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S.P.A.Z. Brunch!

Submitted by aaron on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 6:56pm. | | | |
12/07/2008 - 12:00pm

@ Sunspot 968 Peralta ave San Francisco

featuring live perfomances by:

GrOn, Systemic Anaesthetic, The Pineapple Upsidedown Cakes

and dj's Psychotic Breakthru, D-syn, Heartworm

also featuring Unkle Greenjon's Post-Apocalypse Film Festival

5 bux a plate,,goes till late!

 

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SUN OCT 5th -LongHaul Cafe Night Taring Padi radical Indonesian arts collective.

Submitted by rio on Sat, 10/04/2008 - 6:36pm. | | | | |
10/05/2008 - 7:00pm
10/05/2008 - 9:00pm


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LongHaul Cafe Night Sunday Oct. 5th at 7pm. Benefit dinner for the radical art activist collective Taring Padi. Homemade Indonesian meal, screening of the documentary Indonesia: Art Activism and Rock n Roll. There will also be a discussion about Indonesian art, politics and social history along with a video conference call with some of the artists in Indonesia. This is a fundraiser and awareness event to help bring members of Taring Padi to the Zapatista organized First Global Festival of Dignified Rage Dec 26-29, 2008 in Mexico City, and in Chiapas Jan 2-4, 2009.

Known as Taring Padi, the group is self-described as an "independent non-profit cultural community based on the concept of people's culture." They arose in 1998 in the midst of major social uprising and political reformation when the corrupt Indonesian dictator President Surharto was forced out of office by a popular people's movement.

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Taring Padi Exhibit in Oakland @ RPS First Friday Oct 3rd

Submitted by rio on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 12:13am. | | | | | |
10/03/2008 - 6:00pm
10/03/2008 - 9:00pm

Hello SPAZ Community its been a while since I updated about Taring Padi. I spent a lot of time working with the group and others to try to bring them to the states. We didnt get funding, but with internal funding we were trying to bring Toni Volunteero over and I had booked an entire art and speaking tour. I tried to help as much as I could to get Toni a US Visa but after months of waiting and crossing of fingers he wasnt able to get one. They wouldn't issue him a tourist visa and he couldnt satisfy the paperwork for a work visa which is what they said he needed as an artist even for unpaid work. All of October was booked west coast and a busy east coast route including DC, Philly, Balitmore Radical Bookfair, a few gigs in NYC including being scheduled to speak at a conference in NYC as part of the Signs of Change Exhibition which Taring Padi work is included in, and the month of November touring with Beehive. Most of this was cancelled due to the fact Toni wasn't able to come, but I have kept a few of the west coast events as benefit events to instead bring them to Mexico this winter. We had Taring Padi artwork up at the Portland Grassroots Media Camp, a film screening at Black Rose in Portland, an artshow at FBK house in Seattle, and now a few bay area gigs. including an artshow opening on Friday Oct 3rd RPS Gallery in Oakland, and a cafe night/film screening at Long Haul Sunday Oct 5th.

Also I just started uploading some photos to a photobucket account and want to try to put up a wordpress/blogspot with info and photo.

www.photobucket.com/taringpadi

Below is the flyer and info for the RockPaperScissors artshow:

webflyer-1.jpg RPS Flyer picture by TaringPadi

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Portland Grassroots Media Camp

Submitted by rio on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 8:32pm. | | | | | | | | | |
09/12/2008 - 8:00pm
09/12/2008 - 11:00pm
Portland Grassroots Media Camp Schedule 
 
The 2008 Camp will take place the weekend of September 12th-14th on the Portland Community College Cascade Campus, in the Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building. We will also be holding events each evening at community spaces affiliated with the Media Camp.
 
The Portland Grassroots Media Camp is a weekend of hands-on skill shares, media workshops, presentations, discussions and gatherings aimed to empower people with tools and skills to express themselves. The camp is open to anyone, emphasizing the inclusion of those who are traditionally excluded from media representation, creation and production. Our goal is to create a teaching environment based on a popular education model, where media makers and community organizers can come together to share skills and build connections. We  hope that everyone involved will continue collaboration after the Camp, and that many individuals and groups will have been empowered to effectively tell their story in a media environment that is increasingly hostile to independent voices.
 
For the 2008 Camp we have an amazing lineup of classes and panels covering a wide range of media forms, facilitated by many well known and lesser know local media makers. Mediums covered include; video, audio, computers skills, stenciling, performance art and much more. We have organized these classes into a system of three different tracks; Becoming a Citizen Reporter, Creative Story Telling and Tools for Community Organizers. For a full version of the schedule and program with facilitator bios and class descriptions visit the "Program" section of our website.
 
Registration will be conducted during an open house at PCC on Friday the 12th from 4:30-7:30 PM, or if class space permits on the days of the camp itself. Special pre-registration is available to members of social justice or community organizations. Pre-register by contacting us in advance by phone or email. Registration for the camp is by suggested donation, with no one turned away for lack of funds. We suggest a $5 donation, but those who are able are encouraged to give more.
 
Evening Events: During the open house on Friday from 6-7:30 we will be hosting a caucus on Media Justice, where local media groups are encouraged to come meet and discuss challenges and opportunities in the Portland/Vancouver media landscape. For more information contact the Media Camp.
 
After registration and the caucus we will move to Liberty Hall for an Opening Night Party from 8-11 PM. The party will include an art show featuring pieces from three different art collectives form around the world; Taring Padi of Indonesia, Collectivo TK from Oaxaca, Mexico and Just Seeds from the US. In conjunction with the showing, representatives for each group will hold a panel on the topic of the intersection of art with social movements. Music will be provided by the Underscore Orchestra and Aircrash2000. Liberty Hall is located at 311 N Ivy St. one block south of Fremont and two blocks west of Vancouver Ave.
 
On Saturday night beginning at 6 PM the New Born Tribe African community center will be co-hosting an African dinner along with a screening of various grassroots film projects that we previewed at our "Tell It Like It Is" event. We will be showing the following short documentaries.

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party and movie at albany landfill at sundown

Submitted by pedalnoise on Sat, 07/26/2008 - 11:33am. |
07/26/2008 - 8:00am

Tonight, Saturday 7/26
Party and screening of documentary "Bum's Paradise" about the albany landfill at the albany landfill

We are going to have a BIG party at the landfill this Saturday, July 26th!
We will be watching the landfill movie, Bum's Paradise, at the library
once the sun sets!  The film made around the time of the big eviction at
the Bulb back in 1999.  This is a truly amazing film.  After the film we
will discuss what is happening now, and what we are going to do to stop
the City from defacing this beautiful place.  come anytime, but find the
library around 5 pm or so, and please bring food, water, WARM CLOTHES AND
BLANKETS and books to donate if you can.

Directions to the landfill and the library:

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Shelter: A squatumentary

Submitted by pedalnoise on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 1:03pm. |
07/22/2008 - 8:00pm

Tuesday, July 22, 2008. 8PM $6
@ Artists' Television Access
992 Valencia Street, San Francisco

With universally skyrocketing property values, rent and home-ownership have become unaffordable at best and impossible at worst. Thus, people all over the world continue a long tradition of circumventing the expensive price tag and reclaiming this basic human right by squatting. *Shelter: a Squatumentary* is a documentary film that explores the squatting movement in the East Bay from 2004 to 2007. We follow three examples of the struggle for housing in an unaffordable marketplace such as the San Francisco Bay Area. Hellarity House, Banana House, and Power Machine are stories of squatters who have found one tentative solution to the ongoing housing crisis. Directed by Hannah E. Dobbz, 45 min. (2008)

Watch trailer

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What Would It Mean to Win? Counter-globalization Videos by Oliver Ressler

Submitted by andandrewrew on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 5:45pm. |
06/13/2008 - 8:00pm
06/13/2008 - 9:40pm

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What Would It Mean To Win? - 2008, 40 min.

"What Would It Mean To Win?" was filmed on the blockades at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany in June 2007. In their first collaborative film Zanny Begg and Oliver Ressler focus on the current state of the counter-globalisation movement in a project which grows out of both artists' preoccupation with globalisation and its discontents. The film, which combines documentary footage, interviews, and animation sequences, is structured around three questions pertinent to the movement: Who are we? What is our power? What would it mean to win?

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S.P.A.Z. Brunch @ Fort Radical

Submitted by greenjon on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 10:00pm. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
06/01/2008 - 10:23am
06/01/2008 - 3:23pm

SPAZ Brunch

Last S.P.A.Z monthly Brunch...

...before AMF!

double dutch
potluck
bring food & music
noon - 5
@ Fort Radical
3088 King St, Berkeley (3 block west of Ashby BART)

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Super Happy Fun Time Amusement Extravaganza

Submitted by pedalnoise on Mon, 08/13/2007 - 2:30pm. | | |
08/14/2007 - 9:00pm
08/15/2007 - 2:00am

Tuesday August 14 @ The Oasis in downtown Oakland

A night of film, music, art, workshops, food, crafts, games & more: Super Happy Fun Time Amusement Extravaganza!!!

Featuring...
The Bad Seed (A hilarious and entertaining cult film classic from the 50's about a wicked little girl. Plays at 9:30, with free popcorn!)
Dessert potluck (Bring a dessert, get in free)
Stand-up comedy by Alex Koll
Storytelling with Onkel Woland

Live music by...
The Mole (psychedelic future rap)
Lemon Pretend (tasteful indie dance rock)
Sugarbunni (undefinable)

Art display and live painting by Kelly Porter
Magic! by Hernan Cortez
Performance art by Star
Visuals by daVID8
Games
Crafts
Workshop (To be announced)
With DJ's...
Megabitch (a$$ shaking music)
2xintheface (brain crushing music)
ALL OF THIS FOR ONLY $3??? Yes.

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Strong Roots garden potluck movie night

Submitted by pedalnoise on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 9:53pm. |
08/10/2007 - 8:00pm

come to this after berkeley critical mass (or follow the bike soundsystem):

after a short hiatus we're back with movie night in the Strong Roots
garden on the corner of Sacramento and Woolsey streets in south berkeley .
we've got a billboard in our garden, so we show movies on it with a
projector and have a potluck beforehand/during. so please come on friday
evening at 8 for the potluck and 8:30 for the movie. bring a movie that you
like, because you can tell everyone a bit about it and let the audience to choose what we watch.

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The XLT ^s. MDC mEdiA OvErLoad show :: :: Aug.3rd :: :: at Station 40, SF

Submitted by pedalnoise on Wed, 08/01/2007 - 1:58pm. |
08/03/2007 - 9:00pm

XL Terrestrials (SF/Berlin) and Media Decompression Collective
(Berlin/Toledo) square off for some fast and furious experiments in
creative media activism + dj sets ( from electro eastblok to balkan to dub

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Free Movie Night ANTI-WAR DOUBLE FEATURE: We Interrupt This Empire & Three Days of Rage

Submitted by pedalnoise on Tue, 05/08/2007 - 4:24pm.
05/09/2007 - 9:00pm

WEDNESDAY MAY 9: Free Movie Night ANTI-WAR DOUBLE FEATURE: We Interrupt This Empire & Three Days of Rage
We Interrupt This Empire is a collaborative work by the SF Bay Area Video Activist Network which documents the direct actions that shut down the financial district of San Francisco in the weeks following the United States' invasion of Iraq. Plus, a rare screening of Three Days of Rage, a 30 minute documentary on the massive SF protests against the first Gulf War in 1991. Featuring footage of the infamous 6-hour Bay Bridge takeover! Stick around for a discussion with filmmakers from Video Activist Network and Three Days of Rage director Mike Kavanagh.

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LOST FILM FEST hosted by VJ Scott Beibin @ AK Press

Submitted by pedalnoise on Sun, 05/06/2007 - 3:52am.
05/26/2007 - 8:00pm

LOST FILM FEST hosted by VJ Scott Beibin @ AK Press

Saturday, May 26th
8pm
$5-10 donation

AK Press  |  674-A 23rd Street  Oakland, CA 94612   |   (510) 208-1700  |  


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Movie Night - Born In Flames (1983)

Submitted by pedalnoise on Tue, 04/17/2007 - 4:41pm.
04/18/2007 - 9:00pm

WEDNESDAY APRIL 18: Free Movie Night-- Born in Flames (1983)
Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, a revolution in which a socialist government gains power, this films presents a dystopia in which the issues of many progressive groups - minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists - are ostensibly dealt with by the government, and yet there are still problems with jobs, with gender issues, with governmental preference and violence. In New York City, in this future time, a group of women decide to organize and mobilize, to take the revolution farther than any man - and many women - ever imagined in their lifetimes. Directed by Lizzie Borden.
9:00, always free
@ Station 40
3030B 16th Street, SF

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Performing with MAX and Jitter: a CONCERT of Conceits and Contraptions by Peter Elsea at UCSC

Submitted by sunflowrfish on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 2:28am. | |
04/14/2007 - 7:17pm
featuring
Zen Mirror - Digital Signal Processing for audio and video.
Kalimba Lumina - a prototype for the Gamelan Lumina, a reconfigurable interface system used by DANM
students. Also orbital graphics.

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