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Who are you and what is your relation to the Project Metromuster? 0:24
When, where, and why was Metromuster created? 2:16
Why the name “Metromuster”? 3:20
Why did you choose to have a legal entity of a cooperative for this project? 5:10
There’s talk of Metromuster becoming an independent audiovisual producer and I wonder, independent from what and whom? 6:25
There are six paid employees working in the cooperative. How do you finance this type of work? 8:22
What does “work” mean in the context of this cooperative? 9:50
What criteria do you have for which commissions you accept? 13:09
What’s the relationship between Metromuster and 15M? 13:39
The work that Metromuster has done tends to be referred to as “video-activism,” can you explain this concept to us? 15:22
Thinking about Metromuster’s projects like Termitas, Tarajal, Ciutat Morta and now Idrissa, we’re talking about the tools that you use to join the battle for collective imagination. After studying your materials, I have come to the conclusion that Metromuster has placed a great focus on the following processes: 1) constructing a denunciation of the foundational power structures of modern Western societies: colonialism, capitalism, and discrimination of sex, class and race; 2) transforming of public opinion and the collective imagination with the purpose of revealing how hegemonic powers use the media; 3) supporting changing the current cultural paradigm; 4) cultivating citizens’ critical consciousness and faith in transformation during a time of capitalism and a crisis of trust. Would you add anything else? 18:10
In many ways, Metromuster does work regarding awareness and informal education that seems to be absent from institutional agendas and formal education. It seems like with public subsidies, the cooperative fulfills a pending need in democratic institutional agendas. Don’t you find this situation paradoxical? 20:57
What relationship does Metromuster have with the university environment? Are you perceived as a valid contributors? 23:47
Is it possible to transform a political reality through culture? 24:56
How is the work of Metromuster disseminated beyond the activist circle? 27:52
Have you had problems with the kind of work you’re doing? 29:54
How do you work on the type of issues that you do in a country where a Gag Law exists? 32:35
How has the reception of your work on television and in cinemas been? 34:09
Metromuster believes in the free distribution of its work. Where are we able to find your work? 36:26
How does archive material get obtained in this country? 39:04
Is Metromuster a political project? If so, what kind of politics are we talking about? 42:06
How do you maintain hope as a driving force in your work? 43:25
And, how do you deal with helplessness? 44:07
What does it mean for Metromuster to grow in a non-capitalistic way? 44:59
From Metromuster’s perspective, what are pending unresolved issues in our current model of society? 45:53

Metromuster is an audiovisual production cooperative that contributes to social changes through the practices of audiovisual culture. Metromuster is characterized by the following processes: 1) The construction of documented denunciations of the foundations of power structures in modern western society: capitalism, colonialism, and gender-, class-, and race-based discrimination; 2) The transformation of public opinion and the collective imaginary with the goal of unveiling how the miedia is used by hegemonic powers; 3) Support the cultural paradigm shift that is currently in progress; 4) Cultivate critical consciousness, as well as a faith in transformation in these times of capitalism and crisis of confidence. This work of this collective contributes to the free culture movement.

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