>>>     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<felipefonseca@???>

>>>              <mailto:felipefonseca@riseup._**_net
>>>         <mailto:felipefonseca@riseup.**net <felipefonseca@???>>>>
>>> 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/>
>>>         <http://www.pixelache.ac/**helsinki/festival-2013/<http://www.pixelache.ac/helsinki/festival-2013/>

>>>               >>

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