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06.01.2011
Suddenly, in the digital age, a personal decision like logging off Facebook is not in my hands anymore. It is inextricably linked to my “friends”, work, groups and notes. It does not matter if I continue to gag over photographs of candles shot with a flash, or kill myself over someone’s umpteenth picture of their boyfriend’s stubble. And clearly invasion of privacy or voyeurism are non-issues. …
29.12.2010
Kognitivni radnik postfordističnog kapitalizma je u drugačijem položaju od klasičnog industrijskog radnika. Za razliku od industrijskog radnika, koji je odvojen od produkcijskih sredstava, čiji vlasnik je kapitalista, mi kognitivni radnici produkcijska sredstva nosimo na svojim ramenima. U svojoj glavi.
Ali ipak položaj industrijskog radnika, koji je primoran da svoj rad prodaje kapitalistu, …
22.12.2010
A plataforma internacional foi oficialmente lançada. Na internet, o Memefest aparece dessa vez em inglês, português, sérvio e espanhol. Cartazes estão sendo espalhados pelas ruas das cidades Ljubljana, Maribor, Koper, Berlim, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bogotá, Belgrado, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne e diferentes cidades da Holanda. Em junho de 2011 acontece lá, na cidade de Nijmegen, o Oddstream, u…
21.12.2010
18.12.2010
It's getting serious folks. Time's running and deadline is fast approaching.
If you are already working hard on your submission work or are just about to start, it might be worth to have a look at this document. It's a good ethical framework to think about when conceptualizing your LOVE:CONFLICT:IMAGINATION creation.
People's Communication Charter is here: http://www.pccharter.net/charteren.h…
17.12.2010
Interview with Anthropographia founder and manager Matthieu Rytz.
FD: Anthropographia -- http://www.anthropographia.org/ -- is an international photo competition. What makes this one unique?
MR: Anthropographia is a non-profit organization that aims to promote human rights using photography as a medium.
We're supporting photo essays that have been produced on a long term basis. We value …
15.12.2010
Dear Comrades, dear friends. As our new extensive Memefest book is out, we have received many emails on how to get it. Sure, we would like to bring it as close to our community as possible, but as we will explain we have a dilemma.
As you all know, Memefest supports Wikileaks. One of the very problematic gestures of neoliberal capitalist business was to block Wikileaks' payments they have rece…
09.12.2010
I found this article http://mediaecologiesresonate.wordpress.com/2010/09/04/biopower-and-marketing/#respond very interesting. Its opening new perspective - biopolitical focus: govermen-tability, biopower, potentiality, population .. - to start thinking about media/marketing approaches.
08.12.2010
I just received this email. Let's do something!
Dear Sir/Madam,
BOOKS4VIJECNICA is an action project, initiated by Humanity in Action Senior Fellow Network in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Our initiative is to re-establish the destroyed book collection of Vijecnica, the National Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina !
During the four-year long siege of Sarajevo, from 1992 till 1995, Vijecnica was…
26.11.2010
All of you use it. Some people misuse it. I'm talking about technology. Communication technology like cellphones or internet access points are particularly appreciated by those who use technology to get under your skin. They track you, observe you, CCTV you, have sex with you... in their dreams! The misuse of technology has been growing with the increased use of video games, internet porn portals…