MSLM & The Pirate's Dilemma

18 Mar 2008

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So on the same day that I threw a rock at Vice, from Amazon arrives The Pirate’s Dilemma, a book about remix culture penned by Vice contributor Matt Mason. Love good timing. I opened the package, opened the book and was like a kid in a candy store. Here is a quick slide show that outlines his thesis:


What Mason taps into is that understanding ‘new media’ and 2009 is not about mobile phones or ARGs, but the patterns and behaviors of their users.

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Similar in spirit is the new Rotterdam fashion mag MSLM, a group of young Dutch Moslimas who are remixing the rules and regulations of Islamic religious wear. And it makes perfect sense to me that this is happening in the Netherlands, a country buoyed by dams where you can get hashish and head in an everchanging dance of i/legality.

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rr note: desedo peeps WNDR aren’t afraid of no ghosts either… consonants? maybe. ditto for PSFK, LVHRD, MGMT, and even CRGSLST….

MHB note: Also check Azra Aksamija, the MIT PhD candidate who has constructed several ways to wear a mosque. And the british mag Swindle


Comments:

  1. 18 Mar 2008 Naheem Kujenya

    Hey, this guy seems to be on to something with his approach to piracy … I’m looking forward to seeing the documentary…

  2. 21 Mar 2008 raafi

    It took me an inordinately long amount of time to realize those girls weren’t speaking english.

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