Opening Space for a Closing World

[Nicolai von Ertzdorff]

Hi Colin,
 I had been thinking vaguely the same, when I had heard about a
demonstration in Barcelona: The day after (!!) the bombs attack in Madrid.
It was organized by the peace movement and I understood, that at the destiny
of the demo, they had some public OS on the theme: "Is this attempt not a
part of just the same war, we didn't want, having clearly pointed out this
kind of consequences, before?  How can we express and show our opinions on
this theme? (obviously a lot of people expressed their opinion some days
later at the election....)
So, I was very impressed, when I found out, that spanish peace movement
seems to work regularily with OST in public, and I thought about how it
would be to write anything down on a public wall, covered with paper...

Also Dougs idea of the theater is inspiring though I'm not so shure about
invisible theater itself (...do the same, just not being theater, seriously
having fun : -)  )

Besides, anybody here in the list was there? I really would like to know,
who facilitates these OS...(shurely I'll find out soon.)

So, looks like having found another peace (piece?) in the puzzle...
Nicolai von Ertzdorff




09.04.2004 23:20
Colin Morley at morleyc1 at btopenworld.com wrote:

> Brilliant, I love it.
> There was me thinking our wall could be done with the agreement of the owner
> - perhaps by buying or asking for the donation of some poster advertising
> space.  A flash mob could do Open Space as a form of art work - perhaps even
> in an art gallery...
> What could the objective be here? - To show passion and
> responsibility...concern without blame?  To demonstrate a different way of
> public discussion?
> Colin Morley
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> Doug -- where were you in the '60s baby? (Don't answer if it is going to
> incriminate you.) What you described happened over and over again. Sometimes
> it got a little dicey depending on the subject matter and audience... but
> mostly it was fun and educational.
>
> Harrison
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> Colin--
>
> Your post has been on my mind and in more than one entry in my journal
> since I read it. It has sparked my imagination. Thank you.
>
> Your idea about a big marketplace wall in a public place intrigues me.
> Could you extend it a little? What might it look like? How could we pull it
> off?
>
> For instance: it could be done as a flash mob--one person brings a big
> sheet of butcher paper, another the markers, and a whole crowd shows up
> (notified by e-mail and cell phones to be there at 6:17 pm and disperse by
> 6:29) and writes and draws. Could it be pulled off? Probably. And we could
> draw in bystanders in a sort of urban theater, invisible theater way.
>
>                             :-Doug. Germann
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