ALTERNATIVE PARTY
2002
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Mission Statement
The pounding continues. An endless game of attack and defense. Two sides
crouching. Waiting for a mistake that leaves the opponent stumbling. Our enemy
is vicious and we are outnumbered. We live in poverty, sickness and obscurity.
The world ignores our cause. However, we believe we will be victorious in the
end. We must believe or be left with nothing.
Our organisation works day and night to fight oppression by any means
available. To march for the diversity of mankind and the individual rights of
every person. For a freedom which does not only exist on paper but also in our
minds and being.
We plead assistance from anyone listening. The mainstream shall topple.
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Background
The previous events organised by us were hugely satisfying. A genuine spirit of
rebellion with a collection of hardware and machines which were truely unique,
ranging from a portable C64, to UNIX workstations and on to the legendary M6800
Evaluation Kit II. A celebration of looking at things from a kewed perspective.
Once again, we are expanding on that spirit and looking at new ways to raise
the consciousness of the alternative scene -- whether it's music, computers,
art or something completely different.
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Contribute
If you wish to take part in discussions and hear the newest announcements, join
the Alternative Party mailing list. mailto : majordomo@fishpool.com
Body : subscribe altparty [address]
If you are only interested in announcements, use subscribe altparty-announce
[address] instead. Note that all announcements will be posted to the altparty
list as well.
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Contact
For more information about the party, contact Setok at :setok@fishpool.com.
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Date and location
The date: 11th-13th January 2002. (Doors open at 12 on Friday and close at 18
hours on Sunday.)
The venue : Kulttuuriareena Gloria <http://nuoriso.hel.fi/gloria/> (Pieni
Robertinkatu 12-14), Helsinki, Finland.
Gloria has great facilities for a party. Not just the Alt Party but any kind of
party. It is an old cinema which is now converted into a stylish concert
hall/club. It is basically a big round, dark room with special lights, a stage
and an overlooking balcony area. Some features of the place :
> Capacity for 300-400 people.
> Cafeteria
> Showers(!)
> "Sufficient" PA system
> Video projector
> No windows at all in the main hall
> Internal TV system
> Network connection
> Possible to stream broadcasts
> About a million restaurants and pubs in a radius of 200 m
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COMPETITIONS
The Alt-Machine Demo Competition You can participate with any computer except
PC's with a CPU better than a 386. You must bring your computer with you! If
you are going to bring a Cray supercomputer or something similar, please bring
your own portable power plant.
Overhead Projector Competition
We provide the overhead projector, you provide to show. Some slides will be
available at the party place but we recommend that you finish (and practice)
your presentation beforehand. You have 5 minutes to show anything you wish.
Art, slides, animation, lights, puppets etc. If you wish to have sound in
your presentation, bring us a cd or generate the sound by yourself (a narrator
or live band, perhaps?). You are not allowed to use liquids or anything that
could damage the projector.
Realtime Music Competition With No Samples
During the party you can use some of the Amiga 500's we provide. You have at
least an hour to make your song and more if no one wants to use the machine.
You will be given an auto-booting disk containing the ProTracker 2.2a
executable and some documentation. You are to save your work on this disk (as
standard PT MOD) and hand it to the organisers. You're not allowed to use any
sample disks or insert any other disks in the machine's disk drive! If you
think you need samples, you can use the executable or the docs as sample data
and modify it to suit your needs. Maximum playing time of the song is five
minutes.
More competitions are to be announced. Setok
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