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20.11.2013
Last week we finished the official part of the second Memefest/QCA extradisciplinary seminar/workshop/direct action here at the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane. The theme was Food Democracy, and we wanted to explore it in relation to local Brisbane. We worked together with the wonderful and inspirational people of the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy in order to strengthen the food pro…
31.10.2013
We are excited to announce this year’s special Memefest /QCA workshop. A few more days to go and we will meet in Brisbane. Bellow you can find information regarding the event and the program.
GOALS: The workshop/seminar aims to research FOOD DEMOCRACY in relation to current Brisbane. The whole event will focus on the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy and its radical food program. We will …
20.10.2013
So..here we go. Bellow is a draft of the program for the event here in Brisbane that will take place from the 4.11.-11.11. http://tinyurl.com/l3m28mm
(update (25.10): there have already been few changes made since this was posted)
Have a look, especially the event participants, and let us know what you think. The finished version will be published end of this following week.
MONDAY N…
10.07.2013
Na začetku 90-ih let prejšnjega stoletja je prišlo do geneze specifičnih procesov, ki zadevajo industrializacijo in mondalizacijo prehrane. Svetovne institucije kot so WTO (prej GATT), MMF, WB so težile s svojimi programskimi politikami, da se liberalizira svetovna trgovina s hrano, medtem ko so veliki proizvajalci začeli težiti k standardizaciji prehranskega blaga. Omenjene institucije in sporaz…
30.04.2013
Three more weeks to go. Our deadline to submit to the Friendly competition is May 20th. (Ps: Deadline is extended to May 31!) As it goes with competitions - the question of awards arises. Memefest is here pretty special. In the past twelve years, since we started we have developed a unique approach to the competition. On that is participatory, public, collaborative, dialogic and research driven. …
27.04.2013
si bien el video apunta específicamente al tratamiento de la flor de marihuana, es extensible a la producción y al consumo de productos derivados de la naturaleza en general
“The Flower” contrasta una sociedad utópica que libremente siembra y consume una flor que da placer con una sociedad donde la misma flor es ilegal y su consumo está prohibido. La animación es un ensayo sobre los costos s…
05.04.2013
03.04.2013
Hey all! For the Memefest2013 theme of Food Democrazy, I just wanted to share some really promising recent initiatives from Copenhagen, Denmark:
First of all there is FRESH (subtitled: The most awesome supermarket in the world)
FRESH presents itself as "a holistic concept that goes beyond the boundaries", offering the citizens of Copenhagen a living supermarket in the city. Instead of simp…
