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im writing to you from a very special place in a very special time; new MAKABRA @ Can Ricart, Pueble Nou, Barcelona ![]() after a profoundly creative, artistic, political, architectural act has combined to create a point in time which i believe has sparked the beginnings of a truly participative architecture to emerge and a space has been (illegaly) created to facilitate the dialogue and space for that dialogue to lead to an actual built reality. In fact that reality is being constructed and built as i write to you. Makabra ( www.lamakabra.org ) have just produced a little bit of magic, entering and occupying the old Can Ricart factory ( www.salvemcanricart.org )in the Pouble Nou Barrio of Barcelona, where 70 years ago the CNT trucks left from to attempt to build a better world ( struggle.ws ). Now its Makabra´s turn to add to the unfolding story of creativity, passion and the love of life. In Barcelonas newspapers this has been front page news since Saturday. Their struggle also has has the support of the UN commisioner for housing, Miloon Kothari, who said "I think your struggle is just, what your doing is correct, I´d just request you to be peaceful.... and keep performing." ( barcelona.indymedia.org ) Viva Makabra Weaving together many strands of life here in Barcelona (community, squat, circus, political, media, humour, history, story telling) they now have a lovley new home and complete support from the ever helpful neighbours. Their struggle also has has the support of the UN commisioner for housing, Miloon Kothari, who said "I think your struggle is just, what your doing is correct, I´d just request you to be peaceful.... and keep performing." ( barcelona.indymedia.org ) This the culmination of what has for me personally been a profound but amazing quarter year architectural journey or battle, from heading to the architecutural bienalle in Venice to "confront" the architectural world (see Cities, radical urbanism, sqatting, social centres - radio.indymedia.org ) to meeting with my old friends from France and living with them in the french Pavillion, METAVILLA ( Onboard the (French) pirate ship METAVILLA (whats being pointed at in Venice this year? - easa.antville.org ) to witnessing first hand, listening to and archiving Lucien Kroll: Moments D`Architectures (http://easa.antville.org/stories/1488710/ ) , which talked about the base of architectureand ecology (the relationship between things), to a healthier "participative bottom up" approach to architecture, planning, society instead of the present which, it was argued, leads to cities burning as we saw in Paris earlier this year in the riots, when communities, people and place are bypassed for profit. ![]() earlier audio with Lucien Kroll talking about this "bottom up planning and architecture which does not exist today" listen to Luciens half hour intro to "From Bauhaus to our uncles house: eco decolonisation" radio.indymedia.org ill keep you posted about progress in this project, as best I can, and I hope that you can manage to understand this difficult and complex situation, and from that support us in this struggle. Its not only a struggle here in Pouble Nou, its about what quality of life people have in other places, its about people taking control of their lives, their communities, their space, their existence. This is the next stage in the "spiritual ecological revolution" ( easa.antville.org ) which is working toward simply a healthy and sustainable existence for all. We are working with ASF (architects sans frontiers)http://www.asfit.org/it/index.php all info from the occupation of Can Ricart by Makabra, in English barcelona.indymedia.org listen to hours of audio; music, interviews and sounds from the ocupation Makabra audio : el arte de okupacion : the art of occupation barcelona.indymedia.org message from Manu Chao to the squatters: HOLA A TOD@S DESGRACIADAMENTE ESTOY AHORA BIEN LEJOS DE BARCELONA Y NO PUEDO ESTAR PRESENTE CON VOSOTR@S PARA PROTESTAR CONTRA EL ABSURDO DESALOJAMIENTO DE LA MAKABRA... ...QUÉ VERGÜENZA... ...QUÉ FALTA DE CIVISMO... ...QUÉ FALTA DE LUCIDEZ PENSANDO EN CÓMO TENDRÍA QUE DESAROLLARSE EL ARTE Y LA CULTURA EN CATALUNYA...ESTOS PRÓXIMOS AÑOS... ...DESALOJAR LA MAKABRA ES UN ACTO BRUTO Y DE AGRESIÓN A LA CULTURA DEL FUTURO DE ESTE PAÍS... ... UN FUTURO EN EL QUE LOS POLÍTICOS QUE MANDAN HOY EN DÍA NO ESTARÍAN...YA QUE RETIRADOS...Y VIVIENDO DE SUS RENTAS... ... ...ESTEMOS Tod@S UNIDOS PARA ENCONTRAR SOLUCIONES EN VISTA DE ENCONTRAR UN NUEVO ESPACIO PARA LA MAKABRA... ...PARA ENCONTRAR NUEVOS CAMINOS, LIBRES E INDEPENDIENTES PARA LA CULTURA Y LAS JUVENTUDES DE CATALUNYA... DESDE TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA MANU CHAO www.manuchao.net audios aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh dunk audio from the ocupation: _________________________________________________________________________ interviews with people about the situation; occupation, squat support from the UN, background into speculation 22@ and the Peuble Nou barrio, the community stance and support groups, what this ocupation might lead to... Emilios views, one of the neighbours who came to last nights assembly speaks his mind. radio.indymedia.org UN housing officer meets Makabra in Can Ricart radio.indymedia.org Poble Nou and speculation part 1 radio.indymedia.org Poble Nou and speculation part 2 radio.indymedia.org people starting to wake up, what this Makabra maigical spark might lead to... radio.indymedia.org _________________________________________________________________________ the Makabra funeral procession crying girls at makabra funeral procession radio.indymedia.org makabra wake, sounds from the procession 1 radio.indymedia.org makabra wake, sounds from the procession 2 radio.indymedia.org _________________________________________________________________________ music outside the gates of the Can Ricart factory drumming at the gates radio.indymedia.org reggae at the gates radio.indymedia.org talk at the gates - hallelujiea radio.indymedia.org chanting at the gates - carer mos mas radio.indymedia.org sounds from the crowd at the gates radio.indymedia.org _________________________________________________________________________ inside the gates gates opened, sounds from the newly occupied Can Ricart factory inside the gates - makabra okupa music radio.indymedia.org inside the gates - makabra accordian and flute reggae radio.indymedia.org inside the gates - makabra Can Ricart bello chao radio.indymedia.org inside the gates - makabra Can Ricart bom radio.indymedia.org inside the gates - makabra fire in babylon radio.indymedia.org inside the gates - makabra human sound system radio.indymedia.org inside the gates - libertad hip hop radio.indymedia.org _________________________________________________________________________ later on in the occupation comida, we have food radio.indymedia.org cops create tension at gate when makabra say hi to amigos outside radio.indymedia.org cops leave friends arrive into okupa radio.indymedia.org. banjolin music at fire, relaxing after the siege radio.indymedia.org _________________________________________________________________________ earlier audio: _________________________________________________________________________ audio from the eviction: 1 - when the last bit of the makabra circus roof came down radio.indymedia.org _________________________________________________________________________ audio from the manifestations in placa Jaume makabra musicians, placa Jaume, start of the street circus, musicians play while a girl dances to the music waving a large red flag radio.indymedia.org makabra musicians 2 and the MC speaks to the crowd radio.indymedia.org makabra musicians 3, the girl with the guitar radio.indymedia.org makabra musicians 4, girl sings "girona" and crowd joins in radio.indymedia.org makabra musicians 5, the orchestra plays gentle under the conductors dancing radio.indymedia.org makabra musicians 6, the orchestra raise the tempo radio.indymedia.org sssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhuuuuutttttt, time to depart radio.indymedia.org crowd chants "otre okupacion" radio.indymedia.org always drinking marching band, night 2 radio.indymedia.org night 3, african drumming and dancing radio.indymedia.org _________________________________________________________________________ related Barcelona squat info _________________________________________________________________________ 3 part audio interview, in spanish and english, with some of the Pallars squatters audio part 1 : (6 minutes - english) "pallars , mondays battle to resist the false eviction" interview with J. radio.indymedia.org audio part 2 : (22 minutes - english) "backround to palllars squat, the legal situation, Peuble Nou: resisting speculation of @22" interview with J. and Y. radio.indymedia.org audio part 3 : (6 minutes - english) improving the squatter network, homeless and political radio.indymedia.org _________________________________________________________________________ Makabra film screening from streets of Gracia manifesto read in gracia, after nightime street screening radio.indymedia.org _________________________________________________________________________ related infos Barcelona: 3 early morning raids on 3 squats, including MAKABRA radio.indymedia.org Makabra : the art of occupation : el arte de okupacion radio.indymedia.org indymedia.ie - indymedia ireland thread with ever helpful commentry from barcelona resident iosaf. building up the RADICAL radio network indymedia.ie Revolt video collective (ireland) revoltvideo.blogspot.com duncan, Wednesday, 6. December 2006, 12:54
again EASA have moved this article of profound "architectural" relevance, a little explanation would be not too much to ask for..we hope to hear from the architectural youth of Europe, in fact we'd like them to participate in this project to help build a healthier "architectural world", all things can be improved. regards, dunk sennahoj, Thursday, 7. December 2006, 00:44
Re: a little explanation would be not too much to ask for..hi dunc of course a little explanation isn't too much to ask, so i'll just give you a rough overview and forgive me for not going into any length of detail, as this discussion is just getting tiresome ( even though we might not have had it for some time now, but the answer, i give you now, is an overall consensus, not just my personal opinion ) again and again your attempts to "stir up" the "architectural community of easa" have proven futile, to say the least.. they didn't in any possible way succeed, actually, mostly they have proven to be in direct contrast to easa's non-political attitude, however much these principles might contradict your personal and/or political views. this just really points out your distance from the easa-community, imho! in more than one discussion on incm/easa level-discussion, it was decided to let you have your ways, by putting things onto the blog, just to then simply put them off the frontpage. not only that, but it was also suggested to let anyone post a multitude of "stories" afterwards, just simply to let your stories fade away. this was a general easa decision! ( please try to let this sink in and try to imagine why people, who did know you, reached this decision !) so you are of course welcomed to post stories onto the webblog, just do feel reminded that your opinion is no longer welcomed, nor in any way asked for, by the easa community, at least not, that i ( among many others ) am aware of it. i, johannes (former german nc, and guilty of many shortcomings towards the easa-community ) will continue to put any of your stories offline (as in off the frontpage), that are not specifically architecurally orientated, and even the slightest neglect, like commenting myriads of links and/or pointing towards political organisations will have the aforementioned effect. any of your comments will from now on be ignored, as the aforementioned decision, has been reached years before. please direct any of your following comments toward any following easa-event. regards johannes duncan, Thursday, 7. December 2006, 13:47
ill continue doing my ark work, perhaps later people will contribute to the discussion and actionUN support for this architectural action here in barca ![]() click indymedia.ie to enlarge and read from la vanguard paper in barca, other info indymedia.ie nawale, Thursday, 7. December 2006, 18:39
I'm surprised by this visit, because I knew that the EU Housing Ministers’ meeting in Barcelona (16-17 October 2006) has been cancelled by the Spanish government. It wastes an excellent opportunity to dialogue and deal decisively with the housing crisis which is currently affecting all European countries. en.habitants.org www.viviendadigna.org Besos de BCN ;-) duncan, Thursday, 7. December 2006, 20:35
hi, thanks for the links, ill look more into them; rejecting neo liberalism in cities, good to see more critical architectural and social views on urban systemsKothari slated the spanish government on the way they have allowed speculation to drive things out of control Vídeo de l'estada del relator de la ONU, Miloon Kothari, a Can Ricard amb Lamakabrai+ Vídeo de l'estada del relator de la ONU, Miloon Kothari, a Can Ricard amb Lamakabrai+: www.blip.tv El relator de la ONU, a Can Ricart barcelona.indymedia.org and barcelona.indymedia.org for more info on barca speculation see barcelona.indymedia.org there should be a very few interesting days and weeks in the new makabra at can ricart over the next while, architects sans frontiers are in direct contact and discussions are underway for bottom up planning project with the locals, many of them have been here a lot to support and fully behind the occupation. perhaps you and more of the barca easa crew will join in? barca really rocks, love it here dunk comment this story:
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with a limited number of options, the irish tend to pick the wrong one, though >:-\
by das-horst @ 2008/07/23 12:30
Hey guys... I must say it was hard to choose only one! It all sounds very tempting! It would be...
by r_i_t_a @ 2008/07/22 22:46
got a friend really interested of joining the event!
can i get one pleasssssse?
keep me updated
cheers
by julie_b @ 2008/07/22 14:13
It's true, you Irish guys really do think of everything, EVEN sex. Imagine!
by chris - manchester @ 2008/07/18 15:55
Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darkness
by das-horst @ 2008/07/17 22:15
luckily for easaians this year, the EASA Ireland organisers have sourced free condoms for all!!!
by conor @ 2008/07/17 18:20
hi chris and all
firstly language, accent, slang and the full meaning of things....
tough, even for us Irish to understand each...
by duncan @ 2008/07/17 14:19
This time more straight up:
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And yes I am just getting these from rss feeds of news aggregators- the information world...
by chris - manchester @ 2008/07/17 13:33
I found a story relating to living conditions in the mighty Ireland. (readers of environmental graffiti or indeed digg.com may...
by chris - manchester @ 2008/07/17 13:18
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by conor @ 2008/07/16 19:51
there will be several options at easa, this poll is to see whether cheap or 'free' options are interesting enough...
by ronan_mc @ 2008/07/16 02:09
but will the activity with the most votes get the prize and go on for the washing machine, or will...
by das-horst @ 2008/07/16 01:07
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Hope everyone is keeping well.
Can everyone attending EASA 2008 please answer this poll as we need to get some bookings...
by conor @ 2008/07/15 19:05
Sold out, okay!
First i'm gonna get back from Serbia and then book something or... do something :-)
Thanks for the update!
by kotryna_lt @ 2008/07/09 15:11
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by conor @ 2008/07/09 14:48
avalon was sold out during last hour ;) it's really mad!
but we did paddy palace.
for all who is still thinking...
by inara @ 2008/07/09 10:22
we ll be in dublin at 10.15am on the 7th. lets do Avalon! did you reserve already?
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by inara @ 2008/07/09 09:12
Dia duit!
Are there more early birds like me? I'm arriving very early Friday morning, and that's 00:30. A total of...
by kotryna_lt @ 2008/07/09 00:28
I have 2 huge carboard boxes with physical easa Material in my basement.
contains lots of what the german team...
by danchoice @ 2008/07/05 19:58
we're interested.. :)
keep us informed!
Cheers!
Nevenka
by nevenka_mkd @ 2008/06/27 00:25
Great stuff, very happy that you have managed to get him to come and participate, I hope you all get...
by duncan @ 2008/06/26 16:35
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Dear NC’s, we have noticed a small error in the application form that excludes participant’s email addresses from the form....
by conor @ 2008/06/25 15:00
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The organisers of EASA Ireland are proud to announce the presence of Brian Anson at the Assembly between the 9th...
by conor @ 2008/06/25 10:40
hey daria,
i'll send you my number over icq. feel free to call any time.
patrick
by ptrck @ 2008/06/24 22:18
Hello Easa people, who live in Vienna. I'm going to Italy at the architectural congress. And It happens so, that...
by Daria @ 2008/06/22 15:29
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