social centre screenings in seomra spraoi 6pm

by Safety first Wed Nov 02, 2005 14:51

Health & Safety:
If you are inviting members of the public to attend events in that premises do you need to get some kind of Health & Safety Statement? There is a world of difference between presenting a public event at someone else's venue and actually providing the premises yourselves for such an event. I get the impression that things have not been thought out that well.

by dunk Wed Nov 02, 2005 16:49

your issues have been brought up at past meetings and a procedure is in place.

by PJ Wed Nov 02, 2005 17:04

Glad to hear that you'se have discussed health and safety issues. So how do I get my wheelchair past that dead bicycle frame outside the front door?

by Wed Nov 02, 2005 17:22

:confused:

by dunk Wed Nov 02, 2005 17:30

daaa video
the first video project from daaa is all about social centres, 6 films in all. Details below...
http://www.geocities.com/directactionagainstapathy/video.htm

direct action against apathy report:
social centres project
http://www.geocities.com/directactionagainstapathy/socialcentre.htm

Aspire- Tempory Autonomous Zone- leeds
http://www.a-spire.org.uk/

Can Masdeu Barcelona
http://www.canmasdeu.net/

amsterdam:
MOLLI squat bar
http://molli.nl/
http://www.underwateramsterdam.com/Squats.html

overtoom301 old film acadamy
"no culture without subculture"
http://squat.net/overtoom301/pages/home.html
found on these useful sites
Amsterdam Urban Route: West
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/curb-west.html
and
A SEED Europe
http://aseed.tuxic.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76&Itemid=59

De Binnenpret
http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Ekasbah/
http://squat.net/archiv/gb/squall/

kinderpret
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kasbah/kinderpret/kinderpretmainframe.html

sumac centre
http://www.sumac.org.uk/
The Sumac Centre needs help ! 25.09.2005
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/09/324218.html

by axe S 4 awl? Wed Nov 02, 2005 20:46

If you can mount the steps in your wheelchair, you can push the bike aside. This may be a problem. If you manage this, and you get in, you may have to mount several flights of stairs up to the second floor. This may be a problem. These problems have been dealt with though, because no anarchist social centre activist has physical disablities, so the need for access for people with disabilties does not arise.

If you do suffer from physical disablities and you want to get in, if you can make it up the steps, you may ring the doorbell (currently non existent, but destined to be at approximate head height like all others). No doorbell? If you are already a part of the group or know someone already involved in the project, then you can ring around on their mobile phones, one of them may be there or might know someone with a key, and they will come down to let you in if its an option.

What do you mean you dont have a mobile phone?

by Clare - Seomra Spraoi Thu Nov 03, 2005 15:18

The weekly seomra spraoi meeting is on this evening. The films were just suggested for before the meeting as a social type event. I don't think the place is yet properly open to the public as a free for all - for many of the reasons raised above. Of course, anyone interested in watching the films/attending the meeting are very welcome tonight.

Unfortunately, as the room (which is all we have at the moment) is on the second floor there is no wheelchair access. It was an issue that was raised previously at meetings but finding anywhere groundfloor in a central location was very difficult/extremely pricey.
However, future plans could include wheelchair access, would be tricky but with good design could be possible - all adivce welcome.

With regards to health and safety - this is definitely a critical issue. Work on this area is ongoing - of major concern is good lighting and a review of fire safety. Trained electricians and other experienced people in the know are badly needed - can you help?

There is a huge amount of work yet to be done to the place and lots of help needed. If you'd like to get involved please come along this evening at whatever time for the films and at 7.30 for the meeting.


Clare
086 3097622

by Clare Thu Nov 03, 2005 15:19

Sorry just was the meeting is at 8.00 and not 7.30 as I stated above, apologies.

by dunk Thu Nov 03, 2005 17:14

earlier feature about these films
Give Us Some Space: New Initiative to Create Dublin Social Centre
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67739

by dunk Fri Nov 04, 2005 15:56

social centre website directory?

LARC (london action resource centre)
social centre network
http://www.londonarc.org/social_centre_network.html

and a list of "Social Centre Autonomous Network" groups
http://www.affinityproject.org/groups.html

eco action - info shops network
http://www.eco-action.org/infoshops/contacts.html

SchNEWS : your area...
http://www.schnews.org.uk/pap/yourarea.htm

few examples
czech social centre
http://www.liberte.ondrejvala.net/fotky.htm

rampart UK
http://rampart.omxtra.com/modules/news/

SCAN sydney
http://scan.dorja.com/

Saorsa Social Centre - glasgow
http://www.g42collective.net/saorsa.html

by dunk Fri Nov 04, 2005 16:02

about 15 people at the screening
tea and bikis were shared out
all films watched apart from barcelona centre film

ger, the man of the house, joined us- aparantly there was also an article in yesterdays herald about him and the gaf

in "streaming from the gaf" he said:
"this house is part of the future in the dublin art world."
he gave a chuckle when he saw his film self speaking these words

2 weeks time we will have a big clean up weekend, the belfast crew will be down.
and the following weekend we hope to open up "officially"; a weekend of stuff; talks, food, films, workshops, discussions, radio shows, art exhibitions, further adventures in badge making, party

all ideas welcome

by dunk Fri Nov 04, 2005 16:16

[email protected]
with ideas, questions, dreams etc

by dunk Fri Nov 04, 2005 16:21

http://www.seomraspraoi.blogspot.com/

by dunk Sat Nov 05, 2005 17:10

Centri Sociali Autogestiti
italian social centre network
http://www.tmcrew.org/csa/csa.htm

centri sociali (there has to be at least 100 )
http://digilander.libero.it/paginerosse/centrisociali.htm

earlier relevant post
"Venice run by anarchists" and the seomra spraoi collective's attemtp to create a social centre
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70090&search_text=monks%20garden#comment119126
> 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.
from article:
Squatters in white overalls
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,503535,00.html

by dunk Sun Nov 13, 2005 20:46

watch film here
https://www1.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/11/327546.html

by dunk Mon Nov 14, 2005 21:50

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/11/327546.html is link for the film
direct file is http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2005/11/327547.wmv and its 4 minutes long

by Realist. Tue Jan 03, 2006 18:19

I'm a realist. I don't see a bunch of Dublin's anarcho finest being able to do squat (arrf arrf) about the inaccesibility of a listed Georgian Building in Dublin. But do outline how you intend to get around the first obstacle without endangering anyones life/sanity?