Vilnius Media Seminar

Strategies of tactical media: noise makes sense

The second session of VMS (Vilnius Media Seminar) has taken place in Vilnius Art Academy on 19th of February (2007). The topic this time was “Strategies of tactical media: noise makes sense”. At first during the seminar the tactical media as a concept was presented and then the significance of tactical media in Eastern Europe was discussed. The key speakers were Alexei Krivolap [BY] and Benjamin Cope [UK, PL]. The moderation was held by Vytautas Michelkevicius.

There were around 30 participants in this seminar. Alexei Krivolap presented the situation of tactical media in Ukraine and Belarus. He screened two tactical media pieces: the serial from Belarus “Web-master & Margarita” which is a remake of very popular russian soap opera “Master & Margarita” and tactical media pieces from Ukraine – “Funny Egs“.
Benjamin Cope has presented his experience in making radio shows to Polish radio stations. His experiences in travelling all around the country and interviewing local people without having good polish skills was very much of the tactical nature.

Alexei Krivolap (first from the left)

Benjamin Cope (first from the right)

Article was first published in on-line magazine on media culture “Balsas“