OCCii PRESENT: "BOOK YOUR OWN FUCKIN’ LIFE": DIY Conference
Come join us and think about the future and the now of DIY-booking and venues | RSVP : pers@occii.org
afterwards free meal in MKZ + Live Event from 21:00 at OCCii w/ 20 GUILDERS (JP) + Nid'pOuL (FR) + more surprises!
Hey everyone: The 11th of May is the day. OCCii is hosting the Book Your Own Fuckin' Life Conference. Come join us and think about the future and the now of DIY-booking and venues.
During the day from 14:00 until 19:00 we want to talk about the following topics:
I. Subsidy vs DIY - how to deal with government support
II. Squatters cave or Hipster shed? What's the OCCii identity? Determined by who?
III. Book Your Own Fucking Life - A venue as a network generator for your band and scene, does that still work?
IV. How much Facebook boost does a cultural free haven need? - How to promote a place that doesn't fit?

After that we can eat something together at MKZ and join the concert that takes place at OCCii
20 Guilders (Cosmic Acid folk, Tokyo-Based Duo from the GUTTER Since 2006; Suzuki Junzo – Guitar/Hydrophonics & Mitsuru Tabata [Ex-Guitarist of Zeni Geva/Acid Mothers Temple and founder member of Boredoms in late 80s], Guitar/Aerophonics.
http://20guilders.bandcamp.com
Nid'poul (Nancy, FR) (Abrasive noise rock and an epileptic disco machine Filled with synths , drum blast beat and all distorted guitars/ sawing the hearing !
https://nidpoul.bandcamp.com/

https://youtu.be/vQLHVGumVoE

Do you want to join us in finding the way for OCCii and places like it, or how to adjust as a booker or promoter?
Please sign up trough the following link: https://occii.org/byofl-conference/
Doors open: 14:00 - 19:00 | Free
Doors open: 19:00 - 20:30 FOOD @ MKZ (Eerste Schinkelstraat 16)
Doors open: 21:00 - 01:00 LIVE @ OCCii | Donation For OCCii's Soundsystem
FREE ENTRY, NO TICKETS REQUIRED, CAPACITY 250, CASH ONLY AT MKZ/VENUE

 

Planning:

14:00 Inloop (30 min)
14:30 Inleiding (30 min)
15:00 Discussie (60min)
16:00 Pauze (30 min)
16:30 Discussie 2 (60 min)
17:30 Afsluiting (60 min)
18:30 Borrel / eten tot 20:30

NL [ENglish Below]

In een stad die haarzelf doldraait met pop-up podia en life-style festivals doet de OCCII woeste pogingen een vrijplaats te zijn en blijven voor artistiek experiment, eigen initiatief en actie. Maar de tanden van de tijdgeest knagen ook aan de randen van het OCCII imperium;
vrijwilligers blijven minder lang hangen en organisatoren maken kortere series. Verbondenheid, inzet en toewijding zijn de ruggengraat van een onafhankelijk muzieknetwerk en het is belangrijk om van elkaar te weten wat er speelt, zowel in OCCII als op andere 'stations' van dit ondergrondse culturele spoorwegstelsel. Vraagtekens hebben altijd al de voorkeur boven uitroeptekens bij OCCII dus vandaar deze oproep aan allen die los en vast aan de OCCII hangen:

Kom meedenken en meepraten op 11 mei over de OCCII van nu en straks:

I. subsidie vs DIY? - hoe en wat met steun van de staat
II. krakershol of hipsterhok? - wat is de OCCII identiteit en wie bepaalt dat?
III. Book Your Own Fucking Life - Een zaal als netwerkgenerator voor je band en scene, werkt dat nog?
IV. Hoeveel Facebook Boost heeft een vrijplaats nodig? - hoe promoot je een plek die nergens bij past?

ENglish

In a city overflowing with lifestyle festivals and pop-up podia, OCCII tries hard to survive as a free space open for artistic experimentation, self-will and action. But the Zeitgeist is swirling around in OCCII too; volunteers stay shorter, organizers make shorter series. Solidarity, endeavor and dedication are the backbone of an independent music network and it's important to know what's happening in OCCII and other 'stations' of independent music of this underground cultural railway. Question marks have always been more preferred than exclamation marks so that's why we want to call out to you, all people closely connected to OCCII:

Come join us and think about the future and the now of DIY-booking and venues.

- Subsidy vs DIY - how to deal with government support
- Squatters cave or hipster shed? What's the OCCII identity? Determined by who?
- Book Your Own Fucking Life - A venue as a network generator for your band and scene, does that still work?
- How much Facebook boost does a cultural free haven need? - How to promote a place that doesn't fit?

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Book Your Own Fuckin' Life is a resource zine published in association with the people at Maximum Rock 'N' Roll. BYOFL eventually became more web-based and now you can use their website to find out information about venues, zines, stores, bands, and crash pads all over the USA.
http://www.byofl.org/ (Now Defunct...)

Edition #1 https://archive.org/details/byofl_01/
Dutch Web Edition: http://www.bacteria.nl/bookyou.html
Here you can register for the event. Please do so only once so we can keep track.
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