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22.05.2013
Well, well... as we are receiving festival works from around the globe- here a reminder. Ten more days till deadline!
Check more about the Awards for yourself:
http://www.memefest.org/en/competition/awards_2013/
And here more about our friendly competition outlines:
http://www.memefest.org/en/competition/intro/
Remember, critical writing and visual communication practice relate…
14.05.2013
Memefestovci, rok za predaju radova smo produžili do kraja meseca!
Kao što znate, tema Memefesta 2013 je DEMOKRATIJA HRANE. Pozivamo vas da u naredne dve sedmice odgovorite na pitanje: šta je za vas DEMOKRATIJIA HRANE?
Vreme je da na ovo pitanje odgovorite iz svog trbuha, na osnovu vašeg istraživačkog rada, vlastitog iskustva ili iz prakse svakodnevnog opažanja. Sudelujte na Memefestu sa …
04.05.2013
Este é um chamado, uma oportunidade e um convite a todos aqueles que queiram contribuir e se envolver em uma intervenção no espetáculo corporativo global dos meios de comunicação que nos circundam.
Em cada ano, o Memefest escolhe um texto e/ou um imagem que serve como referência para uma reflexão crítica sobre o contexto atual de mídia e comunicação. Para permitir interpretações criativas basa…
30.04.2013
Three more weeks to go. Our deadline to submit to the Friendly competition is May 20th. (Ps: Deadline is extended to May 31!) As it goes with competitions - the question of awards arises. Memefest is here pretty special. In the past twelve years, since we started we have developed a unique approach to the competition. On that is participatory, public, collaborative, dialogic and research driven. …
25.04.2013
Hola! Este es un llamado, una oportunidad y una invitación a todo el que quiera contribuir e involucrarse en una intervención en el espectáculo corporativo global de los medios del presente.
Cada año, Memefest selecciona un texto y/o una imagen que nos sirve como punto focal para una toma crítica en el ambiente actual de medios y comunicación. En función de realizar acercamientos creativos bas…
16.04.2013
Vandana Shiva je indijska filozofkinja, ekološka aktivistica, ekofeministica i autorica koja nas sve može poučiti o odnosu kapitalizma do zemlje, hrane i semena. Njena maksima je seed & food democracy!
Pogledajte šta kaže o demokratiji hrane u predavanju sa nazivom: JUST FOOD!
Ove godine na Memefestovom festivalu čitamo The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply" (2000) - stariji tekst Vanda…
12.04.2013
Here we go - the posters are cooked!
The ingredients for this year dish was:
- 2 kg of images with strong but at the same time open narration
- 6 pieces of vernacular typography normally used in small local groceries
- a pinch or two of supportive text
and an extra doze of imagination.
Here are the results.
Enjoy the meal/Dober tek/DObar tek/Buen apetito/Buon apetito/Gutten Ap…
08.04.2013
Food is a social medium. Michael Rakowitz explores in this beautiful project exactly this dimension. As a medium food can carry a story and it can raise questions. Food has symbolic meaning and it creates meaning in situations. It can serve as a tool for intervention and it can have explicit political connotations. It does create new relations and it can question established ones.
My friend A…
05.04.2013
Numerosos medios alertan sobre la reciente aprobación de Barack Obama y el Senado a la ley HR 993, más conocida como la “Monsanto Protection Act” (Ley de protección de Monsanto), que le otorga a la corporación inmunidad a la hora de ser investigada.
Monsanto crece y lo hace a pasos agigantados. Ya vimos lo que está sucediendo en Sudamérica, pero ahora es el turno de Estados Unidos. La aprobaci…