[disneyNASAborg]
Since the beginning
Works in Brooklyn United States of America

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<disneyNASAborg>
SiliconIntelligenceNetwork
http://www.wnvirus.com
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05/06-2002
THE RESONANT WAVE
The Spannwerk,Berlin,Germany
KIS-Kultur Im Spannwerk,Paul-Linke-Ufer 20-22
May 25th-June 8th 2002
A festival of arts,culture and advancement, focusing on new media integration and delivery.
Created a physical environment, a two-week studio installation, from which used as a "command module" for the creation of live simultaneous multimedia.Also constructed a user kiosk from which to interface with worldwide collaborators via streaming audio and video.Monitored and implemented live events delivery via internet with the use of text chat,voice/sound,video conferencing "open studio" with relevant web based art embedded into design for extra support materials.
http://www.resonant-wave.net

05-2002
T3 4 Pe@ce / TeleTwinTowers.org
Chashama Theatre, 135 42nd street,Times Square,NYC
May 3rd-5th 2002
A 3 day, non stop town meeting of art, music, performance and political forums including over 150 participants. Live at Chashama Theater and netcast world wide visit TeleTwinTowers.org . Opening Chashama's Oasis Festival and in conjunction with Windows on 42nd Street Festival.
Created live audio/visual performance and net hijack, embedding the live stream into interactive net based art.
http://www.teletwintowers.org

02-2002
POWS: The Greatest Anti-War Show on Earth
At St. Mark's Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church 131 E. 10th St. at 2nd Ave NYC
Friday March 8, 2002, 10pm
A multi-media theatre happening with performances and video by international performers from: The Gambia, Argentina, Zimbabwe, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Canada, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, USA and elsewhere. They are the elite of downtown's performing artists working
from the context of 911 incorporating media installations and video art fusion.Created original 1 hour looping digital video installation.
http://www.galinskyplace.com/pow

01-2002
National Coalition Against Censorship. ART NOW: Nationwide Artistic Responses to September 11 & Its Aftermath is an online clearinghouse of artistic responses in all media to September 11, and a discussion forum among artists on issues of artmaking in times of political crisis. Please note that [Mediamixer] 9.11.01/Human Bombs/Air Attack on America is featured on our site directly at http://www.ncac.org/projects/art_now/approaching.html.

Featured on WWW.RHIZOME.ORG/911
Rhizome.org is a nonprofit organization that presents new media art to the public, fosters communication and critical dialogue about new media art, and preserves new media art for the future. [Mediamixer] 9.11.01/Human Bombs/Air Attack on America is featured.

9.2001_"Recorded the events of September 11th, from the roof of my Brooklyn,as the whole world watched in horror"___subsequent footage inspired MEDIAMIXER 9.11.01/Human Bombs/Air Attack On America.http://sintelligence.net/ATTACKONAMERICA

"RGB:between digital lines" July 14, 2001
SmackMellon Studios,62 Waters St.,"DUMBO",Brooklyn NY.
WNVIRUS.COM/Complacent.org.
Created inflatable 'larvae environment'from which dancers emerged, with
live digital video and audio projected into/on top of 'larvae environment'
Performers_Ximena, Juan Mercando,Atsushi Takenouchi, Kathi Von Koerber,
Despina Stamos,Evelyna Dann, Kendra Floyd, Erin Ellen Kelly,
AUDIO_Zemi17 and Mela Kensuke

"OVM organic visual messages" June 23,2001
23 Windows, Belvidere St.,Brooklyn,NY
Independent Experimental Video and Multi-Media Installation Festival
A 10-hr event with 7 video installation in 5 spaces and a screening room
curated by Christine Howard and Kaesha KVK. EMERGENCE_POD ,inflatable translucent media control pod, from within, created,remixed,and reprojected media pertainent to West Nile Virus crisis in NY.Oversized replica of adult mosquito inflated over pod.
Live digital audio/visual broadcast.WNVIRUS.COM

___NEW YORK CENTER FOR MEDIA ARTS,7pm May 19th, 2001
NYCMA: 45-12 Davis Street Long Island City, NY 11101
Surface Geographies and the Land Behind Our Eyes: A new cultural geography after connectivity
This is a collaboration between choreographer Sin Cha Hong ,set designer Phillip Baldwin,and technology artist <disneyNASAborg> resulting in a dance performance/new media installation that explores how the global digital economy has impacted local culture and shifted critical paradigms in gender, race, and class. Surface Geographies has just recently received a grant
from the Korea Foundation. The piece points to the potential dangers as well as the potential freedom that telecommunications and new media bring, as the patterns and the boundaries created by the web of telecommunications literally and virtually encircle the performers and the audience.par
Creating an interactive web presence,live web casting of event,and multimedia integration into performance via interactive technologies.
http://www.nycmediaarts.org

"Regurgitation Show"
Bohemianlife.com, Jersey City. March 23,2001
Aerial 'emergence prototype',inflatable larvae environment v.1, video feedback light painting by Aurora Crowley,Created a blue-screen layer of 3D animation to remix and juxtapose on light painting.3 bungi improvisational dancers.audio live by zemi 17.

4.2001___FINALIST BOSTON CYBERARTS 2001/LITESHOW.ORG

A project of the Boston CyberArts 2001, . Lite show celebrates the use ofcutting-edge low-bandwidth animation in a world where bandwidth is a significant artsistic constraint. Entrants from around the world have been selected to submit their best web based interactive art within the creative
challenges of low bandwidth. JURORS INCLUDE: UK BASED HELEN WHITEHEAD, WEBSITE EDITOR AND PROJECT DEVELOPER FOR THE TRACE ONLINE WRITING CENTRE, AT THE NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY AND JENNIFER HALL,ARTIST AND FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF DO WHILE STUDIOS."THE LITE SHOW PRESENTS THE CREATIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY AT ITS BEST. SAID GEORGE FIFIELD, DIRECTOR OFBOSTON CYBERARTS. "THE ARTISTS USING THESE LOW BANDWIDTH MEDIAS, LIKE FLASH, ARE CHANGING OURENTIRE PERCEPTION OF THE INTERNET AS A MEDIA RICH ARTISTIC SPACE.

4.2001___ARTS INTERNATIONAL,ERITREAN POETRY CABARET,FIRST "MEDIA BLENDER"
Arts International.251 Park Avenue South, 5th Fl., NYC
Interactive Design incorporating streaming media solutions.
Created an original multimedia interface, incorporating streaming video,interactivity,and flash navigation.Edited and compressed video in two different web formats according to bandwidth needs, and implemented 20+ web videos in both quicktime,and realplayer with within separate frames for simulataneous viewing and juxtaposition. Working closely with AI
on a series of "arts mixers", the purpose is to push the boundaries of content development,design,and functionality by creating artistic interfaces relavent to the arts being exhibited and allowing the viewer the ability to collage multiple simultaneous media.
http://www.artsinternational.org

3.2001___ FOILMAGAZINE.COM,CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
Designed/deployed continually evolving interactive online presence.
An ongoing experimentation into the marriage of design,content development,
and interactive multimedia. Developing new forms of online content exhibiton
to be distributed via streaming media technologies. Also experimenting with webcasting technologies and on-site specific documentation and development for real time events coverage worldwide. The long term goals include the continual growth and advancement of an arts/culture content database that acts as a collaborative element to the print vehicle.
http;//www.foilmagazine.com

2.2001___"LARVAE PROTOTYPES" @ [SIN]lab.LAUNCH WWW.WNVIRUS.COM
Collaborative project incorporating installation,performance,dance,live audio,and live digitalvideo manipulations.<Kathi Von Koerber,Zemi 17,Havoc,RansomCorp,Sintelligence>
Created inflatable replicas of west nile virus mosquito larvae, the dancers performed inside sealed ,then emerged from larvae.Performers suspended from bungee, and by end of performance where flying around environment. Utilizing an all too often "dead space" in the field of vision of the viewer in a traditional stage setup.Real time filming and manipulations of performance we reprojected into environment, and mixed out of the video mixing board for documentation.par
Also developed original artistic video footage of lifecycles of mosquito larvae to be mixed into show.The documentation of each of the versions of these prototypes will be displayed on wnvirus.com and wnvproject.com this summer as part of a massive web project dealing with the serious threat of vector borne viruses in a collosal urban environment such as NYC.

6/200 "MEDIAMIXER ONLINE SERIES"1st work_"KURTS_ sinks_"
SILICON INTELLIGENCE NETWORK/SINTELLIGENCE.NET"
Launched an on-line, continually evolving and updated, interactive multimedia project series blurring the boundaries between the traditional dissemination of 'News' media and new forms of artist-created media manipulation mixers.The user creates a composition using multiple, simultaneously looping audio and video materials,html,flash,java applets,etc. Thus, turning your desktop into a collage of thought-provoking media to juxatapose according to your own unique audio/visual experience.
http://www.sintelligence.net/NEWNAV/MMlaunch.htm

5/2000. Tech-KNOW LOGIC..MovingImageGallery.[Michelle Thursz
Moving Image Gallery,414 Broadway #3,NYC,NY
May 18-June 16th 2000.
Created interactive installation and performance element for new media group show.The environment was controlled by viewers interacting with computers running Flash and Shockwave sound/visual mixersThe butoh collaboration incorporated the fusion of the physical performer and his active participation in "activating the buttons" and controling the audio and visuals for performance. One performer,one mouse,one cursor, one user-investigating the isolationism of the one and how the 2 ones can effectively collaborate via computer.The user during the duration of the show has access to the computer and can drive the sound and audio to his/her desire.

03/2000 SpaceDance @ GaleGates,NY.
GAle GAtes et al.,37 Main Street,DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
A collaboration between Japanese and American artists combining Butoh dance
and interactive technology. Video documentented performance, edited/encoded and
posted to web presence I constructed for The Japan Foundation, SUNY
Stonybrook Theatre Department, The WAHcenter, and The BS Institue of
Culture(tokyo). Realized and implemented interactive Flash interface and
graphic design to site I built. Also implemented the live camera
technologies and created original interactive projections for the
performance.
http://www.galegates.org
http://www.dome-ao.org/spacenav.html

01/2000 DMZ2000, Created Flash presentation and live camera
support for,Panmunjon: The Millennium Celebration, in
*collaboration with Professor Dong-Il Lee of Dankook University in
South Korea. The project received support from the President of
South Korea, the United Nations Command of Korea, and several
South Korean corporations the cultural event held in the demlitarized
zone of Korea.Nam June Paik was featured artist and in conjunction
with Dome Artist Outreach.

10/99 "APOCOLYPSE 99'
Williamsburg Arts & Historical Society
135 Broadway,Williamsburg,Brooklyn,NY
' won best of show' for interactive multimedia installation.
Apocolypse 99' was an international juried art exhibit
with over 100 artists worldwide.The installation included user
machines that the viewer could manipulate the sounds of the entire
space via computers utilizing Flash and Shockwave sound mixers.The event was also live broadcast.Project included butoh collaborative performance, car exhaust experiments on site, body art and performance.The event was chronicled on the web, and streaming media was utilized to better disseminate the documentation and collaboration.Also provided support streaming media to gallery. http://www.wahcenter.org

1998 EARTH DAY"FUTURE GARDEN?"
Constructed a 4'x6' mobile garden on wheels. In the middle of the East Village Garden Crisis,on EARTH DAY.Via harness, pulled [garden] ,repetitively, in 30+ square loop---from Houston + Ave C to 14th street and back down 3rd Ave.
Stopped traffic and shared the roadways, dragging the freshness of nature throughout LES. Stirred thought about plight of the future green spaces, especially in the minds of the young, who were bewildered.documented footage was archived on Mindengine.com.

1997 DEC.21-28 First Internet Based Work_
"URBAN CONSUMPTION RESEARCH 001."
1 token,1 week in the enclosed circuit of the NYC subway system.
Collaborated on web element with Mindengine.com, to chronicle the events in streaming video and interactivity. Created physical works on site,interviews,sound pieces, documented American consumption rituals surrounding Christmas holidays, from NYC subway circuit.

EDUCATION_1989-1994,Florida State University_Tallahasee,Florida
Bachelor of Fine Arts_Sculpture Department
BFA Mixed Media,Areas of Specialized Study;metal fabrication & casting,site specific installation,
digital new media,videography,photography,audio/visual collage_
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I couldnt agree with you more-----
although, props to you, for all the good stuff you have been working on-
[nasa]

[disneyNASAborg]
[MEDIAMIXER].nyc
http://WWW.SINTELLIGENCE.NET
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+1.917.721.4437

----- Original Message -----
From: marc.garrett
To: list@rhizome.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 2:54 PM
Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: dissolve the male...

Even though suddenly - some interesting discussions have evolved/emerged.=

Rhizome needs a few more females participating and introducing their own =
ideas here badly, it's all a bit blokey here for me at the moment. I am bor=
ed with all the insults and the autistic-style macho banter/posturing all t=
he time. In fact that is why I have backed out of involving myself with the=
list currently.

So my question is - are the people (males) who frequent this list willing=
to stop shouting all the time, so to make room for a different form of com=
munication. A more reconstructive, fluid and less aggressive way of explori=
ng concepts via mutual respect? Or am I gonna receive a barrage of denials?

marc

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<DIV>I couldnt agree with you more-----</DIV>
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on-</DIV>
<DIV>[nasa]</DIV>
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male...</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Even though suddenly - some interesting discussions have
evolved/emerged. <BR><BR>Rhizome needs a few more females participating a=
nd
introducing their own ideas here badly, it's all a bit blokey here for me=
at
the moment. I am bored with all the insults and the autistic-style macho=

banter/posturing all the time. In fact that is why I have backed out of=

involving myself with the list currently.<BR><BR>So my question is - are =
the
people (males) who frequent this list willing to stop shouting all the
time,&nbsp;so to make room for a different form of communication. A more=

reconstructive, fluid and less aggressive way of exploring concepts via m=
utual
respect? Or am I gonna receive a barrage of denials?</STRONG></DIV>
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DISCUSSION

MEMBERSHIP fees?


greetings,_ny soggy sat.
The works, concepts,and artists that participate within this environment are
thought to think 'outside the box' and be early adopters for new
technologies. I suggest rhizome take a more difficult route than membership
fees.There has got to be some future forward ways to create revenue streams
to fund the engine.

The new media blenders were a success, how about 1 a month, cover at
door_,,I liked the idea of artist contributed tracks for compilation audio
disk,or better yet I propose a dvd with artist submitted video and motion
image works,,and re-distribution of content via other channels to acquire
revenue streams[i.e. content provided to magazine,tv_],and as mentioned
unique fund-raising techniques that the other long-running artist
not-for-profit spaces have implemented. Of course,we arent talking about
cyber-girl car wash or are we?Just about anything,in my mind,is better than
closing off the list to paying members_this is enlightenment for the masses
not internet pornography.These new medias are having a difficult time in
there own plight to reach some sort of mainstream art acceptance,to divide
it even farther from the reluctant viewer is not the ideal situation.

Although the RAW list has gotten a little ridiculous with the insane amount
of posts by kandinski and the likes--
the are deleted at this point without being read_always]_is there some
excitement of seeing your name in lights?inboxs?or lists?

[disneyNASAborg]
[MEDIAMIXER].nyc
http://WWW.SINTELLIGENCE.NET
dnasab@sintelligence.net
ICQ#106074988
+1.917.721.4437

DISCUSSION

[ART-EXHIBIT,"FUSION"nyc]]disneyNASAborg]10.10.02]


http://www.tc43.com
"FUSION"nyc_3 ARTIST EXHIBITON.
[disneyNASAborg],Duane Paul,and Rojelio Mendoza.
October 10th, 2002__6-11pm.
394 Broadway, 6th flr.
RSVP. 212.340.1892

Press Release -
"FUSION"nyc_Fusion. Featuring 3 unique artists ranging from
painting,installations and sculpture.

[disneyNASAborg]
[disneyNASAborg] is transcending the boundaries dividing new media and the
more traditional forms of art, such as
painting and installation. While learning to create projects with the new
tools for digital art, like 3-d animation software,
digital video NLE [non-linear editing] software, image manipulation
software, and web development /authoring tools. He
became impassioned to assimilate the techniques, ways of working, and
aesthetics of new media and bring these
inspirations back into the realm of the physical.

For instance, the artist rejects the finite background, the non-transparent
background and the merged layers to form 2-d
art object. [dNASAb] creates series' of clear plastic paintings meant to be
juxtaposed with other transparent painted
layers. He works in the infinite number of layers between the viewer and the
boundaries of the work. The backgrounds
then become the SITE itself, inflatable voluminous lit 3-d shapes, and/or
video projected textures; in a similar method
to adding video skins on a 3-d object in 3-d software. And the clear panels
are directly analogous to the ability to layer
100's of clear layers upon each other in image manipulation software, like
Photoshop. By integrating LCD screens,
projections onto translucent portions of paintings, textures on 3-d
inflatable objects, and moving 'sampled' video
projection backgrounds, the composition then becomes congruent to the
futuristic abstractions that one would only
expect in a virtual space.

Duane Paul
Fusing symbolism and sexuality, Mr. Paul's visual language utilizes the
repetition of decorative devices, which at first
glance resemble floral forms. His forms are subverted into abstract
illustrations of sensual interactions. The floral form
acts as the device that pulls the viewer into the painting or wall
assemblages/installations to examine what seems
familiar. The viewer is then confronted or rather surprised once the
realities of the shapes take hold.
His current interests center on the nexus of public/private spaces and
sexual desire. What space do public rooms
occupy in gender identity and sexual fantasy? Employing his sensual
decorative forms as aesthetic objects in such
spaces, he seeks to amplify these feelings by bringing out their opposing
meanings. Along with painting and drawing,
utilizing my developed system of installation of relief sculptures he calls
"Penis /Anus Flowers." These are sculpted
and cast three-dimensional plaster shapes derived from his paintings and
drawing. In their three-dimensional form the
"Penis/Anus Flowers" are extreme aggressive concentrations of the
two-dimensional forms. The forms become that
more playful, that more decorative, that more surreal.
Mr. Paul's mission is to populate his shapes into cultural icons symbolizing
the ambiguity of sexuality, highlighting our
chance existence as male/female, homosexual/heterosexual, black/white.

Rogelio Mendoza
Rogelio Mendoza is a fine artist of German/Mexican decent. He is a
self-taught painter who believes in transforming
natural phenomena into another reality. The interpretation of his work has
nothing to do with what he created. It takes
on its own meaning based solely on the viewers eye.
Time, space and action are concepts that are forever framed within the
physical confines of his canvas. They can be
looked at as frames of memories so personal yet so universal that anyone can
take part.
Literal interpretation seems to be the norm when viewing art. Rogelio's work
defies this opportunity by allowing
everyone to draw their own conclusion. The figures stretch the confines of
their physical beings into something that is
only understood by the viewer.

[disneyNASAborg]
[MEDIAMIXER].nyc
http://WWW.SINTELLIGENCE.NET
http://WWW.TC43.COM [physical works]
dnasab@sintelligence.net
ICQ#106074988
+1.917.721.4437

DISCUSSION

[MEDIAMIXER-WEST NILE VIRUS 2002]


http://www.wnvirus.com

[MEDIAMIXER]Press Release
WWW.WNVIRUS.COM
Thursday, September 5, 2001

TWO ADDITIONAL NEW YORKERS HOSPITALIZED
WITH WEST NILE VIRUS, AND 1 FATALITY THUS FAR IN 2002.
Spraying Scheduled for Overnight,THURSDAY Sept. 5, in Northern Queens and Southwestern Brooklyn, Weather Permitting

WNVIRUS.COM ANNOUNCES IT'S CONTINUED 2002 COMPREHENSIVE
WEST NILE VIRUS SURVEILLANCE, PREVENTION AND CONTROL PLAN
WITH HEAVY EMPHASIS ON INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA VIA THE WEB,
LIVE ONSITE/ONLINE PERFORMANCE SERIES,AND LIVE LARVAL SURVEILLANCE
INTERNET CAMERA.WNVIRUS.COM PROJECT BEGAN IN 2000 DUE TO OUR FEAR THAT THIS
VIRUS WOULD SPREAD QUICKLY THROUGH NORTH AMERICA, WHICH IT HAS, TO 28 STATES.

WNVIRUS.COM ADDS NEW AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS OF MOSQUITO CONTROL SPRAYING CHEMICALS, AND
NEW UPDATED AMERICAN [WNV] DISPERSION MAPS. ALSO INTERACT WITH ORIGINAL AUDIO AND VIDEO
OF PAST SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCES AND INSTALLATIONS IN NYC AREA.

Live Larval Surveillance via the interent[live larvae specimen cams] Underway;
Citywide site-specific performance series Underway;
Public is Asked to Report Dead Birds, and to Reduce Mosquito Breeding Sites
Via Forms Provided on WNVIRUS.COM Underway;
Interactive Creative Education Campaign - "WNVIRUS.COM" - Launched

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WNVIRUS.COM today unveiled "the networks", revamped, comprehensive West Nile virus (WNV) prevention and control plan for 2002. The plan is preventive in orientation and emphasizes interactive multimedia to raise awareness; reducing breeding sites; surveillance of mosquitoes[live larvae cam], birds, mammals and humans; and public education through site-specific performance events,new media,and environments.

DOHMH Commissioner Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, said, "In the City's four years experience with West Nile virus (WNV), the last week of August has tended to be the time when most new infections occur. However, with warmer temperatures expected, we are not out of the woods yet. All New Yorkers - especially those over the age of 50 - should continue to take precautions against mosquitoes, including wearing long sleeves, ensuring screens around the home are tight fitting and not torn, and consider the use of insect repellent when outdoors."

"In less than two years, New York City has developed a state-of-the-art program to protect the City from West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, "but this does little to soothe the concerns of wnvirus.com. This problem is being viewed locally as a NY state issue, where in reality,the issues are global.What if vector-borne viruses were to "migrate" to Florida, and/or other wetland communities in more subtropical climate regions in the United States,with extremely long breeding seasons where it would be virtually impossible to control the disease?Well it has. "Since the first appearance of West Nile virus here in 1999, WNVIRUS.COM has done considerable research to effectively monitor, control,and disseminate information about the disease,through public and online live performances,extreme multimedia,and art installations/environments ",yet the general public knows so very little about the lifecycles of vectors,transmission of the disease,and the signs of infection.This is why we believe the interactive rich-media web site will be heavily viewed and extremly successful in spreading information of the disease to those whom might not otherwise be searching for it, and particularily emphasizing the importance of the impacts of such vector-borne viruses on a global scale.
And more importantly blurring the boundaries between all media by implementing a unique fusion of the arts with 'real and relevant issues/content' created to utilize internet delivery technologies.

The various components of the WNVIRUS.COM plan are as follows:

Prevention of Mosquito Breeding

//[new] FORMS FOR REPORTING STANDING WATER[MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES],AND DEAD BIRD REPORT FORMS TO NOTIFY THE CDC[centers for disease control] OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS,HAVE BEEN ADDED TO WNVIRUS.COM//

WNVIRUS.COM will collaborate with elected officials, other agencies and urban communities to eliminate standing water in empty lots, tire piles and other containers. This will be augmented by performing audio/visual performances in potential breeding sites across the city. A public information campaign will urge residents to reduce breeding sites around homes and businesses, and to report major potential mosquito breeding sites. Additionally, to create original artworks, and venues to exhibit original works[all mediums], that deal with these type of local issues.

The identification of an infected bird or mosquito, or an increase in the density of dead bird sightings, will trigger a "rapid response." This will include intensively reducing larval habitats, and increasing larval control to contain amplification of the virus before it impacts human health.WNVIRUS.com the portal will function as a launch pad to all relative vital breaking news stories surrounding the event.

Mosquito Surveillance

WNVIRUS will monitor mosquitoes citywide by collecting mosquito larvae and adult mosquitoes to determine their distribution, density and type. In 2001, WNV will test adult mosquitoes collected in New York City for West Nile and related viruses in its own laboratories. With testing taking place locally in 2001, the time it will take to get results should be significantly reduced, allowing for more rapid public notification and mosquito breeding reduction activities. Additionally, the public can take part in these laboratory experiments by viewing the specimens and procedures through the live larvae interent camera.

WNV will inspect known mosquito breeding sites within our neighborhoods weekly to determine the presence of mosquito larvae.

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Bird and Mammal Surveillance.

Animals will be monitored for infection and illness with a focus primarily on dead birds, our rooftop pigeon coup access will be instrumental in the collection of infected birds.. WNV also will monitor disease among pigeons,and pigeon flyers throughout NY will be asked to report animals with suspected neurological illnesses to WNV. Additionally,

WNV will ask the public to report the number, location, and types of dead birds via telephone (1-877-WNV-4NYC) or via WNVIRUS.COM Dead bird reports will be used as markers for possible West Nile activity.

Birds which have died recently, will be retrieved if DOH can confirm the location of the bird with the reporting party and can gain access for retrieval. The public will be advised to safely discard birds that are not being retrieved by the City. A sample of birds, especially crows and bluejays, that have died within the 24 hours before reporting, will be submitted for testing in accordance with NYSDEC and NYSDOH criteria.

Public Education and Community Outreach

The WNV will continue its multi-media WNVIRUS.COM "emergenceNYC" public education campaign,refering to the emergence of the adult mosquito from his previous larval confines.. This year, the campaign will include borough specific calls to action (e.g., "emerge" Staten Island, the Bronx, etc). Campaign components will include stickers with web adress to be placed in buses, subways, billboards and sanitation trucks as well as public education materials (in multiple languages) to be distributed citywide; and radio and television public service announcements. Brochures and fact sheets in several languages will be distributed to community-based organizations, community boards, elected officials, schools, and many other organizations citywide. The automated West Nile Virus information Line (1-917-781-3929) will be regularly updated.

In the event of significant human disease risk that may require the application of pesticides to control adult mosquitoes, accurate and timely information about mosquito control activities will be provided. WNVIRUS.COM will provide information about application scheduling, the type of pesticides being used and how to reduce exposure. Additionally,the public will be informed about what to do in the event of adverse reactions to pesticides.

An artist led "WNVIRUS PERFORMANCE PROJECT", will travel to communities to disseminate information on West Nile virus and related activities.

Adult Mosquito Control

WNV will implement a phased response to surveillance findings that will expand prevention and control activities in relation to the threat of an outbreak of human disease. If surveillance indicators suggest that the level of West Nile viral activity poses a significant threat to human health, the plan involves considering the use of pesticides that kill adult mosquiitoes. Because green areas play a role in the amplification of the virus, they may be priority for spraying in high risk areas.

2001 WNVIRUS.COM Comprehensive Arthropod Surveillance and Control Plan
Appendix: Guidelines for a Phased Response to West Nile Virus Surveillance Findings

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[MEDIAMIXER]-WEST NILE VIRUS,2002 UPDATES-Press Release
WWW.WNVIRUS.COM
Thursday, September 5, 2001

TWO ADDITIONAL NEW YORKERS HOSPITALIZED
WITH WEST NILE VIRUS, AND 1 FATALITY THUS FAR IN 2002.
Spraying Scheduled for Overnight,THURSDAY Sept. 5, in Northern Queens and
Southwestern Brooklyn, Weather Permitting

WNVIRUS.COM ANNOUNCES IT'S CONTINUED 2002 COMPREHENSIVE
WEST NILE VIRUS SURVEILLANCE, PREVENTION AND CONTROL PLAN
WITH HEAVY EMPHASIS ON INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA VIA THE WEB,
LIVE ONSITE/ONLINE PERFORMANCE SERIES,AND LIVE LARVAL SURVEILLANCE
INTERNET CAMERA.WNVIRUS.COM PROJECT BEGAN IN 2000 DUE TO OUR FEAR THAT THIS
VIRUS WOULD SPREAD QUICKLY THROUGH NORTH AMERICA, WHICH IT HAS, TO 28
STATES.

WNVIRUS.COM ADDS NEW AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS OF MOSQUITO CONTROL SPRAYING
CHEMICALS, AND
NEW UPDATED AMERICAN [WNV] DISPERSION MAPS. ALSO INTERACT WITH ORIGINAL
AUDIO AND VIDEO
OF PAST SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCES AND INSTALLATIONS IN NYC AREA.

Live Larval Surveillance via the interent[live larvae specimen cams]
Underway;
Citywide site-specific performance series Underway;
Public is Asked to Report Dead Birds, and to Reduce Mosquito Breeding Sites
Via Forms Provided on WNVIRUS.COM Underway;
Interactive Creative Education Campaign - "WNVIRUS.COM" - Launched

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WNVIRUS.COM today unveiled "the networks", revamped, comprehensive West Nile
virus (WNV) prevention and control plan for 2002. The plan is preventive in
orientation and emphasizes interactive multimedia to raise awareness;
reducing breeding sites; surveillance of mosquitoes[live larvae cam], birds,
mammals and humans; and public education through site-specific performance
events,new media,and environments.

DOHMH Commissioner Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, said, "In the City's four
years experience with West Nile virus (WNV), the last week of August has
tended to be the time when most new infections occur. However, with warmer
temperatures expected, we are not out of the woods yet. All New Yorkers -
especially those over the age of 50 - should continue to take precautions
against mosquitoes, including wearing long sleeves, ensuring screens around
the home are tight fitting and not torn, and consider the use of insect
repellent when outdoors."

"In less than two years, New York City has developed a state-of-the-art
program to protect the City from West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne
diseases, "but this does little to soothe the concerns of wnvirus.com. This
problem is being viewed locally as a NY state issue, where in reality,the
issues are global.What if vector-borne viruses were to "migrate" to Florida,
and/or other wetland communities in more subtropical climate regions in the
United States,with extremely long breeding seasons where it would be
virtually impossible to control the disease?Well it has. "Since the first
appearance of West Nile virus here in 1999, WNVIRUS.COM has done
considerable research to effectively monitor, control,and disseminate
information about the disease,through public and online live
performances,extreme multimedia,and art installations/environments ",yet the
general public knows so very little about the lifecycles of
vectors,transmission of the disease,and the signs of infection.This is why
we believe the interactive rich-media web site will be heavily viewed and
extremly successful in spreading information of the disease to those whom
might not otherwise be searching for it, and particularily emphasizing the
importance of the impacts of such vector-borne viruses on a global scale.
And more importantly blurring the boundaries between all media by
implementing a unique fusion of the arts with 'real and relevant
issues/content' created to utilize internet delivery technologies.

The various components of the WNVIRUS.COM plan are as follows:

Prevention of Mosquito Breeding

//[new] FORMS FOR REPORTING STANDING WATER[MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES],AND DEAD
BIRD REPORT FORMS TO NOTIFY THE CDC[centers for disease control] OF
POTENTIAL PROBLEMS,HAVE BEEN ADDED TO WNVIRUS.COM//

WNVIRUS.COM will collaborate with elected officials, other agencies and
urban communities to eliminate standing water in empty lots, tire piles and
other containers. This will be augmented by performing audio/visual
performances in potential breeding sites across the city. A public
information campaign will urge residents to reduce breeding sites around
homes and businesses, and to report major potential mosquito breeding sites.
Additionally, to create original artworks, and venues to exhibit original
works[all mediums], that deal with these type of local issues.

The identification of an infected bird or mosquito, or an increase in the
density of dead bird sightings, will trigger a "rapid response." This will
include intensively reducing larval habitats, and increasing larval control
to contain amplification of the virus before it impacts human
health.WNVIRUS.com the portal will function as a launch pad to all relative
vital breaking news stories surrounding the event.

Mosquito Surveillance

WNVIRUS will monitor mosquitoes citywide by collecting mosquito larvae and
adult mosquitoes to determine their distribution, density and type. In 2001,
WNV will test adult mosquitoes collected in New York City for West Nile and
related viruses in its own laboratories. With testing taking place locally
in 2001, the time it will take to get results should be significantly
reduced, allowing for more rapid public notification and mosquito breeding
reduction activities. Additionally, the public can take part in these
laboratory experiments by viewing the specimens and procedures through the
live larvae interent camera.

WNV will inspect known mosquito breeding sites within our neighborhoods
weekly to determine the presence of mosquito larvae.

.
Bird and Mammal Surveillance.

Animals will be monitored for infection and illness with a focus primarily
on dead birds, our rooftop pigeon coup access will be instrumental in the
collection of infected birds.. WNV also will monitor disease among
pigeons,and pigeon flyers throughout NY will be asked to report animals with
suspected neurological illnesses to WNV. Additionally,

WNV will ask the public to report the number, location, and types of dead
birds via telephone (1-877-WNV-4NYC) or via WNVIRUS.COM Dead bird reports
will be used as markers for possible West Nile activity.

Birds which have died recently, will be retrieved if DOH can confirm the
location of the bird with the reporting party and can gain access for
retrieval. The public will be advised to safely discard birds that are not
being retrieved by the City. A sample of birds, especially crows and
bluejays, that have died within the 24 hours before reporting, will be
submitted for testing in accordance with NYSDEC and NYSDOH criteria.

Public Education and Community Outreach

The WNV will continue its multi-media WNVIRUS.COM "emergenceNYC" public
education campaign,refering to the emergence of the adult mosquito from his
previous larval confines.. This year, the campaign will include borough
specific calls to action (e.g., "emerge" Staten Island, the Bronx, etc).
Campaign components will include stickers with web adress to be placed in
buses, subways, billboards and sanitation trucks as well as public education
materials (in multiple languages) to be distributed citywide; and radio and
television public service announcements. Brochures and fact sheets in
several languages will be distributed to community-based organizations,
community boards, elected officials, schools, and many other organizations
citywide. The automated West Nile Virus information Line (1-917-781-3929)
will be regularly updated.

In the event of significant human disease risk that may require the
application of pesticides to control adult mosquitoes, accurate and timely
information about mosquito control activities will be provided. WNVIRUS.COM
will provide information about application scheduling, the type of
pesticides being used and how to reduce exposure. Additionally,the public
will be informed about what to do in the event of adverse reactions to
pesticides.

An artist led "WNVIRUS PERFORMANCE PROJECT", will travel to communities to
disseminate information on West Nile virus and related activities.

Adult Mosquito Control

WNV will implement a phased response to surveillance findings that will
expand prevention and control activities in relation to the threat of an
outbreak of human disease. If surveillance indicators suggest that the level
of West Nile viral activity poses a significant threat to human health, the
plan involves considering the use of pesticides that kill adult mosquiitoes.
Because green areas play a role in the amplification of the virus, they may
be priority for spraying in high risk areas.

2001 WNVIRUS.COM Comprehensive Arthropod Surveillance and Control Plan
Appendix: Guidelines for a Phased Response to West Nile Virus Surveillance
Findings

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