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20.10.2019
We are announcing our next exhibition together with the Memefest event happening in Baltimore this November.
Capitalism’s domination of our food system has far reaching consequences. The treatment of life as a machine for consumption, and corporate control of food resources, have devastating effects on the environment, our health, and our communities. In response, groups around the world are c…
04.07.2019
We have been thoroughly interested in the urban space and the possibilities of its decolonization from capital. The Situationist concepts of psychogeography and the the dérive are still very much at our hearts and together with Culture Jamming are some of the things Memefest is looking lately into with fresh eyes.
We have currently a lot of discussions about the future of our work and with t…
24.06.2019
A CALL TO RESPOND
Issue six of the Equal Standard finds us delving into the world of extremes. Let us know what you think! We are now accepting written and artwork submissions until 5 AUGUST, 2019. To find out more, visit the submission page of the website: https://theequalstandard.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/
How do we as a society make space for the “extreme”? How could we come to a…
30.07.2018
Issue #5 of The Equal Standard is out now! The Equal Standard Broadzine is Australia’s latest free independent press publication, bringing you the world in the raw. We turn the spotlight on life as we know it to inform, intrigue and provoke. From politics to art and everything in-between – we hope we entertain you and maybe, just maybe, tune you into a new standard.
The Equal Standard is produ…
18.03.2018
the project
Occupy the kitchen! is a food artivism project where contemporary practices that are connected to art and economics are explored through food. This activity – of research and production – is carried out through a transdisciplinary approach and an activist attitude. What interests us is examining the exchanges, cross references and the osmotic and/or conflictual relationships bet…
15.12.2017
Three weeks ago I did this live Webinar with Online School of Food Design founder Francesca Zampollo. We discussed the Food Democracy book and food design. Here it is in full recorded. Check it out. Here also the link to the book: http://memefest.org/en/fooddemocracy/
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…
