The OTIS Project presents...

       SYNERGY: Revolt 
	...the first in a continuing series of collaborative
	art initiatives designed to exploit the binarity
	of the infosphere.  This series of diversely 
	structured art-manipulation projects will attempt
	to stretch across network boundries encouraging
	use of electronic mail, fax, video, photography,
	scanned "conventional" art and even sound to 
	create multi-artist "still" visuals in GIF and 
	JPG formats.  Visualists from all technical levels
	are welcome.  

	REVOLT will be structured simply.  There will be 
	three stages of production.  The first stage will
	consist of all participants creating one still 
	work as a "starter" piece that two other partici-
	pants will, in turn, manipulate.  All first stage
	"base" images are due by Sunday, May 23rd, 1993, 
	midnight Central Daylight Time. 

	Stage two will begin on May 24th.  All images will 
	be sent to another (arbitrarily chosen) participant
	for them to do manipulations on in anyway they see 
	fit.  For purely digital artists, this may consist
	of filtering the image through their favorite paint
	program.  For "analog" artists, this may well be
	printing a hardcopy of the image and adding their
	own part with pen, pencil or white-out then scan-
	ning in the image again to be transferred on to 
	the third-stage artist.  All second-stage works
	are due by midnight on Sunday, May 30th.

	Stage three is the finishing stage and will begin
	on May 31st.  All artists will do what they think 
	it takes to finish up the image they've been given
	using whatever technique they see as worthy.  
	These images will be due on June 6th, midnight.

	All involved will participate in each stage of
	creation.

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	To join, send email/mail with the following info:

	Name:
	email address:
	mail address:
	scanner access?  (color/grey/none)
	printer access?  (laser/postscript/inkjet/color/dot)
	computer access? (mac/ibm-pc/sun/amiga/atari/NeXT/other)
	output format?	 (tiff/targa/gif/jpeg/pict/postscript/fax
		         /photocopy/pcx/windows bitmap)
	graphics level?  (8bit/16bit/24bit/?)
	ftp access?
	time limitations?

	Address the information to:

	email: mad-celt@cwis.unomaha.edu (Andrew Booth, project manager)
	       (include "REVOLT" in the subject line)
	mail:  The OTIS Project
	       SYNERGY: Revolt
	       PO BX 241113
	       Omaha, NE 68124-1113	

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	Remember, all STARTER images are due on Sunday, May 23rd. 
	Deposit them at either of these FTP sites:

	sunsite.unc.edu  (/pub/multimedia/pictures/OTIS/Incoming)
	or
	141.214.4.135  (projects/otis/incoming)
		OR
	...send uuencoded images to us via email...
		OR
	...send hardcopies to address above...
		OR
	...arrange FAX exchange.

	If you don't get your STARTER image in, you won't be
	able to participate until SYNERGY Phase II (in mid-June).
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	We will do our best to accomodate/facilitate image exchange
	for the "technologically impaired".  If you don't have 
	access to a scanner, but need one, we'll try to help.
	If you need an image printed out and sent to you, let
	us know (send an SASE if you anticipate this).

	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING:
	- suggestions for use of "uncommon" mediums
	  (such as video stills, electronic imaging and sound)
	- FAX availability times
	- "copyright" considerations (appropriation)
	- image conversion
	- the OTIS Project in general
