nomadicMILK is a GPS art project which tracks the paths of people in Nigeria. The "track" is then represented by a robot which draws lines of sand to map the movement.
Biki Kangwana from Nairobi, Kenya is working on a open broadcast channel called Slum TV. The station involves people from the township creating alternative media broadcasts.
Circle of Satan is a cultural organisation that operates in Indonesia, distributing sensible information to the people to raise consciousness of the political situation.
isuma.tv is an independent platform for indigenous film-makers, exchanging traditional knowledge, as well as news and footage documenting an aboriginal way of life. Paul Quassar, sitting in the futuristic McLuhan Salon, tells us why new technologies were quickly absorbed by aboriginal tribes, how traditional knowledge about nature and the environment can help us to deal with an impending climate change and how isuma.tv exactly works.
Everybody uses mobile devices and computers. Less people know you need a very rare mineral called “tantal” to fabricate microchips this size, soon making it more precious than gold. This very moment, cruel wars are fought over this metal in Congo, resulting in more than 3.6 million deaths to date. The tantalon memorial was created in rememberence of this wars´ victims. In a very unique way, ancient telephone technology, the congolese community in london and storytelling are combined, resulting in the extrordinary piece “tantalon memorial”. a living memorial in a way, through which stories can be told and people are connected, reminging us of the blood dripping from our stylish new devices.
