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Our first podcast in the Radical Intimacies series is published! :)
Arturo Escobar and I discuss about participatory design and how and why it has historically been loosing its initial political and radical dimensions, but also we discuss of course how to radicalize participatory design in current times.

Check it out here: https://memefest.org/knowledge/memefest-radical-design/

oliver

theory society design critique

“Certain gardens are described as retreats when they are really attacks.”
Ian Hamilton Finlay cited in George McKay’s Radical Gardening: Politics, Idealism and Rebellion in the Garden.

When I first saw the theme for this year’s Memefest Friendly Competition, my instant response to the word ‘Pleasure’ was gardening. Not very radical might be one’s first response but for me the pleasure of gard…

lisagye

theory activism FESTIVAL

a still from the long awaited project from Valerio Evangelisti, the most acclaimed Italian Sci Fi writer.
The movie depicts the end of Europe and the rise of an organization born from the ashes of nazism.

marianoequizzi

theory communication activism video

http://www.paglen.com the NAME OF THE GAME, he is for real the fourth eye of our crumble reality made of tellers and whistleblowers. Machiavelli meets William Burroughs and James Joyce. Trevor Paglen sees beyond the veils.

marianoequizzi

media photography theory communication

The quotes below are from my recent article called Creativity published 2 July 2014. Most of the quotes below are about CollaboNation by Jess Bush which I am trying to give people the opportunity to know more about it. Read the full article at Systems Thinking Designer on Wordpress here is the link: http://systemsthinkingdesigner.wordpress.com/2014/07/01/creativity-3/

"I have a utopian dream t…

stephen_designer

art theory critique writing

We are very excited to let you know about our new book. We have been working on it for more than a year and the book is as beautifull and strong in any way as was the adventure in to researching debt and making it.

The book is an investigation in to Debt as the key instrument that defines current social relations- through the lens of communication, design and art. It is both- theory and pract…

oliver

art theory communication design

U ediciji Interventions, u izdanju Memefesta i Queensland College of Art - Griffith University, izašla je nova knjiga InDEBTed TO INTERVENE, Critical Lessons in Debt, Communication, Art and Theoretical Practice.

InDEBTed TO INTERVENE, Critical Lessons in Debt, Communication, Art and Theoretical Practice je knjiga koja kroz prizmu kritike, komunikacije, dizajna, umetnosti i teorijske prakse pr…

nikolajanovic

art theory communication critique

The ubiquity of geolocation enabled devices, the increasingly complex infrastructure that enables them, and the noticeable pressure to associate even the most mundane of activities with a digital, geo-specific record are all indicative of our transition to a fetishization of location. We have witnessed as well the simultaneous commodification of personal location data -- and, by proxy, our own …

joserm

art theory culture communication

(odlomek iz prihajajoče knjige o hrani)

Ali je mogoče invazijo instantne trash american materializirane ideologije v obliki fast fooda misliti kot del ameriške neoliberalne ekspanzivne politike; kot kontrarevolucionarni odgovor na svetovno kritiko amerikanizma in zahteve svetovne kulturne revolucije in antisistemskih gibanj konec 60. let?

Tezno vprašanje ni nedolžno, če vemo, da je proces…

nikolajanovic

theory culture critique FESTIVAL

source: https://diasp.org/posts/1308802

Like the book on which it is based, the film consists of seven parts which explore the interconnected dynamic of global crises of #Climate-Catastrophe; #Peak-Energy; #Peak-Food; #Economic-Instability; International #Terrorism; and the #Militarization Tendency -- with a final section on The #Post-Peak World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMgOTQ7D_lk

vlax

theory society critique