Squatter Sitcom – Page 2 – Nazima Kadir, The October Anthropologist

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Workshop, “Imagining the Grand Domestic Revolution in Munich” with members of Salong, self-organised group within the Art Academy in Munich October 16, 2012

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I recently spent 24 hours in Munich to conduct a workshop with members of der Salong, a self-organised group of students of the Art Academy in Munich. Binna, the Director of Casco, asked me to present at the seminar with her as well as give a public lecture on the second day. The timing for […]

“Our Autonomous Life” descends upon London! Grand Domestic Revolution exhibition premiere at the Showroom Gallery in London on September 11th and runs until October 27th, 2012

Posted by Nazima Kadir

Oh, the science of blogging. This post is about 6 weeks overdue, but no one will actually notice since I’m the only one who sets these deadlines. I seem to update this blog about every 3 months, which seems shamefully late since I should be actively promoting events rather than writing about ones that have […]

International Squatters Convergeance, Brighton UK May 2012

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I screened the sitcom at the International Squatters Convergence, hosted by the Squatters Network of Brighton (and Hove actually) aka SNOB(aha) this past May. For the site for the convergence, SNOB(aha) squatted an ArtDeco building owned by the Cooperative bank that had been empty for over five years. The building had been a massive department […]

“Lets Squat Something” Forum report

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It’s been an eventful spring. In my last post, I mentioned that I was going off to the forum, “Lets Squat Something,” organized by Casco to mark the conclusion of the broadcast of “Our Autonomous Life.” Videos of the event are available on the sitcom website. The forum was incredibly vibrant and insightful. I had imagined […]

Forum, “Lets Squat Something,” this Sunday, April 15th, 2012 at Casco in Utrecht, NL

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This coming Sunday, April 15th, Casco will present a forum on squatting and social housing. The forum, “Lets squat something,” is organized around the question, “should squatting go on?” The question is a play on one popular motto of the Dutch squatters movement, Ideeën ontruim je niet, kraken gaat door! which translates into: You can’t evict ideas/squatting will […]

Sitcom screenings in Madrid, New York, Utrecht, and London

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This week has been a high visibility week for the sitcom. First off, the sitcom was screened and presented by CASCO Projects as part of the Dutch Assembly in the ARCO art fair in Madrid. Secondly, the Squatting Europe Kollective (SQEK), a group of researchers who focus on squatting and social centers in Europe, screened the […]