Category Archives: Special Issue – Creating Waves

Gonzo Photojournalism

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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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Avant-garde Messages- The Dadaists are Back

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

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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

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

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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