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Seomra Spraoi collective invites you to a night of play, art, discussion, film, food, disco

category dublin | arts and media | news report author Saturday September 10, 2005 02:02author by dunk - seomra spraoi collectiveauthor email fuspey at yahoo dot co dot uk

Fri 23rd September

seomra spraoi collective which has come together to create a social centre space in Dublin. To find out more about the ideas behind the initiave see seomra spraoi - "Seomra Spraoi Initiative Aims to Create Radical Social Space"
http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/wsm/ws/2005/84/space.html
We are organising a big event on Friday the 23rd of September in the Saint Nicholas of Myra community centre on Francis Street. The event will include films, workshops, exhibitions, free food, discussions, music, radio transmissions...............and lots more things of interest, we are emailing you to ask you to join us and to bring whatever you feel could contribute to the evening or the project. As part of the evening we will be having an exploration / discussion into the question that was recently asked at the Dun Laoighre Festival of World Cultures - can art help change the world,
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71559&search_text=monks%20garden
Seomra Spraoi, a project for a social centre for Dublin
Seomra Spraoi, a project for a social centre for Dublin

Give Us Some Space: New Initiative to Create Dublin Social Centre (Dec 1 2004) is an indymedia feature that marked the begining of the project
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67739&search_text=seomra%20spraoi

our website keeps update of minutes from meetings and links
http://www.seomraspraoi.blogspot.com/

More musings on social centres in Ireland... is a bit more from darren who made a few films from visits he made to social centres around europe
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67838&search_text=seomra%20spraoi

all previous events, minutes, discussions the social centre can be found here
small link

in Something Maybe Beautiful written by Naomi Klein, the italian social centre network (150 + @ 2001) was described in the Frenchnewspaper Le Monde as "the Italian cultural jewel."......
http://www.nologo.org/newsite/detail.php?ID=34

"Social centres are abandoned buildings—warehouses, factories, military forts, schools—that have been occupied by squatters and transformed into cultural and political hubs, explicitly free from both the market, and from state control. By some estimates there are 150 social centres in Italy."

this and further background can be found at critical discussion at monks garden, venice (commentry on and about the art world and in particular artist Sarah Pierces "monks garden" project that is part of the Venice Bienelle, the "art olympics" )
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70090&search_text=monks%20garden#comment119126

and as it happens theres a free street party the following day sat the 24th.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71773

and on sunday the 25th there is an open garden and play day in the community garden we were invovled with creating in dolphins barn.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69689&condense_comments=false#comment121019
And if thats not enough you can join the dublin greenway cycle who will be stopping to have a picnic in the phoenix park.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69929&search_text=greenway

So all in all it will be a fun filled and productive weekend of lively events, discussion, action, art, play. We hope you can make the journey up and join us, we should be able to sort you out with accomodation with our friends here in Dublin. Hopefully the Friday night will spark the wish to make the idea of a social centre a reality.

And do invite your friends and ask them to ask their friends

a few art, media, eco, radio, activist links:

cork:

what if
http://www.whatif.ie/

mayfield arts centre
http://www.mayfieldarts.org/
art encounter 2005
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70860&search_text=muralismo

wheres me culture?
http://www.wheresmeculture.com/

caucus cork
http://www.corkcaucus.org/

green map cork
http://www.sustainable.ie/ireland/corkgreenmap/home.php

one day collective
http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/wsm/ws/2005/85/corkculture.html

kilkenny:

KAZ krew
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=68486&topic=artsandmedia#comment104585

kilkenny vid heads
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71508

mary butler, city arts officer
http://www.kilkennycoco.ie/ar2003/arts.html

belfast:

direct action against apathy
http://www.geocities.com/directactionagainstapathy/

the vacuum
http://www.thevacuum.org.uk/

Bloomer and Keogh
http://www.thevacuum.org.uk/main/columns.html

the lawrence street workshops
http://directory.visitsouthbelfast.com/LawrenceStreetWorkshops/

dublin:

sarah pierce
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70090&search_text=monks%20garden

can art help change the world?
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71559&search_text=monks%20garden

framemakers
http://www.daghdha.ie/framemakers/

indymedia ireland
http://www.indymedia.ie/aboutus.php

pallas heights
http://www.pallasstudios.org/

CREATE
http://www.communityartsireland.com/homepages/home_home.htm

AAI - architecture association of ireland
http://www.irish-architecture.com/aai/

galway:

macnas
http://www.macnas.com/

radio:

CMN (community media network)
http://www.cmn.ie/index.htm

dublin south
http://www.medialive.ie/Radio/Pilot_community/dublin.html

liber8 (dublin 8)
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71309®ion=dublin

NEARfm
http://www.nearfm.ie/intro.html

anna livia
http://slarti.ucd.ie/annalivia/

indymedia radio
http://radio.indymedia.org/

galway feminist pirate radio

De Dublin social centre will be great
De Dublin social centre will be great

a play and garden day in your community garden
a play and garden day in your community garden

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author by dunkpublication date Sat Sep 10, 2005 03:19author address author phone

further communication of this event appear on cork caucaus forum and EASA blog
http://www.corkcaucus.org/phorum/read.php?1,88
and
http://easa.antville.org/stories/994011/#1210479

ideally it would be prefearable to create a live link from this event in dublin to the rest of the world, that could be a mobile phone, a live radio transmission, a live webstream set up, a webcast

all is possible
we dream it
then we do it

author by dunkpublication date Sat Sep 10, 2005 12:15author address author phone

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=300378

author by dunkpublication date Sat Sep 10, 2005 14:40author address author phone

trying to extend the boundaries of interaction, audience, participation, connection

communication is the key
communication is the key

Related Link: http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71892
author by dunkpublication date Sun Sep 11, 2005 13:17author address author phone

http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71899&condense_comments=false#comment121119

communities:
buildings, streets, care for homeless, community gardens, eco corridor/ greenway, eco cities, healthy planet, pleasent existence

take back the city - free street party - YO
take back the city - free street party - YO

author by dunkpublication date Mon Sep 19, 2005 16:06author address author phone

CarFreeDay cRiTicAL mAsS! - thr 22nd
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71930&condense_comments=false#comment121856

Take Back The City - sat 24th
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71773

garden day - sun 25th sep 2005
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69689&condense_comments=false#comment121854

art link:

Sculptors' Society of Ireland

http://www.sculptors-society.ie/links.html
"The Sculptors' Society of Ireland (SSI) is an all Ireland membership body for professional visual artists. It provides services, facilities and resources for artists, it acts as an advocate for the interests of artists and it initiates projects and publications."

author by dunkpublication date Tue Sep 20, 2005 16:04author address author phone

come and join in on the work and planning in your community garden this weekend
more info
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=72081

get your hands dirty this weekend
get your hands dirty this weekend

author by dunkpublication date Wed Sep 21, 2005 17:20author address author phone

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map of nicholas of myra community centre
map of nicholas of myra community centre

author by dunkpublication date Mon Sep 26, 2005 14:03author address author phone

fri night - a good night by all, probably could have been better with more organisation
thanks to all who made happen, who came, who shared life, who contributed creativity, who dreamed of more.

hopefully we will have another similar event, possibly on a saturday, with more time given to let people know, we received many emails from groups and individuals who were very interested but could not make it
so next time

the theatre of the opressed workshop was great, mucho obrigado to raul, cut a bit short when we were really getting into the guts of it

there will be more

the badge making went down a treat

seomra spraoi arts night
seomra spraoi arts night


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