This years Memefest event will be held from November 4th to November 11th 2013 in Brisbane. We are very exited to announce that the project will be a special collaboration with the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy.
Investigating further the topic of Food Democracy, we will focus on the Embassy’s food program and create communication design/art that will through intervention in the city of Brisbane aim to support the Aboriginal Embassy’s efforts to distribute food among local deprivileged aboriginal (and other) communities as well as make the general Embassy’s voice more heard … READ MORE @ http://www.memefest.org/en/memeblog/2013/09/keep-the-fire-burning-memefest-food-democracy-seminarworkshop-intervention-event-in-brisbane/
Monday Nov 410.00 Registration & Welcome to Country10.30 Introductions of participants
11.00 Food Democracy Lecture (speaker to be announced)
11.30 Radical research methodologies panel discussion (Zala Volcic (TBC), George Petelin, Jason Grant, Oliver Vodeb)
12.30 Lunch
1.30 A look in to last years Memefest Brisbane workshop/intervention
2.00 Bil Platz Lecture: Zombie culture in protest and activism
2.45 George Petelin Lecture: Problems with Food: Production, Distribution, Mediation, Consumption
3.30-3.45 Break
3.45- 5.30 Group discussions
5.30-6.00 Break
6.00 Design Exhibition
Tuesday Nov 5
Recipients of the Memefest/QCA 2013 Award for Imaginative Critical Intervention presentations
9.30 Mariano Mussi
10.00 Miha Mazzini and Marko Plahuta
10.30 Mohammad Naser
11.00 Lecture: Food Connect (To be confirmed)
11.45 Break
12.30 Lecture/Presentation Aboriginal Culture, the Sovereign Embassy & Food Distribution: Wayne Wharton, Karen Fusi
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Mark Andrejevic Lecture (Title to be announced)
14.45 Alana Hunt Lecture: “Don’t expect a thank you, and other myths and misfits of the outback”
On Aboriginal Art and Intercultural communication/relations/problems
15.30 Eugenio Tiselli Skype Presentation (from Kigali, Rwanda): ojoVoz project/ICT and Agriculture
16.15 Oliver Vodeb Lecture: (title to be announced)
17.00 Break
cca 18h Evening and dinner at the Woolongabba art gallery
Wednesday November 6th
9.30 Presentation of works related to Aboriginal culture and/or Food democracy: QCA academics and students:
9.30 Bianca Beetson
9.50 Susan Ostling
10.10 Bob Mercer
10.30 Oscar Waugh
10.50 Thomas Roohan
11.10 Sophie Van der Drift
11.30 Break
11.45 Presentation of the Aboriginal Sovereignty Manifesto
12.45-13.30 Lunch
13.30 Workshop in groups
18.00 Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy meeting in Musgrave Park
19.30 Drinks in West End
Thursday November 7th
10.00 Presentation of the Australian Photo Journalist publication: Food Issue
11.00 Workshops
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Critiques on workshop process including Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy members
14.30 Workshops
17.00 Movies on Indigenous Culture and Food Issues
18.00 Evening: Free
Friday November 8th
Invitation to intervene:
9.30 Bill Platz presentation of Propaganda Course (TBC)
10.00 Alan Hill presentation of PhD research project (TBC)
10.30 “How much for very little? Cooking on a below the poverty line budget” lunch Cooking session at QCA Kitchen (chosen members of the groups cook, the rest continues to work)
12.30 Lunch at QCA
13.30 Workshop
18.00 Free evening
Saturday November 9th
11.00 Workshop /production of media
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Workshop /production of media
19.00 Party at Bob’s
Sunday November 10th
Intervention/Documentation (groups do the intervention according to the developed strategies)
Saturday November 11th
Morning: if necessary still intervention
11.30 Critique/Discussion of results with Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy, planning for future collaboration
14.00 Boondal Bush Tucker Guided Tour
17.00 Picnic in the park
[Editor’s Note: I have highlighted in bold a couple of interesting workshops on at Memefest is hosting a workshop/seminar that aims to research FOOD DEMOCRACY in relation to current Brisbane. The whole event will focus on the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy and its radical food program. on this week beginning Monday 4th Nov 2013]
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The Event takes place at the Queensland College of Art.
Building: Webb Centre: Level 4 (Design Department) Rooms 4.35 and 4.36
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Update of program
TUESDAY Nov 5
12.30 Lecture/Presentation Aboriginal Culture, the Sovereign Embassy & Food Distribution: Wayne Wharton, Karen Fusi
13.30 Lunch
14.00 Dr Mark Andrejevic- UQ, Lecture “Curtailing Surveillance: Ag-Gag Laws and Activism”
14.45 Alana Hunt Lecture: “Don’t expect a thank you, and other myths and misfits of the outback”