Free Cinema At The Chapelproject Autonomous Centre
chapelproject | 04.07.2008 11:10 | Culture | Free Spaces | London
TONIGHT
FRI 4h July @10pm CROSSBONES- A secret history of Southwark SE1 by Andy Lockwood
WE ARE THE STRANGE- 88 min animation by M Dot Strange
Come along and join us! ITS FREE and ITS FUN!!!
If not today...fine!
have a look on our website
www.chapelproject.com
FRI 4h July @10pm CROSSBONES- A secret history of Southwark SE1 by Andy Lockwood
WE ARE THE STRANGE- 88 min animation by M Dot Strange
Come along and join us! ITS FREE and ITS FUN!!!
If not today...fine!
have a look on our website
www.chapelproject.com
TONIGHT
FRI 4h July @10pm CROSSBONES- A secret history of Southwark SE1 by Andy Lockwood
WE ARE THE STRANGE- 88 min animation by M Dot Strange
Come along and join us! ITS FREE and ITS FUN!!!
If not today...fine!
have a look on our website
www.chapelproject.com for the list of activities and workshop
FRI 4h July @10pm CROSSBONES- A secret history of Southwark SE1 by Andy Lockwood
WE ARE THE STRANGE- 88 min animation by M Dot Strange
Come along and join us! ITS FREE and ITS FUN!!!
If not today...fine!
have a look on our website
www.chapelproject.com for the list of activities and workshop
chapelproject
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The chapelproject. Racist. Homophobic. Hypocrital.
28.09.2008 21:29
She then shouted a stream of racist abuse at me saying I was an "English minger", because "All English people are murdering, rapist, scum". Looking around the group for support and finding none we stated our shock at the her completely unprovoked, racist, and extremely unwelcoming behaviour and left.
All this happened in front of a group of about 10-15 people. Not a single person stood up and said anything about her behaviour or offered us any apologies. Some of those present were actually laughing along with her. I have never been subject to abuse of this sort and found it extremely upsetting, as did my friend. Most of all I find it incomprehendable that the people in attendace and those running this "community project" allowed it to happen and were actually complicit in her behaviour.
Some of the aims stated on the Chapelproject's website are to "provide affordable cultural activities to people, promoting creative interaction and therefore social change." Also; "Come and get involved. Whatever ideas, or positive energies you can share would be great..." My experience is completely at odds with the very idea behind any community centre, or social space, and these people have not right to describe themselves as such.
james
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jrb_0706@yahoo.co.uk
chapel project
01.10.2008 12:31
We’ve hosted a variety of events and workshops and this is the first incident of this kind we have heard of. We are all disgusted by it. Those making the remarks were not known to us, but following the incident, our doors are no longer opened to them. This is even more sad because the offender seemed to have a pathological background, and further exclusion is unlikely to help her. However, we need to protect our position and set a standard of what is acceptable and what is not.
As a community space, a variety of public participates in the activities and events being organised. We expect community to be tolerant, polite and respectful, but we can’t control what people will say/ do at all times. We will act upon being informed, much alike employees in the cinema will react upon knowledge of misconduct by some spectators. Neither of Chapel Project members was witnessing this incident. Those witnessing it and not reacting were other community participants, but we the Chapel Project can not be held responsible for the inaction of the community. We think it’s quite likely that much of the audience, many of them not proficient in English, was not insensitive, but rather was confused about what was going on.
We encourage and welcome those writing this feedback to participate in other events and check for themselves that this has been an isolated occurrence and not a feature of the Chapel Project.
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