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.  	----------------------------------------------------------- 	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	  	---------------------------------------------------------	 	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). 	---------------------------------------------------------  	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