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20.02.2014
We are very excited to let you know about our new book. We have been working on it for more than a year and the book is as beautifull and strong in any way as was the adventure in to researching debt and making it.
The book is an investigation in to Debt as the key instrument that defines current social relations- through the lens of communication, design and art. It is both- theory and pract…
11.02.2014
U ediciji Interventions, u izdanju Memefesta i Queensland College of Art - Griffith University, izašla je nova knjiga InDEBTed TO INTERVENE, Critical Lessons in Debt, Communication, Art and Theoretical Practice.
InDEBTed TO INTERVENE, Critical Lessons in Debt, Communication, Art and Theoretical Practice je knjiga koja kroz prizmu kritike, komunikacije, dizajna, umetnosti i teorijske prakse pr…
22.11.2013
20.11.2013
Last week we finished the official part of the second Memefest/QCA extradisciplinary seminar/workshop/direct action here at the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane. The theme was Food Democracy, and we wanted to explore it in relation to local Brisbane. We worked together with the wonderful and inspirational people of the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy in order to strengthen the food pro…
31.10.2013
We are excited to announce this year’s special Memefest /QCA workshop. A few more days to go and we will meet in Brisbane. Bellow you can find information regarding the event and the program.
GOALS: The workshop/seminar aims to research FOOD DEMOCRACY in relation to current Brisbane. The whole event will focus on the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy and its radical food program. We will …
23.10.2013
RIO DE JANEIRO – On Tuesday, 15 October, 2013, more than 200 protestors were arrested by the Rio de Janeiro state Military Police, as part of the continuing criminalization of social movements in the city. Those arrested were sent in small groups to over 10 different police stations, with the clear objective of impeding their access to legal assistance.
On Monday, 21 October, the Brazilian Ju…
20.10.2013
So..here we go. Bellow is a draft of the program for the event here in Brisbane that will take place from the 4.11.-11.11. http://tinyurl.com/l3m28mm
(update (25.10): there have already been few changes made since this was posted)
Have a look, especially the event participants, and let us know what you think. The finished version will be published end of this following week.
MONDAY N…
22.09.2013
This years Memefest event will be held from November 4th to November 11th in Brisbane. We are very exited to announce that the project will be a special collaboration with the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy. Investigating further the topic of Food Democracy, we will focus on the Embassy's food program and create communication design/art that will through intervention in the city of Brisban…
26.08.2013
Dear friends, dear comrades,
our community has lost a dear friend and one of our first and most important members. Shoaib Ahmad Nabi passed away few days ago. Shoaib established contact with Memefest already in 2003 in an effort to provide his students at the American University in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates with the opportunity to work on socially critical and engaged design work, to…
13.08.2013
After our Friendly Competition results, here our second harvest this year, again, with fantastic outcomes.
We are excited to announce this years special Memefest/ Queensland College of Art- Griffith University Award for Imaginative Critical Intervention.
The award for Imaginative Critical Intervention is given to support critical thinking, as the ability to see situations as they are and i…