Howdy boys and welcome to Force pack #3 and this information file We hope to bring you some -useful- information in this textfile rather than just having some total political garbage saying FoRCe iN dA hOUZ! so we d love to see some feedback on it If you d like to write some appropriate food for thought in here our contact addresses are at the end of this file! We ll try to keep you up to date on the Australian art scene in general (not just in Force) and any information relating to that would be great - - --- Australia s ANSI Revival There s been a fair bit of activity in the +61 area which is great to see and perhaps it marks the start of a new beginning of the Oz art scene Another new group has popped up (SiCK) in Victoria who are producing some cool work - we wish you the best guys! And we ll of course keep you up to date in the next pack about the Force GRiM merger which might be occuring GRiM seem to have some great talent and if there is a merger on we will try to concentrate on improving the artists ability and develop it to their peak We don t simply want an Australian domination of the scene by merging with various groups but in our eyes GRiM artists have alot of potential and it s a shame to see it to go to such waste Arrogant mode off ) So watch this space - - --- A Unified Oz Scene All of us here have been working hard in an attempt to get the Oz art scene together since Australia does have some great individual talent out there - but therein lies the problem Instead of cooperating together and having communication between all the artists we re all each in small island like groups which have no contact out of themselves While the Internet has helped a little bit (alot of Oz artists are on the net) the real ANSI scene lies on the bulletin boards and so what s truly needed is a messagenetwork Again watch this space for further developments A network for the ANSI artists is being established in Oz as you read this article Most of you in the Australian Scene will know of BloodNet So far Bloodnet has mainly been in New South Wales and Queensland but through great pain we have established other sites in Australia South Australia ROOM101 61 8 294 2774 Western Australia Vampiric Tendancies 61 9 383 9534 These site put nearly all states in comunication about art releated topics with only Victoria Nothern Territory and Tasmania not involved (If any boards in these areas that run a Art Demo board want to poll Bloodnet please feel free to contack either Ozone Mindflux bbs or Anubis The Temple with you interests On a semi-related subject we also have the idea of having a unified ANSI scene under one Australian group Before you say hey! that totally contradicts what we ve mentioned before! we re talking about a different aspect here We do not want total k-rad domination of the art scene but in order for the scene to survive and perhaps just as importantly compete on an international level it might be only possible to have one group In the words of Anubis To obtain this tho i can only see it cuming about buy having only one ansi group in australia that everyone can stand behind It s no use having more that one as Australia just doenst have the amount of good artist to support 2 high quality groups Do you agree with this or not It s up to you to make the decision In my eyes I do agree with this because it s a fact that Australia does NOT have enough high-quality artists to sustain 2 groups Again feedback or a debate on IRC would be an issue to raise if you re bored ) - - --- Flick Force! In other local news Flick has now joined Force in an attempt to help the Australian art scene for the reasons outlined above It s good to see that we (artists) will stand behind something when someone is willing to do what it takes to get things happening Welcome aboard! - - --- Force Homepage We are also in the process of creating a Force homepage! Any help with the page would be welcome as all the members are extremely busy and it s a low priority at the moment We ll announce the address as soon as possible The homepage will not only be a place to grab & trade packs but it will have the same objective as this infofile to bring you the latest information on the Australian art scene - - --- Anubis First I would like to thank all the fORCE memba s on there way cool effort this pak - SPaM! On a lighter note though I saw the lastest SiCK pak WOoooooo Yer tis good to have a competitor otherwise it gets boring = Sum other news Spoonman has negotiated a US Out-Post in Texas umm but thats still in da process You know what the internet is like = fORCE cruz in 95 WOj is a girl = an Force Contact Addresses If you would like to be a member of Force you can contact any of us on one of the boards b-low or leave mail to one of the specified addresses Please upload some work of yours and the application generator s textfile as well if possible since to join Force we do need a good idea of the work you re doing (Goes without saying) BBs Name SYSoP NuMBa Position THe Temple Anubis 61 8 3224558 WHq Mindflux Ozone 61 2 4162513 Eastern HQ VT Sorathis 61 9 3839534 Western HQ RooM101 61 8 2942774 Southern HQ