Comments on: “Take back the Greek streets, with art” — new film by Ross Domoney http://blog.occupiedlondon.org/2012/08/30/take-back-the-greek-streets-with-art-new-film-by-ross-domoney/ Irregular updates and articles on the situation in Greece, in English Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:59:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JackCommon http://blog.occupiedlondon.org/2012/08/30/take-back-the-greek-streets-with-art-new-film-by-ross-domoney/comment-page-1/#comment-21617 JackCommon Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:50:34 +0000 http://blog.occupiedlondon.org/?p=6881#comment-21617 Georgios Neris in this video says, whilst people dance outside an intact Macdonalds (and elsewhere): "...Getting out in the streets, not in the way they did last year but in a way that would be constructive....In a way that they would be optimistic and they will hold the hands of the person sitting next to them and they would try to do something about the situation...people will become more optimistic just by talking... in the sense that they are guided not that they're outside there just for burning or whatever - they are there because they want to be there and because they want to do things about the other people." This guy is an "artistic director" - he wants people to be "guided". Fuck art! Fuck directors! Fuck do-guiders! Fuck this nicey-nicey hippy bollocks! Why is this puerile patronising worse-than-useless crap given space on this usually good and interesting site? Georgios Neris in this video says, whilst people dance outside an intact Macdonalds (and elsewhere): “…Getting out in the streets, not in the way they did last year but in a way that would be constructive….In a way that they would be optimistic and they will hold the hands of the person sitting next to them and they would try to do something about the situation…people will become more optimistic just by talking… in the sense that they are guided not that they’re outside there just for burning or whatever – they are there because they want to be there and because they want to do things about the other people.”

This guy is an “artistic director” – he wants people to be “guided”.

Fuck art! Fuck directors! Fuck do-guiders! Fuck this nicey-nicey hippy bollocks!

Why is this puerile patronising worse-than-useless crap given space on this usually good and interesting site?

]]> By: rebetiko http://blog.occupiedlondon.org/2012/08/30/take-back-the-greek-streets-with-art-new-film-by-ross-domoney/comment-page-1/#comment-21578 rebetiko Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:09:24 +0000 http://blog.occupiedlondon.org/?p=6881#comment-21578 is it really constructive to dance in front of a MacDonalds ? the good thing is that I dont even have to imagin the situation, its right in the video! ridiculous... is it really constructive to dance in front of a MacDonalds ?
the good thing is that I dont even have to imagin the situation, its right in the video! ridiculous…

]]> By: JackCommon http://blog.occupiedlondon.org/2012/08/30/take-back-the-greek-streets-with-art-new-film-by-ross-domoney/comment-page-1/#comment-21570 JackCommon Thu, 06 Sep 2012 07:02:27 +0000 http://blog.occupiedlondon.org/?p=6881#comment-21570 "When art, become independent, depicts its world in dazzling colors, a moment of life has grown old and it cannot be rejuvenated with dazzling colors... The greatness of art begins to appear only at the dusk of life." - Debord. Let's paint over the cracks in this dying world: art - the representation of life repressing life's true expression in riots, strikes, and sex... “When art, become independent, depicts its world in dazzling colors, a moment of life has grown old and it cannot be rejuvenated with dazzling colors… The greatness of art begins to appear only at the dusk of life.” – Debord.
Let’s paint over the cracks in this dying world: art – the representation of life repressing life’s true expression in riots, strikes, and sex…

]]> By: rene http://blog.occupiedlondon.org/2012/08/30/take-back-the-greek-streets-with-art-new-film-by-ross-domoney/comment-page-1/#comment-21536 rene Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:52:32 +0000 http://blog.occupiedlondon.org/?p=6881#comment-21536 thanks thanks

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