Archive for Events
June 5, 2008 at 3:44 pm · Filed under Events, Exhibition, Manchester, Projekts Shop
| June 6, 2008 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
The latest exhibition at Projekts gallery titled ‘This is for you’ is a show made up of collaborations with Artist Paul Roberts’ Monsters Monsters.
The idea for the project is devilishly simple, drawing up a hit list of artists Paul Admires, he sent them doodles, paintings, patterns for plush toys and toys themselves with instructions for them to let their imaginations run riot.
Among the Artists are names like Jon Burgerman, Micheal Sieben, Ian Stevenson, The Outcrowd Collective, Travis Millard as well as some up and coming hot new talent, resulting in over 50 individually pieces from all over the world (see flier attached for full list). Projekts is happy to invite all their friends to the gallery on Friday 6th June for a special preview of the work.
Show runs; Weds 4th-Sun 22nd June
Opening night: Friday 6th June 7-9pm
Open daily 10-6pm
Sundays 11-4pm
www.monstersmonsters.co.uk
June 3, 2008 at 8:42 am · Filed under Events, Manchester, NOTE Shop, Pump Cage, Skate Demo, Video
| June 11, 2008 |
| 4:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Yes. The Zoo York Team are hitting Manchester to kick off their European Tour next Wednesday so get yourself into the city centre!
They will be at the NOTE shop from 4.30pm signing your stuff, then they’re gonna Pump the Cage from 6pm.
Spread the word, but I don’t know where you’re gonna find cockroaches this size in Manchester:
April 23, 2008 at 2:19 pm · Filed under Byelaws, Central Skatepark, Events, Go Skateboarding Day 2008, Manchester, NOTE Shop, Pump Cage, Skate Jam, SkateMCR, Urbis, Video
| June 21, 2008 |
| 12:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
This year’s Go Skateboarding Day is fast approaching (it’s June 21st in case you didn’t know). And this year SkateMCR is planning to organise another protest skate at URBIS.
Last year it got rained off - see the SkateMCR video of last year’s Go Skateboarding Day below.
Go Skateboarding Day 2008 is set to be a big one in Manchester because the Vans team are coming here for the day! Their team includes Kris Vile, Danny Wainwright, Ross McGouran and local boy Ben Grove.
Their plan is to have a pump aroung the Projekts Skatepark from noon - 3pm, then sign stuff at the NOTE shop from 4 - 5pm, street skate from 5 - 8pm, then finish off with a Jam at Central Skatepark from 8pm onwards where there will be bands and some “special guests”!
The SkateMCR Protest will be at URBIS from 6pm - 8pm so the Vans team should be able to come and skate with everyone at the best spot in town. The protest will be about the byelaws which ban skateboarding in Manchester’s City Centre. See the byelaws here and sign the petition to get rid of them here: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SkateMCR/
See the Vans website for more info. Here’s their poster:
And here’s the video from last year:
March 27, 2008 at 12:38 pm · Filed under Events, Gasworks, Manchester, Premiere
| April 17, 2008 |
| 8:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Joe Gavin has finished his new documentary about the Gasworks, a legendary skatespot in Manchester.
It is being premiered on Thursday April 17th at The Kings Arms, Salford at 8pm. Click here for a map. Entry is £2 on the door.
The Gasworks was boarded off in July last year to the huge dismay of skaters across Manchester, nay, the North, nay, the Country! In response to this, Joe decided to make a documentary commemorating the good times over the last decades at the Gasworks.
If you’ve ever skated there come on down, you might even be in the film!
March 21, 2008 at 12:46 pm · Filed under Byelaws, Events, Manchester, Protest, Urbis
| April 11, 2008 |
| April 12, 2008 |
Manchester Space Invaders, a local collective, is organising a weekend of events taking place on the 11-12th April in response to an international callout for celebration and defense of autonomous spaces and the alternative cultures they play host to.
What this basically means is that they are getting all manner of Manchester based groups together who feel increasingly marginalised from their own city to protest and party!
They say:
With sky-high rents, the creeping privatisation of public space, and a council willing to close down vital community services and simultaneously sell off swathes of the city centre to luxury property developers and retailers, there has seldom been a time when fighting for autonomous spaces in Manchester has been more important.
Manchester Space Invaders are a collective of autonomous groups and inidividuals working together to reclaim our city…they are mobilising to fight gentrification, ‘regeneration‘ and all the borders that exist within the city. They call for all groups, individuals, networks and families to get involved and to join in our glorious celebration of autonomous spaces.
The events will include a bike-parade, gigs, an open-air fair/park party, plenty of workshops (on topics as diverse as the legal and technical intricacies of squatting and the theory and practicalities of using the independent media), a demonstration and, of course, a free/squat party! Each will take place in such a way as to reclaim public space or celebrate spaces operating free from private ownership, corporate culture and state control. Click here for the line-up.
With the byelaws banning skateboarding, harassment from security guards and police alike, urban “furniture” designed to discourage skating and the recent struggle for SkateMCR funding etc, Manchester Space Invaders hope that the skating community might have some affinity with the motivation behind the events. Also, some of the events will be at URBIS.
I totally agree that these issues are at the core of the problems skaters have in Manchester. So let’s support this cause.
If you’re up for organising any skate related action on the 11th or 12th of April, let us know and we’ll help however we can!
February 21, 2008 at 11:12 am · Filed under Events, SkateMCR, SkateMCR Events
| March 3, 2008 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
As you may know, SkateMCR needs to become a Co-operative to keep going. The poll on this page currently suggests that 85% of you want SkateMCR to continue. So it’s time to do something about it.
On Monday March 3rd we’ve got an open meeting for you to come and find out more about becoming a member of a SkateMCR Co-operative. The meeting will be upstairs at Central Skatepark at 7pm - put it in your diary or online calendar or phone now!
We’ll talk about what being a member will involve, what you would like SkateMCR to carry on doing or start doing, and what the next steps will be. Just to remind you, here are SkateMCR’s current aims:
CELEBRATE
SkateMCR celebrates skateboarding in Manchester. We aim to to this by creating skate competitions and jams, organising a skate film festival and a Manchester skate festival.
OPPOSE
SkateMCR opposes the byelaws banning skateboarding in Manchester’s City Centre. We will oppose the byelaws by public protest, petitions and efforts to educate the council and public about the true positive nature of skateboarding. We believe skateboarders have an equal right to use public spaces responsibly, along with other citizens.
DEMAND
We demand that any Council in Greater Manchester consults with us whenever they attempt to create future skate facilities. Too often has public money been wasted on badly designed and un-usable skateparks. We will form advisory groups consisting of skaters to design and oversee the building of any skate facility.
ENHANCE
We want to see the skate scene in Manchester enhanced by gaining a concrete skate plaza and an extension to the Pump Cage under the Mancunian Way. We will lobby the relevant groups or people to get such a plaza built either at the gasworks, or at the new media city development at salford quays. We will also support efforts to get funding for the extension to the Pump Cage.
If any of that stokes your heart or imagination, and if any of this following information about Co-operatives gets you excited, please, please, please come to the meeting!
A co-operative is defined as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically controlled enterprise.
The co-operative movement is based on a set of values and principles:
Values
Co-operatives are based on the values of:
- self-help
- self-responsibility
- democracy
- equality
- equity
- solidarity
In the tradition of their founders, co-operative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility, and caring for others.
Principles
The co-operative principles are guidelines by which co-operatives put their values into practice:
1. Voluntary and Open Membership
Co-operatives are voluntary organisations, open to all persons able to use their services and willing to accept responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political, or religious discrimination.
2. Democratic Member Control
Co-operatives are democratic organisations controlled by their members, who actively participate in setting their policies and making decisions. Men and women serving as elected representatives are accountable to the membership. In primary co-operatives members have equal voting rights (one member, one vote), and co operatives at other levels are also organised in a democratic manner.
3. Member Economic Participation
Members contribute equitably to, and democratically control, the capital of their co operative. At least part of that capital is usually the common property of the co operative. Members usually receive limited compensation, if any, on capital subscribed as a condition of membership. Members allocate surpluses for any of the following purposes: developing their co-operative, possibly by setting up reserves, part of which at least would be indivisible; benefiting members in proportion to their transactions with the co-operative; and supporting other activities approved by the membership.
4. Autonomy and Independence
Co-operatives are autonomous, self-help organisations controlled by their members. If they enter into agreements with other organisations, including governments, or raise capital from external sources, they do so on terms that ensure democratic control by their members and maintain their co-operative autonomy.
5. Education, Training and Information
Co-operatives provide education and training for their members, elected representatives, managers and employees so they can contribute effectively to the development of their co-operatives. They inform the general public - particularly young people and opinion leaders - about the nature and benefits of co-operation.
6. Co-operation Among Co-operatives
Co-operatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the Co-operative Movement by working together through local, national, regional and international structures.
7. Concern for Community
Co-operatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies approved by their members.
February 19, 2008 at 11:52 am · Filed under Events, Manchester, Projekts Shop, Pump Cage, Skate Competition
| March 8, 2008 |
| 11:00 am | to | 9:00 pm |
To celebrate International Womens Day, Projekts MCR is putting on a skate comp for the ladies only.
Sponsored by Nikita, Death, Landscape, Independent Trucks, Manchester City Council and Projekts MCR, there is £600 of cash prizes for sponsored skaters and plenty of products available for the non-sponsored lady rippers.
There will be a live DJ, female I presume, and beginners sessions in the morning from 11am - 2pm. Entrance is £3.
February 12, 2008 at 2:16 pm · Filed under Events, Manchester, Protest, SkateMCR
| February 14, 2008 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
SkateMCR has been invited to take part in The Valentine’s Lectures, a series of four evening quick fire slide show lectures, radically themed and presented in a format which is part charity soup kitchen, part Lecture part ‘flash mob’. 
Topics include the city, public space and consumerism.
Ben Gibbs from SkateMCR will be giving a talk under the title “Go Skateboarding” about opposition to skateboarding in Manchester and what has been happening recently to change this.
This talk will be on the 14th February (Valentine’s Day) from 7pm outside The Holden Gallery,
Manchester Metropolitan University, in the vicinity of All Saints Park (Cavendish Street, Manchester, M15 6BR).
Come along and give your support to the efforts to remove restrictions to skateboarding in Manchester!
February 6, 2008 at 11:01 am · Filed under Events, Exhibition, Projekts Shop, Video
| February 7, 2008 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Projekts is hosting a preview of the latest exhibition from skater and artist Axel Bottenburg tomorrow from 7pm. The exhibitions opens to the public from Friday 8th Feb until 6th April.
Including home shaped and designed skateboards, paintings and video, the exhibition “bolts together a dizzying array of imagery incorporating both classic and contemporary iconography in a technically brilliant visual ‘mashup’.” says Vic from Projekts.
January 15, 2008 at 10:38 am · Filed under Central Skatepark, Events, Manchester, Skate Competition
| January 26, 2008 12:00 pm | to | January 27, 2008 2:00 am |
Future Savings have organised a huge skate competition to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
The comp is happening at Central Skatepark on 26th Jan from noon with £1,000 worth of cash for the over 18’s winners! Under 18’s winners will win all sorts of prizes too. There’ll be some great music, food, non-alcoholic bar, graff workshops from Sketch City and a Film crew recording the day.
From 8pm they will also be an after party in URBIS with some more great music and alcohol so over 18’s only.
Entry to the comp or after-party costs from £4 to £10 depending on your level of participation. See this page for more info.
Get on down to support Cancer Research and have Big Fun!
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