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Author: Felipe Fonseca
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To: brico
Subject: Re: [Bricolabs] Pixelache Helsinki 2013 / Call for programme planner

Hm, only got online now. Anyone up to try again, tomorrow 16h in Brasil
(18h in UK)?

efe

On 29-11-2012 17:31, Felipe Fonseca wrote:
> sunday evening (in brasil, currently GMT-3+1, daylight saving time here)
> works best for me... otherwise, throughout next week I'm supposed to
> have some more free time (but deadline is 5th!)
>
> cc'ing maira as well...
>
> efe
>
> On 29-11-2012 14:32, victoria sinclair wrote:
>> all good...what time?
>>
>>
>>
>> 2012/11/29 Felipe Fonseca <felipefonseca@???
>> <mailto:felipefonseca@riseup.net>>
>>
>>     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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