Monthly Archives: May 2010

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Kër Thiossane (photo by Mathieu Marguerin)

The story of Kër Thiossane, Villa for Art and Multimedia

May 28, 2010 | nathalie
The second edition of Afropixel festival was held in Dakar at Kër Thiossane, in connection with the Dak’Art biennale. ‘Kër’ means “house” in Wolof (language widely spoken in Senegal) and ‘thiossane’ refers to traditional Senegalese culture. The story of Kër Thiossane is intertwined with the personal stories of Marion Louisgrand Sylla et Francois Sylla, founders [...]

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Afropixel photos

May 23, 2010 | juhuu
Check out the photosets from Afropixel 2010 by Nathalie Aubret and Juha Huuskonen.

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Piksel10 – Call for Projects

May 21, 2010 | juhuu
PIKSEL10 FESTIVAL  — CALL FOR PROJECTS The Piksel Festival is organized for the eight time November 18-21  2010. The Call for Projects is now online and open for registration. !!!!!!!!!! Deadline – JUNE 01. 2010 !!!!!!!!!!
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Pikslaverk 2010

May 19, 2010 | juhuu
When the first edition of Pikslaverk took place last year, there was a lot of uncertainty related to the Icelandic currency, and the local organisers had to cope in a situation where many basic things (such as  international money transfers) had suddenly become very difficult or impossible. This time the festival is taking place in [...]
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Valise Pédagogique – teaching methods

May 19, 2010 | juhuu
During the past days, I have been impressed by the teaching methods that Jean-Noël and Olivier Heinry use in the ‘Valise Pédagogique Création Interactive’ workshop. During a break I did a very short interview with Olivier, here is a brief summary -
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Valise Pédagogique @ Afropixel

May 10, 2010 | juhuu
The Afropixel festival is going on right now in Dakar, Senegal… One of the featured projects is Valise Pédagogique Création Interactive, a suitcase filled with open tools and technologies. This project has been initiated by Jean-Noël Montagné and is being developed further here by Jean-Noël, Olivier Heinry and Afropixel participants from Senegal, Mali, Morocco and [...]
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Brioni Summit of Micronations – preview

May 2, 2010 | juhuu
Tomorrow on Monday there is chance to see some interesting presentations on Micronations and global economics. Among the presenters is Georg Zoche from Transnational Republic, who will introduce his new book Weld Macht Geld. The book documents the events that took place in Bretton Woods conference, focusing on the not widely known fact that United [...]

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