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          New Media Center Chicago is envisioned to become a new epicenter of 
          research, knowledge, collection and display of technology and creativity 
          related to digital media, in the broadest sense possible. Like the well 
          known Art Institute and Chicago Cultural Center, the NMC, will become 
          another highly specified knot in the network, striving to contribute 
          in many different ways, on many different scales; influencing both cultural 
          and social environment of downtown Chicago, as well as adding to knowledge 
          and understanding on a global scale. 
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