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by chakan hislop
Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:21 am
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Re: Into Africa

Here are some of the fist pictures of the pre-launch event for the Observatory Festival and Village of Arts: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/album.php?aid=472692&id=822625064 you may also find the Canadian nodes of arts action of some interest: 411 Initiative for Change Agents of Change Art City...
by chakan hislop
Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:53 pm
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Re: Into Africa

African Activity Update: "Art is not just for the gallery or stage, as a festival is not just a periodical happening... it is in ever step we take through our door and decide to live life to its fullest. We do not need special days or places to celebrate our community, commonality and humanity, it c...
by chakan hislop
Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:00 pm
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Re: Into Africa

Incidentally for those that are interested in getting involved in the online events (see above)... e.g. photographic, documentary, spoken word submission, or thinking about coming over and volleying in December during the festival... or just developing an insight into what we are doing with the even...
by chakan hislop
Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:44 am
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Re: Into Africa

Following from my Adventures in Africa as put in the post, I eventually travelled through to Cape Town In South Africa, where i am now running a large NPO which is producing a large market and performance area in Observatory, Cape Town, called the Village of Arts, like the forest accept a little lar...
by chakan hislop
Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:06 am
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: THE ALTERNATIVE MARKET and that means us....
Replies: 1
Views: 3860

THE ALTERNATIVE MARKET and that means us....

Hello Foresters, a group of people that have been involved in the forest e.g. myself (movement and motives), tariq who used to run the film night and several other personalities from issue based organisations around edinburgh and places further afield have got together to develop THE ALTERNATIVE MAR...
by chakan hislop
Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:28 pm
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: FREE - The Foundation for the Return of Equitable Economy.
Replies: 2
Views: 4611

Re: FREE - The Foundation for the Return of Equitable Economy.

Incidentally this meeting will lead to a prospective space being set up, that already exists as a space, so that artists will be able to sell their work and develop a level of sustainability, as well as possibly lead to a series of public performance opportunities.... tbc I will post more informatio...
by chakan hislop
Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Re: Into Africa

persistance and faith is the only thing that makes you carry on standing up, people fail all the time, its whether you can get back up that determines the winners from the losers... See below for our first collaborative strategy to contribute to developing a sustainable economy for a broad base of a...
by chakan hislop
Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:25 am
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: FREE - The Foundation for the Return of Equitable Economy.
Replies: 2
Views: 4611

Re: FREE - The Foundation for the Return of Equitable Economy.

Contact details can be found on here for the event
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by chakan hislop
Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:21 am
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: What was the last book you read?
Replies: 87
Views: 127576

Re: What was the last book you read?

Twelve Caesars, Suetonius A great insight into the human condition and how intellect can manipulate and corrupt based on the 2 drivers of need, money/power and love/respect/sentiment it also gives a great insight into the issues surrounding the early development of the idea of democracy against dic...
by chakan hislop
Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:50 pm
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Re: Into Africa

For lots of different reasons related to functionality and problems surrounding typos using a mixture of different language machines and keyboards including arabic and fench, i am having to continue this blog on http://www.cityson.com the collaborative arts website i am developing... Appologies for ...
by chakan hislop
Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:36 pm
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: FREE - The Foundation for the Return of Equitable Economy.
Replies: 2
Views: 4611

FREE - The Foundation for the Return of Equitable Economy.

From Tariq Ghaznavi I am pleased to announce the first event of FREE - The Foundation for the Return of Equitable Economy. FREE aims to explore workable ways of weaning ourselves away from complete dependence on the system. You could say that now we have seen the iceberg, we are trying to get off th...
by chakan hislop
Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:50 am
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Re: Into Africa

Granada, multiculturism, and the destruction of knowledge After leaving Valencia I headed down to Granada, where i thought i would visit the last place in Europe that was an Islamic State. During the Moorish state's ascendency Granada was a great centre of learning and was internationally renowned f...
by chakan hislop
Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:48 am
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Re: Into Africa

Incidentally... Obama Swearing-in ceremony at 11:30am EST, followed immediately by Obama's inauguration address...

www.cnn.com
by chakan hislop
Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:39 am
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Re: Into Africa

The African Diaspora and the new presidency On the day of the inauguration of Barack Obama I find myself in Dakar, Senegal, settled for the first time in months attempting to build a sustainable model for the arts using international collaboration, to define an impactful message and tangible outcom...
by chakan hislop
Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:12 pm
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Re: Into Africa

Dhakla Morocco into Mauritania Apologies for break in continuity and will post my notes from Spain and Morocco as soon as i get the chance later this week.... However Im now in Dakhla Morocco, and have promised my fellow travelers who have hung back around Essaouira and Marrakesh that i would post ...
by chakan hislop
Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:30 pm
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Re: Into Africa

And so I left Barcelona, a city i love, and on a comparatively warm Saturday night after a 3 hour journey reached Valencia. As i had done absolutely no preparation at all i jumped off the bus and got talking to the first backpackers I saw, who happened to be from stateside. On inquiring about where ...
by chakan hislop
Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:11 am
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Re: Into Africa

Barcelona - Useful Art and Issue based Links Barcelona Based international arts mag http://www.rojo-magazine.com/ A must have arts E-zine for anyone interested in living, watching or traveling to Barcelona http://www.lecool.com http://lecool.com/cities/barcelona/subscriptions/new?language=en Hangar...
by chakan hislop
Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:27 pm
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Re: Into Africa

When i initially made the decision to go south from Barcelona, i could not have realised on each stage of the journey and the further i got from my expectations, how the simplicity of defining action against the idea would become clearer than a paneless window: A contrast of feeling and thought; I o...
by chakan hislop
Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:06 pm
Forum: The People's Forum
Topic: Into Africa
Replies: 13
Views: 17850

Into Africa

Following on from the Movement and Motive events at the forest in 2006 and 7, which led onto the IAM events at the GRV and Voodoo Rooms in 2008… Chakan (me) has left Edinburgh to go on a research and development trip to find new collaborators and content for the Contemporary Multi Media events as we...
by chakan hislop
Thu May 29, 2008 12:23 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Events and Promotion
Replies: 22
Views: 24314

whats next!

Hi this is a final reminder for the I AM digital night, this Saturday.. Please see event details at the bottom of this email, but in the meantime check out the latest news, apologies for the long email but its been a very busy month and nearly everything in this mail is relevant to you or people you...
by chakan hislop
Sat May 24, 2008 11:46 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Loesje (Edinburgh) Blog Promo
Replies: 10
Views: 13661

I'll go down to the shop today and have a read... But if you want to bring some to my event.. of course you are welcome......

some posters would be very good too :)
by chakan hislop
Fri May 23, 2008 12:37 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Loesje (Edinburgh) Blog Promo
Replies: 10
Views: 13661

Image
by chakan hislop
Thu May 22, 2008 10:53 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Loesje (Edinburgh) Blog Promo
Replies: 10
Views: 13661

or
by chakan hislop
Thu May 22, 2008 10:52 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Loesje (Edinburgh) Blog Promo
Replies: 10
Views: 13661

or...
by chakan hislop
Thu May 22, 2008 10:50 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Loesje (Edinburgh) Blog Promo
Replies: 10
Views: 13661

possibly....
by chakan hislop
Thu May 22, 2008 10:31 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Loesje (Edinburgh) Blog Promo
Replies: 10
Views: 13661

have you ever thought about putting these in the street

e.g. on temporary large posters...... cause if your up for it... I have a plan and context.... on the roads leading up to my event for instance.... or on the walls outside the event where people nearly everyone smoke... as long as we take them all down at the end of the night it'll be cool :))) but ...
by chakan hislop
Wed May 21, 2008 11:08 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Events and Promotion
Replies: 22
Views: 24314

preview images and images from the last event

...Image
by chakan hislop
Tue May 20, 2008 11:45 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Events and Promotion
Replies: 22
Views: 24314

www.iam-digital.com

Ok I thought people might be interested to the extension of my Forest Movements and Motives night... which is called I AM Digital... Basically this is the result of many things i have done at the forest and have since done when i am not there as much... In any case I will platforming 2 of the Forest...
by chakan hislop
Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:38 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Events and Promotion
Replies: 22
Views: 24314

Ho ho ho...

Ok I will try to liven it up a little if you like.... as soon as i have more serious events matters out of the way...

lol

8)
by chakan hislop
Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:00 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Events and Promotion
Replies: 22
Views: 24314

yes a bookkeeper must be at the top of the list..... In terms of the corkage, i believe the prices have already increased as you now charge by the mililitre (instead of the bottle) namely because lots of people were bringing in huge bottles of beer, which server 2-3 people which was obviously losing...
by chakan hislop
Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:19 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Events and Promotion
Replies: 22
Views: 24314

on the same note

We must all remember the forest in itself is a experiment in the human experience and how we might challenge the normal way of doing things to create an environment of change, to make things better... better than they would be otherwise i suppose... But in this process of change our ideas of how val...
by chakan hislop
Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:02 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Events and Promotion
Replies: 22
Views: 24314

Yes Shannon i DO understand what you are saying about which people it will be important to pay and which not... the question is, is how we might we induce engineers and the like to get involved and take responsibility... I can come up with several ideas, but to initially explore the idea in its enti...
by chakan hislop
Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:18 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Events and Promotion
Replies: 22
Views: 24314

Ok well thanks for the information Ryan.... this is really useful.... Ok, i think the first thing that could possibly be done to alleviate this situation is a meeting which will be broadcast to every possible source of sound engineers that currently exists, including through peoples contact lists......
by chakan hislop
Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:58 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
Replies: 49
Views: 66662

Like the forest Cafe, many of the different types of organisations that you are planning to visit have to do certain things to exist... The use of artistic work and as much relevant information as possible will help them to promote the forest cafe tour... for instance, one of the things that will be...
by chakan hislop
Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:02 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Events and Promotion
Replies: 22
Views: 24314

I am also at work, but i do intend to delve into this in a bit of depth as soon as i have a moment... its exactly the comments you made which i would like to explore in the context of the events and promotion issues... I understand what you are saying, but i have had many conversations with people a...
by chakan hislop
Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:37 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
Replies: 49
Views: 66662

all cool :lol: where there is passion there are different ideas, and its important that we create an atmosphere where these ideas can be explored, as i know the forest has done in more cases than most other organisations... hence why i am still attempting to communicate with everyone who belongs to ...
by chakan hislop
Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:31 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Posters where?
Replies: 3
Views: 7228

Places to put poster Hostels.. (in most cases a4 sizes only) Internet cafes (in most cases a4 sizes only) Cafe's that promote charities, cycling, and environment issues.. The universities as mentioned (in most cases a4 sizes only) organisations like ACE (up to a3) There are at least 15 stores that ...
by chakan hislop
Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:42 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Events and Promotion
Replies: 22
Views: 24314

Events and Promotion

How does the forest values and mission play out during the organisation and management of events and the way artists could possibly be further supported through the promotion of the events. What part do forest events play in the forest set up, and as part of the wider Edinburgh scene, and how can th...
by chakan hislop
Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:26 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
Replies: 49
Views: 66662

Andy, this makes sense.... I will start a new one and will try to collate the relevant information from this thread onto it... cheers.. :D
by chakan hislop
Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:15 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
Replies: 49
Views: 66662

suggestion for events poster

Open it up to all of the graphic designers and artists that frequent the forest.. e.g. a competition or rosta, where each graphic designer / artist covers one period... you'll need to ensure that everyone doing events gets the correct information to you in time.. this may be possibly actioned, by ma...
by chakan hislop
Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:55 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
Replies: 49
Views: 66662

Thanks Dai for your commentary.... I am not attempting to be divisive... and maybe i am stating the obvious, but if you deal with the subjects i have broached point by point i can answer them point by point.... in terms of breaking news, there is nothing new in what i am saying as it all comes from ...
by chakan hislop
Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:13 am
Forum: Events
Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
Replies: 49
Views: 66662

additional speaker

Ed Stack, who ran the successful event “Acoustic Cafe” @ Out of the Blue - Dalmeny Street, on Friday, 14th December. An event which was supported as part of the Forest artist support Program (a successful Forest outreach action, which as mentioned above I believe they should be doing alot more of) w...
by chakan hislop
Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:43 am
Forum: Events
Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
Replies: 49
Views: 66662

Other possible ideas which will help this plan and the tour... is you could use the webspace to create artist pages which link directly to the events calendar... This will allow each artist, event to put up there own bios, images and possibly links to myspace... this will do the following: 1. allow ...
by chakan hislop
Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:32 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
Replies: 49
Views: 66662

Andy i was not saying you cannot talk about your avatar, I found that post very interesting and enlightening in the context of this forums subject... i was just wondering if you had anything else to add... now i know you have, so it was a good question to ask.. wasn't it? ;) But seriously on another...
by chakan hislop
Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:08 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
Replies: 49
Views: 66662

Anything constructive to add Andy, i know you probably have some ideas worth sharing!, or do you consider the forest bulletin board an inappropriate place for a discussion of this sort :roll:
by chakan hislop
Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:27 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
Replies: 49
Views: 66662

and...

Well... that would be a start, but not one you could drink out of... In any case it'll involve some work, considerably more work than the New Years eve party... can anyone find (and organise) a bear costume please??? The thing about ideas are, they are ideas, action means action, oh and then there i...
by chakan hislop
Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:00 am
Forum: Events
Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
Replies: 49
Views: 66662

and dont forget!!

If you ever eventually get round to doing this.. it will mean collaboration with lots of new people outside your community... specifically if you are intending for anyone to actually show up... That means reaching out, outside these 4 walls.... I have already posted a suggestion of a methodology whi...
by chakan hislop
Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:07 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Hi guys just to let you know
Replies: 0
Views: 3104

Hi guys just to let you know

Hiya Just to let you know sevral people I know have done a deal with over 100 online music selling portals, itunes, napster etc... in dozens of countries, to sell independantly published material without the artists having to have a record label or even a company... the system has already signed up ...
by chakan hislop
Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:57 pm
Forum: Website/Online
Topic: Links Page / possible link partners / colloborative content
Replies: 7
Views: 11286

yes great idea

yes thats what i was thinking... we just need to have a rating system for the links, possibly allowing our users to rate the usefulness of the link, making sure we check abuse by repetitive ratings on the same ip, or not allowing a rating unless the user is logged in... trouble is with these link pa...