[P2P-F] Green Digital Fabrication event in Ireland, possibly May Day 2011 (i.e. next month)

[Kevin Flanagan]

Will have to wait and see if i will be able to attend but it sounds good.

K

On Friday, 1 April 2011, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> will be in dublin around that time as well,
>
> Michel
>
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> From: Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) <hexayurt at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 8:52 PM
> Subject: Green Digital Fabrication event in Ireland, possibly May Day 2011 (i.e. next month)
> To: Smari McCarthy <smari at immi.is>, Phoebe <pvm.doc at gmail.com>, Anu <narnua at gmail.com>, Eleanor Saitta <ella at dymaxion.org>, Arthur Doohan <arthur.doohan at gmail.com>, dougald hine <writetodougald at gmail.com>, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>, pat kane <playethical at gmail.com>, alan.patrick at broadsight.com, indy.johar at gmail.com, alice <Alice at research00.net>
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> All,
>
> As you know (and, yes, I *know* this is April 1st, but this is *NOT* -
> repeat *NOT* an April 1st gag) I've recently got involved with the
> Cloughjordan Ecovillage (http://thevillage.ie) which is *NOT* repeat
> *NOT* a containment facility for political prisoners being kicked out
> of the British civil-service-military-big-society-complex* regardless
> of how much the place occasionally resembles Portmerion designed by
> Salvador Dali. (this is a reference to the British TV show, "The
> Prisoner.")
>
> Onwards, to the point.
>
> May 1st, or there abouts, there's talk of a substantial
> meeting-of-minds in Dublin to discuss the potential for three things:
>
> 1> Putting a fab-lab type facility (similar tooling, possibly
> different goals) at http://thevillage.ie
> 2> Discussing the interface between their deep green (i.e. they don't
> like you to use concrete in building your house if you can avoid it)
> values and digital fabrication
> 3> Putting Cloughjordan on the map at a cultural level in Europe, as
> they've actually come a hell of a long way in the past two years, and
> are potentially going to be quite important in setting cultural
> direction in Ireland as the shit hits the fan financially in the
> country this year.
>
> As a guidepost on that, homes which were standing empty at 250,000 EUR
> for several years are now on the market at 70,000 EUR. That's new in
> the past two months, as the consensus that the old valuations will
> return in the distant future cracks and people begin to accept that
> Something New Is Happening.
>
> The venue will be http://cultivate.ie, the date is still somewhat
> fluid, and I'm basically giving you a brief heads-up and "consider
> saving the date" now, with all details up in the air and to be
> decided.
>
> NOT, repeat NOT an April Fool's. I just wasn't going to wait until
> Monday to send this.
>
> Vinay
>
> * The Industrial part of Britain's former Military-Industrial-Imperial
> complex was shut down in the cuts of 1986
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