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10.04.2017
The Second International Swinburne Memefest Extradisciplinary Symposium, Workshop/ Interventions event was held from November 21-28th at Swinburne University in Melbourne. This was the fourth Memefest event held in Australia, (check links to previous events at bottom of this post) and it continued to implement the unique Memefest approach to education, research and public engagement.
19.03.2017
ZONA FRANCA | OCCUPY THE KITCHEN! |
Foodrioters Franca Formenti, Evelyn Leveghi and Francesca Sironi are looking performers to show their work in “Zona Franca” in Varese- Italy.
“Occupy the kitchen!” is a ZONA FRANCA project, a series of events where artists, agronomists, activists, farmers, chefs, intellectuals, horticulturalists and nutritionists talk about their research and their expe…
25.02.2017
What we see as the outward visual denotation of urban infrastructure is not always connected directly to what it might connote as a symbol, an index, or as an embodiment of policy, need, capital and spatial practice. The objective of this new research and scholarship is to bring to light the disjunctions and contradictions in the visual coherence of our urban infrastructure, and to reveal how we …
25.11.2016
We are very excited to announce this years Memefest friendly competition results. As each year Memefest has invited the global community to engage with our special theme- this year it was PLEASURE.
Pleasure is central to our lives and communication/design and art play a major role in our relationship to it. Pleasure is an episodic phenomenon. As we all learn early on it does never really last …
08.11.2016
Tactical cooking with Oliver Vodeb, Manfred Huber & Darren Tofts
“Herodotus, Athanaeus and Plutarch have recorded that in order to stimulate the guests to enjoy earthly pleasures to the full, a coffin was sometimes brought in at the end of the meal with a skeleton in it so that they should appreciate more highly the good things in life.” – Larousse Gastronomique
Curriculum for the excitat…
10.10.2016
We are highly excited to announce that from November 21st to November 28th , Memefest will again hold our international symposium, workshops and interventions, at Swinburne University, Melbourne.
Our aim is to connect students, academics and members of the community with refugee and asylum seeker networks and Aboriginal networks in order to research and create socially transformative public i…
09.10.2016
Memefest has commissioned Melbourne based writer extraordinaire Darren Tofts to share his
A personal history & an invitation
Pleasure is a coveted, quintessentially human emotion. More than simple enjoyment, it is a rhythm of feeling, thought and living. I mean, isn’t that why we are all here? Isn’t it why our atoms have come together from elsewhere, colliding at the speed of light, dyn…
07.10.2016
We are very excited to have received inspiring works from around the world to this years Friendly competition!
The theme PLEASURE has triggered a lot of creative energy and work. It was and is a highly interesting journey for us too.
Pleasure is at the very core of socially responsive communication, design and art. But how does pleasure manifest today, what is its place in design, media, ar…
21.09.2016
Plunging into an investment pool can be very scary, especially if this is your first time. However, it can also be very exciting and engaging. If you’re not able to manage binary trades yourself, it’s best you hire binary option brokers. See that they are willing to work for you rather than just providing a few services for you. The main difficulty in hiring a broker is that not all brokers are s…
21.09.2016
Well, well... how great to see inspiring works from around the globe being submitted to this years Memefest Friendly Competition!
Many of you have asked for a bit more time- and we are listening. We want everyone to have a chance to participate in our global dialogue on PLEASURE, therefore we extend the deadline for TEN more days. The last deadline is Thursday 30th of September 2016.
AWARDS…