Free party is not a crime, it's DIY

Born in the late 80s a free party ,better known as Rave, is a party "free" from the restrictions of the legal club scene, which typically involved a sounsystem playing electronic dance music from late at night until the time when the organizers decide to go home. Rave is freedom and music, in a certain sense Rave party is a DIY event. The word free is used in this context, to describe the entry fee but it's also used to describe the atmosphere. Having said this, most parties do not ask for money, since these are not commercial ventures, although some do ask for a donation on the door to cover costs (e.g. fuel). If we stop to read the post now everyone want to become a Raver. Big party for free with lots of music. Unfortunately rave means also drugs and police riot. This aspect keeps up with the Motivations for organizers range from political protest, that links to the underground counterculture. Lots of law had been approved to try to stop these phenomenon. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act empowered police to stop a rave in the open air when a hundred or more people are attending, or where two or more are making preparations for a rave. The Act was ostensibly introduced because of the noise and disruption caused by all night parties to nearby residents, and to protect the countryside. It has also been claimed that it was introduced to kill a popular youth movement that was taking many drinkers out of town centers drinking on taxable alcohol and into fields to take drugs. The number of people attending and organizing such an event for it to be deemed illegal were altered in the Anti-social Behavior Act 2003 section 58 to cover indoor parties and outdoor parties of more than 20 people. It is also a crime if, within 24 hours of being told by a police officer to leave a rave, a person makes preparations to attend a rave. Despite these laws, free parties continue to exist. They do so in a number of ways. From 1996 , in response to the Criminal justice act , developed a global protest "reclaim the street" that consists in the occupation of metropolitan space and in the organization of street party, the famous street parade. Nowadays these music event has been considered very important and most of them are now legal. None can stop it. As we can read from the RAVE MANIFESTO: "The music will never stop. The heartbeat will never fade. The party will never end".

Instruction for a DIY Xmas

Xmas time is a good moment time to start to DIY. Not only do you get the satisfaction of designing and creating an outstanding Xmas object like a lights display,but it willl be a great family moment, and you will save money too. The Do It Yourself Christmas Lights Handbook is a great way to start. It contains over 50 illustrations which guide you through the process of creating or updating your display. The 24 page handbook is printed in black and white and contains photos to illustrate how you can create your own unique lights display. This easy to understand booklet has been written by Award winning Christmas Lights Display enthusiasts and includes topics such as:

• How to design a display
• How to make light frames yourself
• Tricks in making special shapes like holly leaves
• How to shape and join steel frames
• Blow moulds
• Electronic animation
• Mechanical animation
• Light boxes
• Timber cutout shapes
• Colouring lights
• Backgrounds
• How to enter competitions
• Themes
• Photography

Today DIY Xmas Market

For the lover of DIY today there is a market of diy DESIGN and indipendent labels in Mogliano Veneto. From 16 pm to 21 30 at La Svolta in parco delle piscine djset YEAH YEA CANDY, special guest PRINCESA-acoustic folk pop ..and cakes biscuit and chocolate and vin brulè OLE’!

JohnB: polyhedral Artist

Luca Deasti aka JohnB grew up in a small Italian town named Vercelli. This is where he began to discover his passion for illustration and drawing 3 years ago. Luca practised his skills at the Politecnico di Torino Graphic and Virtual Design school and later at the Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, Stockholm. He start to work on the project Tadan, after that he continues to take part in freelance project. Due to the fact that he is a freelancer he didn't care about the management and the distribution aspect of the work. In this 3 years he mucked in different works such as linea77 merchandise, "crim shop" logos, "you did it" logos, variaous portrait and much more. Through his work it is evident his interests are in black/white and low fi which comes to reality through his artwork made from different media such as handmade drawings, vector design and photography. You can find some of his most important works on his flikr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tadandesign/ Now he lives in Stockholm where he also began a music project. He is a really polyhedral artist and we don't have to forget that he is only 21 years old!

how to create your own cultural activity:squatting

The occupation of abandoned building has rapresented, in a lot of cases, the only way for a group of people that have no money, to start a cultural and social no-profit activity. Of course the ocupation itself is not so simple and it's not within range of everybody. The intimidation of eviction are frequently. Due to that in 1995 Brancaleone, one of the most famous squat in Rome, together with other squat, has proposed to the municipality a bylaw of popular initiative, proposed by at least 5000 people, to regulate allocation of public spaces unused and to heal the pre-existing occupation. The Bylaw has been approved and after that there is the possibility to ask for abandoned municipal space, while the other, already occupated, can be regulate in exchange for rent equal at 20% of his market price. Further that this bylaw(called bylaw 26) has represented the political recognition of the squat occupated and self-managed, that untill then were tollerated but often uncluttered or under threat. The commitent is that the activity must be no-profit and the profit must be reinvested for the maintenance of the asset. Brancaleone is only one example but this phenomenon, that in Italy began in 1968 with the left-wing movements "lotta continua" e "potere operaio", exists since a long time and it's spread all over the world.