#MEMEPROPAGANDA Goes to Rotterdam
This interactive exhibition looks at the growing role of memes in digital society, focusing on meme characters.
Europe
IFFR 2019
The book >be me – a collection of ‘greentexts’, on which this installation is based, can be seen as the first book dealing with an Internet-borne literary genre. The ‘greentexts’ presented in this work are short stories posted on 4chan during 2010-2015. They are written in an internet-evolved language that can be characterised as abrupt, statement-like internet slang and get their name from the use of 4chan’s quote function that colours the text green.
The protagonist in the stories is most often a young male and, due to its anonymous online source, gives an exceptional insight into a young man's psyche. The stories describe absurd, once-in-a-lifetime moments we can all relate to, but for the most part we hope will never actually have to face. The book can be downloaded for free at greentext.org. A selection of these texts and an instruction that will inspire the audience to share something themselves can be found at Het Nieuwe Instituut.
Also in this combined programme
Get Your Views; Is This Meme Art?
Combining a digital art series with video art, the work humorously questions the power of consumerism in the post-internet age. The videos explore the current state of our hyper-connectivity while the digital art series focuses on internet aesthetics and its relationships with modern art. 'Digital garbage' (screenshots, personal photos and unused selfies), is used, further incorporating popular meme aesthetics.
USA
IFFR 2019
Meme Rewind 2018
Remember Trumpet Boy? Rewind of the best memes in 2018, with an explanation by 15-year-old meme expert Tobias Kers.
Netherlands
IFFR 2019
Meme-rIFFR
Eric Allen Hatch is a festival programmer and film critic who believes that making and appreciating memes can broaden knowledge and taste and so facilitate deeper engagement with film culture. Meme-rIFFR provides examples of Hatch's and other meme-makers' work, and invites the audience to use the templates to help them plunge into the strange but wonderful world of crafting dank art-house memes.
USA
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Aapo Nikkanen
- Country of production
- Finland
- Production Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019 0
- Website
- http://www.greentext.org
Programme
Rabbit Hole
A trip through the wondrous world of the internet meme. Discover the memeverse in an exhibition, in the cinema, and during various events.
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This interactive exhibition looks at the growing role of memes in digital society, focusing on meme characters.
Europe
IFFR 2019
>be me
What stories do anonymous internet users share on internet forums? Come to >be me, where the special selection of 'greentexts' will inspire you to take part/post yourself.
Finland
IFFR 2019
The Air of the Earth in Your Lungs
Shot on 16mm, Ross Meckfessel’s sensual odyssey through natural landscapes and digital textures satisfyingly defies concrete interpretation.
11'
USA
IFFR 2019