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07.10.2010

Las pequeñas acciones que transgreden conceptos

Dos mujeres caminan por la calle, es un acción simple y común. Pero que sucede cuándo usan un elemento símbolico tradicional y además estigmatizado?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/8036686/French-women-cause-a-stir-in-niqab-and-hot-pants-in-anti-burka-ban-protest.html

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05.10.2010

The meeting in Berlin

Once upon a time a girl, an object, an idea and a word, that has different meaning in different languages met. In place, described by Jean Paul as “the part of the world rather than a city” they had a meeting. They all brought along the will to create better opportunities for the individuals in the society, enthusiasm about visual communications as opinion sharing tool and vision that social chan…

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02.10.2010

Mapping communication?

I have started to be interested in mapping projects long ago. The first really inspiring project i saw some 8 years ago was the ongoing "mapping of power structures" project dome by Bureau d' etudes and Memefest collaborator Brian Holmes. Here is one example of this fantastic work: http://bureaudetudes.org/files/2010/01/wordlgov2005.pdf

This was also something, that fascinated me: Skitter grap…

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21.09.2010

Memefest Latinoamérica

Desde hoy empieza la tarea de recuperar el camino que en un momento nos llevó a la construcción del Memefest Latinoamérica y espero poder encontrar muchos aliados. Necesitamos volver a la discusión, de nuevo mostrar los trabajos de diseñadores y artistas que mediante una profunda reflexión, convencimiento y creatividad, presentaron en versiones anteriores del festival proyectos importantes que lo…

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20.09.2010

Relational aesthetics. How relevant?

Bourriaud defined the approach of relational art or relational aesthetics simply as: "a set of artistic practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space."

There is many interesting points in his book and i recommend it. It's a good and relevant book. However, i am skep…

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18.09.2010

Flusser and the Outright Dis

The a-synchronicity of electronic mail to a complete stranger strips out all requirement of social obligation and, in turn, relies only on content to motivate the receiver in their response. In other words, when using text based communication -- with a person whom you have never met -- that person is not socially obligated to respond to you: they can easily delete your message, toss your letter i…

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17.09.2010

Crudo

http://esferapublica.org/nfblog/?p=11378

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14.09.2010

No Fun

0100101110101101.ORG did this on-line performance titled No Fun, using Chat roulette http://chatroulette.com/.

One of the better projects i have seen in a long time, this is hard core.
Have a look at it and think about the chatters responses to this shocking image that waited for them.

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07.09.2010

Problems, Questions, Comments ?

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05.09.2010

First as Tragedy, Then as Farce

Slavoj Žizek investigates the surprising ethical implications of charitable giving.