[artinfo] [Waag Society] newsletter may 2006

[Geert Lovink]

>From: Sam Nemeth <sam at waag.org>
>Date: 1 May 2006 4:24:01 PM
>
>On 28 April our founder and director Marleen Stikker received a 
>royal decoration: she has been made 'Knight of the Order of Orange 
>Nassau'. This year is the tenth anniversary of Waag Society and 
>Stikker sees the decoration in that light: 'It means recognition for 
>the social and cultural significance of our work. I'm very happy.' 
>The tenth anniversary of Waag Society falls on 21^ June. The Waag 
>building on the Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam will become a huge bazaar in 
>which highlights of Waag Society projects will be presented and 
>media art will be shown. There will also be talk shows in which some 
>of the people who shaped the internet will discuss the past and the 
>future of new media.
>
>Several activities will be held in the Theatrum Anatomicum in May.
>These will be streamed, as ever, at http://connect.waag.org.