can art change the world
seomra spraoi collective which has come together to create a social centre space in Dublin. To find out more about the ideas behind the initiave see seomra spraoi - "Seomra Spraoi Initiative Aims to Create Radical Social Space"
http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/wsm/ws/2005/84/space.html
We are organising a big event on Friday the 23rd of September in the Saint Nicholas of Myra community centre on Francis Street. The event will include films, workshops, exhibitions, free food, discussions, music, radio transmissions...............and lots more things of interest, we are emailing you to ask you to join us and to bring whatever you feel could contribute to the evening or the project. As part of the evening we will be having an exploration / discussion into the question that was recently asked at the Dun Laoighre Festival of World Cultures - can art help change the world,
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71559&search_text=monks%20garden
Seomra Spraoi, a project for a social centre for Dublin
Give Us Some Space: New Initiative to Create Dublin Social Centre (Dec 1 2004) is an indymedia feature that marked the begining of the project
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67739&search_text=seomra%20spraoi
our website keeps update of minutes from meetings and links
http://www.seomraspraoi.blogspot.com/
More musings on social centres in Ireland... is a bit more from darren who made a few films from visits he made to social centres around europe
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67838&search_text=seomra%20spraoi
all previous events, minutes, discussions the social centre can be found here
small link
in Something Maybe Beautiful written by Naomi Klein, the italian social centre network (150 + @ 2001) was described in the Frenchnewspaper Le Monde as "the Italian cultural jewel."......
http://www.nologo.org/newsite/detail.php?ID=34
"Social centres are abandoned buildingsÂwarehouses, factories, military forts, schoolsÂthat have been occupied by squatters and transformed into cultural and political hubs, explicitly free from both the market, and from state control. By some estimates there are 150 social centres in Italy."
this and further background can be found at critical discussion at monks garden, venice (commentry on and about the art world and in particular artist Sarah Pierces "monks garden" project that is part of the Venice Bienelle, the "art olympics" )
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70090&search_text=monks%20garden#comment119126
and as it happens theres a free street party the following day sat the 24th.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71773
and on sunday the 25th there is an open garden and play day in the community garden we were invovled with creating in dolphins barn.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69689&condense_comments=false#comment121019
And if thats not enough you can join the dublin greenway cycle who will be stopping to have a picnic in the phoenix park.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69929&search_text=greenway
So all in all it will be a fun filled and productive weekend of lively events, discussion, action, art, play. We hope you can make the journey up and join us, we should be able to sort you out with accomodation with our friends here in Dublin. Hopefully the Friday night will spark the wish to make the idea of a social centre a reality.
And do invite your friends and ask them to ask their friends
Start Date: 2005-09-24 19:00:00-04
End Date: 2005-09-25 06:59:59-04
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Created By: Sinead Ni Bhroin
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Perhaps the belly dancers can make a difference, particularly if their names are Bridget, Sheila or Sinead!
Created By: Dr Raeder Anderson