EASA008 /// ireland /// letterfrack /// issue 03 /// friday, august 15 2008
NATIONAL EVENINGS FRI 15 TH AUG: CENTRAL EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA tisgruzdys.com EVENTS TENT [2100]
BREAKING NEWS: A LOVEBOX?
MON 18 TH AUG: IRELAND, UK & BALKANS EVENTS TENT [2100]
A mysterious caravan house was discovered late at night yesterday. It is actually situated right behind the sleeping tents.What’s mysterious about it is that we don’t know whose it is! It seems habitable though, as there are some clothes and bags inside, and even a half empty bottle of good old Jameson… Nobody was sleeping there anyway during the discovery!
WED 20 TH AUG: MEDITERRANEAN & SANGRIA EVENTS TENT [2100]
Could it be the legendary EASA Lovebox, always on demand but still kept as a secret by the organizers? Because it seems that some of the participants have already spent some time there… sharing the EASA spirit. You
THU 21 TH AUG: EASTERN EUROPEEAN / CAUCASUS EVENTS TENT [2100]
can mail us your guesses as well!
THE RADIO THING Easa radio is finally becoming a reality. The first show “its raining men cats and dogs” has been broadcasting this morning during breakfast.interviewing “extended me” workshop about the dorothy cross lecture and playing lots of goodmorning music! For those who overslept, you can find this first show at the easa008.ie website as well as at the easa.antville.org Easa radio is physically hosted under the event tent recording the easa radio show so you are all very welcome to come and join us and give us ideas and choose your favorite music. Easa.radio show will be broadcasting every evening during dinner time around the dinner area so be there on time! Tonight we are broadcasting the “national evening show” featuring Scandinavia and Central Europe.
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WORKSHOPS! MATERIAL ADAPTABLE JOUER
The group is now working on finding the design strategy for the final stage, trying to analyze biological and textile items conceived as material systems. The final design will be an installation in one of the houses in campus, that will extend the existance! of! reality! and capabilities of the materials as well. We can’t wait to experience that – just as the workshop members themselves, because you can’t really predict the results.
We sat down with Filippo (Italy) and Eva (Poland) earlier today and had a nice chat about the Material Adaptable Jouer workshop they are both involved in. Filippo is tutoring it together with a fellow Greek named Kyriakos, and Eva is a happy participant. The workshop, as they told us, consists of three parts – analytical, research and design stages. It was actually started by a sci-fi movie shown in the IT lab early Wednesday morning!
Filippo has actually been doing workshops together with Kyriakos for quite some time now, but it’s their first EASA experience, and they are still in the testing mode, trying to find out if the assembly is the right place for their ideas. Because they are quite serious! And EASA is very intensive and compact, you have to do everything at the same time (i.e. fun and work), but they really like the event and hope it will work. Eva is delighted as well, both with EASA and Material Adaptable Jouer . She has no second thoughts about her workshop, actually, she was convinced by Filippo even before the workshop fair! Good luck, fellows.
O’DONNEL AND TUOMEY LECTURE The Lecture from O’Donnell & Tuomey Architects took place in the fully packed events tent around 8 o’clock, right after the wonderful dinner. Sheila O’ Donnell and John Tuomey, both graduated from UCD in 1976, mentioned that they had never had a lecture in a tent before and they were enjoying this experience. The Lectures was a *real* lecture about the process in concept, not just about the looks of the product at the end. They presented two buildings: GAELÁRAS – Derry (Northern Ireland) and the FURNITURE COLLAGE – GMIT in Letterfrack.
SOME PICTURES DRAWN BY BRIAN ANSON, WHO IS A REAL TREAT TO EASA THIS YEAR! more coming...
In response to the theme of the Venice Biennale 2004, "Metamorph", Ireland's Pavilion was itself transformative of an ongoing project for the phased redevelopment of the former Industrial School and its eventual incorporation within a community-generated campus at Letterfrack: the transformation of an institution. The installation in the Arsenale was intended to tell the story of the
past, present and projected future of the site. The exhibition focused in on the architecture of the new Furniture College and provided an overview of the history, culture and landscape of Connemara West and this was an important input in the biennale. The new buildings at Letterfrack represent a rethinking of the relationship of the former penal institution with its place. Ireland’s Pavilion recasts elements of the ar-
chitectural project to suggest characteristics of confinement and release, closed institutions and frameworks for change. Under the roof trusses of the abandoned Artiglierie munitions factory, separate structures confront one another in an analogous composition. Principles of form and construction, abstracted from the built reality of a contemporary college, evoke memories of chapels and shrines, lobster
Irish phrase of the day. an bhfuil tu posta? [on wil two poe-sta] Are you married? 2
pots and the skeletal carcasses of upturned boats. Just as we talked about Metamorphosis in Dublin at CHQ, these projects seem to find a modern way of adapting time in the country site and it is the way to go. Unite!
afraid of drinks?
>>Joseph Frame (UK) I am apprehensive of higly potent moonshine brewed in people’s bathtubs.
>>Leyla Ibrahimova (AXC) Actually I’m not drinking but I was promised by my German friend to bring some Jägermeister. I don’t know what would happen to EASA when I were really drunk…
>>Rune Madsen (DK): There’s three of them: 1.Schnapps 2.Pelinka (Hungary) 3.Raki (Turkey) My slave doesn’t like them either...
>>Tomas Dirrix (NL) I’m afraid of drinking YOP, because it just hits me so much…!!
>>Patrick Jaritz (AUT) I’m really afraid of this belarussian soup called Krambambulia. Unfortunately this year it’s not going to be served by Gleb…
>>Héloïse Cousin (FR) Water. It would be a very bad sign.
>>Leo Gurtner (CH) Absinthe!! Because it makes people crazy! >>Luke Gleeson (IRL): It’s Absinthe (CH), because I don’t like the taste of Liquorice.
>>Maxim Balkansky (BUL) I’m not afraid because I don’t drink.
>>Vanda Kehr + Pelle Beckman (SWE): V: Tonight? Maybe Absinthe. P: I’m most afraid of the Irish fist, it’s just a mixture of finery means! V: Actually we’re afraid that there’ll be not enough drinks at all…
>>Giulia Nardi (IT) I’m not afraid of any alcohol! In fact I’m looking forward to drink Peket, a schnapps from Liège in Belgium. I like it really much.
>>Pekka Ijäs (FIN) The Finnish! We don’t even know what to serve yet but it’s going to be worse than oil!
Irish curse of the day. IMEACHT GAN TEACHT ORT [Im/ockt gon chock/th urt] May you leave without return. 3
Katja Virta from Finland lost her mobile phone two WEATHER?! days ago in the evening around the lounge or the OK, this is really getting weird. The forecasts are changing every day! Last night it said “sun sun sun bathroom or everywhere. it’s a Nokia, silver and sun for the next few days”, but there is rain today, black... so. Anyway, only showers are predicted and some sun IS involved. Lovely.
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THE ULTIMATE EASA HOROSCOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aries Be careful about your health – you might get sick. Prevent the fever with some booze.
Taurus When asked if you're OK today, you may feel tempted to respond with physical violence. Count to three and unleash your energy towards a wall or something.
You have to work on your chariisma – both physically and financially. Spend what you have to help other people have fun!
Saggitarius You need to sit down and shut up. Have you ever thought that maybe your friends don’t want your advice?
Virgo The odds are that you'll see something (someone?) today that you physically and desperately desire.
Capricorn We’d like to see some physical activity down here in the Capricorn quarters! Try football, basketball or hurling, the latter being the most physical of them all!
Libra Express your musical talent. Sing more, play drums more. Drums can be made of anything, by the way!
Gemini Your tutor would like to see some more input from you during your workshop time! It will be fun, we promise.
Scorpio Drinking schnapps may well turn today into the worst tomorrow possible.
Cancer Feeling homesick, ain’t ya? Just think about how boring it would be back home. EASA is better than real life, stop whining!
Aquarius Everything will be just fine, if you find a person to visit the Lovebox with. Pisces Be careful not to drown yourself! Included: Atlantic Ocean and beer. Precautions – share your beer and don’t go to the beach alone.
Leo
FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT SOME EASA COUNTRIES PT.2 (MACEDONIA! WE ARE SORRY ABOUT YESTERDAY) BELGIUM 8 PPL @ EASA Capital Brussels Official languages Dutch, French, German Demonym Belgian Area 30,528 km² (139th) Population 10,584,534
KOSOVO 5 PPL @ EASA Capital Pristina Official languages Albanian, Serbian Demonym Kosovar Area Total 10,908 km² Population 2,100,000
LATVIA 6 PPL @ EASA Capital Riga Official languages Latvian Demonym Latvian Area 64,589 km² (124th) Population 2,270,700 (143rd)
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PORTUGAL 1 PERSON @ EASA Capital Lisbon Official languages Portuguese Demonym Portuguese Area Total 92,345 km² Population 3,229,900 (135th)