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Wednesday night, we set up my artwork at the Colony Theatre. It is a lot harder to set up pictures from a picture rail (though neat, I may need to have picture rails on my walls in the future) instead of using nails, or pegboard, or wire grid. It took ages! The walls were also huge. We decided, out of necessity, to group them into one-half of the theatre lobby instead of using the whole space, so none of them looked lost. The result, in the end, was like a very colorful living room, since we were near the "bar" and couch and this little cool single-keyboard mini-organ thing.
Honestly, we were too beat after that to take pictures. Maybe sometime later.
Before setting up, we were actually at the theatre to catch a documentary too: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil was very cool, focusing on what Cuba did during its "Special Period" after the fall of the Soviet Union, when their oil and food imports (and trade) were drastically reduced to small fractions of what they originally were. Half the documentary focused on the urban agriculture and permaculture - which was first initiated by Cubans to avoid starvation, then became supported by the state. More than 70% of the produce grown in Cuba is organic now... no petroleum-based pesticides or fertilizers! Honestly, the urban agriculture parts of the film were my favorite. The documentary also covered how Cubans dealt with transportation (they already had bus systems in the cities, but in addition they decentralized city and public amenities, trying to make everything anyone would need within walking distance... going from something like 3 universities to 55 universities, so everyone could continue getting their education) and the whole thing was just wondrous to watch. Highly recommended.
The general consensus in the audience after the film seemed to be that if the US ever had to go through the Special Period, it was just fucked.
A great breakdown of the film, and all the principle info can be found at Energy Bulletin.
Yesterday, we sold Jason's computer and have been working through sorting, bagging, and backing up stuff in the home office. We're also planning on going to Carrboro's Really Really Free Market this Saturday, and currently have 3.5 big boxes worth of stuff. So our stuff this time may take a little longer than 10 minutes to completely disappear into the crowd, but we'll see. A lot of our stuff is good stuff!
Honestly, we were too beat after that to take pictures. Maybe sometime later.
Before setting up, we were actually at the theatre to catch a documentary too: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil was very cool, focusing on what Cuba did during its "Special Period" after the fall of the Soviet Union, when their oil and food imports (and trade) were drastically reduced to small fractions of what they originally were. Half the documentary focused on the urban agriculture and permaculture - which was first initiated by Cubans to avoid starvation, then became supported by the state. More than 70% of the produce grown in Cuba is organic now... no petroleum-based pesticides or fertilizers! Honestly, the urban agriculture parts of the film were my favorite. The documentary also covered how Cubans dealt with transportation (they already had bus systems in the cities, but in addition they decentralized city and public amenities, trying to make everything anyone would need within walking distance... going from something like 3 universities to 55 universities, so everyone could continue getting their education) and the whole thing was just wondrous to watch. Highly recommended.
The general consensus in the audience after the film seemed to be that if the US ever had to go through the Special Period, it was just fucked.
A great breakdown of the film, and all the principle info can be found at Energy Bulletin.
Yesterday, we sold Jason's computer and have been working through sorting, bagging, and backing up stuff in the home office. We're also planning on going to Carrboro's Really Really Free Market this Saturday, and currently have 3.5 big boxes worth of stuff. So our stuff this time may take a little longer than 10 minutes to completely disappear into the crowd, but we'll see. A lot of our stuff is good stuff!
