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Dumpsterdive

Dumpsterdivers in Maastricht – Picture by Tim Strasser
It is that time of the year again. Glimmering lights and all kinds of red things take over the world, while people lose their sanity over the Christmas merry-go-round. It seems as if the celebration that used to be something sacred, something to be shared with our [...]

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Maas Session 4: Rachel and Mateusz

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Presented by Samir Passi
Filmed by Tim Strasser
Directed by Zai-Moon
Landhuis, Cultural Freezone Landbouwbelang

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To occupy and ‘occupons’: The 99% of Montreal.

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Several weeks ago, Thomas L. Friedman wrote a commentary piece for the New York Times . In his article, he stated that, in between the Arab Spring and the occupation of Wallstreet which even seemed to be producing sympathy protests, it should be clear to everyone that “something is happening here,” some great global eruption, [...]

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The Launch of the Mandril Cultural Center (MCC)

The Mandril's Face, Spring 2011

Maas-Media is proud to announce the recent launch of Maastricht’s Mandril Cultural Center (MCC). Squatted in 2009, the building received its name Mandril by a Dutch satirical magazine Mandril – maandblad voor mensen which existed in the years 1948 until 1953, of which a box of unique copies were found in the attic. Thanks to the [...]

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In Memory of Sofia

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As a small group of students, we started experimenting with different forms of media expression and alternative ways of doing journalism in autumn 2009.
Over the last two years, this project, with its successes and failures, with its productive and not so productive phases, has taught us all a lot. First and foremost however, it brought [...]

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Faces of Maastricht

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These pictures were taken at the maas-media workshop held at the WE Festival 2011 on the 19th of May 2011.

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Echoes Across the Divide

 
Forty-one years after the construction of  the wall which divides  Cyprus’s capital Nicosia into a Turkish and a Greek half, citizens from both sides of town gathered at one of the check points, armed with all sorts of instruments. Children, mothers, fathers and elders started playing and singing from the rooftops across the wall, then [...]

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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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