Inke Arns on Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:42:17 +0200 |
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Syndicate: short report about mikro.lounge [7 April 1999] |
[Dear friends, just a short report on what's been going on here.... greetings, -i] mikro.lounge #13 -- small media vs mass media in (ex-)YU Wednesday, 7 April 1999, WMF, Johannisstr. 19-20, Berlin-Mitte, 8 p.m. -- 1 a.m. We started this mikro.lounge with apsolutno's video "Good Evening" (1996), a *grand* opening. Thanks to Stephen Kovats, who brought video material from the ostranenie archive in Dessau, we were able to screen several videos e.g. by Aleksandar Davic ("Eyewitness") and B-92 video productions from 1996-97. Then, Fabian Schmidt, a specialist on Albanian & Kosovo history, ex-OMRI (Prague) and a former media specialist for the OSZE in Albania gave a sort of crash course about the history of the region. Bojana Pejic, historian and art critic based in Berlin since 1991 talked about the meaning of the Kosovo myth in official Yugoslav politics. This first part was followed by questions from the public, and a discussion about the current (as of Wednesday) political situation in YU, about the role of independent media and the current situation of critical voices within YU. After that first part Tilman Baumgaertel, Berlin-based journalist and mikro member who co-moderated the lounge, and I presented some of the so-called "small media" (e-mail, mailing lists, etc.) which have gained such an importance in the current situation for enabling / continuing communication other than what's presented in the mass media. Tilman talked about the role of Zamir <http://www.zamir.net> back in 1992, mentioning of course Wam Kat's by now famous diary, and about eGroups: Kosovo Reports <http://www.egroups.com/list/kosovo-reports/>. I introduced the Syndicate network <http://www.v2.nl/east>, and read some excerpts from (anonymized) mails that have been exchanged via the mailing list. I also mentioned the Zaginflatch Newsletter, which is published by the Zagreb Anarchist Movement <http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/3707/>. And, of course, we told the story of the closing-down of Radio B-92 (24 March and 2 April), gave some background information on the role of B-92 within YU, and donated the money mikro got that evening to HelpB92 <http://helpB92.xs4all.nl>. There were about 90 people that night. Bojana, Stephen, Vali, Thorsten, please add things in case I forgot them.... mikro e.V. Verein zur Pflege von Medienkulturen in Berlin KONTAKT: info@mikro.org http://www.mikro.org tel: 0177 225 37 97 fax: +49 30 44 34 18 12 Best wishes, Inke i n k e . a r n s __________________________ b e r l i n ___ 49.(0)30.3136678 | inke@berlin.snafu.de | http://www.v2.nl/~arns/ mikro: http://www.mikro.org | Syndicate Network: http://www.v2.nl/east/ ------Syndicate mailinglist-------------------- Syndicate network for media culture and media art information and archive: http://www.v2.nl/east/ to unsubscribe, write to <syndicate-request@aec.at> in the body of the msg: unsubscribe your@email.adress