****************************************************************** ARTBASE* C O N N E C T I O N L I S T Bibliography of arts online draft release v.0.7b -- July 1, 1991 Freeware - Copyright (c)1991 ArtBase Online and Offline Distribution Permitted Encouraged ****************************************************************** ALL-AMERICAN INFORMATION SYSTEMS (AAIA) - free/$ AAIS is a multiline, general purpose BBS which includes a series of essays by art curator Anne Rice entitled the Art Connection.. CONTACT: Don Fitzwater, AAIA, 529 S. 7th St., #329, Minneapolis, MN 55415 USA DATA: 612/338-8844 12/24 MNP 8N1 24hr VOICE: 612/338-8871 AMERICA ONLINE (AOL) - $ AOL is a national information service for Apple, Macintosh, and recently DOS computers. A full service utility, it is best known for it's custom graphic interface and easy of use. CONTACT: Quantum Computer Services, 8619 Westwood Center Drive, Vienna, VA 22182 USA DATA: (Requires custom software) VOICE: 800/227-6364 ART COM - $ Founded in 1975, ART COM is an artists' service organization supporting a variety new art activities. THE key online arts organization, their projects include an online newsletter, a USENET newsgroup (alt.artcom), a conference on the WELL (acen), video and book distribution, plus much more. CONTACT: Carl Loeffler, P.O. Box 193123 Rincon Center, San Francisco, CA 94119 USA DATA: 415/332-6106 (WELL) VOICE: 415/431-7524 EMAIL: artcomtv@well.sf.ca.us FAX: 415/431-7841 ARTBASE - free/$ A media arts support network and virtual reality coffeehouse. Home of the ARTBASE CONNECTION LIST and the INDEPENDENT MEDIA DISTRIBUTORS ALLIANCE (IMDA). CONTACT: Bob Gale, P.O. Box 2154, St. Paul, MN 55102 USA DATA: 612/298-0123 8N1 12/24 VOICE: 612/298-0117 EMAIL: bgale@well.sf.ca.us 71211.2616@compuserve.com FAX: 612/298-0117 ARTLINK - free/$ ARTLINK is an electronic information center BBS for the visual arts, featuring international exhibition guides, artist registry, reviews, commentary, and much more. A valuable clearinghouse for censored art information. CONTACT: Alan Sandman, P.O. Box 5595, Station E, Atlanta, GA 30307 USA DATA: 404/377-2115 8N1 3/12/24 VOICE: 404/377-2210 EMAIL: 70741.333@compuserve.com ARTS WIRE Project to organize offline arts groups for online activities. CONTACT: Anne Focke, 811 First Ave., #403, Seattle, WA 98104 USA VOICE: 206/343-0769 EMAIL: 77170.316@compuserve.com ARTSNET ELECTRONIC NETWORK Artsnet Electronic Network provides network management services for the arts as a strategy for effectively introducing the industry to the benefits of electronic networking. Their projects include, ArtsNet Review Magazine and an online conference. CONTACT: Sue Harris and Phillip Bannigan, PO Box 429, Eastwood, S. Australia 5063 EMAIL: suephil@peg.pegasus.oz.au FAX: +61 8 373 ARTWAY Art-oriented BBS with hypercard, Mac graphics, and online art magazines. Developer of ARTWINDOW, BBS system for museums. CONTACT: John Gaudreault DATA: 402/341-5644 8N1 12/24 MNP/V42 11am-11pm CST EMAIL: 72067.3046@compuserve.com ATLANTA ART BBS Art oriented BBS run by a sculpture. CONTACT: Scott Genesobel DATA: 714/998-9470 AUSTRALIAN NETWORK FOR ART AND TECHNOLOGY (ANAT) ANAT role is educating and facilitating Australian artists in telecommunications. CONTACT: Virginia Barratt, PO Box 8029, Hindely Street, Adeleia, S Australia 500 VOICE: 08/231-9037 EMAIL: anat@well.sf.ca.us FAX: 08/211-7323 CALLBOARD BBS - $ Subscription UNIX based system run by the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology in Alberta, Canada., Alberta, Canada COLE PLACE MUSIC BOARD New BBS for musicians of all levels. Operated by a music teacher. CONTACT: Allen Mitts DATA: 714/827-3265 EMAIL: 75216,1236@compuserve.com COMPUSERVE (CIS) - $ COMPUSERVE is one of the largest online computer information services in the world. It has hundreds of consumer and business features, including several forums of interest to photographers, writers, musicians and graphic artists. CONTACT: CompuServe, 5000 Arlington Centre Blvd., Columbus, OH 43220 USA DATA: access via local CompuServe Network VOICE: 800/848-8900 DELPHI - $ Delphi is a small, friendly, international information utility. Clubs (or forums) of interest to artists would include MANIC (Micro Artists Network for Interactive Computerists), Music City and the Writers Group. CONTACT: General Videotex Corporation, 3 Blackstone St., Cambridge, MA 02139 DATA: 617/576-0862, 816/421-6938 VOICE: 800/544-4005 DIGITAL ART EXCHANGE Group (DAX) Formed in 1982 to work within the environment of computers and telecommunications, DAX promotes the use of computers and telecommunications as a means of improving artist-to-artists and culture-to-culure relationships. CONTACT: Bruce Breland, Carnegie Mellon University - Art Dept, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 VOICE: 412/621-0652 EMAIL: U228BBOA@VB.CC.CMU.EDU FAX: 412/268-5016 ECHO - $ Echo is a public access, general interest computer conferencing system based in New York City (modeled somewhat after the WELL). Although artistic issues are dealt with in many conferences on Echo they are most concentrated in Culture, Panscan, and WordUp. CONTACT: Stacy Horn, 97 Perry St., #13, NYC, NY 10014 DATA: 212/989-8411 VOICE: 212/255-3839 EMAIL: stacy@echo.UUCP ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION (EFF) Founded by Mitch Kapor and John Perry Barlow,the EFF addresses the social and legal issues arising from the impact on society of the increasingly pervasive use of computers as a means of communication and information distribution. CONTACT: Mitch Kapor, 155 Second St., Cambridge, MA 02141 VOICE: 617/864-0665 EMAIL: mkapor@eff.org FAX: 617/864-0866 ELECTRONIC NETWORKING ASSOCIATION (ENA) - $ An association whose purpose is to promote the electronic networking in ways that enrich individuals, enhance organizations, and build global communities. Publishers of NETWEAVER. CONTACT: Nan Hanahue, 2744 Washington St., Allentown, PA 18104 EMAIL: ena@pandora.sf.ca.us hanahue@well.sf.ca.us 71500.3635@compuserve.com FAX: 215/432-2778 FACTSHEET FIVE BBS The electronic home of FACTSHEET FIVE, the zine of zines (zine=fazine=very small print press). Editor Mike Gunderloy is a guru of the paper underground. There is also a Factsheet Five conference on the WELL (f5). CONTACT: Mike Gunderloy, 6 Arizona Ave., Rensselaer, NY 12144 DATA: 518/479-3879 3/12 7E1 VOICE: 518/479-3707 EMAIL: ffmike@well.sf.ca.us 72271.275@compuserve.com FIDONET International PC network with over 6,000 nodes, plus gateways to Internet. Not much art discussion, though the several small media and advocacy conferences moderated by William Bowles (1:107/607), or the music conferences moderated by John Forden (1:147/6) CONTACT: Any local BBS, or Tom Jennings (author of FIDO software), PO Box 77731, San Francisco, CA 94107 FINE ART, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BBS (FAST) - $ Following current developments in the application of new technology to the arts around the world, FAST activities include: Calendar of Worldwide Events, Fine Art Forum & Music Research Digest Newsletters, Sections on Holography, Space Art, etc. CONTACT: International Society for Art, Science and Technology (ISAST), PO Box 75, 1142A, Berkeley, CA 94709 DATA: 415/845-8306, 415/845-8298 EMAIL: fast@garnet.berkeley.edu fast@ucbgarne.bitnet GC EDUNET University based conferencing system serving Georgia educators that has among its message areas one for art discussion. CONTACT: Tressa Williamson, Georgia College - School of Education, Milledgeville, GA 31061 DATA: 912-453-1897 7E1 VOICE: 912-453-4546 GENIE - $ GEnie is one of the largest, fastest growing consumer information utilities. But not much art activity online, though good roundtables (forums) devoted to photography, writing, MIDI, music and nonprofits. CONTACT: General Electric, 401 N Washington St, Rockville, MD 20850 VOICE: 800/638-9636 MATRIX ARTISTS' COMPUTER NETWORK BBS Canadian group that initiated recent addition of rec.arts.fine to USENET. CONTACT: Jeff Mann, Inter/Access Artists' Computer Centre, Toronto, CN DATA: 416/535-7598 8N1 2400 VOICE: 414/535-8601 EMAIL: mann@intacc.uucp MEDIANET International PCBoard-based broadcaster echo and message network. The MediaLine BBS is the national MediaNet hub. CONTACT: Steve Tom, La Jolla, CA DATA: 619/298-4027 8N1 12/24/96 MIDI BBS LIST Listing of many MIDI oriented BBS. Current list can be found on the MIDImaze BBS. CONTACT: Lee Smith, P.O. Box 822, Hixson, TN 37343 DATA: 615/877-5528 MIND IMAGE BBS - free BBS for Computer Graphic Professionals, focusing on animation, rendering, computer aided design, desk top publishing, video/film/audio production and related topics. CONTACT: Ja Stoddart, MIND IMAGE BSS DATA: 612/781-1720 3/12/24 8N1 MINDS IN MOTION BBS (free) & NEWSLETTER $ A DOS graphics support BBS and newsletter. CONTACT: GRAFX Group, Doug Wolfgram, 30448 Rancho Viejo Rd, #100, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 DATA: 714/240-7459 8N1 12/24 24hr VOICE: 714/240-7105 EMAIL: 76702.262@compuserve.com MUSIC-RESEARCH DIGEST Internet mailing list/newsletter established for people whose chief interests concern computers and their applications to music representation systems information retrieval systems for musical scores music printing music analysis EMAIL: Music-Research@uk.ac.oxford.prg NEABBS Amsterdam BBS serving the Rotterdam Film Festival, Van Gogh Museum, and many other cultural institutions. Working on providing e-mail for artists in conjunction with ArtsNet and The Stichting Kunst in Computers, a non-profit foundation. CONTACT: Martin Cleaver, Bilderdijkstraat 5/1052 NA Amsterdam, The Netherlands DATA: +31 20 5733533(BBS) +31 20 163698(email) VOICE: +31 20 162224 EMAIL: 2:280/204@Fidonet FAX: +31 20 838188 NETWEAVER - free The interactive, inter-system newsletter of the Electronic Networking Association. CONTACT: Lisa Carlson, 2744 Washington Street, Allentown, PA 18104 DATA: 703/243-6622 EMAIL: lisa@tmn.uu.net ONLINE DIGITAL MUSIC REVIEW - $ Biweekly online publication which reviews dozens of new CDs, as well as occasional tapes and records. Available from many BBSs. CONTACT: Alan R. Bechtold, 8125 SW 21st ST, Topeka, KS 66615 DATA: 913/478-9239 VOICE: 913/478-3157 PEACENET/ECONET/CONFLICTNET/HOMEONET - $ Multiple, international advocacy networks run by Institute for Global Communication whose goal is to spread technology and information equally among as many as possible. CONTACT: IGC, 3228 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA 94115 DATA: 415/ VOICE: 415/923-0900 FAX: 415/923-1665 PERFORMING ARTS NETWORK (PAN) - $ Information utility for musicians and music industry CONTACT: Perry Leopold, PO Box 162, Skippack, PA 19474 DATA: Access via Tyment or Telenet VOICE: ?/489-4640 REC.ARTS.FINE A unmoderated USENET newsgroup with discussion of topics related to art and artists, including traditional art forms such as painting & sculpture as well as electronic and new media art such as computer, video, holography and interactive art. CONTACT: Any major USENET access point, such as university CompSci dept. RUSSELL COUNTRY BBS An American Indian Share-Art Gallery. BBS featuring NAPLPS graphics by Native American artists. CONTACT: Cynthia Denton, 201 Third Ave East, Hobson, MT 59452 DATA: 406/423-5433 SMALL COMPUTERS AND THE ARTS NETWORK - SCAN SCAN publishes papers and holds symposiums on small computers and the arts, and is in the process of developing a computer network. CONTACT: Dick Moberg, U of the Arts, Broad & Pine St., Philadelphia, PA 19102 VOICE: 215/875-4800 EMAIL: ranjit@grad2.cis.upenn.edu SPECTRANET New developing media-related Fido based message network based out of the Electronic Arts Info BBS. CONTACT: Jeff Alwin, Orlando, FL DATA: 407/649-9834 8N1 3/12/24 STRATEGIES - free/$ Online and offline publication of media literacy publication. CONTACT: Strategies for Media Literacy, Inc., 347 Dolores, rm 306, San Francisco, CA 94103 VOICE: 415/621-2911 EMAIL: 73030.51@compuserve.com TELENAUT CAFE BBS - $ On this BBS, CAFE stands for Computer Arts' Floating Exhibition. The focus original digital art in the GIF format. CONTACT: David Newman, TELENAUT CAFE DATA: 415/454-2313 24 8N1 EMAIL: dn@well.sf.ca.us TATAU BBS BBS dedicated to the discussion and dissemination of information about the ancient art of tattoo. They are compiling a database of Tattoo artists, Tattoo books and periodicals, and much more. CONTACT: Eric Jennings, TATAU!, (Fido 1:133/111) DATA: 404/888-0075, 3/12/24 TELEGUIDE New film/video BBS for the Detroit area featuring listings of professionals working in the area. DATA: 313/524-9891 24 8N1 VOICE: 313/524-9890 THE AUDIOPHILE NETWORK (TAN) - $ BBS dedicated to serving the audiophile and videophile community. CONTACT: Guy Hickey, 14155 Kittridge St., Van Nuys, CA DATA: 818/988-0452 8N1 3/12/24 24hr VOICE: 818/782-1676 FAX: 818/780-6260 USENET - free/$ Usenet (Users' Network) is a world-wide bulletin board/conference system shared among many computer systems. Hundreds of newsgroups, dozens of which are of interest to artists. Participants include users from several continents. An invaluable resource. CONTACT: Your Local University CompSci Dept... WHOLE EARTH 'LECTRONIC LINK (WELL) - $ THE Locus for the creative and progressive online community, the WELL is a low-cost, mid-size conferencing system centered in the San Francisco Bay area, but with national and international access through CompuServe Network -- plus USENET feeds. CONTACT: WELL, 27 Gate Five Road, Sausalito, CA 94965 DATA: 415/332-6106 VOICE: 415/332-4435 WORLD THEATRE BBS CONTACT: Bob Bethune, Warwick, NY DATA: 914/986-0697 YAWN Online newsletter which bills its self as a sporadic critique of culture., CONTACT: PO Box 162, Oakdale, IA 52319 ***************************************************************** ArtBase makes no warranty, either express or implied, regarding the accuracy, timeliness and/or fitness of materials on this list. All information is made available to the user solely on an *as is* basis, to be utilized at the user's own risk. Hah! The ARTBASE CONNECTION LIST is an attempt to map the intersection between the arts and online computer systems. Items for inclusion may include, but are not limited to: - Computer Bulletin Board Systems - Networks: local and international - Conferences, forums, and message bases - Organizations and/or individuals online - Online projects such as newsletters and exhibitions - Offline assistance projects - Your suggestions here ... Finally, this list is VERY incomplete. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! Please send your submissions, comments, and corrections to: >>> ArtBase --> Bob Gale Internet: bgale@well.sf.ca.us <<< >>> CIS: 71211,2616 AOL: BGale voice/fax: 612/298-0117 <<< >>> BBS: 612/298-0123 3/12/24 8N1 24hrs <<< >>> Snailmail: PO Box 2154, St Paul, MN 55102 USA <<< *************************END OF FILE***************************