>     nice, let's meet discuss it @IRC this weekend?

>     On 29-11-2012 13:52, victoria sinclair wrote:

>         i think i am up for it as well!  either f2f  or to connect
>         somehow....feels like its been quite a while since connecting
>         with the
>         brico family as have been even more nomadic than
>         before....finding many
>         similarly minded-souls and groups looking for networked
>         solutions...and
>         2012 has been very much a year for them to consolidate their
>         path and
>         prepare for the end of the world etc...and the sense is that
>         they want
>         to branch out again in 2013,  stronger, more sustainable and
>         increasingly established....so, to map who, what, where etc with
>         these
>         many projects - many in the global south...i think would be
>         timely....
>         vx

>         2012/11/29 Rob van Kranenburg <kranenbu@???
>         <mailto:kranenbu@xs4all.nl>
>         <mailto:kranenbu@xs4all.nl <mailto:kranenbu@xs4all.nl>>>

>              I'm up for Helsinski on May 16 and 17, Rob

>              On 28 Nov 2012, at 20:02, Felipe Fonseca
>         <felipefonseca@??? <mailto:felipefonseca@riseup.net>
>              <mailto:felipefonseca@riseup.__net
>         <mailto:felipefonseca@riseup.net>>> wrote:

>               > 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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