[oberlist] EL* cfA/cult: SIGN THE PETITION: SOCIETY AND CULTURE UNDER THREAT IN GREECE

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EMBROS THEATRE (ATHENS)

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On the 11th of November 2011 Mavili Collective, a small group of artists
and theorists, occupied the historical disused theatre building
of Embros in Athens, deserted and left empty for years by the Greek
Ministry of Culture. The aim was to re-activate and re-occupy this space
temporarily with their own means and propose an alternative model of
collective management and contemporary forms of cultural production.

The occupation began with an open, intense daily 12 day program that took
place throughout the space with an emphasis on access and action. Just some
of the events were: emerging dance and theatre makers shared tactics and
methodologies for development, panels were organized by scholars as public
debates on urgent issues, the archiving of undocumented and unknown “Greek
new work” was initiated inviting artists to present their work. Artists,
theoreticians, academics, activists, practitioners and the public came
together beyond the limits of their practice and the market's structural
demands of “the artistic product". The space operated as a constantly
re-evaluated experimental common through an open system that offers the
potential to re-think relations between people and possible roles for art
in society.

After several attacks and closures by the Greek state Empros Theater still
remains open and active two years later. Run by an open assembly this
organizational model emerges from the current lacks and shortfalls of our
system and attempts to interrogate the global changing landscape at this
moment in time.

In September 2013, EMBROS was once again forcibly closed, this time from
TAIPED -Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), a company
responsible for the auctioning and privatizing of public assets, which
appears as the new owner of the space. However, the legal documents for
this transition seem vague and imprecise and the space is not properly
described nor located with its exact address. Although the space re-opened
a few days after its closure, on October 30th two actors were arrested and
evicted with a series of charges.

Threatened yet again with closure and in solidarity with the two actors
recently arrested during rehearsals in the space we are in dire need of
international support. Please read the petition's accompanying texts for
more info on the space and what is going on. Thank you!

Sign the petition
here<http://3js.r.mailjet.com/redirect/4c4vtnm6h6f48p3bnmwt7x/www.gopetition.com/petitions/support-embros-society-and-culture-under-threat-in-greece.html>
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sursa: http://www.perfmts.net/detail.asp?id=ann_0076



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