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sing and presenting information about the social center movement. A key nod=
e in global justice organizing, squatted social centers have sprung up in c=
ities throughout Europe. They represent a new wave of activism, often highl=
y theorized, with participation by both radical intellectuals and grassroot=
s activists.Increasingly architects, urban planners and artists are joining=
 political activists in this movement.

"House Magic" is the first step in an ongoing project which invites public =
participation as we share the stories and synthesize the lessons of the viv=
id life and often spectacular deaths of these temporary autonomous zones.

Among the centers and agencies past and present considered in the show are =
Bowl Court, Ramparts, CoolTan, ASS and 56a in London, El Patio Maravillas, =
Seco, Laboratorio, and Caracole (Madrid), La Casa Invisible (Malaga), Krax =
City Mine(d), (Barcelona), ESC (Rome), Rote Floria (Hamburg), ROG (Ljubljan=
a), and many others.

references:
"Social Center" on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_center
blog of the show, called "Occupations and Properties"
http://occuprop.blogspot.com=20

Films about squatted social centers and related questions will be screened =
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, accompanied by discussions aro=
und a bowl of soup and bread _ an evocation of the VoKu (Volks Kuchen, or p=
eople_s kitchen) of German and Dutch squats. A $5 freewill donation is requ=
ested to cover the cost of the films.

schedule of events FINAL
April 6, 2009

APRIL
FIRST WEEK
Tuesday 21=20
Germany -- German films to be announced
Guest: Michel Chevalier, Hamburg

Wednesday 22=20
United Kingdom -- =E2=80=9CTake Over,=E2=80=9D directed by Jordie Montevecc=
hi
The film follows a group of Brighton, UK, squatters who take over an old ch=
urch.

Thursday 23=20
Netherlands, Amsterdam =E2=80=93 =E2=80=9CThe City Was Ours,=E2=80=9D by Jo=
ost Seelen (time?; 1996; Dutch with English subtitles)
Amsterdam squatting movement, 1970s to 1980s; short subjects

SECOND WEEK
Tuesday 28
Spain, Barcelona -- Octavi Royo, "Okupa, Cr=C3=B3nica de una Lucha Social" =
[Spanish & Catalan with English subtitles] Reflexi=C3=B3n sobre el fen=C3=
=B3meno de la okupaci=C3=B3n que empieza con el desalojo del Cine Princesa =
en Barcelona (1996) y termina en la actualidad; Dara Greenwald "Tactical To=
urist" [English]; selected bangin' shorts from "Resistir es Crear: 10 a=C3=
=B1os junto al Centro Social - Casa de Iniciativas de M=C3=A1laga"
Guests: Dara Greenwald, Brooklyn, others

Wednesday 29=20
Spain, Madrid -- "Laboratorio 3, Ocupando el Vacio" (66 min.; 2007; Spanish=
 with English subtitles); music videos from Casa Iniciativas, Malaga=20

Thursday 30=20
Italy =E2=80=93 program to be announced

MAY
THIRD WEEK
Tuesday 5=20
The Art Squat =E2=80=93 =E2=80=9CDada Changed My Life,=E2=80=9D directed by=
 Lou Lou and Daniel Martinez (2004; time?)
about the Zurich art squatting action that saved the Cabaret Voltaire=20
Guest: Olga Mazurkiewicz (invited)

Wednesday 6=20
Open Date

Thursday 7=C2=A0=20
Denmark, Copenhagen -- =E2=80=9CChristiania You Have My Heart,=E2=80=9D dir=
ected by Nils Vest (62 min.; 1991; Danish with English subtitles)
talk with Rebecca Zorach on her visit to the Copenhagen free town

A rotating selection of videos about squatted social centers will be playin=
g in the gallery, as well as the following artists=E2=80=99 documentaries:
Oliver Ressler -- =E2=80=9C5 Factories - Worker Control in Venezuela,=E2=80=
=9D 81 min., Span./Ger./Engl., 2004 {with Dario Azzellini}, and =E2=80=9CDi=
sobbedienti,=E2=80=9D 54 min., Ital./Ger./Engl., 2002 {with Dario Azzellini=
}; and =E2=80=9CWhat Would It Mean To Win?=E2=80=9D 40 min. / 2008 / PAL / =
Engl./Ger./French (with Zanny Begg),
Marcelo Exp=C3=B3sito, "Primero de Mayo (La Ciudad-f=C3=A1brica) [First of =
May (The City Factory)]" (61 minutes, 2004) Span./Engl.


2. basic CALL FOR MATERIALS

For _House Magic: Bureau of Foreign Correspondence,_ a process exhibition o=
n squatted social centers at ABC No Rio in New York City April 17th until M=
ay 10th, 2009, we welcome self-representations of social centers worldwide,=
=C2=A0 past and present. _House Magic_ is an attempt to show this vital and=
 inspiring movement to an audience in the U.S. We welcome pictures, texts, =
videos (any format), zines, posters, stencil designs, and other media that =
express the special experiences of collective work to open, build and susta=
in these centers. We would love to receive objects -- but electronic files =
are okay. We will print them out and display them, and execute your stencil=
 designs. In addition to pictures, posters and texts, the month of _House M=
agic_ will see continuous conversations at ABC No Rio about social centers,=
 their work and possibilities for the future. If you are in town during tha=
t time, please let us know and come by to visit and share your
 experiences. (Travel venue presentation late April in Chicago for Version =
Fest 09; second iteration at Sculpture Center, July 2009.)=20

Send files to: housemagicabcnorio at gmail.com with a cc to:=C2=A0=20
awm13579 at gmail.com -- and packages to
_House Magic_
ABC No Rio
156 Rivington Street
New York, NY, 10002=3D2441
USA
an organizer is blogging the show set-up at:=C2=A0=20
http://occuprop.blogspot.com




Alan W. Moore



123 Scribner Ave SI NY 10301

cel : 917 574 8392



working this project: http://occuprop.blogspot.com

MWF video archive: http://www.brickhaus.com/amoore
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<table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" ><tr><td valign=3D"=
top" style=3D"font: inherit;">hi Folks,<br>this is coming up -- if you know=
 this scene and are here in NYC, please come on by and chat with us about i=
t!<br>best,<br>-am<br><br><br>1. PRESS RELEASE<br><br>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE=
<br><br>_House Magic: Bureau of Foreign Correspondence_ process exhibition =
at ABC No Rio<br>April 17 to May 10, 2009<br>evening events Tuesday, Wednes=
day and Thursday evenings<br><br>The social center movement in Europe will =
be the focus of a project exhibition at the Lower East Side cultural center=
 ABC No Rio during later April and early May. Images and information, video=
s and discussion will engage the realities of this vital urban movement.<br=
><br>An outgrowth of political squatting, the social center in occupied vac=
ant buildings was a key feature of the Italian Autonomist movement of the 1=
970s and '80s. Squats on the Lower East Side of New York City in the 1990s
 borrowed elements of the English and German social center models, includin=
g cafes, infoshops (library/bookstores), performance spaces and art galleri=
es. These models also influenced the _infoshops_ of the anarchist movement =
throughout the U.S.A.. Across Europe, the often short-lived social centers =
became important organizing foci of the global justice movement during the =
first decade of the new century. <br><br>The "House Magic" exhibition will =
be an open structure, a channel for a continuous flow of information from t=
he social centers themselves. Bulletins will be posted, banners will be pai=
nted, soup will be served. Video documentaries will be screened, and guests=
 will discuss their experiences with social centers.<br><br>The social cent=
ers arose out of direct action squatting. In the new century, however, thes=
e actions have been less about housing, and more intended to create social,=
 cultural and political space for action in the city.<br><br>In many
 cases, social center squatting is a response to gentrifying development in=
 the city, an instance of "bottom up planning and architecture." The social=
 centers are usually well integrated into the neighborhoods in which they a=
re set up, and provide free space for cultural activities to take place. Ma=
ny social centers work closely with immigrant groups, organizing, supportin=
g and demonstrating to protect their rights.<br><br>From April 17 to May 10=
, we will be working the theme at ABC No Rio, processing and presenting inf=
ormation about the social center movement. A key node in global justice org=
anizing, squatted social centers have sprung up in cities throughout Europe=
. They represent a new wave of activism, often highly theorized, with parti=
cipation by both radical intellectuals and grassroots activists.Increasingl=
y architects, urban planners and artists are joining political activists in=
 this movement.<br><br>"House Magic" is the first step in an ongoing
 project which invites public participation as we share the stories and syn=
thesize the lessons of the vivid life and often spectacular deaths of these=
 temporary autonomous zones.<br><br>Among the centers and agencies past and=
 present considered in the show are Bowl Court, Ramparts, CoolTan, ASS and =
56a in London, El Patio Maravillas, Seco, Laboratorio, and Caracole (Madrid=
), La Casa Invisible (Malaga), Krax City Mine(d), (Barcelona), ESC (Rome), =
Rote Floria (Hamburg), ROG (Ljubljana), and many others.<br><br>references:=
<br>"Social Center" on Wikipedia<br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_cen=
ter<br>blog of the show, called "Occupations and Properties"<br>http://occu=
prop.blogspot.com <br><br>Films about squatted social centers and related q=
uestions will be screened on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, acco=
mpanied by discussions around a bowl of soup and bread _ an evocation of th=
e VoKu (Volks Kuchen, or people_s kitchen) of German and Dutch
 squats. A $5 freewill donation is requested to cover the cost of the films=
.<br><br>schedule of events FINAL<br>April 6, 2009<br><br>APRIL<br>FIRST WE=
EK<br>Tuesday 21 <br>Germany -- German films to be announced<br>Guest: Mich=
el Chevalier, Hamburg<br><br>Wednesday 22 <br>United Kingdom -- =E2=80=9CTa=
ke Over,=E2=80=9D directed by Jordie Montevecchi<br>The film follows a grou=
p of Brighton, UK, squatters who take over an old church.<br><br>Thursday 2=
3 <br>Netherlands, Amsterdam =E2=80=93 =E2=80=9CThe City Was Ours,=E2=80=9D=
 by Joost Seelen (time?; 1996; Dutch with English subtitles)<br>Amsterdam s=
quatting movement, 1970s to 1980s; short subjects<br><br>SECOND WEEK<br>Tue=
sday 28<br>Spain, Barcelona -- Octavi Royo, "Okupa, Cr=C3=B3nica de una Luc=
ha Social" [Spanish &amp; Catalan with English subtitles] Reflexi=C3=B3n so=
bre el fen=C3=B3meno de la okupaci=C3=B3n que empieza con el desalojo del C=
ine Princesa en Barcelona (1996) y termina en la actualidad; Dara Greenwald=
 "Tactical Tourist" [English]; selected
 bangin' shorts from "Resistir es Crear: 10 a=C3=B1os junto al Centro Socia=
l - Casa de Iniciativas de M=C3=A1laga"<br>Guests: Dara Greenwald, Brooklyn=
, others<br><br>Wednesday 29 <br>Spain, Madrid -- "Laboratorio 3, Ocupando =
el Vacio" (66 min.; 2007; Spanish with English subtitles); music videos fro=
m Casa Iniciativas, Malaga <br><br>Thursday 30 <br>Italy =E2=80=93 program =
to be announced<br><br>MAY<br>THIRD WEEK<br>Tuesday 5 <br>The Art Squat =E2=
=80=93 =E2=80=9CDada Changed My Life,=E2=80=9D directed by Lou Lou and Dani=
el Martinez (2004; time?)<br>about the Zurich art squatting action that sav=
ed the Cabaret Voltaire <br>Guest: Olga Mazurkiewicz (invited)<br><br>Wedne=
sday 6 <br>Open Date<br><br>Thursday 7&nbsp; <br>Denmark, Copenhagen -- =E2=
=80=9CChristiania You Have My Heart,=E2=80=9D directed by Nils Vest (62 min=
.; 1991; Danish with English subtitles)<br>talk with Rebecca Zorach on her =
visit to the Copenhagen free town<br><br>A rotating selection of videos abo=
ut squatted social centers will be
 playing in the gallery, as well as the following artists=E2=80=99 document=
aries:<br>Oliver Ressler -- =E2=80=9C5 Factories - Worker Control in Venezu=
ela,=E2=80=9D 81 min., Span./Ger./Engl., 2004 {with Dario Azzellini}, and =
=E2=80=9CDisobbedienti,=E2=80=9D 54 min., Ital./Ger./Engl., 2002 {with Dari=
o Azzellini}; and =E2=80=9CWhat Would It Mean To Win?=E2=80=9D 40 min. / 20=
08 / PAL / Engl./Ger./French (with Zanny Begg),<br>Marcelo Exp=C3=B3sito, "=
Primero de Mayo (La Ciudad-f=C3=A1brica) [First of May (The City Factory)]"=
 (61 minutes, 2004) Span./Engl.<br><br><br>2. basic CALL FOR MATERIALS<br><=
br>For _House Magic: Bureau of Foreign Correspondence,_ a process exhibitio=
n on squatted social centers at ABC No Rio in New York City April 17th unti=
l May 10th, 2009, we welcome self-representations of social centers worldwi=
de,&nbsp; past and present. _House Magic_ is an attempt to show this vital =
and inspiring movement to an audience in the U.S. We welcome pictures, text=
s, videos (any format), zines, posters,
 stencil designs, and other media that express the special experiences of c=
ollective work to open, build and sustain these centers. We would love to r=
eceive objects -- but electronic files are okay. We will print them out and=
 display them, and execute your stencil designs. In addition to pictures, p=
osters and texts, the month of _House Magic_ will see continuous conversati=
ons at ABC No Rio about social centers, their work and possibilities for th=
e future. If you are in town during that time, please let us know and come =
by to visit and share your experiences. (Travel venue presentation late Apr=
il in Chicago for Version Fest 09; second iteration at Sculpture Center, Ju=
ly 2009.) <br><br>Send files to: housemagicabcnorio at gmail.com with a cc to:=
&nbsp; <br>awm13579 at gmail.com -- and packages to<br>_House Magic_<br>ABC No=
 Rio<br>156 Rivington Street<br>New York, NY, 10002=3D2441<br>USA<br>an org=
anizer is blogging the show set-up at:&nbsp;
 <br>http://occuprop.blogspot.com<br><br><br><br><br>Alan W. Moore<br>
<br>
123 Scribner Ave SI NY 10301<br>
cel : 917 574 8392<br>
<br>
working this project: http://occuprop.blogspot.com<br>
MWF video archive: http://www.brickhaus.com/amoore</td></tr></table>
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