@tlas | summer 96

<BODY BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#ffffff" LINK="#e6f5b0" VLINK="#9999a4" ALINK="#333366"> <CENTER> <A NAME="top"><IMG SRC="images/summer_ndx.jpg" WIDTH=484 HEIGHT=278 ALT="@tlas | summer 96" VSPACE=4 BORDER=0 USEMAP="#summer_ndx"></A> <PRE> <A HREF="summer_n.html">@tlas</A> || <A HREF="#photo">photography</A> | <A HREF="#edit">editorial</A> | <A HREF="cyberbilly/index.html">cyberbilly</A> | <A HREF="paradise/index.html">paradise</A> <B><A NAME="photo">PHOTOGRAPHY </A></B> <A HREF="photo/kashi_crimea/">Ed Kashi</A> on the Crimea, Russia's vacation paradise. <A HREF="photo/laude_despair/">Olivier Laude</A> reflects on illegal immigration on the US-Mexican border in "Patrolling Despair," focusing on the migrants themselves and the hurdles they face. <A HREF="photo/grinker_blind/">Lori Grinker</A> shows "Sounds of Light and Hope," about a Cairo music school for blind girls. <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">coming soon :</FONT> more celebrated @tlas photographers report in from far-flung corners of the globe. <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">Alexandra Avakian</FONT> on the Middle East. We'll have more details as soon as Alexandra returns from Mexico. <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">Catherine Karnow</FONT> offers an intimate look at an Albanian family's struggles during the aftermath of one of the world's worst dictatorships. <B><A NAME="edit">EDITORIAL </A></B> <A HREF="editorial/tech_gods/index.html">Julie Winokur</A> homes in on Hindu pop iconology and its meanings with <A HREF="editorial/tech_gods/index.html">"Technicolor Gods."</A> <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">coming this fall :</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">Kendall Karam</FONT> comments on a gallery of Jehovah's Witnesses imagery and relates her own foray into the Kingdom in the first of a series titled "Faith." <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">Todd Krieger</FONT> crosses the fact/fiction barrier in "Simply Occidental." <A NAME="cyber"><IMG SRC="images/paisley_n.gif" WIDTH=64 HEIGHT=66 ALT="Cyberbilly" BORDER=0></A> <A HREF="cyberbilly/"><B>CYBERBILLY</B></A> <A HREF="design/franceschini/">Amy Franceschini</A> introduces us to the art of grunge with <A HREF="cyberbilly/scenic/">"Scenic Interiors."</A> It's interior design as devised by a bunch of filthy slackers with nascent socialist agendas. Methodology and theory. Humm, humm....... gruel is good food! <A HREF="http://www.terbolizard.com/terbo/">Terbo Ted</A> raves about his stay at a Japanese love hotel in <A HREF="terbolizard/love/index.html">"His Sun Also Rises."</A> The <A HREF="posttool/index.html">Post Tool Play Page,</A> with your host <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">Tom Bland</FONT> : enjoy games, drawing programs, music and more! <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">coming this fall :</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">Mike Bartalos, Olivier Laude</FONT> and <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">Raoul Ollman</FONT> collaborate on "Chicken Fighter," a short movie about a kung fu master who battles -- you guessed it. The clip features an Indian movie sound track and Spanish subtitles, and a video version is planned. <A NAME="paradise"><B>PARADISE ONLINE</B></A> <A HREF="paradise/alien/">Tim Carroll</A> curates <A HREF="paradise/alien/">A Is for Alien Abduction,</A> an alliterative alphabetical art show. 26 letters; 26 illustrators; 26 whacked-out tongue-twisters. <A HREF="paradise/vaitarni/">Ken Coupland</A> debuts <A HREF="paradise/vaitarni/">Vaitarni River</A> (The River of Low Returns), the first online serial comic novel. In this stirring saga, published in weekly installments, demonic hit men unleashed by a vengeful Hindu god pursue a hapless Hollywood screenwriter from Brentwood to Bombay. A Karma Komix exclusive. <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">coming this fall</FONT> from a duo of wacky illustrators ... <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">Henrik Dresher</FONT> reports from New Zealand with "Exhumation/Inhalation," an animated commentary on Balinese cremation rituals. <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">John Hersey</FONT> contributes "Resident Alien," an animated short about extraterrestrial cuisine. <A HREF="deng.html"><IMG SRC="images/cig99_n.gif" WIDTH=78 HEIGHT=123 BORDER=0></A> <B><FONT COLOR="#e6f5b0">G R A N D O P E N I N G ! ! !</FONT></B> <B>SILK ROAD</B> With our latest edition of @tlas, we'll be advertising products we feel are undeservedly underrepresented here in the West. <A HREF="laxmi.html">Laxmi Dhoop</A> from Bangalore is our favorite incense. "One Stick Lasts a Long Time." <A HREF="cycle.html">Cycle Brand</A> incense provides the perfect aroma for lovemaking <A HREF="deng.html">DazhongJiu</A> cigarettes from the <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">Kunming Cigarette Factory</FONT> in Yunnan, China are light and refreshing, and guaranteed to satisfy that craving, especially when you are trying to quit. {HUNH?} For further developments . . . please stay tuned! @ <FONT COLOR="#aa9de6">and from previous issues :</FONT> <B><A NAME="photo2">PHOTOGRAPHY</A></B> <A HREF="photo/black_joaquin/index.html">matt black</A> | <A HREF="photo/karnow/index.html">catherine karnow</A> | <A HREF="photo/kashi/index.html">ed kashi</A> | <A HREF="photo/kasmauski/index.html">karen kasmauski</A> <A HREF="photo/laude/index.html">olivier laude</A> | <A HREF="photo/steinmetz/index.html">george steinmetz</A> | <A HREF="photo/yamashita_mekong/index.html">mike yamashita</A> <B><A NAME="illustration">ILLUSTRATION</A></B> <A HREF="illust/bartalos/index.html">Michael Bartalos</A> | <A HREF="illust/carroll/index.html">Tim Carroll</A> | <A HREF="illust/rose/index.html">Thorina Rose</A> <A HREF="illust/china_posters/index.html">Chinese Pop Posters</A> <B><A NAME="multimedia">MULTIMEDIA</A></B> <A HREF="multi/cyberbilly/index.html">Cyberbilly : Terbo Ted</A> | <A HREF="multi/gravitech/index.html">GraviTech</A> | <A HREF="multi/posttool/index.html">Post Tool Design</A> <B><A NAME="design">DESIGN</A></B> <A HREF="design/franceschini/index.html">Amy Franceschini</A> | <A HREF="design/posttool/index.html">Post Tool Design</A> <B><A NAME="misc">MISCELLANY</A></B> <A HREF="droppings/index.html">namedroppings</A> Please write us at <A HREF="mailto:atlas@atlasmagazine.com">atlas@atlasmagazine.com</A> if you have technical problems or rave praise. The @tlas experience will be super-enhanced if you download <A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/">Netscape 3.0</A>, the <A HREF="http://www.macromedia.com/Tools/Shockwave/">Shockwave</A> & <A HREF="http://brinkley.realaudio.com/products/player2.0.html">RealAudio</A> plug-ins, and (if you're a Mac surfer) <A HREF="http://www.aladdinsys.com/obstufex.htm">StuffIt Expander</A>. <A HREF="credits/"><B>CREDITS</B></A> Editor and Creative Director: <A HREF="mailto:olivier@olivierlaude.com">Olivier Laude</A> Site Designer and Webmaster: <A HREF="http://www.well.com/user/macrone/">Michael Macrone</A> Design by <A HREF="mailto:ame@sirius.com">Amy Franceschini</A> and <A HREF="posttool/index.html">David Karam</A> Copy supervision by <A HREF="mailto:kcoupland@aol.com">Ken Coupland</A> <FONT COLOR="#E6F5B0">@</FONT> </PRE> </CENTER> </BODY> <MAP Name="summer_ndx"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="343,170,483,207" target="_top" HREF="mailto:atlas@atlasmagazine.com"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="94,96,202,159" target="_top" HREF="summer_n.html"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="203,89,391,165" target="_top" HREF="#photo"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="86,26,323,84" target="_top" HREF="#edit"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="14,165,179,247" target="_top" HREF="paradise/index.html"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="200,209,396,260" target="_top" HREF="cyberbilly/index.html"> </MAP>