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=Promotional Copy (Press Kit)=

**PLEASE NOTE THAT ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS COPY/WIKI ARE ENCOURAGED. I've already made a few from your recent comments but please feel free just to do them directly ;)**

Hi all,

I just took a stab at writing a quick blurb for the press kit as we will be needing this quite soon. As per our talk in the last promo meeting I added the 'Decode' slant to promote it. I'd love to have anyone look over it to check terms, dates, times, names, facts, etc. and to maybe adjust/rewrite it to make it better. This is just a draft but I do feel we need to get it finished right away.

I followed Canadian standards for an art show press release but please confirm if this complies with the places you will be emailing/faxing this too. Canadian standards require the top line "...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE" and the bottom line "###".


 * Also please include your name and information on the bottom when sending this out to magazines/papers/funding raising institutions instead of Andy's. **

We will also need a few pictures to add to this package... if anyone knows where we could a few from last year's show, this would be helpful. Otherwise we could just add some of our current work as it is being developed.

Jean Baptiste is working on the logo (so that we could add it to all the images we use) and letterhead so we should be able to have this ready to send out by next week.

Cheers, Rod


 * PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
 * Going Beyond Decode:

**
 * The MA Digital Art Degree Show at Camberwell College of Arts **

//London, UK - May 5, 2010 –// On 45 Peckham Road, next door to the South London Gallery, Camberwell College of Arts is pushing the virtual envelope with its annual MA Digital Arts Degree show. This year's show from Camberwell MA, confidently delivers cutting edge work, from 21 international talents from Europe, Asia, North America and beyond,who will thrill your senses, give you a chance to glimpse the future,today. by tomorrow's rising stars. The exhibition will house the latest in interactive art, live VJing, 3D, computer graphics and Photography. The week-long show opens with a private view on July 13th, 2010 at 6:00pm with a party that can’t be missed.

Contact: Andy Stiff Email: a.stiff@camberwell.arts.co.uk Camberwell College of Arts Wilson Road London SE5 8LU Phone:+44(0)….



I think the above is quite good but have highlighted the yellow section as the part that could do with editing. I've come up with this sentence which kinda 'bigs' our work up a bit more and could be added in somewhere - not necessarily to replace the above bit.


 * Featuring an exciting array of talent bringing forward innovative practices and raising the standard of technological creativity, this year's MA Digital Arts degree show is not to be missed.**

Anyone with any more suggestions (even if its something small) feel free to add in/edit. But leave the originals so we can pick and choose the bits that go best together.

Thanks, Sara :)

I think Sara's sentence above would be a great replacement for some of what is highlighted in yellow. Could we perhaps say.

//London, UK - May 5, 2010 –// On 45 Peckham Road, next door to the South London Gallery, Camberwell College of Arts is pushing the virtual envelope with its annual MA Digital Arts Degree show. Featuring an exciting array of talent bringing forward innovative practices and raising the standard of technological creativity, this year's MA Digital Arts degree show at Camberwell MA, confidently delivers cutting edge work, from 21 international talents from Europe, Asia, North America and beyond. The exhibition will house the latest in interactive art, live VJing, 3D, computer graphics and Photography. The week-long show opens with a private view on July 13th, 2010 at 6:00pm.

Kevin.

Hi all! I really like where this is going and really like Kevin's latest version (that have incorporated Sara's tweaks). Thanks guys!

I just want to point everyone to Rabhia's examples of a press release that she emailed out a few days ago (the E17 Art Trail?). I liked that the press release used some statistics from the previous show. Maybe we could mention that we are expecting 2000 in attendance (according to Andy)... I'm assuming this number came from last year's show. Also Esmerlda pointed me to [] for further examples of press releases that might inspire us!

Before anything else, I just want to confirm that all the dates/times/vitals are correct. I quickly wrote the first draft and am not confident that it all checks out.

Is the address OK? Number of students in the cohort? Date and time of the private view? Show duration?

Cheers, Rod ;)

Hi All,

I think we might be more than 21?Someone mentioned 26 at some point? I can confirm that we onliners are 7 and if I count eveyone from the blogs it makes 27, but is everyone part of the final show?

According to the calendar the show finishes on Saturday the 17th already, so its not a week long show unfortunately.

Kevin's version seems pretty good...

Thanks, Jenni

Hi All i have adjusted the text as below - hope you don't mind:

//London, UK - June 8, 2010 –// Camberwell College of Arts is pushing the virtual envelope with its annual MA Digital Arts Degree show. Featuring an exciting array of talent bringing forward innovative practices and raising the standard of technological creativity. This year's show confidently delivers cutting edge work from 27 international talents from Europe, Asia, North America and beyond. The exhibition will house the latest in interactive art, live VJing, 3D, computer graphics and Photography. The show opens with a private view on Tuesday July 13th, 2010 at 6:00 - 9:00pm and runs until Saturday 17th July at Camberwell College of Arts, Peckham Road London SE5 8U

27 students is including Raquel - does anyone know if she is or is not showing? As she is back in Madrid now

............................................................................................................................................ //Hi All, How about adjusting the list of kinds of work to this:

London, UK - June 8, 2010 –// Camberwell College of Arts is pushing the virtual envelope with its annual MA Digital Arts Degree show. Featuring an exciting array of talent bringing forward innovative practices and raising the standard of technological creativity. This year's show confidently delivers cutting edge work from 27 international talents from Europe, Asia, North America and beyond. The exhibition will house the latest in interactive art, live VJing, 3D, video, computer graphics and photographic processes. The show opens with a private view on Tuesday July 13th, 2010 at 6:00 - 9:00pm and runs until Saturday 17th July at Camberwell College of Arts, Peckham Road London SE5 8U