>>>      Facing north / facing south sounds like something we've been
>>>      positively doing in this list... how about organising a brico-hop in
>>>      helsinki? I think I'll be that side of atlantic by then...

>>>      efe

>>>      On 08-11-2012 14:59, Vanessa Gocksch wrote:

>>>          /// Pixelache Helsinki 2013 Festival

>>>          Pixelache Festival 2013 is entitled ‘Facing North – Facing
>>>          South’ and
>>>          is organized as a dual-city event, both in Helsinki and Tallinn
>>>          during
>>>          16-19 May 2013. If every North as its South and every South its
>>>          North,
>>>          this is an invitation to alternately face North and South from
>>>          multiple points of views.

>>>          With this theme, Pixelache expands it’s on-going 'Signals from
> the
>>>          South' programme, that has focused on presenting media, art and
>>>          technology projects from Africa, South America and Asia since
>>>          2009. It
>>>          explores further the relationships between South and North,
>>>          looking at
>>>          these notions from various perspectives, including geo-political,
>>>          cultural, economical, both on global, regional and local levels.

>>>            From a regional point of view, organizing part of the festival
>> in
>>>          Tallinn poses the question of what it means to bring these
>> cultural
>>>          actions across the water. Indeed, not only geographically, but
>> also
>>>          economically, Tallinn is still in the South of Helsinki. The term
>>>          'Talsinki' has in the past often been used by Estonians "to
>>>          imply that
>>>          the commercial centre of Tallinn has become the ‘Helsinkians’
>> living
>>>          room" (Wikipedia). On the other hand the biggest group of
>> immigrants
>>>          to Finland is Estonians, especially construction workers. There
>>>          is an
>>>          economical benefit from relocating South. Shall we and how, deal
>>>          with
>>>          this dissimmetry as a festival? Can we build something meaningful
>>>          between both capitals, that would contribute realizing the
>>>          Talsinki/Hellina twin city ambition as envisioned by the
>> think-tank
>>>          Demos Helsinki and the two cities themselves?

>>>            From a global point of view, relations between commonly
>> understood
>>>          North and South are even more complex and the problematics raised
>> by
>>>          cooperation issues are multifaceted. Various non-western
>> initiatives
>>>          have been encountered through the Pixelache Network during the
>> past
>>>          years and also contributed to disseminating approaches strongly
>>>          relying on the potential of open source, D.I.W.O. and
>> peer-learning
>>>          practices. In that context, both individuals and Pixelache
> Network
>>>          nodes have been exploring two-way exchanges and on-going
>>>          processes. At
>>>          the time when many countries in Europe today are also starting
>>>          to face
>>>          the same water, energy and food dependency crisis than in the
>> South,
>>>          more than ever we should explore the ideas and initiatives
>>>          emerging in
>>>          the South and imagine new ways to tackle together these common
>>>          issues.

>>>          /// Call for Programme Planner

>>>          We are looking for organisations, groups or individuals who
>>>          would like
>>>          to organise a seminar and an exhibition for the 'Facing North –
>>>          Facing
>>>          South' programme of Pixelache in Helsinki in 2013, with the hope
>>>          that
>>>          the programme will bring interesting insights and points of views
>> to
>>>          the question of North-South relationships.

>>>          The selected organisation, group or individual will be given a
>>>          production budget and a fee for the realization of the 'Facing
>>>          North –
>>>          Facing South' seminar and exhibition.

>>>          Applications will be reviewed in early December by a committee
>>>          consisting of Marion Louisgrand (Kër Thiossane, Dakar, Senegal),
>>>          Raquel Renno (Catholic University of Sao Paolo, Brasil), Peter
>> Kuria
>>>          Githinji (Shalin, Helsinki, Finland), Mathieu Marguerin (Mal au
>>>          Pixel,
>>>          Paris, France), Vanessa Gocksch (Intermundos, Santa Marta,
>>>          Colombia),
>>>          Reet Aus (Trash to Trend, Tallinn, Estonia). Facilitation and
>>>          production of the selected proposal will be carried out with
>> support
>>>          of the Pixelache Helsinki office, beginning in mid-December 2012.

>>>          Application deadline: 5.12.2012

>>>          MORE INFO & APPLICATION FORM
>>>          http://www.pixelache.ac/__helsinki/festival-2013/
>>>          <http://www.pixelache.ac/helsinki/festival-2013/>

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