers
Oct 04, 2010
Manufacturers Release Key Vote Record for 111th Congress
Oct 01, 2010
Manufacturers Welcome Ratification of United Kingdom, Australia Defense Treaties
Sep 30, 2010
Manufacturers Call on Administration to Lift Offshore Drilling Moratorium
Sep 29, 2010
Manufacturing Institute Receives National Support as Part of Lumina Foundation's Adult Learners Strategy
Sep 29, 2010
Manufacturers: Passage of AMERICA Works Act Is Step in Right Direction; Quick Senate Action Is Needed
Sep 22, 2010
NAM and Pennsylvania Manufacturers Partner on New Statewide Manufacturing Initiative
Sep 16, 2010
Manufacturers Welcome New Members of Adminstration's Trade Advisory Group
Sep 16, 2010
Senate Action on Bonus Depreciation, Expensing A Step in Right Direction
Sep 14, 2010
Manufacturing Institute and National Center for Biotech Workforce Join Forces for Future Pipeline
Aug 30, 2010
Manufacturers Support Efforts to Modernize Export Controls
Aug 30, 2010
Manufacturing Institute Teams with Indiana Colleges to Prepare Students for Careers in Manufacturing
Aug 12, 2010
Caterpillar Announces Opening of New Plant; Reaffirms Role of Manufacturing in Economic Recovery
Aug 11, 2010
Manufacturers Praise President's Signing of Miscellaneous Tariff Bill
Aug 05, 2010
Manufacturers Welcome New Members of Manufacturing Council
Jul 27, 2010
Senate Passage of Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Is Victory for Job Creation
Jul 26, 2010
Doubling Exports in Five Years: How We Do It
Jul 14, 2010
Manufacturers Support Extension of Bonus Depreciation
Jun 30, 2010
Manufacturers Support Creation of Export Control Entity
Jun 28, 2010
Manufacturers Release Comprehensive Strategy for Global Competitiveness
Jun 25, 2010
Manufacturers Support America Works Act
Jun 22, 2010
Manufacturers Welcome National IP Enforcement Strategy
Jun 22, 2010
Manufacturers: Decision to Lift Drilling Moratorium Is a Positive Step
Jun 16, 2010
Durable Goods Drive Up Manufacturing in May
Jun 08, 2010
Manufacturers Urge Senate to Pass Murkowski Resolution
Jun 04, 2010
Manufacturing Employment Up Again in May
Jun 01, 2010
Manufacturing Activity Remains Strong in May
May 26, 2010
Durable Goods: Up, Up and Away! At Least for Aircraft
May 18, 2010
NAM Survey Shows Manufacturing Confidence Improving
May 14, 2010
NAM Economist on April Industrial Production Report
May 12, 2010
Manufacturers Urge House to Support America COMPETES Act
May 12, 2010
In March, A Rise in Manufactured Goods Imports
May 07, 2010
NAM Economist on April Employment Numbers
May 06, 2010
Manufacturers Hail Passage of Home Star Energy Retrofit Act
May 03, 2010
NAM Chief Economist on ISM Manufacturing Report
Apr 21, 2010
Manufacturers Commend General Motors for Repayment of Government Loans
Apr 21, 2010
NAM Statement on Senate Derivatives Bill
Apr 20, 2010
Manufacturers Encouraged by Administration's Export Control Changes
Apr 15, 2010
NAM Sees Progress in New Chinese Indigenous Innovation Guidelines
Apr 13, 2010
Manufacturers Call for Fundamental Overhaul of Export Control System
Apr 09, 2010
Manufacturers' Chief Economist David Huether Joins New Associated Press Board of Economists
Apr 01, 2010
Manufacturers Statement on Arbitration Tribunal Ruling on Ecuadorian Violations
Mar 31, 2010
Manufacturers Urge Continued Expansion of Offshore Development
Mar 18, 2010
Manufacturers Support Extension of the Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit
Mar 18, 2010
Manufacturers Say HomeStar Will Create Jobs
Mar 16, 2010
Manufacturers Encouraged by FCC's National Broadband Plan
Mar 15, 2010
Manufacturing Production Edges Down in February
Mar 11, 2010
Manufacturers Welcome President Obama's Export Initiatives
Mar 10, 2010
Manufacturers Commend Senate on Passage of Tax Extenders in Jobs Bill
Mar 01, 2010
FTAs Win Trade Olympics with Exports of Manufactured Goods
Feb 23, 2010
NAM Statement on Toyota Hearings
Feb 22, 2010
The Manufacturers Announce New Branding and Website
Feb 22, 2010
Manufacturers Disappointed with Senate Jobs Bill - Doesn't Go Far Enough to Create Jobs
Feb 16, 2010
NAM Says Nuclear Plant Federal Loan Guarantee Will Create Jobs
Feb 16, 2010
Manufacturing Sector Challenges EPA on 'Endangerment Finding'
Feb 04, 2010
NAM Welcomes Administration's Goal of Doubling Exports
Jan 27, 2010
NAM Commends President for Focus on Jobs and Calls for Immediate Action to Put Americans Back to Work
Jan 27, 2010
NAM Statement on President's Budget Proposal
Jan 26, 2010
New Study Gives Roadmap for U.S. Job Creation and Long-Term Growth
Jan 21, 2010
New Report Recommends Strategies to Create Mfg Jobs
Jan 21, 2010
NAM Welcomes USTR Focus on Small and Medium-Sized Exporters
Dec 10, 2009
NAM Supports Murphy Amendment on Derivatives
Nov 05, 2009
NAM Commends Congressional Passage of Expanded Net Operating Loss Tax Relief
Oct 22, 2009
NAM President Engler Commends Congress for Approving U.S.-UAE "123" Civil Nuclear Agreement
Oct 22, 2009
NAM Comments on FCC Proposed Rulemaking on Broadband Industry Practices
Oct 16, 2009
NAM Chief Economist Statement on Economic Indicators
Oct 13, 2009
NAM Supports Carbon Capture Project
Oct 09, 2009
NAM Economist Sees Opportunity in Improving Trade Data
Oct 06, 2009
New Data Show U.S. World's Largest Mfg Economy But Faces Many Risks
Oct 02, 2009
NAM Economist Sees Latest Jobs Report as a "Yellow Flag" for Economic Recovery
Oct 02, 2009
Leading Business Groups Issue Principles and Objectives for Export Control Modernization
Oct 01, 2009
Nam Commends Secretary Locke on Proposed Reforms of Export Controls
Sep 23, 2009
NAM Urges Senators to Support EPA "Time Out" on Greenhouse Gases
Sep 18, 2009
NAM Comment on Baucus Legislation
Sep 16, 2009
NAM Urges Congress to Pass H.R. 3246,The Advanced Vehicle Technology Act
Sep 10, 2009
House Majority Leader Hoyer Speaks to NAM Members
Sep 04, 2009
NAM Chief Economist Comments on Jobs Report
Sep 03, 2009
NAM Labor Day Report Shows Prospects For A Manufacturing Recovery
Aug 14, 2009
NAM Welcomes President's Review of Export Control System
Jul 24, 2009
NAM Says Voluntary Standards System Drives U.S. Innovation
Jul 24, 2009
Team Vargo wins Lighthouse Award for Advancing Understanding of Global Trade
Jul 22, 2009
NAM-DOC to Host Technology Event July 24
Jul 16, 2009
NAM Applauds New Trade Enforcement Initiatives
Jul 09, 2009
NAM President John Engler Tells House Committee Obsolete Export Control System Must Be Revamped
Jul 09, 2009
R&D Tax Coalition Praises House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology for Recognizing the Importance of Small Business Innovators
Jun 30, 2009
NAM Says EPA's Waiver for California Auto Emission Standards May Create Regulatory Uncertainty
Jun 24, 2009
NAM Supports Funding for Infrastructure
Jun 23, 2009
NAM Supports Administration's WTO Case Against China
Jun 18, 2009
Industry Report Shows Customs Rule Excessively Expensive
Jun 05, 2009
NAM Supports Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Production of Oil Shale Resources
Jun 03, 2009
NAM Commends Administration's Initiative to Protect Nation's Cyber-Infrastructure
May 27, 2009
Manufacturing Institute Receives Gates Foundation Grant for National Skills Certification System
May 21, 2009
NAM Urges Speedy, Favorable Senate Action on U.S. - Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
May 18, 2009
Industries Endorse USTR's Commitment to DOHA
May 14, 2009
NAM Says CPSC Decision Denying Stay of Labeling Rule Fosters Confusion and Uncertainty
May 12, 2009
NAM Says Trade Decline Has Not Yet Hit Bottom
May 08, 2009
NAM Commends Interior Secretary Salazar for Upholding Bush Administration Ruling
May 06, 2009
NAM Says Rep. Ellen Tauscher is Excellent Choice for Under Secretary of State
May 06, 2009
NAM Welcomes Bi-Partisan Energy Bill to Expand Production, Promote Diversity
May 05, 2009
NAM Welcomes Administration's New Consumer Product Safety Effort
May 01, 2009
NAM Welcomes USTR Kirk's Action on Intellectual Property Protection
Apr 29, 2009
NAM Urges Senate to Vote Against 2010 Budget Resolution
Apr 20, 2009
New Edition of Competitiveness Redbook
Apr 17, 2009
NAM Urges Federal Regulators to Defer to Congress on Climate Issue
Apr 09, 2009
Manufactured Goods Trade Balance Improves As Imports Fall More Than Exports
Apr 08, 2009
Federal Officials Told 154,000 High-Paying Louisiana Jobs Depend on Access to OCS Oil and Gas
Apr 06, 2009
NAM President's Council Member Jeff Uhlenburg Advocates Expanded Development of OCS Resources
Apr 01, 2009
NAM President Urges Congress to Fix New Product Safety Law
Mar 25, 2009
NAM Supports Energy Efficiency Legislation
Mar 24, 2009
NAM Commends Senator Specter for Stand Against Card Check
Mar 19, 2009
NAM Says Failure to Honor Agreement with Mexico Threatens U.S. Manufacturing Jobs
Mar 19, 2009
NAM Welcomes Treasury Announcement of Auto Supplier Support Program
Mar 17, 2009
NAM'S VargoTells House Trade Subcommittee United States Is 'Missing the Boat' on Exports
Mar 13, 2009
Manufactured Goods Trade Decline Accelerates
Mar 13, 2009
NAM Board Of Directors Approves Resolution Opposing Employee Free Choice Act
Mar 09, 2009
America Ranks #8 in Global Innovation Index, Behind Singapore, South Korea, and Switzerland
Mar 04, 2009
New NAM Mfg Skills Certification System Will Help New & Transitioning Workers
Mar 03, 2009
NAM Says Proposed Overturn of Interior Rule Will Delay Energy Development, Construction
Mar 02, 2009
NAM Encouraged By President Obama's Trade Policy Agenda
Feb 25, 2009
NAM President Says Gary Locke Will Be Strong Commerce Secretary
Feb 24, 2009
NAM Agenda Emphasizes Priorities for Economic Growth
Feb 18, 2009
NAM Says Collapse of Housing Market Demands Aggressive Action
Feb 18, 2009
NAM Says Competitive Auto Industry is Essential to Manufacturing Base
Feb 17, 2009
NAM Urges EPA Not to Reconsider Johnson Rule on Carbon Dioxide Permits for Power Plants
Feb 12, 2009
NAM Supports Stimulus Legislation
Feb 11, 2009
NAM Chairman Meets with Senate Democratic Leadership on Stimulus Package
Feb 11, 2009
NAM Notes Surplus With Free Trade Partners
Feb 06, 2009
Manufacturers Attend Creation of Economic Recovery Advisory Board at White House
Feb 05, 2009
NAM Welcomes Bipartisan Agreement to Improve Trade Adjustment Assistance
Feb 03, 2009
Secretary of Commerce Nominee a Champion of Manufacturing, Says NAM
Jan 29, 2009
NAM Calls for Delay in Effective Date for Lead Content Limits
Jan 28, 2009
NAM President Engler's Letter to House Leaders on Stimulus Bill
Jan 26, 2009
NAM Opposes California Waiver for Fuel Efficiency
Jan 26, 2009
NAM Supports WTO Finding on IPR Protection
Jan 20, 2009
NAM Congratulates President Obama, Manufacturers Offer Support for Economic Recovery
Jan 19, 2009
Sen. Warner (D-VA) Shares with Manufacturers of His Vision for Strengthening America's Competitiveness
Jan 16, 2009
NAM Welcomes Implementation Of Peru Trade Agreement
Jan 16, 2009
NAM Supports WTO Case Against Unjustified EU Ban On U.S.Poultry
Jan 16, 2009
NAM Commends Minerals Management Service for Launching OCS Energy Access Process
Jan 15, 2009
Mary Andringa of Vermeer Corp.to Serve as Vice Chair of the Nation's Largest Industrial Trade Association
Jan 15, 2009
NAM President Engler Hails U.S./UAE "123 Agreement" Signed Today; Urges Quick Congressional Approval
Jan 13, 2009
Manufactured Goods Balance Improves Sharply as Import Decline Outpaces Fall in Exports
Jan 12, 2009
NAM Commends European Commission for Resolving Long-Standing Labeling Issue
Jan 12, 2009
Michael Campbell Of Arch Chemicals Inc. To Lead Nation's Largest Industrial Trade Association
Dec 23, 2008
NAM Forms Customs and Border Coalition to Address Security and Trade Issues
Dec 19, 2008
NAM Welcomes Nomination of Ron Kirk to Serve as U.S. Trade Representative
Dec 19, 2008
NAM Statement on Nominations of LaHood and Solis
Dec 17, 2008
Manufacturers Look Forward To Working With Interior Secretary-Designate Ken Salazar
Dec 16, 2008
Manufacturers Welcome Selection of Arne Duncun for Education Secretary
Dec 12, 2008
NAM President Urges Administration to Use TARP Funds For Auto Companies
Dec 12, 2008
NAM Welcomes Action on Pension Plan Funding
Dec 11, 2008
NAM Sees Exports Still Rising While Imports Are Falling
Dec 08, 2008
NAM Says Ministerial Meeting on WTO Must Await Consensus on Sectoral Agreements
Dec 08, 2008
NAM to Address "How Carbon is Greening Manufacturing" - Dec 11
Nov 24, 2008
NAM Welcomes Improvements In Potentially Costly Customs Rule
Nov 19, 2008
American and European Industries Want More Results From the DOHA Round
Nov 17, 2008
NAM President Engler Urges Quick Approval of Auto Industry Loans
Nov 14, 2008
NAM Urges G-20 Nations Restore Global Financial Confidence
Nov 14, 2008
NAM Welcomes New FMLA Regulations
Nov 13, 2008
New Manufacturing Cost Study Shows Corporate Tax Burden Has Widened Steadily Since 2003
Nov 13, 2008
Manufactured Goods Exports Fall, Deficit Rises
Nov 12, 2008
New Study Comparing Cost Burdens of U.S. Manufacturers and Largest Trading Partners To Be Released Nov. 13
Nov 07, 2008
NAM President Stresses Importance of Stable Auto Industry In Economic Recovery
Nov 07, 2008
NAM President Engler, Executive VP Timmons Comment on Election Day Results in Radio Interviews
Nov 04, 2008
NAM Says Sectoral Agreements Can Rescue DOHA Round
Oct 30, 2008
NAM-BIPAC Post-Election Analysis by Business Leaders on Nov 5
Oct 29, 2008
Manufacturing Institute Launches First Industry-Focused Education Council
Oct 29, 2008
Engler Says Investment In Infrastructure Will Create Jobs, Strengthen Manufacturing
Oct 23, 2008
Dream It. Do It. Manufacturing Careers Campaign Spreads to 15 Regions, States
Oct 21, 2008
NAM President Calls For Study Of A Transatlantic Free Trade Area
Oct 13, 2008
NAM President Engler Calls On White House To Expedite Auto Industry Loans
Oct 13, 2008
NAM President Says Pro-IP Law Will Protect Businesses And Consumers
Oct 10, 2008
Rep. Conaway Braved Political Pressure to Vote for Financial Rescue Bill
Oct 10, 2008
Rising Manufactured Goods Exports Offer Good News On Beleaguered Economy
Oct 09, 2008
NAM Honors Congressional Supporters of Manufacturing Agenda
Oct 06, 2008
NAM President Engler Says Rising Exports Are Keeping Economy Afloat
Oct 03, 2008
NAM Commends Commerce Department for Modernizing Export Controls
Oct 03, 2008
NAM Commends House For Decisive Vote For Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
Oct 03, 2008
Sen. DeMint Says Card Check Bill Threatens Freedom and Free Enterprise
Oct 03, 2008
NAM Commends Congress on Renewal of Andean and GSP Trade Programs
Oct 02, 2008
NAM's Trowbridge Award Goes to New Hampshire Firm
Oct 02, 2008
NAM Hails Congressional Vote To Advance Nuclear Technology
Oct 02, 2008
NAM Directors Meet With President Bush Supporting Financial Rescue Legislation
Oct 01, 2008
NAM Says Commerce Export Control Reforms Will Help Manufacturers, Boost Economy
Sep 29, 2008
NAM President Engler Urges House To Reconsider No Vote On Financial Legislation
Sep 28, 2008
NAM President Engler Calls on Congress to Enact Financial Crisis Agreement
Sep 26, 2008
NAM Applauds Legislation to Fight Counterfeiting, Piracy
Sep 26, 2008
Sen. DeMint Says Ending Offshore Drilling Ban Important First Step Toward Boosting Energy Supply
Sep 24, 2008
NAM Urges Expeditious Bipartisan Action On Financial Crisis
Sep 24, 2008
NAM Commends House for Action on Auto Industry Loan Program
Sep 24, 2008
NAM Applauds Lifting of Ban on Offshore Drilling as Step Toward Energy Independence, Lower Prices
Sep 23, 2008
NAM Welcomes U.S. Entry Into P-4 Group Negotiations
Sep 19, 2008
NAM Small Manufacturer Operating Survey Shows Optimism About Sales, Investment & Growth
Sep 17, 2008
NAM Urges President to Sign ADA Amendments Act
Sep 12, 2008
Former EPA General Counsel Martella Says Business Should Be Wary of EPA Clean Air Proposal
Sep 11, 2008
NAM Tells House Committee R&D Tax Credit Is Vital To Small Manufacturers
Sep 11, 2008
NAM Commends Senate For Restoring $8 Billion To Highway Trust Fund
Sep 11, 2008
NAM Says Growing Exports Underscore Importance Of Free Trade Agreements
Sep 11, 2008
NAM Commends Senate For Strong Bipartisan Passage Of Balanced ADA Amendments Act
Sep 11, 2008
NAM Applauds Senate Judiciary for Action on IP Bill
Sep 11, 2008
NAM Supports Clean Air Bill by Sens. Inhofe and Voinovich
Sep 10, 2008
NAM President John Engler Statement On Federal Loans For Auto Industry
Sep 09, 2008
Baltimore Small Business Owner Urges Congress to Pass Health IT Bill to Curb Costs
Sep 08, 2008
NAM Executive Vice President Timmons Says McCain Outlined "Strong Vision" For U.S. Economy
Sep 05, 2008
NAM President John Engler Urges Quick Senate Action on Highway Trust Fund
Sep 04, 2008
Removal of Ohio Paid Leave Initiative Good For Job Growth, Says NAM
Sep 03, 2008
NAM Health Care Summit in Florida - Sept 8-10
Aug 29, 2008
NAM Executive Vice President Timmons Says Palin "Smart Pick" for Repubican Vice President
Aug 28, 2008
NAM Labor Day Report Finds Exports Offset Housing Downturn
Aug 28, 2008
Choice Of Gov. Palin Is A Strategically Smart Surprise Says NAM Executive Vice President Timmons
Aug 22, 2008
Maureen Davenport To Head NAM Communications
Aug 22, 2008
Congressman Dave Reichert Says America Must Help Shape Global Economy Through Trade
Aug 22, 2008
NAM Says U.S. Must See Balance If Doha Is To Move Ahead
Aug 21, 2008
NAM Executive Vice President Available At Democratic, Republican Conventions
Aug 14, 2008
NAM Dismayed By New WTO Industrial Trade Text
Aug 14, 2008
NAM Praises Interior Secretary KempThorne for Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Process
Aug 13, 2008
NAM Small Manufacturer Urges President to Increase Domestic Energy Supplies
Aug 12, 2008
NAM Calls Surge In Exports "Phenomenal"
Jul 29, 2008
WTO Geneva Meeting Shows Divides Still Too Broad
Jul 28, 2008
NAMA Sectorals Essential For Balanced Outcome
Jul 28, 2008
Thousands of U.S. Research & Development Workers Call on Congress to Extend the R&D Credit Now
Jul 25, 2008
NAM Sees Promising Trend in Durable Goods Order Rise
Jul 24, 2008
NAM Welcomes Senate Bill To Protect Intellectual Property
Jul 24, 2008
NAM Says Deal Not Possible without Reciprocity
Jul 23, 2008
NAM Thanks House Legislators For Restoring $8 Billion To Highway Trust Fund
Jul 22, 2008
Second Quarter NAM/Industry Week Index Shows Manufacturers Less Optimistic
Jul 22, 2008
NAM Says Commercial Oil Shale Leasing On Public Lands Will Increase Domestic Energy Supply
Jul 22, 2008
NAM Challenges Ministers To Vote For Trade Liberalization
Jul 18, 2008
NAM President Welcomes WTO Decision On China's Discriminatory Treatment Of U.S. Auto Parts
Jul 17, 2008
40 Trade Associations Sign Letter Urging Pilot Program For 10+2 Rule
Jul 15, 2008
NAM Says U.S. Now Enjoys Trade Surplus With Free Trade Agreement Countries In Manufacturered Goods
Jul 14, 2008
NAM Welcomes Lifting Of Ban On Offshore Drilling
Jul 11, 2008
NAM Says EPA Emissions Plan Would Lead To Higher Energy Prices
Jul 11, 2008
NAM Says Rising Exports Underscore Importance Of Free Trade Agreements
Jul 11, 2008
NAM Says Sectoral Agreements Are Key To DOHA
Jul 01, 2008
NAM Applauds Rhode Island Supreme Court Lead Paint Reversal
Jun 26, 2008
NAM Among Major Global Associations Pressing for Strong DOHA Outcome
Jun 25, 2008
NAM Chief Economist Says Durable Goods Report Confirms Economy Stuck In "Low Gear"
Jun 19, 2008
Small Manufacturer Tells Congress of Potential for Expanding Exports
Jun 18, 2008
U.S. Manufacturers See Domestic Expansion Over Next Three Years, Survey Shows
Jun 18, 2008
NAM Praises President for Urging Congress to Lift Drilling Ban on Outer Continental Shelf
Jun 18, 2008
NAM Supports Strategic Dialogue Outcomes
Jun 17, 2008
Expanding Nuclear Capacity Will Create High-Wage Jobs, Says NAM
Jun 16, 2008
NAM Thanks Taiwan for Joining Request Against EU
Jun 16, 2008
Former Speaker of the House Gingrich Says Thousands Petitioning for More U.S. Oil Drilliing
Jun 12, 2008
NAM Economist Forecasts Second Quarter GDP Decline
Jun 11, 2008
NAM News Conference to Release Survey on North American Manufacturing Competitiveness - June 18
Jun 10, 2008
NAM Sees Good News In Commerce Trade Report
Jun 06, 2008
NAM Welcomes Defeat Of Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Bill
Jun 05, 2008
NAM Applauds Rep. Dingell's Leadership On Health IT
Jun 03, 2008
New Report Confirms R&D Credit Boosts Jobs & Economy
Jun 02, 2008
Exports Keep U.S. Economy Out of Recession
May 30, 2008
NAM Says European Union Chickens Out of Commitment to Eliminate Poultry Barrier
May 28, 2008
June 2 Luncheon At NAM To Address How Exports Are Keeping Country Out Of Recession
May 28, 2008
Boerstling Named Director of Transportation, Infrastructure Policy at the NAM
May 28, 2008
NAM Welcomes USTR Action To Preserve High Tech Agreement
May 22, 2008
Keith Smith Named Director, Employment & Labor Policy at National Association of Manufacturers
May 22, 2008
NAM Calls for Bipartisan Action to Ease Energy Pain for Manufacturers and Consumers
May 21, 2008
NAM Urges Enforcement Of Anti-Bribery Convention
May 20, 2008
NAM Expresses Concern over New DOHA Text
May 15, 2008
NAM Economist Says Dim Manufacturing Report Underscores Need For Energy Policy
May 13, 2008
Manufacturers Praise Sen. Landrieu for Voting to Lower Energy Prices and Create Jobs
May 09, 2008
NAM/Tariff Coalition Urge Action On Miscellaneous Tariff Bill
May 09, 2008
Surge In Manufactured Goods Exports Improves U.S.Trade Balance
May 08, 2008
NAM Applauds House Passage of Bill to Deter Piracy and Counterfeiting
May 08, 2008
NAM President Says Colombia Trade Agreement Will Provide Added Stimulus For U.S. Economy
May 07, 2008
NAM Says Sen. McConnell's Amendment Will Lower Energy Prices And Create Jobs
May 05, 2008
NAM/Industry Week Survey of Manufacturers
May 02, 2008
NAM Says Fourth Consecutive Monthly Job Loss Signals Economy Remains Stalled
May 01, 2008
Domenici Bill Would Help Lower Energy Costs That Threaten the Economy and Jobs, Says NAM
Apr 29, 2008
NAM Releases 2008 Competitiveness Redbook
Apr 29, 2008
NAM says EIA Analysis Of Climate Bill Underscores Impact On Manufacturers
Apr 21, 2008
NAM And EPA Challenge U.S. Manufacturers To Boost Energy Efficiency By 10 Percent
Apr 21, 2008
Small Business, Environmental Best Practices
Apr 18, 2008
U.S., Canadian Manufacturers Groups Say Business Survey Confirms Success Of NAFTA
Apr 09, 2008
NAM Urges Congress to Retain 90-day Timetable for Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Feb 01, 2008
NAM Says First Job Decline in 53 Months Signals Economy Stuck in Low Gear
Jan 30, 2008
Huether Says Rising Exports Help Keep Economy Afloat
Jan 28, 2008
NAM President Engler Says Manufacturers Support Bush's Focus on Economic Growth
Jan 22, 2008
President's Decision to Modernize Export Controls Strengthens National Security
Jan 15, 2008
Report Highlights Need to Increase Investment in Nation's Infrastructure
Jan 11, 2008
Rising Oil Prices Obscure Improving Trade Pattern
Dec 19, 2007
Manufacturers' Risks and Rewards Accelerate in Global Supply Chain, Says New Study
Dec 14, 2007
Fluctuations in World Energy Market have Significant Impact on U.S. Economy
Nov 30, 2007
Environmental Trade Proposal Makes Climate-Friendly Technologies More Affordable
Oct 23, 2007
NAM Joins USTR, Other Business Groups in New Intellectual Property Rights Initiative
Oct 04, 2007
NAM Testimony Calls for Stronger, Vibrant CPSC
Sep 25, 2007
NAM Statement on Unanimous Vote for Peru Agreement
Sep 07, 2007
Unwise Policies Continue to Kill Manufacturing Jobs
Aug 18, 2007
Atlantic's Fallows Sees China as Posing Economic Benefit, Challenges to U.S.
Aug 08, 2007
NAM to Convene Industry Coalition to Push for a Safe and Secure Infrastructure System
Aug 07, 2007
Both Large and Small Manufacturers Edge Up in the Second Quarter of 2007
Aug 01, 2007
New Manufacturing Data Signals a Short-Term Correction
Jul 26, 2007
NAM Presses for an Updated Export Controls System
Jul 18, 2007
NAM Urges U.S.-China Cooperation For Safe Imports
Jul 16, 2007
NAM Joins as Industry Partner with the FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show
Jun 29, 2007
NAM and Skills USA Announce Alliance to Prepare More Students for Manufacturing Career Leadership
Jun 28, 2007
Engler Calls Principles a "Welcome Break from the Usual Rhetoric"
Jun 27, 2007
NAM Welcomes FMLA Report Documenting Employer Challenges
Jun 14, 2007
"Campaign is about Defending American Jobs, Innovation, & Consumer Health," Engler Says
May 10, 2007
Health Care, Skills Gap, Card Check Top Agenda of State Associations Group on 100th Anniversary
Apr 02, 2007
NAM Applauds Lavin's Comments on China CVD Case
Mar 27, 2007
NAM Pushes for Bipartisan Trade Deal that Works for Manufacturers
Mar 14, 2007
NAM Raises Concerns About Proposed Business Tax
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F.A.T. GOLD Europe. Five Years of Free Art & Technology is at MU in EIndhoven until January 26, 2014. THE F.A.T. MANUAL is on print on demand but you can also download it for free.
There are countless parodies, imitations, versions of the Technoviking. The fabulous and the lame ones that you can expect Youtube to harbour. But the character has also inspired a couple of artworks: Wafaa Bilal put the head of the raver in a public park and watched it grow bigger as people were tweeting about it. And for The Marc Horowitz Signature Series, 19 performances aimed at 'improving' the lives of the citizens he encountered, Marc Horowitz reenacted the techno viking dance session in a junkyard in Walsenburg, Colorado. I saw that one a few years ago at the Espace culturel Louis Vuitton in Paris. Because technoviking knows no social boundaries. Neither does he have any mercantile limits: you can buy Technoviking action figures and Technoviking t-shirts.
And now there might be a documentary about Technoviking. But probably not the one its many fans were expecting.
Matthias Fritsch, the artist who shot and uploaded the video has spent 3 years in a legal battle in Germany. In 2009 (2 years after 'the technoviking' became an internet hit), the raver starring in the video sued the artist for uncleared 'personality rights' and tried to remove Technoviking from the web. Not only the original video (called "Kneecam No. 1") but also all the thousands of mash-ups, copies, comics, parodies and other content uploaded online by enthusiastic users. All had to be removed. The protagonist of the video even requested that his famous fingerpointing pose be erased from the internet. At the end of last month, the judges decided that the original video would not be allowed to be shown as long as it is possible to identify the protagonist. Besides, the filmmaker has to pay the money that he had earned to the plaintiff. The earnings came mostly from YouTube ads with a few extra euros from TV-licenses and T-shirts sales.
Fritsch has started a campaign on indiegogo to raise funds for a documentary about the Technoviking story. First of all, because Fritsch has been studying and documenting the many reactions to the videos for years and the phenomenon in itself is worth discussing. But also because, as he puts it:
the documentary would be :a means to pave the way for artists and internet users around the world to be able to protect themselves against old laws that have yet to catch up to contemporary meme culture."
All this without ever being allowed to actually show the main protagonist of the story.
I caught up with Matthias online the other day...
Hi Matthias! You published the Technoviking video on YouTube in 2006 but it was not before 2009 that the mysterious man sent a legal notice asking you to stop using the video and all derivations of it. Why do you think it took him so long to write you? Was it because he wasn't aware of the phenomenon until then? Or is it because something changed in culture or laws in 2009 that made him realize that the moment had come to do something to protect his "personality"?
I can't say for sure why it took the plaintiff so long to get back to me. Already in October 2007, just a week after the video became viral, I met people in China who I had never met before and who already knew the video. Therefore I find it hard to believe that it will take somebody two years to get notice of being involved in such a big viral effect.
What happened with this trial? Is it finished? What was the decision of the law?
The trial is finished. Basic results are that I am not allowed to show the video anymore in its original form, meaning as long as it is possible to identify the plaintiff's image. If I cant show the protagonist so can't users anymore who mash up the video. According to the judgement a violation can have consequences of up to 250 000 Euro fine or up to 6 months of jail for me. Also I have to pay him all the money that I have earned since 2008 and I will need to cover 7000 Euro for my part of the fees for the trial and costs for his and my lawyers over the last 3,5 years. Since the judges didn't support him in many points of the lawsuit like the banning of user reactions like comics, re-enactments or mashups that are deemed "arty" enough (the German term is "besondere kunstgerechte Bildbearbeitung") in connection with the video's protagonist. Those should still fall under the freedom of expression. Also the judges seem to have concluded that the plaintiff is rather after the money than really trying to solve his argued personal problems in connection with the video and therefore denied him to claim further financial compensation from me. There is still a chance that the plaintiff is not happy enough with this result and files an appeal against the judgement.
In the indiegogo campaign you say that "The trial was not just about me and Technoviking, it pointed out the borders of free culture and user reactions and one can also conclude that we need new categories in the law how to deal with memes on a legal basis." Could you tell us what you mean by this? Where do you think the law should go? And where do you fear it might go?
I am not a specialist in law and I can just describe my "amateur" feeling after being involved in this case. Therefore I can't provide a solid legal concept yet how the law should include new forms of expression that we find in the contemporary network culture, but I realized that there is a big gap between the actual laws and how I think of this case from a perspective of logic & human spirit. What was the situation when the legal problem started and what could be changed about it by a trial? If there has been a viral Meme in the net for years, if it's been watched globally, copied, used for mash-ups, and if it got out of control - what possible result can a judgement bring in reality that by stating that it is not allowed anymore to continue with the further use? Especially since it it became a web-celebrity which is handled by users like a common piece of media that belongs to everybody?! The young generation grows up with a new understanding of how to deal with media in times of instant copy, paste and edit. And the most common effect of censoring something popular is that this makes it even more popular.
If there is no right for mash-up and fair use for cases like the Technoviking-Meme I fear that, as it is already the case in the music business, lawyers might pick up this way of easy & massive money making and start to send cease and desist letters to prosumers for violating personality rights by doing mashups or forwarding it in FB, etc.
An other interesting point is the fact that in Spain or the US the Technoviking-Claim wouldn't even have a legal basis since it all happened in public space. I would love to talk with competent people about those issues, bring them together within the film that I am planning to create and hopefully find answers and possible solutions.
But more generally, i've been wondering how your case wasn't symptomatic of what is happening more generally with internet culture nowadays, when laws seem to be crafted in retrospect and punish you now for something that wasn't illegal at all 5 or 10 years ago. With -for example- designers or artists receiving bills for copy rights of images they used online 10 years ago as part of a student project, at a time when there wasn't any law detailing what could be or shouldn't be done in terms of copyrights for online images, etc. Is this something you would like to comment on?
I think that's of course a problem and always will be one. I am not aware of those examples when a bill points back 10 years, but it points out that the images you talk about are still online. Since the web hardly forgets anything we need an awareness of what we put out there and what is still online in our own accounts. One radical way could be to cut credits completely, only focus on important content and ideas that will be published anonymous, untraceable but alive.
The Technoviking is by far my favourite meme. Yet, i do sympathize with a man who is universally ridiculed (and didn't ask for it, unlike many reality tv 'stars'). Did you try to reach some kind of arrangement with him? Some understanding which would have been less dramatic and time/money consuming than a court case?
The first thing I did was sending him a personal letter, thanking him for finally contacting me and offered that of course I'd like to share whatever I earn and that I would be open to think together about how to make both a part of living out of the meme's popularity.
What strikes me in your case is not so much that you are brought to court (i do find it sad though, don't misunderstand me!) but that you have to be held responsible for the fact that the whole technoviking meme got out of your hands (as is the case with any meme.)
The judges didn't hold me responsible for user reactions and neither denied me the right of showing them in lectures or art projects as long as they don't show the plaintiff.
Matthias Fritsch, The Story of Technoviking - Indiegogo Campaign, 2013
You are planning to shoot the documentary within the legal restrictions that have been made clear by the judges. What are these legal restriction exactly?
The conditions are that the plaintiff should not be identified in the material. I also will not reveal any name, address and so on that could point out how people can find him.
You have created an archive of the different versions, creations and reactions inspired by the technoviking. It is so big that, as you write, "you would need a week to see all the versions that are out there!" So let's end on a cheerful note! If you could select 5 of these versions, which one would they be?
In the past I have created some compilations that research specific recycling strategies by fans and are real enjoyable to watch:
For the biggest part of the user-reactions, since they mash up the original video, my hands are bound at the moment because i shouldn't link directly to content that shows the plaintiff's face. So people need to find these ones themselves. But i can talk about it and it is just incredible how perfect Michael Jackson's song "Beat It" is fitting on the Technoviking clip. As if they were made for each other. There are other songs that are awesome in combination with my video but "Beat it" beats them all in terms of accidentally perfect match.
Also some collages like "the end of the vorld party" or a streetfighter like game simulation of Technoviking against Vernon Koekemoer are results of an incredible fan culture that i could have never come up with myself.
Thanks Matthias!
I do love that Beat It techno viking and Matthias might not be allowed to point directly to it, but i can!
The exhibition Shoot! Existential Photography opened a few weeks ago at The Photographers' Gallery and i never got to mention it so far. The selection of work is fantastic, the theme is seductive and it makes you want to locate the nearest playground.
Load, aim, Fire!
In the period following World War I, a curious attraction appeared at fairgrounds: the photographic shooting gallery. If the punter's bullet hit the centre of the target, this triggered a camera. Instead of winning a balloon or toy, the participant would win a snapshot of him or herself in the act of shooting.
The exhibition celebrates the use of the shooting gallery at fairgrounds by the famous (from Jean-Paul Sartre to Federico Fellini) and the non-famous but also the contemporary artists who have been intrigued by the idea of shooting oneself.
The most stunning work in the show is probably the video-sound installation Crossfire by Christian Marclay. I felt like that rabbit in the headlights of a car (or was it a hare? or a deer?) Crossfire is a super fast, loud and powerful sampling of shooting scenes from Hollywood movies. You stand in the middle of the room and wherever you turn your gaze there's Clint Eastwood, Antonio Banderas or some other action hero star aiming and shooting at you.
Since the late 1970s, Jean-François Lecourt has been literally shooting his own image. In his early experiments, the bullet smashes the camera. The roll is pierced by the shoot. In the second series, the bullet perforates a wall of the lightproof box, a ray of light comes in and leaves a mark on the photosensitive paper.
Similarly, Rudolf Steiner uses the camera as a target. In the series Pictures of me, shooting myself into a picture, the bullet hole is the aperture for a pinhole camera, creating an image upon impact.
The story of Ria van Dijk is endearing. Every single year, the lady goes to a fairground shooting gallery in Tilburg, Netherlands to shoot a self portrait. She started her pilgrimage to the shooting booth in 1936, when she was 16. The artist Erik Kessels collected all the images she has taken at the fair. Going from one self-portrait to another is fascinating. You see her hair getting greyer, her glasses following the fashion of the passing decades, her friends or fans coming along with her, etc. The only pause in the sequence is from 1939 to 1945.
I've written about the work of Steven Pippin in the past. His Point Blank series of photos was made by cameras recording the precise moment of their own destruction by a gun.
The action takes place in total darkness with the flash being triggered just as the bullet breaks open the analogue camera and hits the negative inside it.
Sylvia Ballhause bought a shooting rig from the booth of a family business in Germany. It was the last booth working with analogue, large-format cameras in the country.
The shooting gallery is not as popular as it used to be but you don't need to go far to try the amusement yourself, the Photographers' Gallery has turned on of its rooms into a photographic shooting gallery so that visitors can shoot (at) themselves.
Shoot! Existential Photography is up at the Photographers' Gallery in London until 6 January 2013.
Related story: The cameras that record the moment of their own destruction.
Do you remember Technoviking? He was one of Youtube's sensations in 2007. Millions of people admired his dancing skills and undeniable male magnetism but to this day, his identity remains a mystery. The technoviking video has been blogged, commented, shared, emailed and sparked numerous parodies.
Wafaa Bilal has installed an inflatable Technoviking avatar at All Saints Park in Manchester for AND, the Festival of New Cinema, Digital Culture and Art (running this weekend and you should run there too if you can, it's that good). The gigantic head is linked a twitter account and in order to breathe life into it, people have to tweet about it otherwise Technoviking will go flat and dance right back to oblivion again. So go and tweet #technoviking to keep him alive!
Pop culture and astute social comments cohabit in this work like in other works by Bilal. Meme Junkyard is fun and a bit silly of course but it also invites us to reflect on the promises of constant connectivity, on the meaning of 'going viral,' of generating almost unlimited levels of attention before fading back into disinterest. What happens to the technoviking (as well as to the other meme that will soon lay to inflate and deflate in the meme junkyard) is similar to what awaits our ego when other web users stop re-tweeting our rants, linking to our blog posts (oh please let that never happen to me!), or thumbing up our status on facebook.
And the one and only:
Wafaa Bilal is going to discuss his work this Sunday at Cornerhouse. The event is free.
AND, the Festival of New Cinema, Digital Culture and Art remains open all over Manchester until 2 September 2012.
Other works by Wafaa Bilal: Subversion in the Arab Art world, A few words with Wafaa Bilal, Book Review - Shoot An Iraqi, Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun, Positions in Flux - Panel 1: Art goes politics - Wafaa Bilal, ...and Counting.
The Circus as a Parallel Universe, edited by curators Gerald Matt and Verena Konrad. With essays by by Birgit Peter, Matthias Christen and Verena Konrad. And interviews with pop artist Peter Blake and filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at Kunsthalle Wien.
You can find the book on Amazon .com and .co.uk.
Publisher Verlag für moderne Kunst writes: Clear the ring for the world of acrobats, clowns, and exotic animals! Presenting a number of contemporary works of art, the catalog »The Circus as a Parallel Universe« offers an introduction into the universe of the circus and highlights a wondrous place full of knowledge of the world, surprises and sensations, a place of poetry, but also of excitement, confusion, and unease. The circus as a parallel world has become a projection surface in film and literature, but also in the fine arts.
I wouldn't normally review the catalogue of an exhibition i haven't seen but i was seduced by the description of the book and its accompanying images (midgets! Anthony Quinn in La Strada!) But then i don't know much about the circus, i've never even been to the circus. Not because i have that "clowns freak me out" affectation but because i've always been so sad for the animals.
Still, there is something unique and endlessly appealing about the whole circus aesthetics though: the garish colour, the merry silhouette of the tents, the posters, the costumes (which i do wear on some occasions) and Moira Orfei (do click with sound to max volume). Don't laugh at Moira, she used to be the most beautiful creature of Italy. I just wish she'd leave those tigers alone.
The book has the usual format of a catalogue: a series of essays and then a few pages about each artists participating to the show, plenty of images and a couple of interviews thrown in. The essays are particularly good at identifying the rules and roles of the circus. On the one hand it's a world of escape and dreams. A world where social conventions, animal behaviour and even the laws of physics are challenged. But it is also a microcosm that sets very clear limits to its own transgressions, makes a business of violating norms and requires that its members operate within a strict framework.
The text The Circus as a Model of the World charts the intertwining histories of circus and cinema. Both shared the same venues, the same audiences and the nomadic lifestyle in the early days of the cinema. They might not have so much in common right now but the movie industry has never stopped looking at circus as a source of inspiration (apparently some 600 circus films have already been produced in 30 countries.) The essay Taste and Prejudice, however, demonstrates that the circus isn't meeting with the same appreciation as the other sources of entertainment. While theatre and circus used to compete in the 19th century for example, it is now obvious that one is now regarded as a form of art while the other doesn't meet with the same respect.
The interviews in the book are as enjoyable and though-provoking as the essays. They would, however, benefit from some context or at least a short introduction. For example, the interviewer kept asking Peter Blake about his collection. If i hadn't seen an exhibition about that collection two years ago, i wouldn't have received much information about it from the interview only.
I've said a few words about the essays, the interviews, the images are as good as you can hope in a catalogue. Let's talk about the small texts explaining the works exhibited by each artist. Actually there's only one thing i can say about them and it is that they are in german only! The whole book is in english and german except the part dedicated to the individual works. Why be so cruel? Why translate one half of the book and leave the other part in german only? Still, i did discover a few works i liked a lot. That Deborah Sengl does animal anthropomorphism like no one else.
The artists selected have found inspiration in the circus in its childhood entertainment form (as opposed to glamourous Cirque du Soleil-like performances), reconstructing part of its magic, decoding its figures and metaphors, extending its boundaries. Here's just a small selection of their work:
In 2005, Javier Téllez organized a parade of patients from Mexicali's CESAM mental health center. They were protesting against general views on mental illness in today's society. The procession stopped in Las Playas, a Mexican town on the US-Mexico border for the first-ever firing of a human cannonball over an international border: from Mexico to the US.
In the installation illustrated below, light chains hanging from the ceiling move up and down. The installation is activated by a person pedalling on an exercise bike.
Some researchers have observed that apes held in captivity watch tv programmes. Some of them are fond of the Teletubbies, others favour emergency room dramas or Disney cartoons. But is it possible to script, shoot and screen cinema just for primates? That's what Rachel Mayeri set out to discover with her work Primate Cinema: Apes as Family.
The artist worked with Stirling University comparative psychologist Dr Sarah-Jane Vick to identify which kind of action, narrative or images a group of chimpanzees from the Edinburgh Zoo were most receptive too. The scientist and the artist observed how monkeys reacted to documentaries, cartoons, dramas screened inside a research pod where the animals could pop in and out as they pleased. The monkeys would spend a few minutes in front of the images then go away, come back, sit down for a moment, get up and bang violently against the wall that protect the tv screen, etc. Unsurprisingly the monkeys reacted more strongly to scenes featuring sex, food, violence but they were also interested in drumming and seemed quite fascinated by humans dressed as monkeys and by humans removing their monkey masks.
The result of the artist's research is a 20 minute movie. The video installation juxtaposes two screens. The right screen shows the movie for apes, its stars are actors dressed as and acting like monkeys. The second half displays the reactions of the ape audience when the film was shown on a chimp-proof screen at Edinburgh Zoo last August.
The hero of the film for monkeys is an actress wearing an animatronic suit with motorized eyes that are controlled by a puppeteer. She enters a house, gets a soda from the fridge, goes upstairs and falls asleep in front of the tv. Soon, a group of chimpanzee intruders enter the house as well and start misbehaving: they help themselves to the bananas and carrots in the fridge and basically trash the house. The clatter wakes up our chimp heroine. She gets up and goes downstairs to see what's the tumult about. That's when the plot thickens. Because chimpanzees also appreciate to watch social and sexual dynamics on screen.
Last week, i went to listen to the artist at Cinema as Primatology, a symposium organized by The Arts Catalyst.
Rachel Mayeri told us a few thought-provoking facts during her presentation:
- chimps might like to watch tv but that only happens when they are in captivity. Left in the wild, they have far more interesting things to do than watch tv.
- even the zoo is not the most suitable place to study the reaction of monkeys to moving images as the chimps' backgrounds may vary dramatically: some were rescued from poachers, others used to be mascots, some were born in captivity, etc.
- it's not correct to say that we descend from chimps as they haven't stayed exactly the same while we were evolving, our closest cousins have evolved too.
- chimps don't focus solely on the images appearing on the TV, they regularly check the changing social situation around them. They monitor each other ("who around me is sexually available?" for example) just like we do on facebook. Two of the most 'avid' tv watchers were a mother and daughter. During the research, the females were the ones who spent most time watching the tv screen. On the day of the screening of the finished movie for chimps at the Edinburgh Zoo, they were in rut, distracted and the center of male attentions.
- The artist is conscious that she made a film that reflects her own, very human prejudices and ideas of what a film should be like. She therefore asked herself "If a chimp director had to do a film for humans, would it have done the same mistakes and made a film for chimps rather than one for humans?"
Rachel also showed an extract of her first Primate Cinema video experiments, Baboons as Friends. In the two channel video installation, field footage of baboons are shown next to a reenactment by human actors, shot in film noir style.
The work was inspired by primatologist Deborah Forster who, unlike most people, can watch babboons for hours as if they were actors in a soap opera. The artist attempted to translate the plot of lust, jealousy, sex, and violence into the human world.
Primate Cinema: Apes as Family is at The Arts Catalyst in London until 13 November 2011.


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Ski touring is good for people who have down hill skied and for people who have never skied. Basically it is a great way to get about when the ground has a covering of snow and is one of the only ways to get around when it is deep snow. You can walk enjoying the views and quite calm of the forest or you can run and use this as a great way to keep fit in the winter.
When the down hill skiing is closed due to high winds the weather is the Glens, in the forests and open areas is normally fine. If there is snow cover, then you can use XC skis that allow you to travel with ease, either walking or running over the snow. Some times you travel in prepared tracks and other times you just head in which ever direction takes you fancy.
Cross Country Skiing is a great way to discover places that you just couldn't go when there isn't snow covering the forest floor. Boggy marshes turn into beautiful clearings that you can cross with ease, forest tracks turn into fun descents that you can simply glide along once we show you some easy to learn technics. If you're needing a rest day from down hill skiing this is the perfect activity, as it is low impact, great for all ages and just a fun winter activity.


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Letters to the Editor
Date: August 22, 2012
by: Observer Staff
+ Deficits, debt are the issues!
Dear Editor:
Gov. Mitt Romney has now stated he has not paid less than 13% in taxes. Not hard to believe; I'm guessing most of his income came from long-term investments, which are taxed at a maximum rate of 15%.
The deficits are the problem, not Romney's taxes.
When Barack Obama became president in 2009, the national debt was $10.7 trillion. This debt is an accumulation of debt incurred by the previous 43 administrations.
In the three years of the Obama administration, the national debt increased by $4.4 trillion to $15.1 trillion at the end of 2011. Current forecasts for 2012 estimated the national debt will be $16.2 trillion at year end.
In his four years as president, Obama has increased the national debt 50%.
As America is reducing its armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, which represents a diminishing cost in defense spending, where is the money being spent?
If this administration is given another four years, the debt will increase by another $5 trillion or $10 trillion over his eight years in office, adding as much debt as the previous 43 administrations combined!
Are we supposed to be more concerned about what Gov. Romney's finances are as opposed to what the Obama administration is doing with our money?
Ray Rajewski
Longboat Key
+ Keep it flowing
Dear Editor:
Long live the Longboat Observer and its advertisers!
I'll be sure to patronize all of them. Keep the truth flowing!
Trudy Mahoney
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+ You should apologize
Dear Editor:
I was saddened and disgusted by your editorial in the July 19 Longboat Observer. To declare that the president of the United States is anti- American is shameful.
I am an independent voter and have not been happy with a lot of what President Obama has done, but to stoop to this level of disrespect for the office of the president, and the Americans who elected him is disgraceful.
If you were in the military, as I was, you could be brought up on charges with this inflammatory language about the commander in chief.
As an American you have every right to strongly disagree with this or any president, but to me it is disrespectful of the American people and our way of life to bring the discourse to this level.
I can only imagine what the editorial would have been when Franklin Roosevelt introduced the Social Security Act.
I hope that enough of the true Americans have also expressed their displeasure with this editorial and that a retraction or an apology will be forthcoming.
Edward J. Rabin
Longboat Key
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- Mr. Rajuski, in the manner of all True Believers who oppose the current President, proves the old adage, "Figures don't lie, but liars can figure". If one opposes the President, it's easy to ignore the part that his predecessor played in the additional deficit accumulated during Mr. Obama's term. For example:
How much was caused by the ill-fated Bush Tax Cuts, which proved conclusively thet Supply Side Economics is an abject failure?
How much was caused by two wars started by Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney based on lies?
How much was caused by by Medicare Plan D, a political move by Mr. Bush which wa unfunded?
And finally, how much has been caused by the current Congress, a body with a 12% approval rating, which refuses to reverse these actions because their Billionare Supporters and Grover Norquist wouldn't approve?
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By DYLAN MALONE
Another All-Star Weekend in the books for the NBA and even though the casual sports fan may not know much about the league, there was definitely a huge number of them watching the city of New Orleans putting on a show.
America, this Coke's for you
By DYLAN MALONE
Let me get the obvious out of the way...
When will this Indiana weather become predictable enough to bear?
Last year was the epitome of extremes as the baseball/softball programs had to wait for the snow on the ground to melt before getting on the field late March, then we sat through an April/May drought with temps in the high 80s.
That's the norm around here.
By DYLAN MALONE
You can see it on their faces.
The Bellmont girls basketball team has had a tough season and it wears on everybody.
Losing, in all things and not just sports, is just an awful thing in life. Some people lose their entire lives and never really know what it feels like to win.
I can hear the public address announcer now up in heaven for tonight's big game between the Jerusalem Giants and the Bethlehem Braves.
After the teams have been introduced, the announcer (probably Bob Shepherd, the late great PA voice for the New York Yankees) will boom out "and tonight's officials for our championship game are Al Lindahl, Orv Reed, Jerry Leitz, Dave Habegger, and a new addition to their crew, Bob Boyle."
By DYLAN MALONE
It was only a matter of time.
Money talks in this world and sometimes it is never more obvious than in the sports world. Sad but true.
It is money that makes baseball games last three hours at least thanks to an over-abundance of commercials. Money that has finally expanded the college bowl situation as well as the continuing growth of March Madness for college basketball. Money also is the reason the NFL nearly had to blackout a few Wildcard games.
The Stalker Within – By JANNAYA ANDREWS
With Christmas and New Year's now in the books, thoughts often turn to ways we may better ourselves, perhaps even make a genuine contribution to help others ... a way, oftentimes, to chase away that pesky feeling of unworthiness, usually created and maintained solely within the confines of our own mind.
Our inner stalker, if you will.
Butts and carrots – By J SWYGART
As I write this, it is 2013. As you read it, it's 2014.
A distinction without much of a difference, perhaps. Then again, maybe so.
Before sitting down to write today's entry I went through my usual routine, which includes heading to the alley behind the Democrat (or under the awning in front, depending on which way the wind is blowing and other key weather considerations) to have that ever-present cigarette.
By DYLAN MALONE
It was an amazing holiday.
I had the rare chance to take a few days away from the sports world to just enjoy family and friends for a bit. The Christmas season was everything it should be this year including giving gifts to the family and just enjoying the time spent with those loved ones.
Hopefully it was as joyous for the rest of you. Now we're back in the saddle and winter sports part two is about to kick off in 2014.
Fresh off of my overtime (new baseball league) election loss Monday night, I was commiserating with my best bud back in Alamo town, explaining to him that winning actual elections where I had an opponent was a happening that ... well, never happened.
"But we always had those elections back in elementary school when we elected a president of the class every semester," he reminded me. "Surely you won one of those."


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ProgeCAD has unveiled the new version of iCADMac 2014, an AutoCAD alternative tailored to OS X users. The software provides full compatibility with DWG files -- the CAD standard format recognized officially worldwide -- as well as a vast range of tools and features to enhance 2D design and 3D modeling. Additionally, drawings created with iCADMac can be visualised and edited on iOS devices in both the DWG and PDF file formats.


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Orchestra | CIM@Severance
October 1, 2014, 8:00 pm
Severance Hall
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
Joel Smirnoff, conductor
The Next Generation
October 8, 2014, 11:30 am
Westwood Country Club, 22625 Detroit Rd, Rocky River
A CIM Women's Committee Musical Luncheon
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October 8, 2014, 8:00 pm
Kulas Hall
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
Carl Topilow, conductor
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