on, healthy and strong, and panoptic and postpanoptic (I have seen term used lately, but what would it refer t to -- the online dimension of I post you you post me the nighbors post their cell phone video on youtube about what happens on their streets and everyone soon gets access to the CCTV system anyway so we can control one another?) systems perfect their mechanisms. Artists "negotiate" the apparatus, yes. I have heard this said, and believed its idealism a little bit, some time ago, and I also remember the border workshops of 20 years ago, down on the California/Mexico border; they also negotiated, would you agree, Ricardo. When you enter Texas, via the Ro Bravo del Norte at night, there is little for you to negotiate. The musique concrete might be gunshots, police sirens, and dogs barking. A blinding light will be pointed at you. Thanks John for the last week contributions! I still haven't had news from Grazi, but I hope she appears in time for this last week. Our final round is dedicated to the definitive territory of any medium: its circuit. By that, we are referring to the whole set of cultural, social and economic macrostructures that constitute the medium most fundamental underpinnings. Good examples of such structures are the channels for film distribution, along with their regulations and policies. The dislocation of an image naturally alters its meaning. The value of a symbol can be completely different depending on the cultural context it