Archive for the ‘Session VMS#3’ Category

Media activism as a new dimension of public space

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

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. ...

Tradition of Social Convention in City Development

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

“By more intense and more frequent change of city forms, we make greater and greater influence on the lives of future generations without being able to foresee and control the long-term outcome of our actions.” Leonardo Benevolo, The European City Introduction Obviously, the fact that urban forms, structures and spaces reflect societies that ...

Tactical Media – Technology Of Visibility

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

This text is based on the presentation made in VMS#3 in 17th of October, Vilnius. Tactical media’s effectiveness is measured against its documentation and representation in the mass media. The documentation of the event is necessary to make the event visible which raises the question; in what way is it visible? Moreover, ...

Media activism: creating new reality or re-designing public space

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Let’s start from with a little joke about what is happening now in a globalizing world. Pessimists study Chinese Optimists study English. Realists only study the Kalashnikoff… If we try to export these rules for the current situation in the media sphere, especially in Belarus, we (as realists) will immediately begin to study tactical ...

The Public Sphere Debate as a Matter of Methodology

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

This text is based on the presentation made in VMS#3 in 17th of October, Vilnius. Perhaps not the best thing one can do is to begin a text with disclaimers. But sometimes it is necessary.