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12 Juli 2010
Oproep aan alle creatievelingen die zich geïnfecteerd weten door het Virus van de Vrije Lyriek!
Wij nodigen u graag uit om deel te nemen aan de derde editie van het KLEBNIKOV CARNAVAL.
U kan tot en gedurende het Carnaval (3-5 september 2010) :
* objecten (teksten, beeldend werk, muziekopnames, documenten allerlei,…) opsturen of bezorgen aan dit adres:
KLEBNIKOV CARNAVAL
Smidsestraat 31
B-3010 Kessel-Lo
België
* digitale bestanden met ev. uitvoerings- of presentatierichtlijnen bezorgen via mail naar dirk_at_vilt.net (voor grotere bestanden stuurt u best eerst een mailtje waarna ik u een ftp-adres bezorg zodat u het kan uploaden
* tijdens het deelnemersfestival in levende lijve uw Ding komen doen (voordracht, performance, theater, mime, dans, muziek,…). Mail naar dirk_at_vilt.net of bel naar Dirk Vekemans op 0476 494818 voor info of om je in te schrijven.
* als vrijwillige werkmens meehelpen aan de organisatie van het Carnaval (opbouw/afbraak – kinderanimatie – permanentie op standjes – promotie -…)
* met uw organisatie een infostandje komen houden (vrije creativiteitsbeoefening – socio-culturele actie – literair genootschap -…). Zelfde contactgegevens.
Mensen -groepen die tijdig hun Deelname bevestigen krijgen extra publiciteit op onze affiche’s, flyers en aankondigingen.
Het KLEBNIKOV CARNAVAL is het unieke participatieve festival van de Vrije Lyriek, georganiseerd door Grapes of Art, De Bereklauw en uw dienaar in het Centrum van het Gekende Universum, het onovertroffen Kessel-Lo.
Dit deelnemersfestival is een feest van de ongebonden en ongedwongen creativiteit en vindt voor de derde maal plaats zonder enige vorm van sponsoring of subsidiëring. Het gebeuren wordt uitsluitend gedragen door de vrijwillige inzet van de deelnemers en organisatoren. Jaarlijks kan u zo gedurende normaal 8, nu wegens omstandigheden drie dagen, geheel gratis genieten van poetische voordrachten, muziek, theater, spoken word, een hybride tentoonstelling met beeld, grafiek, vispo, fotografie, installaties en video, kinderanimatie, jolijt en vertier.
Programma:
Vrijdagavond 3 september wordt er voornamelijk muziek gemaakt.
Zaterdag en zondag vinden er onafgebroken voordrachten plaats vanaf 13u tot de voorraad strekt (op zaterdag tot middernacht – op zondag tot ong 20u00.
Zaterdag en zondag werken we ook met gereserveerde uren voor gasten die we zelf geïnviteerd hebben, daarbuiten kan en mag iedereen deelnemen op de manier die zij of hij verkiest. De tijdstippen en duur van deze optredens van spontane particpanten wordt op de moment zelf geregeld, naar gelang het aanwezige aanbod.
Voor deelnemers is er wat drank en eten voorzien, graag een seintje als je wenst te overnachten, dan reserveren we een slaapplaats.
Locatie:
het Smidsehof, Smidsestraat 31, 3010 Kessel-Lo, Belgie.
::: More info :::
we create on dope
we still do
we was old then
very old
we are
with many still
when we was suckers,
we slept with our thumbs
in our mouths
we was young then
very young
we are
with many still
AA June 2008

> From: Andreas Broeckmann <ab@tesla-berlin.de>
> Date: January 10, 2008 2:16:05 PM GMT+01:00
> To: spectre@mikrolisten.de
> Subject: [spectre] (fwd) ISTANBUL: Roma, Roms, Gitanos NEED URGENT
> INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT!
>
> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 21:30:13 +0200
> From: "Pelin Tan" <pelintan@gmail.com>
> To: aslikiyak <aslikiyak@celikdizayn.com>
> Subject: ISTANBUL: Roma, Roms, Gitanos NEED URGENT INTERNATIONAL
> SUPPORT!
>
>
> The historical Romani district of Istanbul, Sulukule, is to be
>
> destroyed under the name of "urban renewal" and the Roma living there
> are to be expulsed out of the city. Please react and show your support
> urgently!...
>
> Sulukule Platform
>
>
>
> Le quartier historique des Roms d'Istanbul, Sulukule, sera demoli sous
> pretexte de "renovation urbain" et ses habitants gitans seront
> expulses en dehors de la ville. S'il vous plait reagissez et montrez
> votre soutien en urgence!...
>
> La plateforme de Sulukule
>
>
>
> El barrio historico de los gitanos d'Istanbul, Sulukule, sera
> destruido con el pretexto de "renovacion urbana" y sus habitantes van
> a ser expulsados fuera de la cuidad. Por favor protestar y manifestar
> vuestro apoyo de urgencia!...
>
> La Platforma de Sulukule
>
>
> Istanbul'un tarihi Roman mahallesi Sulukule, "kentsel yenileme" adi
> altinda yikilmak ve mahalle sakinleri kentin disina surulmek
> isteniyor! Lutfen acil olarak tepkinizi ve Sulukule sakinlerine
> desteginizi gosterin!...
>
> Sulukule Platformu
>
>
>
>
>
> URGENT CALL FOR SULUKULE ROMANI COMMUNITY
>
>
>
> Your support urgently needed against exclusion of Roma from
> historic Sulukule!
>
>
> One of the oldest Romani communities in the World, the Sulukule
> Romani population is being forced to leave their historical
> neighborhood.
>
> The Sulukule neighborhood, situated in the Historic Peninsula of
> Istanbul is being depopulated through a gentrification project
> implemented by the Metropolitan and Fatih municipalities of
> Istanbul. As it stands, the project, promoted as an "urban renewal"
> is in its last phase. In February 2008 the demolishing of the
> houses will be started.
>
> Despite the efforts of the local people, of the Sulukule
> Association for the Enrichment of Roma Culture and for Solidarity,
> of the academicians from several universities, and of the NGO's,
> the project is developed by local authority under non-transparent
> conditions, without consulting the community and without
> considering their demands, needs and feedback.
>
> The alleged "urban renewal project" is a reconstruction plan which
> involves the complete demolition of the current neighbourhood, home
> to more than 3000 Roma, and its replacement with housing which is
> unaffordable for most of the original inhabitants. The Roma will be
> forcibly moved from their 1000 year-old historical neighborhood to
> an area 40km outside the city. Moreover, as the municipality wants
> them to pay for the public housing they will receive, this forcible
> move is accompanied by a debt obligation that they will not be able
> to meet.
>
> Because it will evict the Roma of their home, annihilate and
> assimilate the Roma culture in Istanbul, the project needs to be
> stopped. Your support is crucial to carry out this feat.
>
>
>
> The 1000 year-old home of the Roma
> The Roma first came to Istanbul from India in the 11th century when
> the city was still the capital of the Byzantine Empire. And they
> spread around the World from here. Following the conquest of the
> city by the Ottomans in 1453 and with the permžssžon of Sultan
> Mehmed the Conqueror, they were settled near the city walls in the
> Sulukule as well as in the nearby Ayvansaray neighborhoods. For
> hundreds of years, Sulukule acted as a pilgrimage location for Roma
> from all over the world. It is one of the most important cultural
> centers of Roma music and dance as it continues to be a crucial
> worldwide resource for training musicians and dancers.
>
> Your support is needed for the cessation of the "urban renewal
> project"
>
> Because;
>
> The Sulukule urban renewal project is a non-transparent non-
> participatory project.
>
> It is against the clauses of the Convention for the Safeguarding of
> Intangible Cultural Heritage.
>
> It is implemented in the buffer zone of the ancient land walls of
> Istanbul, which are on the World Heritage list. As such, it fails
> to abide by the principles of the Vienna Memorandum and the
> Convention regarding the Protection of the World Cultural and
> Natural Heritage.
>
> To help prevent the forced exile of the Sulukule Roma,
> To protect the historical and cultural values of Istanbul, which
> are on the World Heritage List,
>
> Please express your objection to this project by writing to the
> following officials,
>
> Abdullah Gül
> President of Turkey
> Mail Address:
> T.C. Cumhurbaskanligi
> Cankaya-Ankara
> Turkey
> e-mail: cumhurbaskanli_i@tccb.gov.tr
>
> Recep Tayyip Erdo_an
> The Prime Minister of Turkey
> Mail Address:
> Basbakanlik
> Kžzžlay
> Ankara
> Turkey
>
> Ertu_rul Günay
> Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey
>
> Mail Address:
> T.C. Kultur ve Turizm Bakanligi
> Ataturk Bulvari No. 29
> 06050 Opera
> Ankara
> Turkey
> e-mail: ertugrul.gunay@kulturturizm.gov.tr
>
> Kadir Topba_
> Mayor of Istanbul
> Mail Address:
> Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediye Baskanligi
> Sarachane
> Istanbul
> Turkey
> e-mail: baskan@ibb.gov.tr
>
> Mustafa Demir
> Mayor of the Fatih district of Istanbul
>
> Mail Address:
> Büyük Karaman Cad.
> No. 53
> Fatih
> Istanbul
> e-mail: mustafademir@fatih.bel.tr
>
>
>
> Contact Persons:
> Hacer Foggo (hacerfoggo@gmail.com)
> Derya Nüket Özer (deryanuket@gmail.com)
> Viki Ciprut Izrail ( vikichco.@hotmail.com )
>
>
>
> --
> <mailto:pelintan@gmail.com>pelintan@gmail.com
> Ph.D cand. / research assistant
> Institute of Social Sciences
> ITU Architecture Faculty, Taskisla
> 34437 - Istanbul
> phone: +90 2122456631
> <http://www.tanpelin.blogspot.com> www.tanpelin.blogspot.com
> <http://www.slowfood.com>www.slowfood.com
> <http://www.sulukule.org>www.sulukule.org
>
> ______________________________________________
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>
> From: "A. Andreas" <ajaco@xs4all.nl>
> Date: January 10, 2008 10:32:12 PM GMT+01:00
> To: nictoglobe@nictoglobe.com
> Subject: Fwd: Ram Narayana
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "Chris Jacobs" <ctjacobs@xs4all.nl>
>> Date: January 10, 2008 1:42:17 AM GMT+01:00
>> To: <wiaw@willisaway.com>, <ajaco@xs4all.nl>,
>> <michel@tent.xs4all.nl>, <chris.jacobs@xs4all.nl>
>> Subject: Ram Narayana
>>
>> Stephen LaBerge, Lucid Dreaming (New York: Ballantine Books,
>> 1986), pp265-267, Dreaming, Death, and Transcendence.
>>
>> The case of Ram Narayana vividly illustrates how far delusions of
>> grandeur can be taken by the semi-lucid dreamer.
>>
>> Narayana, an Indian physician and editor, had been perplexed by
>> the problem of how to convince "the creatures of his dream,
>>
>> during the dream state, that it really is a dream."
>>
>> He finally gave up trying, having decided that even if he
>> succeeded, convincing them could serve no useful purpose.
>>
>> Therefore, Narayana resolved to enjoy himself instead and to pass
>> his time while dreaming "as comfortably as possible."
>>
>> Consequently, next time he went to sleep, he addressed "the
>> assembly of his dream characters" as follows:
>>
>> "Friends, why don't you try to attain the state of extatic and
>> immortal bliss, entirely free from pain of every description?
>>
>> This state of bliss can be obtained only by entering into the
>> celestial region, the abode of the Supreme Creator.
>>
>> To this region I go daily and enjoy its pleasures for twelve hours
>> out of every twenty-four.
>>
>> I am the only incarnation and representative of the Supreme One."
>>
>> Narayana indicated that "the majority of dream creatures believed
>> in the above speech."
>>
>> A minority were skeptical of his claim of being the "Only
>> Manifestation of the Supreme Deity."
>>
>> What about Krishna, Christ, Buddha, or Mohammed? demanded the
>> doubters.
>>
>> They received the reply that "all those great men had come from
>> lower regions and were only theoretical in their teachings
>>
>> and nobody ever attained salvation through them, that the dreamer
>> alone came from the hihest spiritual plane,
>>
>> and that he would teach them the only sure and practical method of
>> reaching that region."
>>
>> Having been made the usual promises, they were charged the usual
>> price, being then told the chief condition of initiation was
>>
>> "to have implicit faith in their preceptor, the dreamer."
>>
>> Narayana went on to explain, in terms well known by the leaders of
>> cults everywhere, that "the most effective means to hypnotize
>>
>> them all in a body was then employed, which consisted of looking
>> intently into the eyes of the guru, the dreamer,
>>
>> while sacred hymns and songs of love and devotion were being
>> recited in a chorus.
>>
>> They were further impressed with the idea that ultimately every
>> one of them would reach the highest region, after one, two or more
>>
>> re-births, but having complete faith in the dreamer would reach
>> there the soonest."
>>
>> Narayana claimed that "the method proved so satisfactory that the
>> dreamer was actually worshipped by every one of the dream creatures
>>
>> and was pronounced to be the only true spiritual guide.
>>
>> He now considered himself in no way less fortunate than so many
>> leaders of the various faiths, in the waking world,
>>
>> who enjoy the pleasure of being devotely worshipped by their
>> disciples."
>>
>> This comical parody of spiritual cults would have its tragic
>> aspect as well, were it not for the fact that Narayana was eventually
>>
>> able to progress beyond this state of inflation.
>>
>> He dreamed that he fell in among a group of yogis who managed to
>> enlighten him in the following dream:
>>
>> ... another elderly figure from amongst the dream creatures rose
>> from his seat and overawed the assembly with his long grey beard
>>
>> and his yogi's staff.
>>
>> He began his oration in a curious and amusing manner, though with
>> an authoritative tone, his voice quivering with anger and his
>>
>> gaunt index finger pointing towards the dreamer: "What reason have
>> you to call us your dream creatures and yourself the creator
>>
>> of us all? If you are our creator we say equally empathetically
>> that so are we the creator of yourself. We are all in the same boat,
>>
>> and you can claim no sort of higher existence than ours. If,
>> however, you want to be convinced of my statement, I can show you
>>
>> the creator of us all, i.e. of yourself as well as ours."
>>
>> With these words, he struck the dreamer on his head with his heavy
>> staff, who, in consequence, woke up and found himself lying
>>
>> in his bed with his mind extremely puzzled.[15]
>>
>> The yogi's point is that the dream ego (mistaken for "the dreamer"
>> by Narayana) is just another dream figure.
>>
>> The actual creator of the dream is not part of the dream at all -
>> being, in fact, the sleeping self.
>>
>> [15] Narayana, R., ed., The Dream problem and Its Many Solutions
>> in Search After Truth, vol 1
>>
>> (Delhi, India: Practical Medicine, 1922), p. 301-5.
>>
>> Chris Jacobs