transmediale/festival 2014> Location: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, auditorium Time: Sun, 2.2. 12:00h - 14:00h
Participants:
Marcus Bastos, Fabiane Borges, Lucas Bambozzi, Adriano Belisário, Karla Brunet, Oliver Lerone Schultz
video documentation of the panel by transmediale
description:
– Insurgent political movements, techno-shamanism, and the formation of a sustainable networked society in the Brazilian political and cultural landscape
Brazil has grown in the last decade, both economically and in the international landscape. In the next years, mega events such as the Soccer World Cup in 2014 and Olympics in 2016 are underway: financial growth is becoming a big issue, as well as the problem of gentrification and redistribution of wealth. Reflecting on the concept of the “afterglow†as a political, cultural and social condition in which the utopistic promise of the global technological progress is put under crisis, this panel investigates practices and projects of de-colonisation of corporate culture, as well as of the “digital†paradigm per se. By specifically focusing on the hybrid and syncretic Brazilian contemporary political, cultural and economical landscape, the post-digital condition highlighted in such context brings together a variety of practices that focus on the transitional process between online and offline existence, ecology of technical and non technical resources, corporate control of everyday life, insurgent political movements and the formation of a sustainable networked society. The panel will reflect on a post-digital approach which is not merely understandable via the Western paradigm of the “technologicalâ€, but proposes a multiple angle of analysis where technology becomes an open tool to imagine unpredictable connections in the everyday life from civil engagement, to political activism, to social change. Furthermore, we aim to highlight powerful artistic, hacktivist and critical practices as a way to intervene from within in the Brazilian political and cultural scenario. Following this objective, artistic and hacktivist practices are not only thought as a resource for producing cultural innovation, but also as a strategic challenge to generate new modalities of collaboration and distributed knowledge.
Reflecting on a post-digital approach as a condition in which the utopian promise of the global technological progress is put under crisis, this panel investigates practices and projects of de-colonisation of corporate culture, as well as of the “digital†paradigm per se. By specifically focusing on hybrid and syncretic Brazilian contemporary political, cultural and economical scenarios, the post-digital condition highlighted in such context brings together a variety of practices that deal with transitional processes between online and offline existence, ecology of technical and non-technical resources, techno-shamanism from the junction between technology and practices of ancestral knowledge, insurgent political movements and the formation of a sustainable networked society. The panel proposes a multiple angle of analysis where technology becomes an open tool to imagine unpredictable connections in the everyday life from civil engagement to artistic and political activism, and to social change.
By critically analysing current situations in Brazilian society and the Brazilian economy, Paulo Lara’s talk will first present some aspects of the riots of 2013 that have so far remained hidden. By addressing the inability of social, political and cultural development to keep pace with the economic growth of the last decade, the talk will point out the failure of tactical, micro and identity politics as well as the capture and misuse of the discourse of “free mediaâ€. Contradicting claims that the internet is freely spreading democracy and critical thought (believed true by many who took part in the riots and its ’social networks’), the talk will instead focus on radical changes in communication paradigms using notions such as Geo-Aesthetic, De- Colonization and Communicational Sovereignty. Here, digital radio technology is presented as a current and crucial experience of the potentialities of a new aesthetic perspective outside the western model and fundamental to many current aspects of Latin American politics.
Paulo Lara is Sociologist and Political Scientist, holding a degree of Master in Sociology of Culture and is PhD Candidate at the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College>University of London. He has collaborated in numerous projects, events, festivals and seminars covering areas such as Art and Media, Free Radio, Free Software, Digital Culture, Digital Inclusion and Social Movements in Brazil. He has worked independently and within the Federal Government in both Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Communication. Throughout this period he was actively involved in Radio Muda – Free Radio, Tactical Media Movement, Free Software Movement, Descentro and Submialogia Network. Currently he is adviser of Digital Radio Mondiale Brazilian> platform and based in Aix-En-Provence, France.
Fabiane Borges talks about technoshamanism from the junction between technology and practices of ancestral knowledge. Using her practical and theoretical experience with traditional cultures and borders (indigenous peoples, insane, prostitutes, homeless, beggars, landless), as well as the practices and concepts DIY, anarcomidia, free software communities, she creates an original work whose main interest is the production of a subjective and deep experience, “imersiva”, which contributes to the connection between the forces of nature and the forces of technology in the ways of human perception. She uses concepts ranging from Nietzsche, Spinoza to Viveiros de Castro, Lygia Clark, Suely Rolnik, among others. Intends to show some videos of work already done and if possible make a little experience of noisecracy at transmediale.
Fabiane Borges is an essayist and artist; she holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology. Fabiane engages with issues of art, technology and subjectivity. She develops projects in the areas of techno shamanism, noisecracy and immersive process. She wrote two books, one on urban art: DomÃnios do Demasiado - Domains of Too Much, Ed. Hucitec 2010, the other on pornography: Breviário de Pornografia Esquizotrans - Breviary of Esquizotrans Porn, Ed. Ex.Libris. 2010. She also edited two books of Submidialogia network: Ideas Perigozas - dangerous ideas. Ed. DesCentro, 2010 and Peixe Morto - Dead Fish, 2011, Ed. Imotirô. Fabiane has lately devoted herself to research on Space Occupation, which led to her doctoral thesis: In Search of Space Culture.
What is the economic power structure of the private groups in Brazil? Who are the actors who accumulate the most power in this structure, and what is the relationship amongst them? What is the degree of influence of this invisible power structure, over government decisions in terms of development and economic policies? The “Brazil’s Owners†Ranking project wants to answer to such questions. The Brazil’s Owners Ranking shows that Brazilian capitalism has a face, a first name, a last name and an address. The ranking exposes the control of property that groups of few companies and people hold, through complex and branching corporate equity holdings. The project wants to contribute to give visibility and concreteness to the concentration of wealth and power that marks the social and economic life of the country. The ranking, by exposing these actors, looks to contribute to the democratization of the economy, with transparency around the relationship between the State and the market and by holding “Brazil’s owners†accountable. The creation of the ranking is just a first step in the creation of the “proprietariosdobrasil.org.br†portal> as a collective space for the sharing of information, analysis, and reports about who are and how those who control economic power in the country act.
Adriano Belisário is graduated in Communication by Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and develops research and projects of free culture, open technology and independent media. He was coordinator of a media lab in UFRJ; project manager of digital culture in the Department of Culture of the State of Rio de Janeiro and coordinator of the laboratory of Collaborative Communications in People Summit, during the Rio+20/2012. He created and edited Copyfight: Pirataria & Cultura Livre (Azougue Editorial, 2012), a book about the debate on piracy and free culture. He is also one of the responsible for the campaign ‘Who Owns Brazil’, which maps the influence of the economic power in the Country.
is a multimedia artist and curator based in São Paulo, Brazil. His works comprise a variety of formats, such as installations, single channel videos, short films and interactive projects. His works have been shown in solo and collective exhibitions in more than 40 countries. Recent exhibitions include Emergentes at Laboral, (2007/2008) Gijon/Spain and Fundación Telefonica (2008), Buenos Aires/Argentina; RE:akt!, reconstruction, re-enactment, re-reporting, at Å KUC gallery, Ljubljana/Slovenia and at Museum of Contemporary Art Rijeka/ Croatia, Restraint at Oboros Montreal/Canadá. In 2010 participates in exhibitions at ISEA-Ruhr in Dortmund, Germany and at Ars Eletrônica, in Linz, Ãustria where his project Mobile Crash was awarded. Recent curatorial projects include: SonarSound (2004); Digitofagia (2004); Life Goes Mobile (Nokiatrends 2005 and 2006), Motomix Art & Music Festival (2006) among other shows. He is one of the initiators and curators of the arte.mov>, International Mobile Media Art Festival (2006-2009).
the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung> and the Goethe-Institut São Paulo >. In collaboration with the Post-Media Lab>> at CDC/Leuphana University of Lüneburg>, and the Studies Group “Mundo em Rede” at the Post-Graduate Program in Technology and Digital Media/PUC-SP>
––– interview (spanish) @ Goethe Institute Sao Paolo-website >
––– a take by the XLterrestrials on the scene >