HTMlles8 Newsletter 1 September 19th, 2007

- Welcome to the 8th HTMlles festival

- Journées de la culture: Mylána Bergeron

- Workshops

- Call for volunteers

- Search for artist accomodation

1. The 2007 HTMlles Festival team is busy finalizing programming details
and is pleased to announce this year's exciting line-up! You will soon
be invited to visit our new festival website (in progress), which will unveil
the complete programming schedule and provide detail on the artists and their
work, surrounding the theme crowd control. You are the first to hear about
HTMlles8 invited artists – watch for website updates to learn
more about their projects, articles and special events including workshops,
discussions, public intervention, performances and parties.



This year's HTMlles artists are:



Alejandra Maria Perez Nunez (Chile)

Analog Tara (USA)

Andrea-Jane Cornell (Canada)

Antye Greie aka AGF (Germany)

Ayesha Hameed (Canada)

Darsha Hewitt & Bethany Or (Canada)

DJ Cyan aka Corina McDonald (Canada)

Freida Abtan (USA)

Funda Senova of NOMAD (Turkey)

Helen Varley Jamieson of Avatar Body Collision (Australia/New Zealand/Europe)

Irene Loughlin (Canada)

Kayle Brandon & Heath Bunting (United Kingdom)

Mushon Zer-Aviv & Dan Phiffer (Israel/USA)

Myléna Bergeron & Caroline Hayeur (Canada)

Nataša Teofilovič(Serbia)

Public Art Lab: Susa Pop, Ela Kagel, Hans Weigner, David Farine, Stéphanie
Boisset (Germany, France, Switzerland)

Rachel Echenberg (Canada)

Tagny Duff & David Jhave Johnston (United Kingdom/Canada)

Tegan Forbes (Canada)

Women With Kitchen Appliances (Canada)

Groupe Studio XX (Canada)



2. The “journées de la culture” are comming
up september 28, 29 and 30 in Montréal!
We are proud to announce that Myléna Bergeron, one of our HTMlles
8 artists, will be present at Studio XX's open studio on the 29th, from 1pm
to6pm. Come
and see digital experimentation.

Presented artists: Julie Leblanc, Valérie Walker, Magali Babin, Myléna Bergeron,
Patrice Coulombe, Hélène Prévost and Marie-Ève
Boyer.



3. Workshops

The 8th edition festival offers unique opportunities to meet and learn from
internationally renown artists, through inexpensive and timely workshops.
Stay tuned online for news of other workshops by festival artists.

Interdisciplinary artist Alejandra Maria Perez Nunez, from Chile, will
be in residency at Studio XX from October 2nd to 22nd. During her stay,
she will be
offering 2 workshops:

HTMlles festival artists Mushon Zer-Aviv and Dan Phiffer, creators of Shiftspace
– a program allowing the overlaying of comments on existing websites – will
be hosting a workshop at the festival.

4. The HTMlles need volunteers! In order for this festival to be a memorable
success, volunteers are primordial. If you're interested, please send us your
name, contact info, interests and experience to allow us to match you to the
position that you would find the most enriching and interesting.

We are currently requiring:



Promotion

- distribution of promotional materials in your neighborhood

- postering (street and bulletin boards) in your neighborhood



Welcoming team

- door/tickets/guestlist

- tabling and sales

- opening & closing party 



Technical Support

- computer & network technical support

- technical support to artists



Transportation

- international artists' mobility

- transport of technical materials



5. We are presently seeking for accomodations for our festival
artist Kayle Brandon, who will be staying in from October 15th to 28th. Also
our artist Alejandra Maria Perez Nunez will be needing accommodation from
october 4th to 21st.



Your generous help would be very appreciated!
Please
contact us at info@htmlles.net if you think you can offer our artist accommodation.



Thanks for your support, we hope to talk
with you soon!