Alternative Visions - 12th February 2005
ALTERNATIVE VISIONS
12th February @ St George’s Theatre
The Creative Forum,
Saturday 12th February, 1pm till very late.
St George’s Theatre, 49 Tufnell Park Road, London NW5
Networking and Creating Friendships + Practical Activism + Positive Change
Consisting of:
THE OPEN CO-OP.
The purpose of the Open Co-op is to build a world-wide community of
individuals and organisations committed to creating a collaborative,
sustainable economy. (www.open.coop)
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POSITIVE GLOBAL MOVEMENTS exhibition and films with a talk by Jason Harris about the Alberdi community-run school in Venezuela. (www.rampart.co.nr)
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CONSCIOUS FASHION WEEK (www.conscious-fashion.co.nr), ’sailormars’ collection and ethical alternatives
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‘CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE’, Performance for activists workshop with Romany Blythe
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The MAGIC CARPET RIDE AND THE PYRAMID OF INFINITE POSSIBILITY - open creative space for children of all ages (www.infinitepossibility.org)
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‘PARTNERS IN CRIME - notes towards a new definition of collaborateur’, an open discussion with Ernst Travois (www.ernst-travois.org.uk)
Collaborator
: [n] an associate who works with others toward a common goal;
“partners in crime”, [n] someone who collaborates with an enemy
occupying force, [n] someone who assists in a plot
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NETWORK 4 ECONOMIC & POLITICAL DEMOCRACY (www.nepd.org.uk) present ‘Networking for utopia - a rough guide to a future without global capitalism’.
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‘HOW TO SETUP A HOUSING CO-OP’ presentation with Chris Cook.
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‘THIS IS NOT A SUBJECT FOR COMEDY’. Ivor Dembina presents a 20-minute extract from his solo stand-up show about Israel, Palestine and the Jews.
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BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE: Open Ecology/Solaroof workshop (www.solaroof.org)
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Voices in the Wilderness (UK) ‘NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION & THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT’. A chance to explore the issues and practicalities.
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TIME & TELEPATHY WORKSHOPS
with Paradox. How to “tune out” of the Linear 3D Matrix of “Time is
Money” (Western Civilisation) and tune into the Radial 4D Matrix of
“Time is Art” (Cosmic Civilisation) and play your part in bringing
about and end to War, Poverty and Environmental Destruction.
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Peter Forrest from the GREEN LIGHT COMMUNITY TELEVISION.
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‘WINDRUSH COMMUNICATIONS & THE ILLEGAL PILLAGE OF IRAQ’:
Workshop about a UK company that organises corporate events to
facilitate the sell-off of Iraq’s PUBLIC assets. Who are they and how
can we stop them? Talk given by Sian Glaessner of the Corporate Pirates.
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RAQS SHARQI WORKSHOP (Egyptian dance) with Nensi Bego.
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‘CONFLICT RESOLUTION & COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR CREATIVE ACTIVISTS’ workshop with Masana De Souza
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REVOLUTIONATION PHILOSOPHY & STRATEGY WORKSHOP. Creative ideas for radical change, with The Rub (Revolutionation) and Mudge (Peace Not War).
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HOW TO BUILD A WHEEL-LESS YURT AND GEODESIC DOME with Dyse.
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CREATIVE NETWORKING WORKSHOP with Phoenix.
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The NURSERY SOCIAL CENTRE collective from Birmingham give a talk. (http://stuffit.org/nursery)
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POST-PRODUCTION FOR VIDEO USING OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE with Antonio.
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Independant films and anti-copyright cinema with main feature ‘TEAM AMERICA:WORLD POLICE’
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MAKE A FILM IN A DAY & DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE WHOLE WORLD with Richard Hering from DirectTV.
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NATIONAL SNACK. A rowdy originals band who pride themselves on maximum impact shows and songwriting.
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BEYONDTV MINI-CINEMA
- bring activist shorts on CD encoded as mpeg1 (if you don’t know what
this is, come to the workshop) with Hamish Campbell from Undercurrents.
