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Notes On Media Activism In Cairo During The Post Revolution

Mitra Azar
The political impact of new media in relation to the Arab revolutions is complex and still evolving. First of all, it is worth remembering that in the Arab world we cannot take access to the internet for granted, as in most part of the Western world, be it for political reasons (censorship), and technological and geographical reasons (large desert areas, few and far between infrastructures).... READ MORE...
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The Influencers 2012: War Through Art

Barbara Sansone
This year ìThe Influencersî promises to be a very exciting festival, but being quite honest, when on earth†has it ever disappointed? Or, hasnít it positively surprised those people who visited it for the first time? The most original and dynamic festival of Barcelona is at its eighth edition in 2012 and, as ever, itís taking place at CCCB, from 9th 11th February.... READ MORE...
ActivismArticlesDigimag - Issue 71, February 2012

Streaming Museum Maurice Benayoun

Redazione Digicult
Streaming Museum, an international public art and online museum, will celebrate its fourth anniversary on January 31 with the US premiere of "Emotion Forecast" and "Occupy Wall Screens," real-time artworks by the renowned French artist Maurice Benayoun. The exhibition will be on view for one month at Big Screen Plaza in New York City and through 2012 at StreamingMuseum.org.... READ MORE...
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It’s All Thanks To Capitalism. A Re-reading Of Partecipation Practices

Alessandra Saviotti
In times of economic, political and cultural crisis, with a succession of natural and man-made disasters, and real or evoked doomsday scenarios, how have we reacted? Did We take a clear position? Did We participate to violent riots or peaceful movements occupying our streets? And how did our cultural system behave?... READ MORE...
ActivismArticlesDigimag - Issue 70, December 2011 / January 2012

Notes on Realtime Tahrir. The Revolution Will Not Be Twitted

Mitra Azar
The light in Cairo is sandy and stratiform like the beige and grey nuances of its decadent buildings along each side of the wide streets, between bridges, underpasses, and railroads. The rays of sunshine penetrating the thin vapor surface bounce on the rusty air conditioners spotting the stochastic and implacable turmoil of the square, and intensify the amber nuance of the afternoon light... READ MORE...
ActivismArticlesDigimag - Issue 70, December 2011 / January 2012

Resource For Transmedial Culture. A New Project Of Transmediale

Daniela Silvestrin
With the upcoming edition in 2012, the festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary by introducing not only the new Artistic Director, Kristoffer Gansing, but also a new project called reSource for transmedial culture, developed and curated by Tatiana Bazzichelli. The theme of transmediale 2012 will be in/compatible, which in various ways will lead the visitors back in time to the very beginnings of the festival and will project her towards the future of our digital age.... READ MORE...
ActivismArtArticlesDigimag - Issue 70, December 2011 / January 2012

Intermundo & Systema Solar: Militant Sounds, Socio-cultural Projects

Lucrezia Cippitelli
In 2007 the first edition of MDE Encuentros de Medellín (the International Contemporary Art Festival of Medellín, Colombia), was opened with a band performance. A well-blended group composed by visual artists, sound experimenters, rappers and activists, who just a few months before - in 2006 - had joined their forces to work together in self-production field. This band mixes digital sounds with Afro-Colombian music tradition.... READ MORE...
ActivismArticlesDigimag - Issue 69, November 2011

None Stands For Us. The Occupation Of Teatro Valle

Marco Mancuso
The Teatro Valle Occupato has drifted away from its initial route and is now heading to Piramide. It's about 6 PM of 10/15, and this is the Twittered message you can find following ashtag #15o, the personal and global reference point of this crazy day. I just escaped from two indiscriminate charges of the security forces (I should use the word guard, as it is better suitable for their manners, but I use the official term out of politeness), which, as usual, do not know and do not care to make any distinction between peaceful and not peaceful demonstrators... READ MORE...
ActivismArticlesDigimag - Issue 69, November 2011

You’re Doing What? Make A Living Inventing Your Job

Zoe Romano
The (long) way heading (by subway) to the New York Science Hall, hosting the World Maker Faire in Queens, gives me time to read some free presses and resume an article of the sunday NYTimes I haven't finished yet. It's a long piece about the twilight of the US manufacturing sector, started from the 50's to nowadays [1], and about the definite takeover of China.... READ MORE...
ActivismArticlesDigimag - Issue 68, October 2011