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20.01.2011

Decoding Visual Media: Representations of Nature in Popular Culture

I am interested in how representations of Nature in the media and popular culture effect our attitudes towards Nature. I would like to study this phenomenon and could use some help from you, yes you reader. I need more examples. I am going to try and crowd source visual samples. Please help me out by visiting this new blog: http://decoding.posterous.com . Read the brief descriptions of the main …

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17.01.2011

MEME POSTERS in LJUBLJANA

Meme posters visiting Metelkova mesto, a legendary alternative place in Ljubljana and the dashboard at the entrance of Student organization in Ljubljana.

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16.01.2011

letra de la canción "I can be a frog"

Yo puedo ser una rana

Ella dijo que yo podía ser una rana
Yo podía ser un murciélago
Yo podía ser un oso
O yo podía ser un gato

Ella dijo que yo podía ser un león
Yo podía ser guillemonster (?)
Yo podía ser un guerrero Indio
Yo podía ser un helicóptero

Ella dijo que yo podía ser un lobo
Yo podía ser pinzón (gorrión)
Yo podía ser jaguar
O una langosta sobre el puente

Ella di…

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15.01.2011

El libro de Memefest

DEMOSTRANDO RELEVANCIA: RESPONS-HABILIDAD ahora disponible.
Teoría, práctica e imaginación de la comunicación socialmente responsable

Lo mejor de lo mejor de Memefests pasados + nuevas reflexiones.

Para más información, visita el siguiente enlace (en inglés)
http://www.memefest.org/demonstratingrelevance/en/

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13.01.2011

Memefest Interview. English version out now on Digicult

Finally, the Englis version of the interview with Oliver is on line on Digimag vol. 60
"MEMEFEST: OLIVER VODEB. CRITICAL AND RADICAL COMUNICATION"
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1957
It's much more that a "propaganda" interview; there are some interesting thoughts about communication and design that call for a deeper reflection.
Enjoy, and share it!
Ciao!
Bertram

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12.01.2011

TOP SECRET ?

This is my illustrated interpretation of the phenomena of digital media and Wikileaks BOOM we are confronted with in this period.
It`s a cover illustration for the student magazine KAŽIN of the University of Primorska region - Slovenia.

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10.01.2011

20. januara ističe rok za prijavu radova!

Drage koleginice i kolege,

želimo vam saopštiti da je preostalo samo još nekoliko dana za prijavu vaših radova. (Rok za prijavu radova je 20. januar 2011.) Podsećamo vas: tema ovogodišnjeg festivala je LJUBAV:KONFLIKT:IMAGINACIJA. Na festivalu mogu da učestvuju svi zainteresovani. Svoje radove možete prijaviti u sledećim kategorijama:

1. Vizuelne komunikacije
2. Kritičko pisanje
3. Beyon…

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06.01.2011

Choose and be damned.


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. …

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04.01.2011

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02.01.2011

Memefest Awards- Mapping Socially Responsive Communication Workshop

This might come as a surprise, but most of so called »socially engaged« communication is either not effective or even counterproductive. Why? The main reason is that such communication is conceived in the same way as marketing communication for a product or service. The difference is content, but the perspective from which such communication starts and the dynamics it produces in the public spher…