what is your country and your people about?

what do you love about your home?

tell us.

9.11 two years on Why?

Why is the most important question there was to be asked after 9.11 was it asked? It was a horrible event but it showed the world that many people are against the US and its forced empire which includes the unfair economic systems of WTO, IMF and world bank. It will serve as a benchmark in time in the future. When will architecture start to seriously deal with these issues of trade and globalisation? I have lived in the united states and have family there, I feel sorry for them as the government, the education system and the media is not fully informing its citizens of what is going on in the outside world, with the result of probably more horrific attacks such as 9.11. DC This article was featured on the front page of PARAPLY, edition 8 tue the 5th of august

“that country and it's leader are a danger to the world.” Said Nelson Mandela, speaking in NUI Galway 20/06/03, referring to George Bush and the present US regime. www.indymedia.ie gives full text

easa.antville.org is an earlier EASA thread about 9.11 and Liebskind`s proposed new scheme from February 2003

Finally, here are the spanish team files, at the moment we have hung 198 mb with a lot of pictures related to easa 003

www.arq.upv.es or directly www.arq.upv.es

"Inflo" point:

Jelk - easa003.jelkkruk.com Marko - www.jell-paradeiser.at Johannes - www.freigeist.info Tobias - n.ethz.ch Greg - archimusic.free.fr

The World Trade Organisation (WTO)meeting is taking place in Cancún, Mexico, from Tuesday 9th to Sunday 14th September SEPT 13TH is INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST WTO

At "sustainable living" in denmark and after, there was much debate as to where globalisation and trade issues come into the "architecture and sustainability" debate. This saturday will be a chance for you to find out more, test your ideas, get involved. Things will be going on in your area- look around your streets for posters

"Another World Is Possible: We have before us a choice--the world of militarism and corporate globalization, or a world built on global solidarity, rooted in a foundation of democracy, dignity, sustainability, and cooperation. This fall we have an opportunity to bring our vision to life, through a series of actions and campaigns that will build toward a better world." is from san francisco based Global Exchange, an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political and social justice. www.globalexchange.org is their website

news.bbc.co.uk is a bbc report called "WTO protesters: Where are they now?"

www.indymedia.ie is an excellent article "The Rise of Open Source, Network-Based Movements" written by an IMC ireland person

Conall O'Caoimh, project coordinator with Comhlamh, is an NGO observer on the official Irish government delegation and he reports daily to NEAR fm 101.6 from Cancún. You can listen to him on radio @ 1.30pm (north dublin only) or download his reports from NEARfm website www.nearfm.ie

easa.antville.org was an earlier piece posted to this EASA site "make trade fair- a call on all EASA community to get involved" posted by myself when working with IMC-oxford before EASA003, it was removed by the webmaster as the view then was that "trade and gloabalisation has nothing to do with architecture" does it?

see also indymedia cancun, to find out about stuff as it happens cancun.mediosindependientes.org

hi everyone I get some rest after few days running after time...

The last week-end was pretty good. Johanness and three other belgians were there to visit the funkin french team, to visit "La condition Publique", and to buy whatever stuffs from the braderie of Lille...

Team First, last thursday, the french team; the border´s crosser from Dortmund, Liege, and Brussel; some students from Lille attracted by the noise made by easa003, allltogether had this large meeting with the few bosses from La Condition Publique... Manu Barron, the big one, Laurent the 2004 one, Pascale the money one, and Bill the material one... Those people have just few things to see with the organisation of easa in fact. They are leading this machine of culture for now few years... And Manu accepted last december after Bornholm, to housed us …

As you may know , for 2004 Lille will be European Capital of Culture and the building and all the projects inside is part of it...

Projects I-Land, a Jamaican Festival, from April 2004, and Extra-mundi, a small utopias festival, from september 2004 with the presence of artist from Barcelone, Genoa, and Brussel (Recycl´Art). As you see easa, is just between and will influence and be influenced by the organisation (as almost a part of it, the debat is open ) of the festival of small utopias.

(Hi)Story. Although La Condition Publique keep a serious desire of independance from the shinny and brillant side of the european Capital of Culture. The general cultural project of this place has (and is) another (hi)story. The building, “La Condition Publique” use to be an indutrial and arrogant place where were stocked the wool balls to be bought by the numerous textil factories of the city of Roubaix…. The building was (and still) completely integrated in the life of the neighborhood. Today, the textil is gone and the whole rich economy of the city with it. Social problem, depression. The city-hall is now betting on culture and architecture, and dared to start enormous works to turn it onto a 10 000m2 factory of culture.

The 04 september meeting was good indeed, we start to set up the working group and soon the english part of the internet site will be on line. Now the main deal and work is to know where we´ll sleep... We have two options , In the first days of october, this problem will be sliced and decided. From that, you will now more about the theme

?.theme ? you have to read between lines

....Well.... ok

“Micropolitan, Metropolitan” was imagined a lot before finding La Condition Publique. The initial task is to speak about a story of one single man facing a 1 million inhabitant metropole. Then.... then next episode in october….

comments? jerome

hola chicos

i just passed my first week in this huge and amazing city buenos aires. at the moment my biggest goal is to find an apartment. hopefully ill find one soon...

the university (Universidad de Buenos Aires) is great. an old fucked up concrete building next to the national airport. by chance i met a girl called carmela who got in contact with elea and is now something like the nc of buenos aires. she told me about the meeting in venezuela in october. she´s going to go there and asked me if im gonna join her. i think so... BUT: the fee is about US$ 300.- and the flight is about US$ 700.- and the whole event lasts just ONE week........... thats something to think about.

dont know how im going to collect that huge amount of money, maybe im gonna open an account and ask you to chip in ;)

cu, mark0

please, all go to www.notcpa.org, read (the faqs) as long as you can prevent yourself from getting sick.

my kind regards to george and aldous.

duncan, may be you have to refocus on something else, now.

frightened, michael

Hi everyone

Juste a word about the next next year. It will be an urban easa as you know it. The theme will be "Metropolitan / Micropoltitan", so how to live in a town of 1 million people with a human scale... We work hard to set up all the organization and the main workshop. It will be about the minimum living in a big town (or another thing, maybe a surprise)... the idea is that we will live with people of the city. To divide their life, experiments and emotions and to work together. 500 easa with 1 million people... All your remarks and suggestions are the welcomes... Thanks (and sorry for my english)