Dublin all ages space (1 Viewer)

[Gambra]

Just a heads up, the piece on that Capital D programme about The Hideaway House is finishing on the RTE Player tomorrow.. Watch it now while ya can!

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1046365

 

[paranoid vision]

It's a little odd this hasn't been posted here already, but here you go..from a Hideaway myspace bulletin

"I recently applied to the Arts Council to open up an All Ages, not-for-profit, Performance/Gig/Artist/Discussion space that would be run by a collective of young people but open to everyone. This would be in the centre of the city, in an area with a lot of pedestrian footfall.

The space would be entirely programmed by the collective. The visual appearance of the space inside and out will be a changing project for some of the young artists with exhibitions on show during gigs etc. My ambition is that it would be open late to provide an alternative space to hang out and do stuff. There's plenty of places to drink in the city, this would be a non-alcohol space.

The application is partnered with Project Arts Centre so they have offered to handle the bureaucracy end of stuff such as health and safety training, insurance and child protection training (which are all necessary when over 18's are mixing with under 18's). They will also be on hand should we need any advice on production stuff.

So I got word today that we've been given 18k to start the project off. This would cover rent, utilities, PA purchase, fit-out of the space amongst other things. How long we can keep this going for depends on what rent price is negotiated. My hope is that the project will be hugely successful because Dublin is crying out for a space like this and from our initial success we'll gain the momentum to get further funding with a view to increasing the level to which we support ourselves. The scheme for the funding is called the Young Ensembles Scheme and it is to support groups or ensembles of young people working on artistic projects. I outlined that space was the main deficit, the creativity was already there. I see this project as bringing a whole bunch of people together from performance, artist and music backgrounds that have not worked together before and will open up new possibilities. This should hopefully be ready to go during the Summer.

So what I need now is to get a collective of people together that are interested in making a space like this happen. We will need a collective that handles bookings and organises stuff. We will also need volunteers to 'supervise' (2 at all times). This will be anyone over 18 and all will be given the necessary training (A day or half day). The way I see this working is finding a balance between meeting safety and legal requirements on paper and having a space that does not discriminate on age basis.

I've spoken to MacKell about it and Demented would like to do most of their shows here when it is up and running. I hope this is just the beginning of something really important for Dublin.

Email me at [email protected] if you're interested in being involved."

if you want us for a gig let me know

will do it for free to help generate revenue

 

[Dylan]

Is this a once off grant Dylan or what's the story? Hope everything works out.

Yeh sort of, it's a yearly scheme, we'll have to reapply next year. The grant is budgeted for 6 months. By that time I hope it will be generating its own revenue as well to keep it open. I'd also hope by that time it will have proved the need for somewhere like this and get more funding from other sources.

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

i haven't thought too much about this so feel free to smack a shit load of sense into me but don't places like this having a punk / vegan / whatever 'ethos' at the root automatically make them exclusive too a huge number of people?
not on purpose of course but....y'know what i'm getting at?

 

[Cormcolash]

If you want us for a gig let us know.
We'll do any gig in Ireland for free cause we're a punk band.

 

[Cormcolash]

i haven't thought too much about this so feel free to smack a shit load of sense into me but don't places like this having a punk / vegan / whatever 'ethos' at the root automatically make them exclusive too a huge number of people?
not on purpose of course but....y'know what i'm getting at?

There is always a risk of that, but I would say that with an all-ages no alcohol sort of place then the only people who would feel excluded from it are people who don't agree with the very idea of the space in general, which seems to be to provide a non-commercial space to do things in Dublin City Centre that people of all ages can be involved in.

 

[Lepra]

i haven't thought too much about this so feel free to smack a shit load of sense into me but don't places like this having a punk / vegan / whatever 'ethos' at the root automatically make them exclusive too a huge number of people?
not on purpose of course but....y'know what i'm getting at?

punk? y'mean DIY.
vegan? hoo said da?
'exclusive to a huge number of people?' HUH?

 

[cesspooldublin]

I'd imagine this is going to be a very general place, not necessarily a "punk" centre. If he limits it to punk/hardcore events it won't last long, and I think we all know that.

 

[kenn]

This is great news. Ireland is on the turn, between this and me just getting a job things are looking up. Fair play Dylan.

 

[cesspooldublin]

Congrats Kenn!

 

[São Paulo Punk]

Congrats Kenn!

Yeah, Kenn just got a job for himself.

But what has he done for 'the scene' lately?

 

[D0njo]

i haven't thought too much about this so feel free to smack a shit load of sense into me but don't places like this having a punk / vegan / whatever 'ethos' at the root automatically make them exclusive too a huge number of people?
not on purpose of course but....y'know what i'm getting at?

Only punks and vegans??? Damn... well I'm out.

I guess it might exclude total alco's who can't go anywhere without being drunk but thats about it? So that means no punks, in fact.

 

[subbuteo !]

i haven't thought too much about this so feel free to smack a shit load of sense into me but don't places like this having a punk / vegan / whatever 'ethos' at the root automatically make them exclusive too a huge number of people?
not on purpose of course but....y'know what i'm getting at?

.....i didn't see any mention of punk or vegan....also anywhere similar with a punk "ethos" ive been to are often the ones giving space to others that can't get it anywhere else as they know what its like.its often peoples own narrow mindedness of what "punk" is etc that keeps people away....but thats their loss.

 

[subbuteo !]

Yeah, Kenn just got a job for himself.

But what has he done for 'the scene' lately?

he went to scotland as a carer for an aging punk latley...right on!

 

[Cormcolash]

I heard there's no jews allowed in this place, what's the story?

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

....the politics side of punk... vegan

i guess i was just skimming the thread and built up some supposed punk / vegan stance thing in my head. my bad.

punk? y'mean DIY.
vegan? hoo said da?
'exclusive to a huge number of people?' HUH?

at first i thought this was a useless reply but i now realize it's bang on.
as i said...

i haven't thought too much about this so feel free to smack a shit load of sense into me

anyways, this is great news and i hope it goes really well.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

someone ban this dutchy tosser

 

[Corm]

Yeah, he's not punk or vegan.

me just getting a job

NOT PUNK, QUITE LIKELY NOT VEGAN.

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

someone ban this dutchy tosser

 

[Cormcolash]

I got into University too, bring on the Realistic gravy Train.