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Art and Activism Caravan 2006 |
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A Week in Rromani
Members of the AA Caravan Work with Roma Children in A Community in Bitola, Macedonia
Photo update of Art Activism Caravan
The P2P TV Revolution
Internet TV Revolution
AA Caravan Video Links
AA Caravan Videolinks...
Rebel Clowning in Albania
The following article is written by Johan (Belgium) one of the rebel clown trainers in the caravan and reports on the visit of the caravan and some of the events that took place in Tirana (Albania) between June 21 and 26.
creative direct action in Albania
videos made in bitola by video workshop participants
Art & Activism Caravan: Athens swings to radical samba!
The Art and Activism Caravan inspired a group of Polytecnic students into creating a radical samba band. The newly formed band successfuly played at the big student march at Propylaia where 20,000 people opposed to the commercialisation of education. (June 8th)
English Cat Gets Gassed in Athens
A Diary of Events of the Student Protest 8/6/6 Athens, against iminent privatisation laws
Photos from the 15.000 strong student demonstration in Athens
Greek students occupy universities
On the road...
More photos from the occupied universities and last weeks demonstrations
Higher Education Students in Greece React to the Proposed Education Law Changes
An explanation of the proposed changes to the Greek educational laws, forwarded from
AA Caravan starts workshops with students in Athens, Greece
Radical wall art - Politecnik University, Athens
Student uprising as Caravan visits Athens
Since the beginning of this week, members of the AA Caravan have been working with students at the Politecnik University in Athens. The students have occupied their university in solidarity with their striking tutors as well as raising their concern over the proposed changes to the education law and privatisation of the Greek educational system. In the last few weeks almost all of the universities and colleges in Greece have been occupied by the majority of their students. After lectures and teachers went on a national strike in a long lasting dispute over pay, students around the country took over more than 300 buildings and university grounds. Last week demonstrations took place all over Greece. In the city of Tessaloniky over 5000 students took to the street, in Athens over 7000, when other protests happenend in smaller cities and towns across the country. Many demonstrations were marred by police violence in an attempt to portray the students in a bad light. A few days ago student assemblies agreed to continue their occupations and a 15.000 strong demonstration in Athens on Thursday (June 8th) was met with huge quantities of tear gas. Photos: AA Caravan starts workshops with students in Athens, Greece | Photos from the 15.000 strong student demonstration in Athens | Radical wall art - Politecnik University, Athens | More photos from the occupied universities and last weeks demonstrations | Last weeks student demonstrations in Athens, Thessaloniki and Heraklion (Crete) | Online map showing all occupations | Photo-essay from Thessaloniki's Occupations | Photos from demonstrations in: Ioannena | Patras | Volos Video: Undercurrents news channel | Greek students occupy universities (video/mp4 2.5M) + Greek version (video/mpeg 3.2M) Links: AA Caravan Indymedia | Athens Indymedia | Article by AA Caravan member in German | Greek Embassy in Paris is occupied in solidarity with the Greek Students | A description of the proposed changes | Statement of the Plenary Meeting of Greek Student Assemblies | During the last 3 weeks there is quite some unrest in Greek universities
Creative working the way forward - a photo report
More and more artists within Nottingham seem to join the recycling art craze, as tetra-packs, plastic bages and cans are brought to new life. In the last few weeks various workshops were organised in the Sumac Centre in Forest Fields and the Old School Hall in Sneinton. The Rubbish Day Out in Sneinton was organised to raise awareness of recycling and waste issues. Here a collection of photo's from people who think creative workshops are fun and the way forward to promote environmental and social issues.
Creative activist roadshow in east-west collaboration
The Art and Activism Caravan is a border crossing project, starting early June, travelling for 3 months from Greece via Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Hungary to the eco-activist gathering Ecotopia in Slovakia. Its aim is to support and connect youth, campaign, community and activist groups, their actions and campaigns with creative forms of activism. The participants will share skills in the field of video, creative writing, music and dance, sculpturing, street performance, drawing and painting, samba and screen printing. Groups involved in the AA Caravan are EYFA (European Youth For Action), Candida TV (video collective, Italy), Rhythms of Resistance (samba), The Mischief Makers (creative activist collective, Nottingham), Undercurrents (UK video collective), Karahaber (video news network, Turkey), Loesje (creative writing), Rebel Clown Army and VideA (video collective, Balkans). The local organisations and groups hosting the project are Medsos (Greece), Bitola Youth Forum (Macedonia), Mjaft (Albania), Plagus_M (Serbia & Montenegro), In Stage (Serbia & Montenegro), Kulturanova (Serbia & Montenegro), Tuzla Live (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Uruk (Bosnia & Herzegovina) and ZoFi and Valley of Arts (Hungary) and Ecotopia (Slovakia). For more information on the host groups click here. The artists taking part in the project come from Norway, Turkey, Italy, The Netherlands, UK, Ukraine, Germany and Armenia. Links: AA Caravan website | Map of route | The host groups | The artists Wikipedia on: Balkans | Greece | Macedonia | Albania | Montenegro | Serbia | Bosnia Herzegovina | Hungary | Slovakia Local Indymedias: Athens | Belgrade | Croatia | Hungary Art Activism Links: Design for Social Change | My Dads Strip Club | Northern Arts Tactical Offensive | Movement of the Imagination | The Church of Stop Shopping | The YES Men | The Lab of Insurrectionary Imagination | YoMango | Space Hijackers | videoactivism.org (everything for the video activist) Background Links: ZNet Balkanwatch (Background articles on the political situation in the Balkans + lots of links) | Transitions Online (Online newsletter covering politics in the Balkans and wider region) | Maknews.com (Macedonian independent news agency) | Abolishing the Borders from Below (anarchist magazine focused around Eastern Europe) | Role of Women in The Balkans War (links) | Balkansnet.org (Balkans anti-war and human rights resources) | Our target is peace (The centre for peace in the Balkans) |
This covers from the end of Bitola to Tirana
Here is the first exclusive show on our P2P TV channel - offlineTV - there will be new content every day. 
Join a BETA test of the Internet TV Revolution.
Until recently, street protests in Albania were top down organised event, political parties using citizens for their political power games. 
In Bitola/macedonia, video workshop started with a group of 20 enthusiastic people, and ended with 2 finished films.
Today over 15.000 students demonstrated in Athens against the proposed reforms in the education laws in Greece. 
Some pics as we're on the road (from Berlin to Athens...)
Some pics...
The AA Caravan has started its travels and is currently working with the students at the Politecnik University in Athens. Workshops include video activism (in which a video is being worked on about the occupied universities and colleges around Greece), Samba (Rythms of Resistance), Rebel Clowning, recyling and banner making workshops. Various things are prepared to take part in the national student demonstration on Thursday June 8th. 
Here are some pictures of the radical wall art in the Politecnik 
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