dizzidenza , the annual commemoration of the June 4, 1989 actions by citizens in Beijing, is appropriately going to be held at Queen's Pier this year. Starting after the return of HK to China in 1997, dizzidenza tries to remember the spirit of peoples' actions by taking over and holding an area of public space, rather than simply mourning the massacre that took place in 1989.
In previous years the action has been held on the waterfront in Kowloon, but with the recent struggles of the Local Action Group in occupying and using Queen's Pier as a public space, there is surely no better place in HK to hold the action this year. The Local Action Group has put a lot of effort, energy, and heart into the struggle to prevent Queen's Pier and other areas of the city from being demolished, and have even been followed and harassed by police as a result. Hopefully this year's dizzidenza can be yet another use of the space that people's efforts have created, so at 8:09pm on June 3, go down, show your support, and show your strength!
Details of the action below... also see dizzidenza and InMedia for more information.
dizzidenza 2007
please forward and propagate
dizzidenza (echoes from tinanman)
19890604
thinking beyond patriotic.
wanting true democracy.
making people's movement.
love, hate and sadness, echoes on.
20070604
wanting to trek the paths again.
Lovers and comrades.
to the square we go.
death or life, together we will be.Since '97 (the return of hong kong to the mainland), dizzidenza has been an annual music gathering at the area in front of the "the soaring frenchman" sculpture in front of the tsimshatsui cultural centre which echoes the independent dissents raised during june 4th, 1989.
18 years have gone by..................people's voices are still being controlled, voices of dissent are still being neglected and marginalised. We believe that people's independent voices of dissent should be mutually honoured and facilitated. We also noticed the 'return the harbour (hong kong) to the people' movement raised by the 'local action network' which is a gathering of people from various groups concerned about the building of local communities and cultural development. their movement started from the preservation of the star ferry and queen's pier and developed into people's participation in community and societal planning and their vision of 'our home, we plan' are deeply rooted in the nurturing of community autonomy and the fertilizing of the growth towards a truly democratic society. moved we are, therefore we would like to move our gathering this year to the frontline of struggle to express and voice our support and solidarity.
therefore, we send out here an open call to hold this year's gathering at the 'queen's pier', the people's square cultivated by the steadfast struggling by the 'local action network'. we hope those who get the message shall bring along their own equipments of amplification; performance or display to gather at the 'queen's pier' at 8:09 p.m. on june 3rd to realize an cultural square of the voices of the independent dissents and the freedom to action.
in a square of openness, any voice must certainly be honoured. if any discord should happens, accord should be made with proactive mutual care of the involved participants to achieve a just co-ordination and arrangement.
furthermore, we think that a people's square is of the people and for the people, any uninvited interruption by any governing parties are un-necessary and is actually a repressive act to suppress the people's freedom of expression and action. therefore, this gathering of cultural action will not submit any application or notification to any governing bodies. thus, the participants might have to face and react to interruptions by the governing parties. since we called this gathering a square of the people, the mutual care and support between people to face up to and resolve any pressing problem will be of utmost importance.
if you should have any question, please email to dizzidenza@mail.com
or visit www.dizzidenza.blogspot.com/dizzidenza
from southeast of mainland china異議聲音二零零七 dizzidenza 2007
異議聲音二零零七
(please scroll down for the english version)
請廣為轉傳發播
異議聲音(天安門迴響)
一九八九六四
想超越愛國
要真正民主
做人的運動
愛恨哀怨 迴響不絕
二零零七六四
要再上路
愛人同志
到廣場去
死生相隨異議聲音為一個由九七回歸開始，迴響八九六四人民自主提出異議
，於尖沙咀文化中心外「翱翔的法國人」雕塑前的空地舉行的年度文 化演展聚匯。
但十八年後的今天‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧人民的自主性仍然被監控，異議的聲音依然被茫視及邊緣化 。我們心信人民自主的異議聲音必須互相確認及鼓動 ，亦留意到半年以來，由不同關注本土社區及文化建設的朋友匯聚而 成的「本土行動網絡」所持續推展，由保衛天星皇后出發 ，直指社區以至整體規劃參與的「還港於民」運動所提出的 ，我們的家園、人民的規劃，實為深耕社區自主及建設真正民主社會 的運動。所以我們希望今年的匯聚走進抗爭現場以表達我們的聲援及 及結連。
因此我們呼籲本年度的異議聲音匯聚在由「本土行動網絡」堅守而開拓出的人民自主廣場「皇后碼頭」舉行。希望接收到此訊 息的朋友，帶同自己的發聲、演展、播放器具，於六月三日晚上八時 九分匯聚「皇后碼頭」，共構一個自主發聲、自由起動的文化廣場。
誠然，在一個開放的廣場上，任何一個聲音都應被尊重，當中如出現任何不協調之情況，亦期望各參與的朋友本著互相關顧 的原則作出積極協調及安排。
另 外，我們認為人民的廣場本就屬於人民，任何規管者於未被要求的情況下之干預，實為不必要及壓縮人民自主表達的空間的行為。故此 ，此次的文化廣場匯聚，將不 會向任何規管機構發出實為不必要的申請或知會。所以 ，期間各參與朋友將可能需要面對規管者的干預及作出回應。當然 ，既稱人民匯聚廣場，人民之間，互相關顧、支援，以至共同面對及 化解任何眼前的困難，將會是其中極為重要的一環。
如有任何疑問，請電郵至dizzidenza@mail.com
或瀏覽www.dizzidenza.blogspot.com/
異議丹剎
中國大陸東南
