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<div>fab fab fab fabian -- a local working group for circa hosting
would be more than wonderful - Are you sure peace in the park is the
same weekend now !!!! its all a bit confusing ?? anyway - below is the
info for oour needs just in case people trashed it when it was sent
out a few months back..</div>
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<div>and if any one needs to call to chat about stuff my number is
02076133878 or cheaper number for local cost 08454581857 and i can
call back</div>
<div>love JJXXX</div>
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<b>1) Finding the location for the caravan show.<br>
</b>This needs to be a public space which would work well as a
performance space on a spring evening. The caravan will drive
into the space and "explode" thus creating a space for the
performance with a camo net awning etc. We would need a space for a
medium sized caravan, a van and about 50+ people to sit down and
watch. It should not be too much of a thorough fare, but at the same
time not hidden away from public view where only the initiated know
where to find it! A small town square, pedestrian precint or park is
ideal, nearby shops would also be good for the Church of Immaculate
Consumption part of the show (but this is not absolutely necessary).
The caravan will be using renewables, so we should not need any power.
Obviously this all needs permission from the local council
and/or whoever owns the property (it might be worth working through
the local arts officers ?) We will be serving food as part of the
performance and will have our own Health and Safety worked out, but
migh t need to tell council about this.<br>
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<b>2) Booking Trainings and space<br>
</b>The two-day rebel clowning trainings require an indoor space
that can hold 30 people running around! This should be a clear space
(i.e not filled with chairs etc) of about 1000 sq feet - (think 30
people running around like rebel clowns) The floor should be
suitable for physical activity etc and preferably the space would not
be too cold ! Church halls/community centres/theatre rehearsal spaces
are ideal.<br>
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<b>3) Lodgings<br>
</b>We will need beds/floor space for tired clowns and knackered lab
rats. Its not known exactly how many we will need at the moment as
numbers will change in each city - but we anticipate minimum of
9 beds. If we don't get our funding, then some food would be nice
too! If we do then we could invite some of you out to dinner!<br>
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<b>4) Publicity deadlines<br>
</b>We are hoping to get our publicity printed on April29th - it
would be good if we had confirmation from local groups about locations
etc before this date and a contact email and tel number that can go on
the publicity. If this is not possible, we might be leaving a blank
space on the posters which local groups can fill in themselves.<br>
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<b>5) Local Publicity<br>
</b>We will be producing some generic pre-publicity for you to use to
drum up interest in the next month or so. We will also have a lab and
circa dvd that we can send you for free, to show and pass around
etc.. contact us if you want us to send these in the post. Below is
text that you can use on your own publicity and if you need pics drop
us a line.<br>
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BLURB<br>
The laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination<br>
<br>
"The more imagination is liberated and shared, the more useful the
medium" Hakim Bey<br>
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</font><font face="Times" size="+2" color="#000000"><i>People have
been seen praying to products in the shopping mall, prostrating
themselves to perfume counters and genuflecting in front of godly
brands in the great cathedrals of consumptionŠ</i></font></div>
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Evening falls, a tiny caravan pulls up in the town centre and
explodes, out tumble members of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown
Army who begin a ridiculous recruitment show ending with the
kidnapping of a preacher from the Church of Immaculate ConsumptionŠ
Cushions and rugs are passed out to the waiting crowd, who settle down
to watch Š the clown army is followed by a lecture (involving egg
boxes and strawberries) on the history of civil disobedience, films
about culture jamming are screened, tales are told about the joys of
resistance, whilst a deliciously strange feast is prepared and served
in preparation for dancing Š</i></font></div>
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Š The Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination has come to
town<br>
<br>
In the lead up to the anticapitalist protests against the G8 summit,
to be held in Scotland in July, the Laboratory of Insurrectionary
Imagination, a mixture of live art and cultural resistance training
camp, is touring the UK. Combining street interventions, a nomadic
solar powered information centre, and two-day intensive Rebel
Clown/direct action trainings, the lab brings artists and activists
together to apply creativity to radical social and ecological
change.<br>
<br>
www.labofii.net</i></font></div>
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<div>At 10:03 am +0100 15/4/05, fabian wrote:</div>
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> Hi John,<br>
> We have offered the Ashram and New Roots spaces from Friday 10th
onwards<br>
> for accomodation/convergence/preparation and training.
Nigel is<br>
> offering the Function Room above the Plaza, 5 doors along from
us.<br>
> Christ Church, Pitsmoor are offering the Welcome Centre on
Nottingham<br>
> St. Apparently Yorkshire Art Space and Access have offered
space too.<br>
> There is space on Ellesmere Green for outside activities. I
have said<br>
> this to Mark but maybe the message did not get passed on.<br>
><br>
> I personally am not very reliable as an organizer due to
Fibromyalgia.<br>
> So I try not to commit myself to co-ordinating roles where I may
let<br>
> people down. However I am committed to making things happen
for the G8<br>
> in Sheffield and will do what I can. I think we can safely
say that<br>
> food and accomodation will happen.<br>
><br>
> We would very much like the clowns to come to Sheffield.
Rhythms of<br>
> Resistance practice at the Ashram and other Sambistas are likely
to<br>
> converge. We are talking in the Ashram of setting up an art
space for<br>
> preparing banners, props, costumes etc.<br>
><br>
> What else is needed ? Is there a need for Sheffield people
to step<br>
> forward to help organise the clown visit ?<br>
><br>
> Blessings,<br>
> Dave<br>
><br>
Hi John, Dave et al.<br>
good to hear that places are sorted out for Circa to come. We have
been<br>
talking about this event in the context of G8 Sheffield (which will
take<br>
place in the week following Circas visit 15. to 17. june). It fits
well in<br>
the general mobilisation efforts for G8 Sheffield and Gleneagles. And
we<br>
all would like to see it happen.<br>
I am personally also up for helping make it happen (publicity,
hosting<br>
people...).<br>
<br>
Also it seems that the same weekend Circa is in town, there is gonna
be<br>
the "peace in the park" festival in Sheffield...<br>
<br>
The next meeting of Sheffield G8 Group will be a big open meeting<br>
including (hopefully) various members of local groups, taking place
on<br>
wednesday 20th april at 19.00 h in new roots. One aim is to form
working<br>
groups for the preparation of Sheffield G8 protest and<br>
counterconference...maybe hosting Circa and the prep of that weekend
could<br>
become the focus of one of these groups.<br>
JUst a suggestion...<br>
<br>
Fabian<br>
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