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about a festival "Forbidden Fruits of Civil Society"
(site of a festival - in progress)


nonofficial info:

The idea behind the Forbidden Fruit festival is to connect different cultures and several disciplines in art (artists, performers and musicians). In this week there is the possibility for participants to perform theater or music on stage. For the artists there is the possibility to have an exhibition of their works and/or to make new artworks or installations during this week.
Also one of our aims is that several disciplines mix during the week to create a show/performance/exhibition for the last day of the festival.

We are a non-profit organisation, nobody get paid for their work. Our idea is that we want to exchange more than money when we travel around. The purpose of this Festival is for everybody to get the opportunity to present him/her-selve and to find a new connection in working, in meeting and in creating.

We offer for free a place to stay, to sleep, to work, and two meals a day.

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What what we do

We are organizing an exchange-festival called Forbidden Fruits of Civil Society. Participants wil be offered the possibility to presens their social and cultural activities.

The duration of the festival is about 8 days with:

Art and photo exibitions, concerts, performances a variety of films and video-art and artist working on location. The festival wil take place at least once a year.


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Aim of the project:

Introducing socially involved artists, individuals and groups to eachother, creating the possibility to get in touch with different cultures to stimulate a wider understanding. We also support projects that strive after the above aims, as wel as projects that work on a social broadening, in and outside of the Netherlands.

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Interest of the project:

Bringing people together to get to know eachother and find ways to interact. Contact between them and participants from western countries will create an opportunity to a better understanding of eachothers situation and position. By means of co-operating between several nationalities in different disciplines an easier accesible way of communication may arise, resulting in new contacts for future visits and ongoing co-operation.

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Festivals organised until now

The exchange Festival Forbidden Fruits of Civil Society took place in:

Slovenia: September 1993, 1994 June - July 1999 and June 2000,

The Netherlands: April - May 1994, April - May 1995 and September 1998

Czech Republic: April - May 1996; April - May 1997 and July 2002

Bosinia-Hercegovina: September 1996 and 1997

Yugoslavia (Vojvodina): June 2001

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Organisation:

There are this year five people in the Netherlands who organise the Festival Forbidden Fruits of Civil Society (Iris Honderdos, Monique Sep, Chris Ros, Paul ter Veld and Arnulf den Boesterd).

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Publicity:

The festival is brought to the attention of the public by approaching local and national media in the country and town/city where the festival will take place, radio, posters, and leaflets. In the Netherlands there will be activities like benefit parties and benefit-concerts etc.

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Support:

Years of efforts by a group of enthusiastic people gained a supportive backup in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Yugoslavia Czech Republic and the Netherlands.

The moral support of the following groups the Forbidden Fruits of Civil Society made the festival possible during the last years:

Dinosaur Production form Skopje, Macedonie,

Ambrosia Art Association form Sarajevo, Bosnie-Hercegovina,

CESTA in Tabor, Czsech Republic,

Cultural Centre ACU in Utrecht, The Netherlands,

Tutti Saxi (Saxophone orchestre) from Utrecht, The Netherlands,

Xango World Music Records shop in Utrecht, The Netherlands,

Foundation Kraakhelder En Toch Niet Fris from Utrecht, The Netherlands,

Beer Brewery De Leckere from Utrecht, The Netherlands,

Foundation Strowis, low-budget hotel in Utrecht, The Netherlands,

Lawyersoffice Kollektief Oost from Amsterdam The Netherlands,

DB's-rehearsal spaces in Utrecht, The Netherlands,

Foundation Voorstaete from Utrecht, The Netherlands,

Silvano Matadin (bass player Urban Dance Squad) from Utrecht, The Netherlands,

Peter Hagenaar (producer cultural events) from Utrecht, The Netherlands,

Foundation C.R.A.S.H. Nederland (Construction, Reintegration And Social Help) from Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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"INSIDE OUTSIDE" St.Petersburg, Russia, august 2002. [text & some photos] ; [photo-album]

"A TREE IS NOT A TREE, BUT THE DREAMS OF THE ROOTS" Leerdam, Netherlands 1994. [some photos]

"MONUMENT FOR TILES" Dubrovnik, Kroatie 1996. [some photos]

"PRAVO" Belgrado, Servie 1997. [some photos]

"ALL I KNOW IS THE WAY YOU MOVED YOUR HAND" Sarajevo, Bosnie 1998. [text & some photos]

"WE HOPE SO" Zuid-Korea 1998. [some photos]

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