{"id":255,"date":"2008-10-28T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2008-10-28T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2008.cybersonica.org\/?p=255"},"modified":"2021-03-09T12:25:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T12:25:35","slug":"french-connection-friday-late-cold-war-modern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.cybersonica.org\/2008\/french-connection-friday-late-cold-war-modern\/","title":{"rendered":"French Connection Friday Late: Cold War Modern"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"760\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"250\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"cwm_250px\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.cybersonica.org\/2008\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/10\/cwm_250px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"cwm_fl_250px\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.cybersonica.org\/2008\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/10\/cwm_fl_250px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"blank\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.cybersonica.org\/2008\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/08\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"6\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-257\" title=\"nova_250px\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.cybersonica.org\/2008\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/10\/nova_250px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"blank\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.cybersonica.org\/2008\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/08\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"6\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-258\" title=\"robotica_250px\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.cybersonica.org\/2008\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/10\/robotica_250px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"185\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"blank\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.cybersonica.org\/2008\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/08\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"6\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-259\" title=\"class_wargames_xenos_eye_250px\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.cybersonica.org\/2008\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/10\/class_wargames_xenos_eye_250px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"203\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"10\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"500\">\n<h3 class=\"detail2\">Friday, 31 October 2008, 6.30-10pm<br \/>\nV&amp;A South Kensington, Cromwell Road London SW7 2RL<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.VAM.AC.UK\/FCFRIDAYLATE\">www.vam.ac.uk\/fcfridaylate<\/a><br \/>\nFREE<br \/>\nNearest Tube: <span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">South Kensington<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Join us for an evening to celebrate the exhibition, Cold War Modern: Design 1945\u20131970.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Cybersonica<\/em> and <em>Cybersalon<\/em> with <em>Fashion in Film<\/em> and the <em>London Games Fringe<\/em> showcase an evening of progressive electronic music and audiovisual performance, accessible interactive and digital art, thought-provoking screenings and classic and contemporary gaming.<\/p>\n<p>Become an activist and nurture your revolutionary streak with <em>Class Wargames<\/em> who will be on hand to help you fight and win against the oppressors of spectacular society!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Cold War Live &amp; Direct<\/em> &#8211; a live audiovisual entertainment channel tuned to the Cold War era featuring <strong>Secret Films<\/strong>, <strong>I Am The Mighty Jungulator<\/strong> and <strong>Ben Osborne and Overlap presenting Baby Space Disco (Noise of Art)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A new interactive work by <strong>Squidsoup<\/strong> &#8211; <em>The Stealth Project: Under The Radar<\/em> &#8211; incorporating <strong>NOVA<\/strong>, the world\u2019s first full-colour real 3D LED video screen.<\/li>\n<li>Adolescent nostalgia and political critique with redeveloped and DIY &#8216;board games of war&#8217; from <strong>Cl<\/strong><strong>ass Wargames<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Copplestone Castings<\/strong>\u00a0featuring players from the <strong>Warsaw Pact Forces Group<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Take centre stage and become iconic characters from three great <em>Cold War Film Classics<\/em> with <strong>The Casting Scene<\/strong>&#8216;s online \u2018audition\u2019 service.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shelley Parker<\/strong>&#8216;s emotive and atmospheric soundscape &#8211; <em>Cast<\/em> &#8211; evokes a post-apocalyptic future in the awe-inspiring grandeur of the V&amp;A&#8217;s Cast Courts.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>London Games Fringe<\/strong> load up and invite you to play three classic Cold War themed video games: <em>Missile Command<\/em>, <em>Defcon<\/em> and the multiplayer <em>GoldenEye 007<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fashion in Film<\/strong> presents <em>Beyond Espionage<\/em> &#8211; a selection of some of the most eloquent newsreels and documentaries from post-war East Germany and Czechoslovakia exploring the rhetoric of \u201csocialist fashion\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alex Veness<\/strong> and his custom-made camera the <strong>Xenon-Eye<\/strong> create grotesque, bizarrely misshapen, anxious <em>Imaginary Cold War Portraits<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stanza<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Robotica: Control Inside the Panopticon<\/em> is a playful installation that questions ideas of surveillance and tracking using robots, CCTV and sensor technologies.<\/li>\n<li>and <strong>Stanza<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Sensity V&amp;A<\/em> uses a network of &#8216;motes&#8217; 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