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SPITZER SCANDAL HIGHLIGHTS THAT CURRENT POLICIES AROUND SEX WORK AND TRAFFICKING ARE NOT EFFECTIVE

« 15 March 2008 | 20:23 | general | No Comments »

STATEMENT FROM THE URBAN JUSTICE CENTER
For Immediate Release:
Contact: Sapna Patel, SWP, 646/602.5626, spatel@urbanjustice.org
Juhu Thukral, SWP, 646/602.5690, jthukral@urbanjustice.org
Friday, March 14, 2008
ELIOT SPITZER SCANDAL HIGHLIGHTS THAT CURRENT POLICIES AROUND SEX WORK AND TRAFFICKING ARE NOT EFFECTIVE
(New York City, March 14, 2008) – Eliot Spitzer resigned from his position as Governor of New York [...]



Platforms in “Threads” show at Jersey City Museum

« 29 January 2008 | 17:03 | exhibitions, general, press | No Comments »

Platforms in “Threads” show at Jersey City Museum, 2/24, 2pm
Check us out on on Art Daily.

JERSEY CITY, NJ.-As part of the museum’s Sunday Sampler series, Jersey City Museum and _gaia are pleased to present “threads” Wearable Art Fashion Show on Sunday, February 24th, 2008. The event, which is free and open to the public, will [...]





Platforms / Aphrodite Project on Neural.it

« 4 September 2007 | 17:26 | general, press | No Comments »

A great review of Platforms/Aphrodite Project on Neural.it:
http://www.neural.it/art/2007/09/platforms_promotion_and_safety.phtml [English]
http://www.neural.it/art_it/2007/09/platforms_zeppe_per_lautopromo.phtml [Italian]



Platforms in _Sex in Design_ by Lou Andrea Savoir (Tectum)

« 29 August 2007 | 15:33 | general, press | No Comments »

Platforms is part of a fabulous new book _Sex in Design_ by Lou Andrea Savoir. We are in great company, and the book is beautifully done.
See photos of the 4-page spread at our flickr site.
Available online from Amazon, at Barnes & Noble stores and online, and other fine purveyors.
In English, French and German.



Roaming Hookerfest

« 14 July 2007 | 21:51 | exhibitions, general | No Comments »

The Roaming Hookerfest is a traveling outdoor caravan of sex workers bringing the films to the street. This first-ever Roaming Hookerfest [...]



P.S.A. screenings

« 6 July 2007 | 21:52 | exhibitions, general | No Comments »

Friday July 20
We are part of Roaming Hookerfest, the P.S.A. will be projected on buildings in San Francisco for street workers to see.
Saturday July 21, Midnight
The Roxie New College Film Center
3117 16th Street, San Francisco
Website: http://www.sexworkerfest.com
The Aphrodite Project P.S.A. is part of “La Putain de compile,” a video-project conducted by the Pink Panthers in [...]



Interview fun

« 28 June 2007 | 2:36 | exhibitions, general, press | No Comments »

OK so clearly we don’t check youtube enough…
Interview with Norene Leddy from artfuture.com at the Maker Faire:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BDgsF69wLLE
Interview with Eyebeam’s Joanna Raczkiewicz from bloggingnext.com at NEXTFest:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZAu4KUGitoM



Where 2.0 May 29-30

« 26 May 2007 | 15:58 | exhibitions, general | No Comments »

Come see Andrew Milmoe (Tech Lead) and Melissa Gira (Web Director, Community Advisor) present the shoe at the Where 2.0 conference May 29-30, The Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA.
“There’s no better place to meet the people behind the mash-ups, the people behind the platforms, and the people looking ahead to the future of geospatial. Join [...]



Press from Maker Faire and Sex Hacks

« 25 May 2007 | 15:06 | exhibitions, general, panel discussion, press | No Comments »

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