#CALLBRUSSELS
Some of my Belgian friends have been sharing this across Facebook and it is worthy of your time. A couple of years ago i was fortunate enough to experience the freedom of and passion for creative media in Bruges and Mechelen regardless of whether those voices were being supported appropriately on a higher level. It is awesome then to see this... #CALLBRUSSELS. Communication is always forgotten about in terms of its significance even though we use it so irrepressibly. How effective our “modern” forms of communication are though is a different question altogether. This short film is a nice little insight into how communication in one form can build up a particular image with another more genuine form of communication breaking down that image.
In this above example the media had highlighted Brussels as a warzone, links to terrorist plots, an image that was fervently built upon and taken as fact by many. That all too familiar case of people merely believing what they are told. But as this film shows that perception has been questioned through a much more engaging form of communication, a phonecall. People are always looking for ways to connect with other humans, and more so in a way that does not involve a screen (a.k.a. a barrier). Coupled with humans’ inquisitive nature #CALLBRUSSELS has used communication as a platform to connect and tackle a contentious issue, adapting an ill-formed media perception into a honest representation.
