It's official! The Data Stream relocates ...

It's official! The Data Stream has temporarily relocated to the blog of Goal 2010!, an online and social media project in conjunction with the FIFA World Cup.

Up through the final match on July 11, the project will focus on the tournament  and related activity, and the social issues spotlighted by the first World Cup in Africa. We hope you'll visit often, and we invite your comments and feedback.

Goal 2010!

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16 June: This is Our Day!

16 June 1976: 'This is our day'
by Lucille Davie

"It is a day violently etched on the South African collective conscience. Commemorated over 30 years later as Youth Day, an official holiday, it is the day that honours the deaths of hundreds of Soweto schoolchildren, a day that changed the course of the country's history: 16 June 1976.

On that day the government and the police were caught off guard, when the simmering bubble of anger of schoolchildren finally burst, releasing an intensity of emotion that the police controlled in the only manner they knew how: with ruthless aggression. SA History Online puts the number of dead at 200, far higher than the official figure of 23."

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[From the History and Heritage section of SouthAfrica.info. Photo by Sam Nzima. Cross-posted to the blog of Goal 2010!, a soccer and social media project.]

Goal 2010!

Capital City Arts Initiative
CCAI Courthouse Gallery
885 East Musser Street
Carson City, Nevada

June 7 - September 10 • 2010

Goal 2010 !
The FIFA World Cup Fine Art Poster Portfolio

To celebrate the first football World Cup in Africa, the Capital City Arts Initiative in association with David Krut Publishing, Johannesburg | Cape Town | New York will exhibit the complete portfolio of seventeen posters.

Exhibition Reception: Friday June 11 • 5 - 7pm
Gallery Hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm

[Cross-posted to Signal Fire. Graphic: "Bicycle Kick," 2009, by William Kentridge. Kentridge is a leading South African artist internationally famous for his prints, drawings, films, animations, theatre and opera productions. Click on graphic to enlarge.]

To Believe

La Mama La Galleria
6 E. 1st Street
New York, NY
1.212.505-2476

[thanks to SO for the tip. Click on graphic to enlarge.]

Futbol Day

Outpost for Contemporary Art
1268 N. Ave 50
Los Angeles, CA

Outpost Cup

ON June 6, 2010, Outpost will host the Outpost Cup to launch its new South American initiative and to bring the community together for a day full of soccer, art, music, food and fun.

Taking place one week prior to the World Cup, the Outpost Cup soccer tournament will encourage local artists, art fans, families, college students and soccer players to bring their creative and athletic talents to the field.

Tournament Structure
* 8 players vs. 8 players.
* Games will be played on both halves of the field, simultaneously.
* Games will be 30 minutes long with no halves.
* Teams will be scheduled to play 3 games each during the day
* The day will end with a championship game in the “competitive division.”
* The Outpost Cup Championship Trophy will be a one-of-a-kind artist-made masterpiece!

South American Artist Residency Cycle
Devoted to building bridges between our local community and the larger global landscape, Outpost’s next residency cycle will bring six South American artists and artist teams to Los Angeles over a period of two years to produce City-based projects fueled by the artists’ extended presence in our community.

[Cross-posted to Signal Fire. Text and graphic from Outpost.]

We Work Here

Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
phone(612) 871-4444

"This participatory art installation will ask what ideas and projects the community values, and what resources it will take to realize them. Our interactive Storefront for Ideas, Temporary Employment Agency for Creative Workers, and Exhibition Reading Room will inspire conversation and solicit creative ideas around the value of creative work to our lives, our economies and our communities.

We invite you to stop by during gallery hours to share a cup of coffee with exhibition organizers, take part in our brown bag lunches and creative dialogues, and exchange ideas through a series of playful interactions with the artists. On Saturdays, a "Sidewalk Sale" will feature special activities designed for you by Storefront artists."

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[Cross-posted to Signal Fire. Graphic and text from Intermedia Arts mailing.]