Irritation with 'fair trade' was the kick start to the Feral Trade project. Who decides what is 'fair' use of earned money? #aut_in #av10
Interesting words about mechanisms of trade at #Aut_in 'libidinal' 'assymetrical' 'portness' 'liquid gap' #av10
Also 'parasitic models' of autonomy Sukumaran at #Aut_in #av10
Kate Rich: emotional image of the orphaned supermarket products that have lost their context and history #aut_in #av10
If you act as a parasite on existing systems and structures can you still be autonomous? #aut_in #av10
Lisa Autogena talking about her home - Christiania, an independent car-free, free state in the middle of Copenhagen #aut_in #av10
Christiania determines its own infrastructure - law, building from recycled materials, currency, property ownership etc. #aut_in #av10
'Cigar Box' house almost caused civil war in Copenhagen when torn down by police.Conflict caused by imposition of private property #aut_in
Extensive slow decision making process has defende Christiania as there is no central figure to attack or bring down #aut_in #av10
Lisa Autogena's projects
www.autogena.org including saving river moorings on the Thames and Christiania #aut_in #av10
Malcolm Miles: Means produce the ends: the way we act as a society produces its future #aut_in #av10
Lisa Autogena is talking about autonomous communities.
wow! reenergising the waterways of europe, turning it into homes, #aut_in #av10
MM: Alternative settlements are research and development sites for a new society #aut_in #av10
MM:'The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house' Audre Lorde. Pertinent when considering autonomy & parasite #aut_in #av10
Examples of autonomous projects: The Barefoot College, Tilonia and ZEGG, Belzig cited by Miles
www.malcolmmiles.org.uk #aut_in #av10
Are certain aspects of the autonomy practised by the alternative communities actually social control and invasion of privacy? #aut_in #av10
Lisa: Consensus democracy can be a very painful process, 800 people in Christiania to make consensus decisions #aut_in #av10
Lisa:Descion making is key:how can changes 4 the good of climate b implemented if we don't feel in control of our environment? #aut_in #av10
consensus can be painful but powerful #aut_in #av10
nicola/artscatalyst talking about macrolab#aut_in #av10 and issues of ownership of research, sharing with locals
deploying uav for mapping shifting ice #aut_in tech helping local communities #av10
Nicola Triscott: no birth dates in Igloolik so extensive story telling used to calculate who is eldest & then able to call decisions #aut_in
Nicola: Inuit seem incred. comfortable with bringing together of the nomadic culture & new technologies,which can empower them #aut_in #av10
Audience Q: how do you get people to take the next step after awareness is made of climate change through art? #aut_in #av10
MM: shift attitudes through creating a sense of belonging to a community that is harnessed to the greater agenda,e.g veg box scheme #aut_in
Alec Finlay(audience): artists are going to have to choose NOT to go to the Arctic and Antarctic to satiate conscience/desire #aut_in #av10
Phew, done my bit. Now can relax and enjoy the rest of the presentations. #aut_in #av10
everyone loving HeHe's video of toy 4x4 Porsche dodging around full size NYC traffic with coloured fumes pouring from exhaust #aut_in #av10
Hehe's delightful remote controlled toy car emitting clouds of coloured 'exhaust' in New York, and their powerful Nuage Vert #aut_in #av10
More on HeHe's work at
hehe.org.free.fr including 'Nuage Vert' (Green Cloud) #aut_in #av10
Artist group www.HeHe.org discussing Nuage Vert, Helsinki 2008 #aut_in
twitpic.comHeHe:were accused of touching a public service,explained not touching it but the cloud above it. Promo images never show cloud #aut_in #av10
HeHe: Politics of colour revealed when choosing to use green laser (for practical reasons) but reveals lots of controversy #aut_in #av10
#aut_in london fieldworks went to northern Greenland, used themselves as experimental subjects investigating light and bodies
Jo Joelson presents practicalities of undertaking field work bhind 'Polaria' in Arctic bfore such trips bcame more commonplace #aut_in #av10
Jo: 'Outlandia' tree houses that would be open to ideas and ownership by many #aut_in #av10
Bryony Worthington: wanted a name for company that raised issue of needing to defend yourself from climate change - Sandbag #aut_in #av10
BW: Capping and permit systems for carbon emissions means that level of pollution is pre-determined and out of our control #aut_in #av10
Jo Joelson of London Fieldworks presents projects Polaria and Outlandia www.londonfieldworks.com #aut_in #av10
#sandbag visualize co2 offsets, amazing #av10 #aut_in , they buy carbon credits and sit on them!
BW: buy up carbon permits and take them out of the market so that polluters can't use them. Pollution has become a commodity #aut_in #av10
Campaigner Bryony Worthington revealing the world of carbon markets www.sandbag.org.uk #aut_in #av10
Lots of really interesting facts from Bryony about the truth of pollution and climate change
sandbag.org.uk #aut_in #av10
The crowd have spoken and want the Sandbag film!
sandbag.org.uk #aut_in #av10
Sandbag take carbon credits out of the system - u can buy them for 14 euros a ton to stop others being allowed 2 buy them & pollute! #aut_in
4 areas 4 discussion:decision making & scale;notion of the autonomous & feeding off structures;research & new knowledge;trade #aut_in #av10
Audience discussion: is agency a better way to describe activity working against existing systems as autonomy is not possible? #aut_in #av10
Keep an eye on
www.intersections.org.uk for ongoing discussions and upcoming events related to #aut_in #av10
Check out all the Tweets from #aut_in Planetary Breakdown at
www.axisweb.org #av10
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