[Fsuk-manchester] Fwd: Zion Centre event on sunday about free software.

[Dave Page]

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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:16:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mick Fuzz <address@hidden>
Subject: [basement-it] Zion Centre event on sunday about free software. 

FreeSpaceManchester

For the past 1 year the Manchester Ponto de Cultura
group has been meeting, driven forward by the energy
of Vicky Sinclair and others, and by the philosophy
and vision that has emerged out of Brazil.

A year on from the meeting at the last Futuresonic
festival, the group will meet again, this time with
some concrete plans to establish a permanent free and
open source space at ZION, driven by the many ideas
and inspiration of the people who have been attending
the meetings and contributing their thoughts and time.

Sunday 4 May 
12pm - 3pm 
ZION, Stretford Road, Hulme

The meeting will be an informal, round table format,
but with some people invited to give presentations on
projects, plus a fashion show with a difference.

SIMON YUILL
http://www.futuresonic.com/08/art/fsf/
Simon will give the only talk during Futuresonic on
his new commissioned project FSF - 'the free social
foundations project'. Simon is working in
collaboration with the people of Manchester to produce
a map grading how 'free' and 'open' spaces in the city
are, based on costs and restrictions to use. The
spaces range from public parks and street corners, to
shopping centres, cafes, clubs and community halls.
The map will be made available online and in a free
printed format that will be distributed across
Manchester, as well as displayed in the gallery.

FELIPE FONSECA (DesCentro, Brazil)
http://efeefe.no-ip.org/
http://www.futuresonic.com/08/ideas/felipefonseca/
One of the founders of MetaReciclagem.org which partly
inspired the Pontos de Cultura in Brazil, Felipe
Fonseca is a free software activist and consultant to
the Brazilian Ministry of Culture. Felipe will give a
presentation on issues such as collaborative
production and independent media.

FREEWEAR 
http://www.futuresonic.com/08/art/freewear/
A fashion show with a difference. Freewear is a
project by Geraldine Juárez from Eyebeam in New York
dedicated to create clothes out of free materials
provided using Freecycle. On Saturday 3 May, 11am –
3pm, in Contact Space 3 there will be a workshop
making new fashion items, you can sign up in advance
via ZION to participate fully, or just turn up. Then
during FreeSpaceManchester there will be a fashion
show of the cloths that have been made, when you can
hear the stories of the cloths that were used and the
people who donated them. 

Plus opportunities for open discussion and a chance to
contribute to the formation of the permanent
FreeSpaceManchester space.

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