Media activism as a new dimension of public space
October 18th, 2007 | by Vytautas Michelkevičius |On 17th of October was held the third session of Vilnius Media Seminar (VMS). The goal of VMS3 was to rethink and discuss media activism in the context of public space and sphere. Young philosophers, sociologists, architects, artists and activists gathered to compare two case studies from Lithuania and Belarus. The issues from the politics of space to the politics of aesthetics was analyzed in this seminar.
Around 45 participants were taking part in the seminar
Kestas Kirtiklis [LT] – Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University
The Public Sphere Debate as a Matter of Methodology
Alexei Krivolap [BY] – Faculty of Social Science, European Humanities University
Media activism: creating new reality or re-designing public space?
Gediminas Urbonas [LT] – artist
Closing of Cinema “Lietuva” and Pro-test lab (2005-ongoing) www.vilma.cc/LIETUVA
Alla Pigalskaya [BY] – Visual Design and Media, European Humanities University
Tactical Media – Technology Of Visibility screening “Optimistic tragedy” – self-made movie of closing EHU in Minsk (August 2004)
Discussions
Moderator Vytautas Michelkevicius [LT], Vilnius university, Vilnius Academy of Arts
Article was first published in on-line magazine on media culture “Balsas”
Session VMS#3 was organised with kindly support of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. Auslandsbüro Belarus and The Republic of Lithuania Ministry of Education and Science
One Response to “Media activism as a new dimension of public space”
By Alex on Aug 18, 2008 | Reply
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