About me: Villa Friekens is a squat in the north of Amsterdam. It’s been squatted since may 2002. We work and live here with a group of around 25 people.
The building used to be a factory, on the site are a big warehouse, an old cantina and an office building. The warehouse is being used as a working space: a garage, studios (sound and art), circus training space, concert room and a t-shirt printing studio. The cantina we use as a communal kitchen and guestroom. The office building is in use as livingspace, and people also live outside in wagons.
The site is sold to the BAM in july 2006. The BAM is one of the biggest construction companies in The Netherlands. They want to demolish Villa Friekens and build 64 residences. Because none of the plans are really clear yet and solution of the ground contamination is still an issue, we don’t know yet when we’ll be evicted. We are busy with lawyers and are in good contact with some of the neighbours. We’ll keep you informed.
We’re not gone yet, so check the website and come party with us!!!
check pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/friekens
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LIVE RADIO BROADCAST OF THE PARTY CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW "friekens live radio" OR COPY URL!!!
"http://villa.teknoradio.org/"
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Saturday 11 July it’s time again for ‘the one and only‘ Matjesdisco!!! From 23.00 hrs : OT301, Overtoom 301, A’dam! Entrance 5 euro (3 euro if you are dressed up) Expect 80’s and 90’s hits and trashy electro crap from: Klerezooi, Tom Schivez and the Gourmet unit Yes, Hammertime!!! See you there
Saturday 23 May! The one and only: MATJESDISCO OT301 (Amsterdam), from 23:00 hrs! Entrance 5 euro / 3 euro if you come dressed up Matjesstyle!! Line up: Tom Schivez (electro remix, crap style) Klerezooi (tits and 80’s hits) Perestroika soundsystem (Balkan party crap) ..
TWSTD TALENT NITE with Gerod Shea (Boston) Rosie Finnegan, special guests Sounds Like Trouble band and Docu- Film crew from Hilversum Tues 26th May Weteringsghans 157 21 30
When the dark clouds over Rozbrat squat have become a real threat we decided to organize a first (but probably not the last) demonstration in defence of our space. As some of you may already know, things around Rozbrat’s future started happening – the bank, the court, the auction. We will not wait passively, it’s high time we showed our presence in the city, in its streets.
The city authorities, against their own declarations, don‘t want to let Rozbrat stay, they don‘t support the place nor the cause. The words said by the vice president of Poznan when he met with us don‘t allow us to think in an optimistic way: there’s no space for us where we are now, there’s no space for us in the city centre, maybe there would be something in the outskirts, but this comes with no concrete proposal… so basically it comes with nothing. The city politics are clear – throw out everything what is different, unprofitable, what is not fitting in the commercial image of Poznan, they want to clear the centre so that it becomes an unlimited shopping mall.
To protest against treating the city as a shopping mall, against conforming everything to the big business, against destroying the social bonds and in defence of places such as Rozbrat – where social, cultural and political functions work together – on 9 May at 3 p.m. in front of the Opera house there will be a demonstration under the slogan ROZBRAT STAYS – LET‘S RECLAIM THE CITY.
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