[spectre] Maarav election Party

[Geert Lovink]

> From: "ronen eidelman" <ronen at maarav.org.il>
>
>  Burning Bulls
>
> Maarav art & culture magazine
> celebrates democracy on the eve of Israel's national elections
>
>  March 27, 2006
>  Doors at 10pm
>  The Vortex, Ben Avigdor 4, Tel Aviv
>
> As police detectives turned Maarav editor Ronen Eidelman's home 
> upsidedown searching for non-existant evidence of a crime he had no 
> part in (ultimately seizing his computer equipment) one officer 
> remarked to Ronen, "The problem with this country is that there is too 
> much democracy".
>
> In an age when the public sphere has become polluted by public 
> relations personell, bad entertainers and other crooks, and when paths 
> of expression and creativity have become blocked to those who are not 
> willing to bow down before the authorities, we believe that there can 
> never be too much democracy.
>
> The day before the national elections, Maarav will celebrate those who 
> not only create original, independent art and culture, but those who 
> also believe that free expression its worth fighting for.
>
> Reclaim democracy and the public square!
>
> Samy Matar, oriental fusion
> Mobius, dub & triphop
> Tubi, techno grooves
> Ori Lichtik, hardcore techno
>
>  VJ Levyatan
> Art Exhibit + Pre-election poll
>
>  20 shekel suggested contribution. All proceeds to support Maarav's 
> legal battle with the Israeli authorities, and to investigate the 
> connection between the art, capital, and the state.