>>>>      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 ŒFacing North ­ Facing
>>>>          South¹ 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 it¹s 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 ŒHelsinkians¹
>>> 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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