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- Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:21 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
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...
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:53 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
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...
- Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:00 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
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...
- Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:44 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
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...
- Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:55 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: THE ALTERNATIVE MARKET and that means us....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3870
Re: THE ALTERNATIVE MARKET and that means us....
you can also visit the website www.thealternativemarket.com
- Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:06 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: THE ALTERNATIVE MARKET and that means us....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3870
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...
- 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: 4617
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...
- Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
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...
- 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: 4617
Re: FREE - The Foundation for the Return of Equitable Economy.
Contact details can be found on here for the event
- Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:21 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: What was the last book you read?
- Replies: 87
- Views: 128533
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...
- Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:50 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
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 ...
- 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: 4617
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...
- Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:50 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
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...
- Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:48 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
Re: Into Africa
Incidentally... Obama Swearing-in ceremony at 11:30am EST, followed immediately by Obama's inauguration address...
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- Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:39 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
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...
- Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:12 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
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 ...
- Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:30 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
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 ...
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:11 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
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...
- Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:27 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
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...
- Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:06 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Into Africa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17886
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...
- Thu May 29, 2008 12:23 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Events and Promotion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24367
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...
- Sat May 24, 2008 11:46 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Loesje (Edinburgh) Blog Promo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13683
- Fri May 23, 2008 12:37 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Loesje (Edinburgh) Blog Promo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13683
- Thu May 22, 2008 10:53 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Loesje (Edinburgh) Blog Promo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13683
- Thu May 22, 2008 10:52 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Loesje (Edinburgh) Blog Promo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13683
- Thu May 22, 2008 10:50 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Loesje (Edinburgh) Blog Promo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13683
- Thu May 22, 2008 10:31 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Loesje (Edinburgh) Blog Promo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13683
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 ...
- Wed May 21, 2008 11:08 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Events and Promotion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24367
- Tue May 20, 2008 11:45 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Events and Promotion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24367
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...
- Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:38 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Events and Promotion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24367
- Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:00 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Events and Promotion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24367
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...
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:19 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Events and Promotion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24367
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...
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:02 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Events and Promotion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24367
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...
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:18 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Events and Promotion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24367
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......
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:58 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
- Replies: 49
- Views: 67526
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...
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:02 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Events and Promotion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24367
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...
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:37 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
- Replies: 49
- Views: 67526
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 ...
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:31 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Posters where?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7238
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 ...
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:42 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Events and Promotion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24367
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...
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:26 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
- Replies: 49
- Views: 67526
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:15 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
- Replies: 49
- Views: 67526
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...
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:55 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
- Replies: 49
- Views: 67526
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 ...
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:13 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
- Replies: 49
- Views: 67526
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...
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:43 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
- Replies: 49
- Views: 67526
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 ...
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:32 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
- Replies: 49
- Views: 67526
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...
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:08 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
- Replies: 49
- Views: 67526
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:27 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
- Replies: 49
- Views: 67526
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...
- Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:00 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: THE FOREST ROAD SHOW
- Replies: 49
- Views: 67526
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...
- Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:07 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Hi guys just to let you know
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3107
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 ...
- Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:57 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Links Page / possible link partners / colloborative content
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11311
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...