About The Struggle Between Culture And Commerce – Is This The End Of The MOS?
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Beyond Materialism“Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.” |
Beyond Materialism
“Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.”
Henri Frederic Amiel, 1821-1881
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The times of materialism, war and torture, famine, property and poverty, institutional incompetence and servitude, will continue to plague this primitive planet unless we realise the real causes of our problems.
| Archaic social systems waste riches investing in weapons, but cutting down education, generating scarcity and waste, greed and debt, planned obsolescence, ruthless exploitation and destruction of the environment. |  |
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The struggle for markets, domination and profits cause unnecessary human suffering and is not and can not be made just or equitable. |
It´s time to realise that either we learn to live together in full cooperation or we will cause our own extinction. Technology is racing forward but our social designs are old and obsolete.
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Technology and resources, if managed intelligently with environmental concern, could produce abundance for everyone.
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Times of protest will continue and resistance will raise towards a system that takes away freedom for order, control and profit. But times of pointing out injustices without proposing an attainable alternative are over: a new world civilization can be created that would enable us to surpass our present problems.
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The Venus Project offers such a direction. It outlines an attainable, humane social design of the near future where human rights are universal and no longer paper proclamations but a way of life. |
The schedule 2009:
9 responses so far ↓
1 Bird - Arcencielcollective // Jan 22, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Maybe we should all stop ordering paint for 1 year. We al return to the writerbench, have skizzles and paint with markers, acrylic and other stuff.
I guess If big brands would see, that never the less we don’t need their brands, they might soften up to us, ….
It’s a pity it has to be like this, because all the moneything and competition between brands has nothing to do with art.
The only people that won’t take benefit of this problem are the artists themselves, so no events, no art, no creativity, ……
Thanx to all major brands!
Hopefully an alternative shows up.
Kind regards,
Bird
2 lola // Jan 22, 2009 at 3:33 pm
what about other sponsors? maybe it can be a “bring your own paint” event but sponsorship can be secured from beverage companies (like red bull) or sneaker companies or clothing, accessories, radio stations.. whatever.
grafitti is a beautiful expression of art and has the ability to bring people together. if the paint companies won’t support it, then fuck em – move on to other sponsors. besides if you step outside the immediate realm, you will have a more diverse group of people at the event.
maybe you can involve the RockSteadyCrew.. they put on a great show every year for free in Newark NJ, and they are tight with the folks at red bull.
you dont have to do this alone, reach out to this community for ideas and support and maybe together we can all make it happen.
xo
L
3 nammog // Jan 22, 2009 at 4:32 pm
OOOOOH! Fuckin’ money!
I can’t explain myself with my english… sorry..
Deberiamos pintar igual, cada uno que compre sus botes, es lo que hacemos normalmente en la calle, no?
We must paint, we can pay our sprays, this is what we use to do, no? …. (jajaja, sorry for my english hope you understand me)
_nammog_
4 zenio_uga // Jan 25, 2009 at 12:13 am
i have to say that i didnt think about that…
economical crisis strikes every part of administrator
its very sad to hear theese news
in worst case i agree,lets pay our cans
the worst thing is to wait meeting of styles in 2010….
zenio from greece
ps sorry for my English
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5 Lola // Jan 25, 2009 at 4:07 pm
what about securing sponsorship from other companies other then paint ones? there are lots of products that would flow well with the graf vibe – red bull for instance – and maybe smoe cross promotion would be beneficial for all involved. or how about making the event inclusive of other forms of art like breakdancing or dj-ing as well? then you can reach out to companies that sponsor those types of endeavors? when shit like this happens its important to hink outside the box and maybe take things to the next level… instead of cancelling it, make it bigger, better and bas-asser then it ever was.. the more people you involve, the bigger the movement is.
this kind of event shouldn’t ever be cancelled – its too fly and important to give up without a fight. reach out to the RockSteady Crew (Crazy Legs maybe?) and see if they have any ideas. i would love to help any way i can!
one.
lola
>finding sponsors on international level as a non-commercial-organisation is a very tuff chalenge. lots of the companies dont even reply after you reached out with a proposal. they are strictly profit-concetrated and dont care if they have credibility within the culture, they just buy it. they dont want to pay back, they want to sell. and the action tells. but however, we are not giving up, but will continue on our mission for the independance and freedom of art!
6 Sat4-Milf // Jan 26, 2009 at 12:53 pm
What is this bs? First you dídn’t organize shit in the Netherlands in 2008.. Now you are telling me there isn’t going to be a next MOS.. It’s time to take matters in our own hands.. Time for us to organize meetings.. Imma keep writing that shit anyway.. BOMB THE F*CKIN’ WORLD..
>we didnt organise shit in NL, cause there was nobody to organise shit. if there is no local orga, what can be done. anyway. rock on!
7 Poul M. Russia // Jan 29, 2009 at 11:14 am
What’s up guys…
How about russia?
We must seen a fest (MOS) in Russia…
Why i can’t see a Russia on line up?
>cause there hasnt been a spot or date proposed.
8 jm // Feb 1, 2009 at 8:24 pm
it says zurich .. you mean winterthur (since 2003)?
keep it up guys, and see you there!
9 Décio Ramos // Feb 4, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Hi,
there’s any valid contact to reach the organizations of the meeting of styles?
I’ve call and sent emails but everytime gives me error.
HELP!
>info@s8yard.de
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