SanFrancisco
DESIGNER + ACTIVIST + CREATIVE_DIRECTOR + ART_DIRECTOR + VIDEO_FILM_MAKER + OUTSIDE_OF_CLASIFICATIONS
4 years, 11 months ago
Hi there friends: I want to share with you a truly wonderful project that is more than worth your attention and support. A few days left to reach the goal of this crowdfunding campaign and your donation could really make the difference. Cups of nun chai is a memorial work for the 118 civilians that died in pro-freedom protests in Indian occupied Kashmir in 2010. One of my favorite art projects. But please see more on the link bellow and please do consider supporting the project financially (you will receive a lot in return)!
https://pozible.com/project/cups-of-nun-chai

4 years, 11 months ago
“Developing dissident knowledges”: Geert Lovink on the Social Media Abyss
http://lagrietaonline.com/developing-dissident-knowledges-geert-lovink-on-the-social-media-abyss/
5 years ago
Does Facebook Make Us Unhappy and Unhealthy?
A look at new research covering thousands of adults
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-facebook-make-us-unhappy-and-unhealthy-1495729227
5 years ago
This is a great read: Notes Toward the Memes of Production
https://www.textezurkunst.de/106/notes-toward-memes-production/#id56
[IMG MGMT] What Relational Aesthetics Can Learn From 4Chan
5 years ago
Disobedient Electronics booklet edited and hand-crafted by Garnet Hertz.
http://we-make-money-not-art.com/disobedient-electronics-protest/?utm_content=buffer63afa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
5 years, 1 month ago
Facebook showed advertisers how it has the capacity to identify when teenagers feel “insecure”, “worthless” and “need a confidence boost”, according to a leaked documents based on research quietly conducted by the social network.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/01/facebook-advertising-data-insecure-teens
5 years, 4 months ago
The Critique of Design Thinking is a bit naive, but there is a lot in here which deserves support. Quite a few things similar to our Memefest workshop approaches. The idea that good design is potentially solving problems created by bad design is one of them. Still what's missing is an emphasis on decolonization:
https://www.fastcodesign.com/3068235/want-to-fight-inequality-forget-design-thinking
5 years, 4 months ago
This is really worrying if we don't find an alternative. Its interesting because the growing distrust to media was mostly visible in advertising first. Now media as such will become distrusted but with potentially severe consequences.
AI and the End of Truth
Think the current fake news issue is bad? It won’t get any better with AI.
https://medium.com/swlh/ai-and-the-end-of-truth-9a42675de18#.tj0bq4yuq
5 years, 4 months ago
Organizing for protest on Facebook will make you vulnerable as your activities are monitored and data fwd to police and other control agencies:
Inauguration-protest arrests lead to Facebook data prosecution
Move fast and break democracy.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/10/inauguration-protest-arrests-lead-to-facebook-data-prosecution/
5 years, 4 months ago
Is America Prepared for Meme Warfare?
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/meme-warfare?utm_source=mbfb
5 years, 4 months ago
This is a must read to understand the logic of current medias "fake news" potential.
The Macedonian Teens Who Mastered Fake News
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/veles-macedonia-fake-news/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

5 years, 5 months ago
Anti-surveillance clothing aims to hide wearers from facial recognition
Hyperface project involves printing patterns on to clothing or textiles that computers interpret as a face, in fightback against intrusive technology
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/04/anti-surveillance-clothing-facial-recognition-hyperface?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
5 years, 5 months ago
It is great to see how Jafri connects with other protesters and voices with his unifying message STOP RACISM NOW.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/protesters-blocked-traffic-at-flinders-street-station-20170103-gtlgun.html
Here again the website created at this years Memefest- check it out and do consider supporting Jafri's campaign with a donation. It will truly go a long way!!
https://www.stopracismnow.org/

5 years, 5 months ago
Go Pro: The Hyper-Professionalization of the Emerging Artist
http://www.artnews.com/2016/03/09/go-pro-the-hyper-professionalization-of-the-emerging-artist/
5 years, 6 months ago
A necessary read on how machines, software and AI are changing the culture of photography and image
Invisible Images (Your Pictures Are Looking at You)
By Trevor Paglen
http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/invisible-images-your-pictures-are-looking-at-you/
So what is the future of photography and communication design? And how should we change what we teach students in both areas to remain both fields as a relevant body of knowledge- practiced by humans?
5 years, 6 months ago
This is super interesting and important to read. Trumps communication culture is based on "black FB posts"- and labor exploitation via design crowd sourcing platforms in Asia.
How the Trump Campaign Built an Identity Database and Used Facebook Ads to Win the Election:
https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-the-trump-campaign-built-an-identity-database-and-used-facebook-ads-to-win-the-election-4ff7d24269ac#.a8g1zym56
and this:
Never mind the algorithms: the role of click farms and exploited digital labor in Trump’s election
http://www.casilli.fr/2016/11/20/never-mind-the-algorithms-the-role-of-exploited-digital-labor-and-global-click-farms-in-trumps-election/
5 years, 7 months ago
Read this, its important:
Surveillance Self-Defense Against the Trump Administration
https://theintercept.com/2016/11/12/surveillance-self-defense-against-the-trump-administration/


Username
SanFrancisco
Name
Francisco Sanz
Birth year
1979
Gender
male
Country
Argentina
Website
http://www.youtube.com/user/memefest2008
Description
password recovered (Y)
I have joined the Memfest community becasue i am interested in
giving a hand from Southamerica
Faculty
UNLP
Education
graphic designer, filmmaker
Working place
Posadas, Misiones
Collaborators
non yet
Music I like
Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Massive Attack
Books I like
authors should be proper.. Jack London, JRR Tolkien, Hermann Hesse, George Orwell, Philip K Dick, JG Ballard, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Osvaldo Bayer, Eduardo Galeano, Osvaldo Soriano, Rodolfo Walsh..
Films I like
Tekkonkinkret, Metropia, Time Bandits, etc etc etc
Communication projects I like
The Yes Men, Proyecto Squatters, El Cobrador del Sur & MEMEFEST
Websites I like
1984nwo.net | rebelion.org | voltairenet.org
People I like
family, friends and those who already know that money is the root of all evil

5 years ago