UPDATE FOR February 2011...
SquatFest will not be held in 2011.
We've received numerous emails from SquatFest fans, enquiring as to the venue for this year.
At last year's SquatFest, we announced that we will not be running SquatFest in 2011 - opening the door to others to take over the running of the event.
So... wondering where SquatFest will be held this year? The answer is, WHERE-EVER YOU WANT IT TO BE !!
Best wishes from SquatSpace...
Below this line is info about Last Year's SquatFest...
SquatFest is on again in TWENTY TEN!
WHERE and WHEN?
OK, so here's the LOCATION!
Meet at the south side of the pond in Victoria Park, Glebe
at 7.30pm sharp. We'll walk to the secret venue from there!
MAP:
See the map below - meet near the crossroads of those two paths at the western side of the pond (which is called "Lake Northam", out of interest).
(There's a miniature "Australia II" yacht in the middle of the pond.)
Another way of locating it is to go to the Parramatta Road side of the swimming pool in Victoria Park.
View SquatFest 10 Meeting Point in a larger map
WHY?
BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, TROPFEST SUX CORPORATE COCK. And besides, the films at Tropfest are bad and you have to sit through countless offensive ads and embarrassing b-grade celebs, desperately trying to come up with something good to say about rubbish attempts by misguided young filmmakers eager to claw their way to the bottom rung of the Hollywood sweatshop. Fah-geddaboudit! You know you want to, so tell your friends:
Sorry guys, this year its SquatFest for me!
(and for the record: we happily suck cock, just not corporate cock!)
Get Involved!
Please get in touch with us if you'd like to be involved in putting on the nite: finding a venue, technical setups, collecting films, publicity etc. Email info@squatspace.com !
Entries are now invited for SquatFest 2010:
simply send 'em in by post:
SQUATSPACE
PO BOX 391 Newtown NSW 2042
or get in touch with us to arrange a rendezvous/pickup: info@squatspace.com
or, simplest of all, just bring 'em along on the night!
...but get in touch with us via email if you're a really keen-bean, as we always have too many films to show...
Formats we show:
VHS, miniDV, DVD, super8 (by pre-arrangement), 16mm (by pre-arrangement), expanded cinema (ditto), sound and vision spectacle, video and performance, etc.
If it's not on this list, get in touch to negotiate! (Please contact us in advance if you wish to show super 8 or 16mm works).
About Squatfest:
SquatFest happens every year at the same date and time as
TropFest. While the hopeful entrants for TropFest are fretting about whether they'll get the chance to move up a rung in the Hollywood Sweatshop, artists and activists from 'round Australia are living it up, projecting films and videos in an inspiring squatted venue.
SquatFest began at the Broadway Squats in 2001, and has since made appearances at the Midnight Star Social Centre, the Sydney Park Brickworks, the Sydney Dental Hospital, under the grandstand at Esrkineville, and many other amazing venues! Our film programmes have toured to Newcastle, Melbourne, Perth, and Indonesia.
Check out a site by some friends of ours, dedicated to the history of SquatFest
here (that site uses Macromedia Flash, let us know if you have troubles viewing it!)
