The hothouse media lab runs parallel to the hothouse discussion list to explore the possibility for communication and expression in a range of media forms.

You are invited to contribute movies, images, sounds and interactive works to this expanding collaborative experiment.

As hothouse will grow as a dynamic media arts environment, the aim is to build a body of work which is equally playful, improvisational, multi-partite and unpredictable, exploring and expanding the possibilities for online exhibition.

Contributors are encouraged to submit existing works, new pieces developed specifically for this forum or to remix and remodel others' contributions.

Subject, form and style is entirely up to the individual contributor, however work that is exploratory, experimental, vigorous, provisional, improvisational and critical is preferred.

Technical details:
Media submitted to hothouse laboratory should be readable in any current version browser, on any platform, with standard or easily accessible plug-ins for example: JPEG or GIF images, QuickTime compatible movies and sound files, ShockWave interactive or Flash animation.

Unfortunately we are not able to accept files that require third party, software such as RealMedia, etc.

Images and movies should be no larger than 400 x 400 pixel dimension and file sizes should not exceed 1MB; smaller files sizes are encouraged to facilitate speedy downloading.

How to submit media:
Upload to our ftp delivery directory at www.cinemedia.net/hothouse On the login prompt enter "anonymous". Please ensure that the file name is unique, for example use the title of the work that you are submitting or your own name and that multiple files have different names.

Alternatively you can submit a URL to link to your own site.

Once you have sent a file by ftp or if you wish to submit a URL email Steven Ball at experimenta@experimenta.org with your name, date, file name (or URL) and title of your contribution. Material that is not registered by email will not be included.

The hothouse media lab will be updated daily for the duration of MANIFESTO. Contributions can be accessed at the hothouse media lab online exhibition and will remain archived into the 21st Century.

Individuals contribute at their own risk. Experimenta Media Arts reserves the right to refuse to exhibit material considered inappropriate for any reason. Discussion may or may not be entered into.