[comradio-l] Fwd: Media Playground - Saturday 19th December 2009

[Bill Best]

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From:  <mailinglist at resonancefm.com>

Resonance104.4fm presents an afternoon and evening of media frolics at
The Foundry, 86 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JL on Saturday 19th
December 2009, 2pm till 5.30pm. Free.

Commissioned by Broadcast Media Sculptures, "Media Playground" present
movies, discussion and radiophonic sound-art in the distinctive
surroundings of London's Foundry bar. Media commentators, activists
and critics join film-makers and radio-artists for a day of informal
innovation and broadcast experimentation – of the kind one would
expect from what the Radio Academy has called “a unique station in a
saturated and largely homogenous radio market... a station that simply
couldn’t be found anywhere else and that strongly identifies with –
and super-serves – London’s creative and artistic community.”

At 2pm: discussion for broadcast:
Pathological Over-Sharing. Featuring Becky Hogge (New Statesman, Open
Knowledge Foundation), Ken Hollings (Destroy All Monsters,
Resonance104.4fm), Mark Rock (Audioboo, Best Before Media) and Paul
May (Mobile Commerce, The Whale in the Room). As social networks
proliferate, newspapers retreat and self-exposure goes global, a panel
of culturally savvy thinkers gather to address such questions as, Is
the internet a tool for democratic change or economic repression? What
is the individual's impact on media? And what is the impact of the
media on social space?

At 3.30pm:
Screenings of "The London Perambulator" followed by discussion with
director John Rogers and subject Nick Papadimitriou. And The Game of
War followed by discussion with instigator Richard Barbrook and
director Ilze Black - and an actual game of “War”.

ENDS