Freerange Press is proud
to present several projects at this year’s FESTA, the vibrant weekend
celebration of urban creativity that takes place in Christchurch Labour
Weekend.
In keeping with the theme,
We Have The Means, which focuses on making the most of the resources available
to us in terms of our people and reusable materials, Freerange brings a human
library together and explores the ways to make our institutions better.
First up is Talking Books,
which runs 2-4pm on Saturday 22 October at the In Situ Photo Project, which
sits just outside of Scorpio Books. This project brings together a collection
of passionate experts on a range of topics – from the state of the city through
to music, birthing and buying train tickets in India. People are invited to
pick a title and explore its subject via a twenty-minute, one-on-one
conversation with a human talking book.
Freerange Press is also
running a symposium called The Bureaucratic Love
Session (1-4pm, Sunday 23 October) at the Space Academy. In this speaker
session different voices come together to instigate and nurture a dialogue
around the means and ends of institutions, asking the questions: Do
institutions matter? And if so, how can we take better care of them? How can we
help improve existing institutions in Christchurch, globally and in our own
lives?
This series of speakers is
followed by the launch
of FreerangeVol. 11: Institutional Love, which explores and advocates for a
more nuanced and caring approach to institutions – fitting in with this year’s
FESTA theme of making the most of the means we already have available to us.
There are over 30 events
to participate in at FESTA 2016, from speaker sessions, dinner and dancing and
workshops through to city-making tours. Visit festa.org.nz
for the full programme.
Contact
emma@projectfreerange.com for
Freerange-related queries
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