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An Interview with Tea Hvala at Red Dawns, Slovenia, 2009

Topic: 
Activism
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DW: Please introduce yourself.....

T: My name is Tea, I’m 29. I have been involved in a lot of organising in the former squat (that now has a sort of an in-between status between legality and illegality), now Autonomous Cultural Center Metelkova mesto in Ljubljana. It is a big space where there are a lot of alternative cultural spaces. I was organising a lot of concerts and other events, including Red Dawns, obviously, but personally I am really really interested in writing so basically that is my priority – fiction, essays, translation.

Interviewee: 
Tea Hvala
Interviewer: 
Debi Withers and Elke Zobl
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An Interview with Nataša Serec at Red Dawns, Slovenia, March 2009

Topic: 
Activism
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Debi Withers (DW): Please introduce yourself....

Nataša Serec (N): My name is Natasa and I have worked in Metelkova Mesta for 15 years. I was one of the people who squatted the place in ‘93 and since then and I am very very involved. This place was before was in use of the Yugoslavian army and then when they left the buildings were free and in the city many artists – this was in the beginning and many projects - artists and art producers got places for their work.

Interviewee: 
Nataša Serec
Interviewer: 
Debi Withers and Elke Zobl
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Ladyfest Berlin, Germany 2008

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Berlin
Germany
52° 31' 22.4616" N, 13° 24' 41.616" E

"LaD.I.Y.fest is a non-profit volunteer run 'Do It Yourself' (D.I.Y.) festival of music, art, performance and workshops organized and orchestrated by feminist activists, artists and musicians of various genders. It helps to showcase the skills and talents of a diverse group of groundbreaking feminist people working in the arts, community building and activism. It is a PARTICIPATORY festival, a community festival.

In Berlin we take on the idea of the first Ladyfests of 'empowering the presence of women in the arts' and try to take it further, outside the binary gender system."

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Ladyfest Bern, Switzerland 2008

Location

Bern
Switzerland
46° 56' 52.0836" N, 7° 26' 55.428" E

"ladyfest *

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Ladyfest Vienna, Austria 2004

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Wien
Austria
48° 12' 33.1416" N, 16° 22' 22.0008" E

"Ladyfest heisst vor allem musik, workshops, filme, fanzines, intervention, zusammenkommen,..... es soll einiges passieren, bis wir aber so weit sind, müssen wir noch viele dinge checken.

aus den unterschiedlichsten ecken kommen wir zusammen, um zu organisieren, zu diskutieren, haben die unterschiedlichsten träume und vorstellungen, wie alles aussehen soll. doch ein paar dinge sind für uns jetzt schon klar: wir wollen mal lauter, mal leise, umkrempeln, aus konstruierten rollen

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Ladyfest Online Archive

Location

This is a blog and an online archive of current and past Ladyfests as well as similar festivals.

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Ladyfest Helsinki 2009

Location

Helsinki
Finland
60° 10' 10.29" N, 24° 56' 16.566" E

7-17.5.2009

***Ladyfest Helsinki 2009 tukikeikka***

Sosiaalikeskus Satama
(Kyläsaarenkatu 11)
lauantaina 25.4. klo. 21
Liput 5 e, tuotot Ladyfestille!

Soittamassa mm.

STIFF LIP (Tku)
ADORA (Hki)
DJ STUFFIN' MUFFINS (I ♥ LESBIANS)

Support your local Ladyfest

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Ladyfest Tampere, Finland 2008

Location

Tamoere
Finland
61° 29' 52.8828" N, 23° 45' 53.4924" E

"LADYFESTFINLAND.NET
D.I.Y-festivaali: musiikkia, työryhmiä, taidetta, ruokaa, elokuvia, distroja, iloa, voimaa ja rohkeutta!

Mikä on Ladyfest?

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Ladyfest Turku, Finland 2007

Location

Turku
Finland
60° 27' 5.148" N, 22° 16' 7.4388" E

"Ladyfest is an event organized by women. Our aim is to present female artists and performers. The events are focused mainly on encouraging female talents and raising female consciousness, but the event is open to everyone. Ladyfest is going to be a place where visitors can discuss and take action in different workshops and enjoy performances. For more info, please email us at leidifestatyahoo [dot] se Also check out our web page www.ladyfestfinland.net." http://www.myspace.com/ladyfestturku

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Kruh & Ruze ("Bread & Roses", Magazine)

Location

Ženska infoteka
Varšavska 16
Zagreb , I 10000
Croatia

WOMEN'S INFOTEKA (ŽENSKA INFOTEKA) is women's information and documentation center founded in Zagreb in December 1992 as the first of the sort in Croatia and Eastern Europe. The basic activities are:

* Collecting and disseminating data and information
* A lending service Library
* Publishing (books and the magazine "Bread and Roses" ("Kruh i ruže")
* Organizing of training seminars and international conferences
* Conducting researches and providing help in researches