Here's the deal. During the past summer there's a small but dedicated group of young squatters took over six different abandoned and empty buildings in Helsinki, in order to start an Italian-style Social Centre.
The newspapers reported a lot about their activities and their radical political agenda but unfortunately the cops also kept busy kicking the squatters out from every place they entered, with the help of riot squad, tear gas, batons, helicopters and all that normal sh*t.
However; in August something strange happened. After the squatters took over an old rundown building (in Elimäenkatu street) in the Vallila industrial district, for reasons unknown to me, the owner of the building did not ask the police to empty the building like in all previous cases. So, currently there is an Autonomous Social Centre in Helsinki and now the building has been cleaned and organized enough so that freeform parties, gigs, movie viewings, workshops etc. can be organized. No bouncers, no closing times, cheap drinks etc. always make for a more fun party, right?
I'm personally all for this kinda stuff happening, so here's the info (in Finnish) on first slighly bigger happening at Elimäenkatu, next saturday actually.
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TECHNO FREAKS
La 20.10.2007 | 22-06 | 5e |
Elimäenkatu 15a (Vallila)
Busseilla 62, 64, 65, 66 ja 67 kaksi pysäkinväliä Sörnäisistä pohjoiseen.
ALAKERTA
Pietari (La Persé) | Poro (pihaus.org) | Snoxn (Hytky) | Olli&Karel (Hytky) | Docius (Hytky / Viidakkorumpu)
Vallilan teollisuusalueella sijaitseva hylätty ravintola on vallattu viime
elokuussa kapitalismin vastaiseksi monitoimitilaksi ja ihmisten
kohtauspaikaksi. Tila on suonut puitteet monien politiikka- ja
taideprojektien toteuttumiselle, minkä vuoksi talo henkii voimakasta
tunnelmaa. Myös graffitigalleriaksi muodostunut katutason varastotila on nyt
tyhjennetty romuista ja se pistetään bilekuntoon tykillä äänentoistolla ja
hytkytyylisillä efekteillä. Varastoreivitunnelmissa tampataan housea,
elektroa, teknoa, uutta ja vanhaa.
YLÄKERTA
Erkko & Makelove (Misf*ts) | J-TEL | Canyini (Hytky) | Push-ups
Yläkerrassa soitetaan loungetunnelmissa elektroa, indie-rockia, new wavea ja
triphoppia ja tuhmaa housea. Bile-eläimet voivat ostaa kohtuuhintaista
ruokaa ja juomaa ja molempiin huoneisiin järjestetty lämmitys lievittämään
sekä hyvässä että huonossa mielessä karua biletilaa.
2 comments:
pretty nice!
and this building is also directly linked with my personal history and Kriton's as well. The Duplo! used to practice in that same building (along with others like Lemonator and Thee Ultra Bimboos) back in the day, when i played the keyborads for that band. and those were the first times EVER that i played keyboards - for anybody.
ne muistot, ne muistot!
Respect 2 Alppila, the O.G. Synth Wizard of The Duplo! (RIP).
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