Wow...
Things are moving so quick and we are so busy that we forgot to update this blog.
However, today I was meeting some high school (or sth like that) students and when I told them about this blog, I realized we should use it more often. So that's what I'm doing, because the feeling I got tis afternoon with those guys, I just wanna share it.
52 students are going to be involved with us to create an exhibition and in their school, two groups will work on the creation of a video clip (they're making their own songs + their own video) and another group is going to work with some collage work.
When I got there, I was so nervous. Dealing with 17-18 years old students is not an easy task. You never know what's gonna happen, you never know how they gonna react. So imagine me when I had to stand in front of 52 of them! After a brief intro of the teachers, I had to throw myself into it. I just stood up and started talking. Did not even prepare anything, did not know where I was really heading to. I just talked, tried to get the shit out of me, filled with energy, my energy, the one that got me out of trouble anytime and everything went very smooth.
I let them listen a song from the Flaming Lips, the Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, because I think it could be a good source of inspiration. I wasn't sure how they would react, but I guess it was positive.
I really liked the fact that some of them had criticisms about the song itself.
Later, I went with the visual art class who is gonna make some collage work. I was fascinated how enthusiastic this group is ! It took them no more than 10 min to get the thinking to a point I did not even expect. The variety of ideas is amazing, some very pessimistic thoughts, some other very enthusiastic. Their maturity was really interesting: they always had some good arguments to follow their ideas, and they were really willing at expressing themselves. Well, it's good I guess, this is what we want.
One of the group was a bit lost though, and not really agreeing with my little speech. So I sat down with those guys and chat for a while. I found it very interesting that those guys did not really give a shit of what's going on in the world, because everytime, they had good argument going along.
It made me thought a lot tonite: what if they are right? I mean, how can one be sure that what we are doing - the festival, believing in sustainability etc. - is the right thing? Who tells us that what is going on right is the way it should be and that everything will just be fine? Well, I couldn't tell them they were wrong. Nor they were right. I just told them: be yourself !
18/09/2007
05/09/2007
02/09/2007
MCHF, 2 months left!
Things are moving fast and well! the Makin Change Happen Festival will take place in 2 months from now, and there are still so many things to do that the organization doesn't give us so much free time to breathe!
The different projects with schools are now starting, and we already have the support of Lunds Kommun, Kultur i Lund and the Mobility Department of Lund City.
We are now reaching a critical aspects of the making of a festival, which is the "hunt" for financial and structural support. We are however quite confident: even if we hace one month left to confirm our budget and our programme, it seems that the Festival has been attracting many positive comments. Letters and documents have been sent to companies in Lund, and we're now waiting for answers concerning any possible sponsors. To make everything work, we of course need money to pay the rent in Stadshallen and the exhibitions, but we also need to find a way to geta good sound system for the concerts at night.
In the next 2 months we'll be meeting every monday. More news to come later to describe you the projects and tell you about the main decisions.
As usual, if you have any question, you can contact us through the "comments" of this blog.
If you feel like helping us in any possible way (financial support, flyer and poster distribution, baking, participation in workshop and presentations, ...) please leave your mail address as a "comment" and we will contact you as soon as possible! Any help is welcome!!Thank you!!
The different projects with schools are now starting, and we already have the support of Lunds Kommun, Kultur i Lund and the Mobility Department of Lund City.
We are now reaching a critical aspects of the making of a festival, which is the "hunt" for financial and structural support. We are however quite confident: even if we hace one month left to confirm our budget and our programme, it seems that the Festival has been attracting many positive comments. Letters and documents have been sent to companies in Lund, and we're now waiting for answers concerning any possible sponsors. To make everything work, we of course need money to pay the rent in Stadshallen and the exhibitions, but we also need to find a way to geta good sound system for the concerts at night.
In the next 2 months we'll be meeting every monday. More news to come later to describe you the projects and tell you about the main decisions.
As usual, if you have any question, you can contact us through the "comments" of this blog.
If you feel like helping us in any possible way (financial support, flyer and poster distribution, baking, participation in workshop and presentations, ...) please leave your mail address as a "comment" and we will contact you as soon as possible! Any help is welcome!!Thank you!!
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