PIXELAZO 2007
01/04/07 11:09 Filed in: communication
An afterword to all the fantastic people I met in
Colombia, during the Pixelazo events, especially
the people of Comuna13, Medellin.
Social and political regimes rained down on this region for many years and considerable atrocities and lives were lost during the heat. Now a place with extreme millitary presence, but at the heart a vibrant community, together they face a new future, a community full of promise, and with open arms towards our international crew 'POINTLESS CREATIONS'. In fact all pre-conceptions I had of Colombia were instantly crushed, True, its past has had quite a reputation the hostility, drug-rings, government corruption, guns, guerillas, death and danger but today in Medellin all seems safe, socialble and tranquillo.
Me playing around with Eric Sandelin's mobile ophonine pophorn project
Economical difficulties make it hard for people to consider all those creative practices that we are free to think about in Western culture, as for many they find it difficult just to get by, yet all the people i met were so 'turned on', they had a real thirst for new experience and throughout the workshops we held, they all seemed to be with us 100% of the way, share and exchange, like for like.
DJ DAZX, Johanna and Kanela from radiocapsula - Parque San Javier, Comuna13
DJDAZX has two kids and he tries to be a dad but he also has this other part to him, the digital world, and he has a dream to live off making music and being artistic and being creative, but he has this worry he has this stress that he has to provide for his family, and finds it very hard to balance both.
DJDAZX knows that the time is changing, he is preparing for the right time, and his people also have an awareness for the right time, to be ready for that moment which is definatley coming and happening within Colombian subculture is what the many people we met live for.
DJDAZX gave me a letter just before we left, he had help by his english teacher -
The first two lines say it all -
'So glad I am of you to come to my country, because through this you help young people like me.
Not to hold a gun but to click a mix'.
The products of our interactive screen workshop, re-invented and explored by the local kids during the San Javier Pointless Creations performance.
Social and political regimes rained down on this region for many years and considerable atrocities and lives were lost during the heat. Now a place with extreme millitary presence, but at the heart a vibrant community, together they face a new future, a community full of promise, and with open arms towards our international crew 'POINTLESS CREATIONS'. In fact all pre-conceptions I had of Colombia were instantly crushed, True, its past has had quite a reputation the hostility, drug-rings, government corruption, guns, guerillas, death and danger but today in Medellin all seems safe, socialble and tranquillo.
Me playing around with Eric Sandelin's mobile ophonine pophorn project
Economical difficulties make it hard for people to consider all those creative practices that we are free to think about in Western culture, as for many they find it difficult just to get by, yet all the people i met were so 'turned on', they had a real thirst for new experience and throughout the workshops we held, they all seemed to be with us 100% of the way, share and exchange, like for like.
DJ DAZX, Johanna and Kanela from radiocapsula - Parque San Javier, Comuna13
DJDAZX has two kids and he tries to be a dad but he also has this other part to him, the digital world, and he has a dream to live off making music and being artistic and being creative, but he has this worry he has this stress that he has to provide for his family, and finds it very hard to balance both.
DJDAZX knows that the time is changing, he is preparing for the right time, and his people also have an awareness for the right time, to be ready for that moment which is definatley coming and happening within Colombian subculture is what the many people we met live for.
DJDAZX gave me a letter just before we left, he had help by his english teacher -
The first two lines say it all -
'So glad I am of you to come to my country, because through this you help young people like me.
Not to hold a gun but to click a mix'.
The products of our interactive screen workshop, re-invented and explored by the local kids during the San Javier Pointless Creations performance.
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