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 > No it does mean something

Very nice.


 >, in this paragraph at least it means that it
is
 > designed to serve a specific context, a problematic one to say the
least.
 > the cleotronica project attempts to respond to a specific  
situation in a
specific place that place is alexandria, egypt where "new media" is  
largely understood in visual terms only...

Do you find this simplistic ... compared to what +?
What do you think is lacking, in your opinion +?


 >a continuation of the 'Fine
 > Arts" discourse, the project aims to respond to this context in a  
simple
way by communicating a more thorough view of what media can mean today,

Ok. Are you of opinion that having people whose experience with ur  
culture is purely academical, if that, present works which consist  
largely of context less/free democratic ideals will somehow
provide a "more sophisticated and comprehensive understanding of  
media related concepts and practices" +?

A cursory read of the announcement gave me the impression that those  
arriving from outside the context were positioned as the experts, and  
the locals as the largely visual, unsophisticated dilettanti. The  
event didn't appear to be dialogical as only the arriving entities  
were named - perhaps as an attraction. It seemed rather one sided,
the scope being the "unfolding of similar discourses locally".


 > this is done through workshops, lectures, shows etc. and we are not a
government funded institution,

Always good to hear of alternative means of facilitating spectacles.  
Could you share with others some of these funding strategies +?

Although, I must tell you that in my opinion, Embassies + Goethe  
Institut
are not only government, but the AWA (other western army)



 >i don't think an initiative working to
give
 > a clearer idea of what media is to its community can be simply  
written
off
 > as a civilized parasite either.

I am not suggesting your/this initiative is parasitic.
If it didnt interest me I would not have bothered.
I would like to know more, hence my questions.

What I implied is that the entire edifice is supported by
life forms who dont usually discourse re: 'context responsive  
festivals',
nor attend them, although their life is very much about,
and illustrative of context responsive.