[Nettime-ro] Fw: Support Macao!

[perjovschi dan <perjovschi@yahoo.com>]

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Macao is a present from a better tomorrow


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Since Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Milan the city is being reinvented: in a friendly takeover, inhabitants and art workers have entered the skyscraper Torre Galfa and opened Macao,
the new
        center for art and culture in Milan. The historic high-rise
        office building is
        owned by Fondiaria Sai Group, and has stood empty for fifteen
        years.Â
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Thousands of people are participating in the opening of Macao, in an exceptional and transverse way, appropriating and repairing the spaces, making the new center visible and lively. 
Every day is an experience of exchange of common intentions and
        visions. The occupiers are working to develop an innovative
        perspective for the
        creation of an art and culture center for Milan.
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Macao has already received a flood of inquiries and proposals: academies, universities and intellectuals want to cooperate. Everyone brings knowledge and abilities, 
offering means of
        production, relocating entire courses and workshops to Macao,
        with the aim of
        making it a driving force of creativity, the common weal and
        free expression
        for all. 
Amazed and excited by what is happening, we are witnessing a
        process of invention and participation that opens up new
        perspectives for
        action, and for rethinking culture.
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The emptiness of the tower was like a symbol of the widespread crisis, beyond economics, of a system that finds no positive use for spatial resources; and of politics, 
which has no
        answer to the crisis because it is part of the problem. Instead
        of waiting for
        top-down solutions, the occupiers have taken the fate of these
        spaces into
        their own hands,
thus making a precious gift to the city.
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Contrary to mainstream thinking, in times of crisis culture is anything but a superfluous, marginal issue. 
We
        believe Macao can help to develop a new way of thinking about
        power structures
        and a different understanding of the time of life, with energy,
        resolve and
        stamina.
All this is contagious!
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But let's not kid ourselves: this cultural laboratory is endangered and already threatened with eviction. 
We
        mustnât allow this positive process to be stopped by misguided
        application of
        policies of law & order and political repression disguised
        as civic
        mindedness.
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We strenuously support this constituent practice and request the political actors and the public in Milan to voice their support as well, 
to actively back the occupation - and to put a
        halt to the announced eviction.
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Gerald Raunig, philosopher, European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies, Vienna-ZÃrich
Christoph SchÃfer, artist, Park Fiction, Hamburg
Margit Censki, artist and filmmaker, Park Fiction, Hamburg
Bert Theis, artists and curator, Isola Art Center, Milan
Steve Piccolo, artist and musician, Isola Art Center, Milan
Oliver Ressler, artist and filmmaker, Vienna
Dan Perjovschi, artist and journalist, Bucharest
Nomeda Urbonas, artist, Pro-test Lab, Vilnius
Gediminas Urbonas, artist and professor at MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Cambridge
Andreas Lang, public works, London 
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to sign the petition, please send an e-mail to bert.theis@fastwebnet.it

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