Category Archives: Arts & Culture

Gonzo Journalism

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Story #1 – Fun Fair Reportage
“WHERE ARE THE MOTHERFUCKING MILFs AT?”, my co-journalist, my co-druggy, co-party, co-crazy shouts. “SSST, we’re undercover.” Deadly look shoots through my zebralined specs. “We’re on a mission, blend in with the crowd bitch.” The crowd- drab, grey, mindless. Good luck trying to blend in when you look like you skipped [...]

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The Manifesto of Participatory Journalism

The Manifesto of Participatory Journalism from Maas Media on Vimeo.
Journalism and the role of mass media were in the past two centuries defined by the dichotomy of production and consumption. The publication of the news by an elite few, meant for solitary consumption in living rooms, trains and libraries around the world encouraged a culture [...]

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Anti Deportation Freestyle

A sneak preview to the next issue on migration…

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Visualization Of Cultures In Motion

2004, Athens.  Muzaffar "Alex" Jafari writes about his journey on foot from Afghanistan to Greece via Iran

The European Union exemplifies an entity of a mixture of people that is determined by an intercultural society, which is often said to be the future of our globe. The Netherlands represents probably the most multicultural country within this bigger entity. Migrants from all over the world, including the writers and contributors of Maas-Media, have [...]

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The Rise of Climate-Change Art

Tomás Saraceno’s Biospheres at the Rethink exhibition in Copenhagen. Photograph: Anders Sune Berg

Vision of a tragic future? … Tomás Saraceno’s Biospheres at the Rethink exhibition in Copenhagen. Photograph: Anders Sune Berg

In the past decades, policy makers have given great attention to making cities or nations more sustainable. We, as citizens of the world, have to reconsider our obligations and responsibilities regarding our planet, too, because policy makers [...]

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Miru Kim Takes Pictures

Freedom Tunnel, New York - © 2008 MiruKim

When I discovered Miru Kim’s arts, I became interested in how she created the idea of her arts project called Naked City Spleen, photographs composed out of hidden, abandoned caves, structures, surroundings or places and herself, naked, in them. The effect is enthralling – it shows the vulnerability, but at the same time the eroticism [...]

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