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19.09.2012
11.09.2012
I came along a realy great project - a set of deck playing cards made with the help of 28 illustrator all over the world.
They visualised Wall Street executives and politicians who were (and still are) the master of (financial) distaster.
http://52shadesofgreed.com/
The cards are on sale through ROCKETHUB – crowfunding engine.
Another goal of the group is to print up a 1000 ecks of c…
28.06.2012
La información en la sociedad mexicana es importante para poder entender los sistemas de poder que oprimen al pueblo mexicano .
Este video que es parte de una serie de videos de Vice, es una mirada inteligente que denuncia lo que los sistemas de poder desde el estado hasta la delicuencia organizada se apoderan y violentan a la sociedad mexicana.
Esta mirada es una de tantas que estaremos comp…
07.06.2012
While exciting works you have submitted to this years Memefest Festival, are being curated, here more on DEBT. It seems like the overwhelming tsunami like impact of Debt is being more and more reflected. Student protests like the ones in Montreal are doing a great deal to fight the devastating effects of debt regimes, together with theoretical reflections and communicative / artistic investigatio…
30.04.2012
It's a good time to be in Montreal. It's spring time to be precise. Montreal is experiencing a huge upsurge in social activism for the last three months. The biggest student strike ever, has been lasting for eleven weeks now, and nothing seems to be stopping it. Montreal's got revolutionary momentum and as we know from the history of the sole French-speaking society in North-America, this can mea…
16.04.2012
Debt has many effects. One of them is this project. Rethinking, remaking, re imagining our internet. Communication is essential. Have a look at this fantastic initiative. How else can we respond to DEBT?
Have a look at our Festival outlines here: http://tinyurl.com/7b6rjf5
28.03.2012
Eis aqui. Depois de uma longa espera, assistindo a movimentos de ocupações críticas e criativas pela cidade e pelo mundo, experimentos diversos em meio a dificuldades, denúncias e entusiasmos... Enfim, chega com as águas de março a notícia de que foram divulgadas as diretrizes para a Competição Participativa do Memefest 2012.
Para quem acompanha também as publicações do blog em inglês, os vent…
27.03.2012
Ne možete izbeći ideju čije je vreme došlo!
Ove reči izražavaju moto današnjeg globalnog pokreta protiv vladavine novca nad životom. One pripadaju ljudima, onim 99%, koji izražavaju naše glolokalne probleme na ulicama, u medijima, u prostorima javne savesti, u školama i univerzitetima, na poslu, kod kuće, kao i u intimnim odnosima i privatnim diskusijama.
Ove reči takođe izražavaju i još…
25.03.2012
You can’t evict an idea whose time has come!
These words express the nature of the current global movement against the rule of money over life. They belong to the people, the 99%, who are bringing the fundamental urgent issues to the streets, into the media, into the realm of public consciousness, into the schools, universities, jobs, homes and intimate discussions and relationships.
Thes…
08.03.2012
