it has been a busy year.
After finally doing "playing with phi" land sculpture on lahinch beach just over a year ago, after waiting about 3 years, things have been pretty hectic.
it was quite a political year with the war being on and ireland having the EU presidency; the mayday demo against the direction the EU is taking and george bush`s visit to ireland being the biggest events.
on stevens day, dec 26, tragedy struck Iran. 40 of us walked dublin bay and raised �7,000 for the earthquake victims in Bam, Iran.
but it was also a hugely creative year, irelands first IMC (independant media centre) was set up for 10 days around mayday, which was amazing. later in the summer we turned a shed in a back garden into the jamaican bar and made a few new cocktails.
with EASA04 there were highs and lows. overall i feel we did some great small things but on the whole EASA did not produce the magic that perhaps LA CP was expecting from them, that being, in my opinion, to go out and mix with the people of roubaix, excite them and from that encourage them to play in LA CP. it was a great challenge, EASA architects went back to the city and the people: i feel we could have done a lot better.
back home after EASA there was festivals, tournaments and urban play
theres a good buzz here in dublin with a crew trying to make a social centre and to do some urban gardening
but now its thesis time and a new ecological corridor for the city is being explored and hopefully that idea will soon become a reality.
play on the phrase as gaeilge "is cuma liom" sat 15th nov 2003
which translates as "i dont care"
sat 15th nov 2003
Sunday the 9th of December 2003
on Sunday the 9th of December 2003 a piece of land art was done on the beach of Lahinch in county Clare. It was done by 4 people for a few different reasons.
Saturday 31st January and Sunday 1st February 2004
26th of December an earthquake hit the city of Bam in Iran. 40,000 people died and many many more were in desperate need of help.
We raised �7000 + for them by walking dublin bay
April 23rd to May 3rd
The Mayday festival of Independent Media is the product of a collaboration between Indymedia Ireland and the Community Media Network. It brings together actors from the community media world with media activists from the global indymedia network to reveal the best of local and global radical grassroots media. With 15 film screenings, 9 open forums and 11 practical workshops, plus a cafe, photo exhibition and information hall, we�ve got a lot that you should see. The festical will culminate with the media centre being used to allow independent journalists from all over the world to provide detailed and honest coverage of the events of May 1st 2004 in Dublin.
program of festival
may 1-3
it is a war of information
we are challenging apathy- today most dont care
we act and have a beatiful creative existence- it is spirit it is full
humans desire happiness, apathetic people today see our actions- hear what we are about and are joining us
its about being ALIVE personal account to EASA network
