"AMATEUR POLITICS"
Amsterdam, 2007
Series of 15 scripts
"AMATEUR POLITICS"
Amsterdam, 2007
Series of 15 scripts
“Amateur Politics” deals with the development of individual political convictions and different modes for practicing politics. From sound- and video footage of previous projects, fragments that show connections between personalities and politics were picked. These were transcribed and theatrical stage instructions were added to them. None of the interviewees in the fragments practice politics or political theory professionally. Most of them directly or indirectly express anti-étatist (i.e. anarchist or libertarian) ideas. |
“THE
CITIZENS’ ACADEMY”
English, 19 pages
An account of an educational tour
for teenagers who live in border
communities in Southern California.
“THE FAILURE OF
NON-VIOLENCE FOR
REVOLUTIONARY ENDS”
English, 18 pages
An account of a meeting at the
yearly Dutch anarchist convention
in Appelscha.
“DE TRUE BELIEVER
EN DE
DOUBLE THINKER”
Dutch, 47 pages
An account of a conversation with
a former anarchist who turned to
anti-islam
activism.
"PARTICIPATORY
ECONOMICS"
English, 18 pages
An account of a telephone interview
with the Canadian founder of the
Participatory Economics movement.
“NOCH
FREIER IST ES IN DUBAI”
German, 55 pages
An account of a conversation in the
former Stasi headquarters in Berlin.
“THE RAINBOW ARMY”
English, 23 pages
An account of a conversation with
the founder of ‘The Rainbow Army’,
the international activist branch of
the Danish Freetown Christiania.
“AM I MY BROTHER’S
KEEPER?”
An account of a conversation with
a member of the Catholic Anarchist
movement.
“HET BEGEERTELOOS
ACTIVISME”
Dutch, 7 pages
An account of a workshop
entitled ‘Ideals as a Driving-Force
in Our Lives'.
“GÜVENLIK”
Turkish, 13 pages
An account of a video shoot with
two fake security guards in Turkey.
“LEADERS STEP FORWARD
TO ACHIEVE
DIFFICULT GOALS”
English, 34 pages
An account of a video shoot. An
American 'motivational speaker'
reads out a long compilation of
mission statements.
“DE REDE IS DE BASIS
WAAROP DE
EMOTIE KAN BLOEIEN”
Dutch, 43 pages
An account of a monthly meeting of
the Libertarian Party of the
Netherlands.
“IF
YOU DON’T SEE IT, YOU MAY AS
WELL NOT BE THERE”
English, 19 pages
An account of a nightly tour through
London with four voluntary street
guards or ‘Guardian Angels’.
“BEOBACHTER
UND ZIELPERSONEN”
German, 11 pages
An account of an interview with two
students at a security school in
Berlin. They describe their
experiences with undercover work.
“FREEDOMISM”
English and Dutch, 63 pages
An account of a series of interviews,
readings and debates (see also
‘Speech as a Political Act’).
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