ANIMA - Arts Network for Integrated Media Applications
 
     The WebWeavers presents the premiere of the public version of 'ANIMA -
Arts Network for Integrated Media Applications'.  The ANIMA information
service provides a network source for information focusing on the
intersection of arts, technology and media.
 
     ANIMA is a newly available multimedia cultural information service now
distributed over the World Wide Web global hypertext network. ANIMA
provides online access to cultural theory and expression, ideas and
research.
 
     ANIMA explores the possibilites of networking as an information resource
and tool for research in art and technology, the development of virtual
communities for creative collaboration, and the network as a medium for
artistic exploration and expression.
 
        Currently available ANIMA features includes
ArtWorld: a service centre for the arts online;
Spectrum, a selection of electronic publications,
NEXUS: an online gallery space for artists projects;
ATLAS a reference library on art and technology,
Sphere: a journal for communications theory;
Techne: research on media tools and techniques;
Virtuality: the impact on the interface of interactivity and immersion; and
Persona: a community forum for empowering voice and vision on the net.
Many new features will be released over the upcoming weeks on a regular
basis.
 
      ANIMA is being unveiled at an exhibition featuring a public art
installation using the World Wide Web on the InterNet, being shown at
'Connections' at Design Week '94. Running through March 13th at the
Concourse Gallery of the Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Granville
Island, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Connections is sponsored by the Society of
Graphic Designers of Canada, Radius and Apple Canada.
 
     ANIMA is supported by the B.C. Arts Information Consortium whose members
include the Vancouver Cultural Alliance, Artropolis, Wimsey Information
Services, the Canadian Virtual Worlds Society, MediaWest Publishing and the
WebWeavers.
 
     ANIMA is designed and built by The WebWeavers, a collaborative network
group of artists and multimedia producers with professional expertise in
training, consulting, design and publishing on the InterNet.
 
     ANIMA can be now be accessed with a direct connection to the InterNet
using Mosaic software available for Macintosh or Windows. The URL for ANIMA
is -  http://wimsey.com/anima/ANIMAhome.html.
 
     For further information on how to connect, contribute or participate in
ANIMA please email anima@wimsey.bc.ca.
 
__________________________________________________________________________
Derek J. Dowden,
The WebWeavers, anima@wimsey.bc.ca
ANIMA - Arts Network for Integrated Media Applications
URL  http://wimsey.com/anima/ANIMAhome.html
3-1925 Maple Street, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6J 3S9
1-604-737-3626, ddowden@wimsey.bc.ca