Movie night: The Firemen’s Ball (1967)

By: börek - August 1st, 2013  Filed under: Filmavond
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Sunday August 25th, Movie night: The Firemen’s Ball (Miloš Forman, 1967, 71 minutes, In Czech with English subtitles). Original title: Horí, má panenko. Door opens at 20:00, film begins at 21:00.

The film follows a pattern common enough in Eastern Europe, where small human stories seem to be a slice of life, but might actually be subtle parables about the restrictive Soviet system. Screenplays had to be approved by censors, but many a change took place between approval and premiere, and in the case of “The Firemen’s Ball” that was almost fatal. The movie was co-financed by the Italian producer Carlo Ponti, but after Czech authorities withdrew their approval, Ponti pulled out, and only the intervention of French director Francois Truffaut saved the film and found it international distribution. […Lees verder]

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Singer Songwriters: Leah Song, Shireen, Dangle Manatee

By: börek - August 1st, 2013  Filed under: Muziek, Volkseten/Voku
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Friday August 23rd 2013. Monthly music event, Singer Songwriters #3 with Leah Song (USA), Shireen (NL), Dangle Manatee (UK). Door opens at 6pm, vegan food on donation. performances end at 10pm.

Leah Song (USA), solo performance by Leah Smith from Rising Appalachia. “Rising Appalachia is a genre-bending force of sound that uses vocal harmony, lyrical prowess and diverse artistic collaborations to defy cultural clichés and ignite a musical revolution… They are creatively committed to keeping their work accessible at the local street level as well as expanding to larger audiences abroad, and have continued to maintain autonomy by self-managing, recording, producing, creating, and directing their work.”

Shireen (NL)
‘I call the type of songs I play ‘Crisis-Folk’. A combination of words made up to describe the traditional folksongs me and longtime friend and fellow musician Dorien Meijsing sang and played in our ukulele/vocal-harmony project ‘çok güzel’. We used to tell people that came to listen to us play, that ‘from different sorts of crises in peoples’ lifes, sometimes beautiful things came to be, be it (revolutionary) change, or a great song!’

Dangle Manatee (UK)
Dangle Manatee is a two-piece folk-punk band from Durham and Newcastle, UK. Hugh plays guitar, harmonica and sings. Pippa plays fiddle, tambourine and sings. They both stamp their feet a lot. They write songs about poetry, animals, and trying to be kind in an unkind world. […Lees verder]

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Autoclave Benefit

By: börek - August 1st, 2013  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku
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Monday August 19th 2013, Autoclave Benefit, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

Benefit Food for Autoclave II, Bodymod and Tattoocircus. Autoclave II is a second edition of a festival of body modifications (piercing, suspension or tattoo) that will take place in the Autonomous space Les Tanneries in Dijon from 12th to 14th September. The festival is organized in solidarity with prisoners and sex workers and it brings workshops, debates and film screenings, as well as an evening with Mother Fakir’s performance, short films and musicians coming from Texas. More info: http://autoclave.poivron.org […Lees verder]

Movie night: Waltz with Bashir (2008)

By: börek - August 1st, 2013  Filed under: Filmavond
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Sunday August 18th 2013, Movie night: Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman, Israel, 2008, 86 minutes, English subtitles). Door opens at 20:00, film begins at 21:00

‘Waltz with Bashir” is a devastating animated film that tries to reconstruct how and why thousands of innocent civilians were massacred because those with the power to stop them took no action. Why they did not act is hard to say. Did they not see? Not realize? Not draw fateful conclusions? In any event, at the film’s end, the animation gives way to newsreel footage of the dead, whose death is inescapable. […Lees verder]

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Cut & Paste Party Workshop

By: börek - August 1st, 2013  Filed under: Workshop

Friday August 16th, Cut & Paste Party Workshop, 7pm

We are a group of artists who are making analogue collages. We recycle and use old books, papers and magazines. With the help of a pair of scissors and some glue we can create wonderful artwork. You are invited to join us at the Cut & Paste party/ workshop, 2nd edition, on Friday evening, August 16th 2013, at 7 pm.

‘How did Feminism end up being the big bad F* word’ Discussion

By: börek - August 1st, 2013  Filed under: Gender, Workshop

CHANGE OF DATE! We apologize, but due to uncontrollable circumstances, the date of the discussion changed from 9th to 15th of August. Join us on Thursday! 🙂
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Thu./Don. August 15th, 2013: Discussion, doors open at 18:30h, event starts at 19:00h

How did feminist end up being the big bad F* word?

  • Due to a mixup between ‘feminist’ and ‘man-hating bra-burning angry Amazon’
  • Due to patriarchy and its dismissal of opposing movements
  • Due to the scarcity of current feminist role models
  • Why does this event matter?
  • All of the above
  • Not sure, but I’d sure like to meet up and discuss this!

    • […Lees verder]

    Genova 2001 is not over – Benefit Voku for the activists convicted after the G8 protests

    By: börek - August 1st, 2013  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku
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    Monday August 12th 2013, Genova 2001 is not over – Benefit Voku for the activists convicted after the G8 protests, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

    In July 2012, 11 years after the protests against the G8 summit in Genoa, 10 people have been convicted for taking part in the demonstrations, the sentences vary from 6-14 years.

    The law that allowed this insane sentence is named “Devastation and Looting”: this law was included in the Italian Penal Code in 1935, to protect the so called “public order” under the fascist regime. In the last decade this law has been used multiple times to convict political activists.

    In 2004 SupportoLegale (LegalSupport) started a campaign to raise money to support the people involved in the trials connected to the demonstrations of Genova2001 and now, after all these years, SupportoLegale launched the campaign 10×100. One of the aims of this campaign is the abolition of this fascist law, that is being used more and more often to convict political activists. […Lees verder]

    Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema: Le corbeau (1943)

    By: börek - August 1st, 2013  Filed under: Filmavond

    Sunday August 11th 2013, Movie night. Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema by Jeffrey Babcock. Door open at 20:00, film begin at 21:00

    Le corbeau: The raven (Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, 1943, 92 min.) In French with English subtitles

    This is a wild little French thriller with a wonderful punch directed by the great Henri-Georges Clouzot (Wages of Fear, Inferno, Les Diabolique). Made during the German occupation of France, the movie is about an unknown informant who is writing poison-pen letters about the villagers of a small French provincial town. The letters are accusing certain townspeople of taking drugs, adultery, of half-truths, and a variety of petty crimes….and the letters are signed anonymously with just “The Raven”. This informant throws the entire city out of balance, resulting in a series of tragedies including accusations, suicide and murder. […Lees verder]

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