It's like a day
2.
I have
slept on two layers of soft mattresses that
feel somewhat musty. But the pub was cleaned, it's warm,
there is a toilet, hot
shower, and beautiful people (bella gente).
N. who,
perhaps to help himself
holding a sustained
rythm of writing,
hit at speed and alcohol since –
at least – last night when I arrived, and again this morning,
dedicated me a nice poem (translated from
Lithuanian) :
school friend
her bra on
my hairy chest
no one
around cares
haven't seen
you in ages
you've cut
your hair
we stand in
the bathroom
mirror we
smile
our pupils
huge black
you lift up
your skirt
see how I
look now
and later
you show
what you
have learned too
Back to Albany Center.
Today we begin
the program outlined yesterday.
Although the attack against Charlie Hebdo left us K.O for a while, and very sad all the day long.
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Generalities
The Minesweeper is a collective : no boss, everyone is involved when and how he wants.
The
Minesweeper is a cooperative, that is to say a company – in
English, we say “a
buisiness”.
The
official (legal) name is The Minesweeper
Collective Cooperative Limited.
The main activities are :
- Musical
and cultural events (readings,
video projections,
etc.) ;
- Artists
and collectives
residencies (as was the
case for Cane Morto, Le
Cagibi, etc.) ;
-
Undercurrent Gallery exhibitions at Bird's Net (bar in
Deptford) ;
-
Screen-printing workshops ;
-
Printing T-shirtss
on demand.
We want to diffuse our works and connect people :
- through
social networks (in addition to Facebook, Blogspot,
Tumblr and MailChimp, we will open a Twitter,
Google+ and Instagram account)
;
- and,
mostly, through a magazine.
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The
Review
The magazine will be digital ("online" and therefore free and open to everyone), with a monthly issue.
We will cover all the activities of Minesweeper (exhibition at the Bird's Nest, musical and cultural events, services and workshops, publishing...), but also what happens in the neighborhood or nearby (the great South East London : from Lewisham to Brixton).
Finally
we will spare a
creative space open to all for
drawings, photographs, texts, poems, etc.
We will also implement other activities related to screen-printing:
- all
that can be printed creatively (vinyl
covers, book covers, card games, calendars, etc)
;
- posters
on demand in addition to our own poster
creations ;
- textile
products (including bags) ;
But above all
we will make books.
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Publishing
Le Cagibi,
witch is a collective, is our main model and inspiration.
We want
to make high quality books,
regularly, and
to experiment different
formal solutions to make original
book-objects.
The collaborative books
After
“Dédale”, we
have launched a call of
submission for the book on eroticism (in
collaboration with Le
Cagibi where the book will be printed,
and Littérature,
etc.).
Other
collaborative and exciting projects
will follow.
The
book collection of
Minesweeper
We will
make a book by month,
about a word (as
a theme for the texts and drawings) related
to the ship.
At the
end of the year, with the copies we have set aside, we will produce a
set box (a
chest).
The artists'
books
We want
also to print casual books that will be the
result of individual work (one of the members of the group or guest
artist) or an
artistic collaboration.
For
instance, I'll probably
print aboard the
Minesweeper (if not at Le Cagibi)
some book projects
I currently work
on :
- "Les
idées plus noires que l'encre" with
Vincent Tréfex ;
- "The
Ipsicide" with Freddy
Roccia;
- "The
Anarchist Book" with Illustre
Feccia.
Books for
children
We would
like to make books for children. This would allow us to experiment
with other graphics, literary and formal solutions,
in addition to remember that there are
the most bizarre books that have touched us in our childhood.
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No purpose, except perhaps, in time, to harvest enough money (with croundfunding) to ensure continuity for the Minesweeper boat, and, for us, decent conditions of life without any work and without any public subsidies.
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