Roundtable discussion and screenings - "Becoming media" - 01.12.2009

"Becoming media" - Roundtable discussion and screenings

December 1st
19h30
New Yorck in Bethanien
Mariannenplatz 2A

Participants:
- Ak Kraak: video activism network: http://akkraak.squat.net
- KanalB: internet forum for video activism and video magazine: http://kanalb.org
- Joanne Richardson: theorist and video artist: http://www.dmedia.ro, http://subsol.c3.hu
- XL Terrestrials: team of psycho-media analysts and art practitioners: www.xlterrestrials.org
- globale film festival: non-profit and non-competitive film festival focusing on urgent political topics: www.globale-filmfestival.org

The former censorship of the mainstream media has now turned into new and more refined forms of disinformation, based on overload and noise rather than the removal of information. At the same time, the claim for the democratization of the media, which in the past 10 years gave birth to a large number of independent media
projects, seems to have empowered the web 2.0 user-generated content platforms.

What is the use of counter-information in such media environments?
Does something like a "General Public" still exist?
And what's about the media activism aside from the patterns of leftist propaganda?

These questions are proposed as possible starting points for an open roundtable organized by Globale Festival together with filmmakers and groups who are making a political use of images, in order to think together and discuss different tactics and strategies. The participants will show one or more video excerpts taken from their own works or others which can be shown as examples to feed the discussion.

Hope to see you.