Suite à l’expérience parisienne de création du réseau Intersquat et du festival FOU (Festival des Ouvertures Utiles, manifestation artistique intersquat ) l’idée fut d’imaginer un temps pour l’échange et la construction de liens entre plusieurs réalités inscrites dans différents territoires et pays, un moment de rencontre pour tous ceux qui recherchent à inventer et à expérimenter des modes de vie et de création autres que le modèle social dominant.

Une rencontre se déroulera à Rome le 16-17-18 octobre 2009 au C.S.O.A. (Centre Social Occupé Autogéré) Forte Prenestino (Italie). Le festival présentera l’occasion de tisser des liens entre les différents collectifs, associations, lieux de vie et individus qui nourrissent de leurs activités des espaces de créations, des espaces alternatifs, des lieux de vie et de partage artistique, culturel et social.

Un festival ouvert à différentes expressions artistiques, au dialogue et au partage de compétences et d’expériences. Expositions, performances, arts scéniques et urbains, musiques, concerts, débats et ateliers, un moment de rencontre et de confrontation, d’expérimentation, d’alternatives sociales, politiques et artistiques, de résistance et de création.

Un temps pour discuter de thèmes récurrents dans plusieurs pays de l’espace européen : politique sociale, santé, enjeux politiques, médias, justice, culture, droit au logement. Un temps pour produire.

Ces espaces alternatifs sèment des espoirs de liberté et de solidarité.

Une invitation à tous, pour défendre la liberté artistique, sociale et culturelle ; pour revendiquer et pratiquer activement le droit aux espaces de vie, aux espaces de création.

Tous ceux qui le souhaitent peuvent participer soit à l’animation des débats soit à l’animation artistique.

THE PARISIAN EXPERIENCE

In 2005, the persons, the actors of different places or collective groups in Paris and its district, met around certain values :

– The respect of every entity, of its organizational and identity choices. In brief, the acceptance of the oddity of each (squat, creation places, of production more artistic or more cultural, subsidized or not, informal, collective groups out the walls …)
– The free adhesion to the inter squat : Each preserve the entire mastery of his rhythm and of its objectives.
– The refusal of all dogma, of all domination. Denies it of all hierarchy.

That allowed :

– The mutualization of our experiences and knowledge (in the matter of right, of local or social political, of organization…) on the evolution of a place, since its opening until its closing.
– We to know one another, to be more performance and more united facing difficulties sometimes met
– To surround the problems, the needs, the objectives of each : our place in the city (and elsewhere !).
– To Think about the creation of a regional, then French network and look at a little towards our European friends to put in common the personal and collective objectives of actors more local, more national and more supranational.

The EUROPEAN OPENING

In 2008, we realized two FOU (as CRAZY : Festival of the Useful Openings), in May and October. We equally met the squat 123 to Brussels. At last, a team went to visit a place to Rome, another to Barcelona. We will go soon to Berlin. We met and worked in common, still in the respect of our common and individual values.

ROME PROJECT

The object of this text is to allow us to create an European festival of the places of life, squats and other associative groups, the 16-17-18 October 2009 to ROMA (Italia).
This is after our visit to Rome in last November that the idea was formed to organize a gathering, in partnership with our Italian friends.

The goal of this encounter is to consolidate an European network, that would have for objectives :

– To know and to understand the different social contexts and politics of our respective country.
– To favour the circulation of the persons, ideas and means.
– To allow a harmonization, a division and a mutualization tool to implement notably facing the climbed irreversible of National Liberalism, the production growing of collaterals « social economical damages », or the eradication of run ones on a cooperativeen basis citizens « troublemakers and disturbing ».
– To do emerge the political rising one cultural, social or of health, to allow the persons and to the collective ones to shout at the strengths in place for that the United States of Europe be not a white and inhuman prison.

Concretely, a work group constituted itself for the organization and the realization of this European encounter.

We wish previously to contact the maximum of places in France and in Europe :

– To Explain our operative method (Why an « inter-truc »)
– To Propose to the different collective one, networks or squats to participate in the organization and to the animation of the next encounter of Rome
– To Propose clear responses to different interrogations : why a squat (or a place occupation) ? A local or national Network ? An international one ?
– To Propose a reflection around six principal axes. This organizational weaves could allow us all to structure forums and workshops, productions of festive and artistic events.

These data will be the basis of our organization for the European festival. It should focus around four centers :

– Organization of forums and workshops, creations of texts and tools
– Organization of the scenes and places of artistic production – material and administrative Management
– Communication before, during and after this first “interactionniste” festival.

These centers we seem pertinent but each is free to work on the subjects that seems to him the most pertinent one also we encourage yourself to combine yourself all fastest possible to constitute teams of work. (cf. forum axes)

“ Le città sorgevano, prosperavano, poi sparivano; gli uomini passavano, si amavano o si scannavano, poi morivano.
In quel deserto, nessuno era niente, né lui né il suo ospite. E tuttavia, fuori di quel deserto, né l’uno né l’altro avrebbe potuto vivere veramente. ”

A. Camus

L’esperienza Parigina

Nel 2005, gli attori di diversi squats e collettivi di Parigi e della regione dell’Ile de France si sono ritrovati attorno ad alcuni valori:

– il rispetto di ogni entità, delle sue scelte d’organizzazione e della sua identità. In breve, l’accettazione della singolarità di ognuno (squat, luoghi di creazione, di produzione artistica o culturale, sovvenzionati o no, gruppi informali, collettivi fuori dai muri).
– la libera adesione all’intersquat. Ognuno conserva l’intero controllo del suo ritmo e dei suoi obiettivi
-il rifiuto di ogni dogma, di ogni dominazione e di qualsiasi gerarchia.
Ciò ha permesso di :
mutualizzare le esperienze e le conoscenze (in matiera di diritto, di politica locale o sociale, d’organizzazione) sull’evoluzione di un luogo, dall’occupazione fino all’espulsione;  conoscerci gli uni e gli altri, per essere piu pronti e solidali di fronte alle difficoltà a volte incontrate;
pensare alla creazione di una rete regionale e poi europea per mettere in comune gli obiettivi personali e collettivi d’attori locali, nazionali e sovranazionali.

L’apertura europea

Nel 2008, abbiamo realizzato il secondo FOU, Festival delle aperture utili di spazi alternativi di creazione, di vita e di sperimentazione artistica, culturale e sociale (http://festivalfou.blogspot.com/).

L’obiettivo di questo festival è di permettere di creare un Festival europeo dei luogi di vita, squats, centri sociali, casa ocupada, e altri collettivi associativi, il 16-17-18 ottobre a Roma. In seguito ad una visita a Roma, è nata l’idea d’organizzare quest’incontro in partenariato con il CSOA Forte Prenestino.

Lo scopo di questo incontro è di consolidare una rete europea che avrebbe per obiettivi :

– creare un momento di creazione e di produzione artistica in maniera autogestita (tutti gli artisti autofinanziano la propria partecipazione)
-conoscere e capire i differenti contesti sociali e politici di ogni paese;
-favorire la circolazione delle persone e delle idee;
-pemettere un’armonizzazione, una condivisione e una mutualizzazione degli strumenti contro la crescita irreversibile del nazionalismo e del liberalismo trans-europeo;
-fare emergere delle politiche socio-culturali ascendenti, per permettere alle persone e ai collettivi d’interpellare i poteri in questione perche gli “Stati Uniti d’Europa” non siano una prigione bianca e inumana.

In un primo momento, l’obiettivo è di metterci in contatto con il massimo di realtà in Europa per:

– spiegare il nostro modo di funzionare;
-proporre ai differenti collettivi, reti, squats,centri sociali…, di partecipare all’organizzazione e all’animazione del prossimo incontro a Roma;
-coinvolgere il massimo di realtà artistiche che vogliano esprimersi durante l’incontro;
-proporre una riflessione attorno a degli assi principali;
-proporre delle risposte chiare alle diverse domande. Perché uno squat (o un’occupazione dei luoghi) una rete locale o nazionale? Internazionale?

Questi dati saranno la base della nostra organizzazione per il festival europeo che dovrebbe articolarsi intorno a 4 poli:

-organizzazione di  forum e di dibattiti;
-organizzazione di scene e luoghi di produzione artistici;
-gestione materiale e amministrativa;
-comunicazione prima durante e dopo l’incontro.

In the framework of the preparation for the meet ROME of the 16-17-18 October 2009, our suggestion is to be able to open a dialog that can result in the organization of a forum and to the organization of the events of artistic production.

FORUM ORGANIZATION

Here the points that one proposes and there where some are our reflections :

In the matter of the forum, one proposes axes of reflections that become real previously by discussion workshops during the FOU (Festival of the Useful Openings) of May that takes place at Paris, regarding an effective programming for the meet October to Rome.
Those are suggestions and as such widely opened to the discussion.
The idea is that every squat, country or intervening can work and orient the forum evolution according to its cravings.

1. JUSTICE & POLICE
2. HEALTH
3. SOCIAL
4. CULTURE
5. MEDIA
6. RESOURCES ET FONCTIONING
7. OTHER SUGGESTIONS

Above the different points that we propose to exchange are declined by theme.

JUSTICE & POLICE :

-Position, experience, average of action ?
For example : organization with or without lawful support, the device of common right (Apprehension, knowledge, usages) to national level and to European level.
The reports with authorities (more police, more lawful and more political), divide and experiences mutualization…

HEALTH :

-Position, experience, average of action ?
For example : cultural social disqualification, pigeon fancying, the access to the rights and to the cares for all person.
Which sanitary issues; life expectancy; how to project itself towards care empowerment…

SOCIAL :

-Position, experience, average of action ?
For example : The right to the lodging, which issues? The access to the social rights of the individual (social minima and access to the cares); the integration and link in the neighbourhood (the neighbourhood counsels, the associations, the inhabitants…)…

CULTURE :

-Position, experience, average of action ?
For example : the different cultural practices, the right to the expression and engagement liberty; zone of temporary autonomy, squat of dwelling and/or artistic. An element key : the research of space.

MEDIA :

-Position, experience, average of action ?
For example : which report to the media (TV, radio, press, billposting, movie and internet) ; Is it necessary to contact them and to address to them ? If yes, how? Which of them ? Creation of autonomous media.

RESOURCES ET FONCTIONING :

-Position, experience, average of action ?
For example : the ploughing back of profit ; the salvages ; the subsidies ? Organization of the places of life : house counsel, associative structure, the life in group ; divides experience and put in common of competences.

ARTISTIC PRODUCTION

The idea is to create one or more artistic events. The people been interested by the organization can propose themselves in the flowchart until May 24.
In a second time, free to all to propose projects of organization, of activity or of artistic productions by way of referring or of participants. (Projections, theater, exhibitions, living art, shows, etc…)
The thus created flowchart will allow establishing a reliable and functional organization allowing assuring a better management of the events.

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