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Second Maas Sessions Video: The Serious Beans Project

Posted on May 4, 2011 by zaimoon
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Second Maassession video: The Serious Beans Project from Maas Media on Vimeo.
The Serious Beans Project: Mobility (2011)
Filmed and Edited by Daniel van Hauten
Written and Performed by The Serious Beans Project

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Gonzo Photojournalism

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Tim
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We are on a mission to portray an array of various subjectivities and to narrate the spectacle of this festivity through precisely the stand points of these subject positions, including our own. Equipped with a camera and a creative approach we tell the diverse stories of participants of various ages, ethnicities and social strata who [...]

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Arts and censorship

Posted on July 18, 2010 by admin
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As part of the Creating Waves 2 event, we invited the participants to express their reflections on the relationship between art and censorship through figurative arts.

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Avant-garde Messages- The Dadaists are Back

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Sofia Tussis

This collective poem-writing performance connecting art and censure is inspired by the works of the Dadaists and most notably Tristan Tzara and his newspaper collages.
All workshop participants (and even passers-by) were invited to contribute to poems, by “throwing” words into the poem. Some however were also be given authority rights, having [...]

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Gonzo Journalism

Posted on May 29, 2010 by valentin
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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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Participatory Editorial

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Conrad

The driving force behind “Creating Waves” was the wish to expand the number of voices that create Maas-media’s message as well as the ears that are receptive to it. In order for the maas-mediamorphosis to take place, we wanted to establish a face to face connection that we deem necessary for the formation of an [...]

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The Manifesto of Participatory Journalism

Posted on May 14, 2010 by valentin

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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Tear Down the Walls

Posted on April 14, 2010 by aranyo.aarjan

The issue of ‘migration’, in particular ‘immigration’ has been much at the forefront of European political polemic in recent years, attracting strong opinions on either side of the debate. Among the political discourse, particularly since the recent economic downturn, there has been a strong anti-immigration argument. Not here. When it comes to taking a stance [...]

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Visualization Of Cultures In Motion

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Conrad
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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Guarding the Gates

Posted on March 26, 2010 by admin
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Ever since the advent of modernization, technology has been a primary ally to achieve political goals. It goes without saying that it plays a fundamental role in dealing with migration matters too. Within the process of selection of the migrants permitted to stay and those having to return home from European soil, technology is what [...]

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