[extropy-chat] Lest We Forget: A small photodocumentary

[Natasha Vita-More]

At 10:44 AM 5/3/04 +0100, Amara wrote:

  Latvians and Estonians had also made significant steps,
>pushing the freedom envelope. I saw Latvian and Estonian flags flown
>for the first time. I read literature that talked of the USSR as a
>country 'abroad'. Everyone was talking openly, nervously, excitedly.
>They didn't know then, that their independence would be real one month
>later, nor in their wildest dreams could they have imagined that they
>would be part of Europe thirteen years later. It makes one a bit dizzy
>to think about it.

Thanks Amara. Having now been to Estonia , I marvel at how quickly this 
country has progressed.  I fell in love with Estonia and the people I 
worked with at the Estonian Art Academy.

Although nicely situated near Helsinki where design reigns supreme, Estonia 
has to work overtime to get new media recognized.  With Ando 
Kesk<mailto:uni at uninet.ee>üla at the helm, I'm sure it won't take long!


"Estonia, the social and cultural dimension of new media, its potential of 
being an open channel mediating significant political and cultural 
information, has unfortunately not yet found recognition on governmental 
level. The situation is revealed by the lack of State's interest in 
educating the professionals of New Media in Estonian universities, it is 
revealed in government's media- and finance-policy.

"Despite of all that, Art Academy has become a good environment for 
discussions over the impact of computer networks and new media technologies 
on our current (recent) understanding of culture and social order in whole 
society. Through international forum for discussions and exchange of 
experience by the artists of different countries French-Baltic-Nordic Video 
and New Media Festival hopefully contributes to creating new and more 
democratic media environment."

Professor Ando Kesk<mailto:uni at uninet.ee>üla
Rector of Estonian Academy of Arts



Natasha


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