[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: NIMBY needs *our* help!

esc mediapathic at gmail.com
Sat Dec 13 10:52:04 UTC 2008


This came to me from a non-nb member, and I felt it was worth
forwarding, as there is already something of an incestuous
relationship between us and Interpretive Arson / other NIMBY-related
projects. Short form: NIMBY is awesome, and needs money. I personally
endorse both of these statements.

--esc

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nicole Aptekar <nicoletbn at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 23:53
Subject: NIMBY needs *our* help!
To: DDI talk <ddi-talk at lists.sonic.net>, Ardent shop list
<ardent-shop at lists.sonic.net>


I'm sure you've all been absolutely inundated with this already, but I
figured I'd make one last appeal.
Interpretive Arson is moving to NIMBY 2. We're moving this coming
Monday, by way of a forklift picking up our containers, tossing them
on a flatbed, and dragging them halfway across Oakland. We're moving
up in the world, with a 75% larger shop, including 480 square feet of
*permanent* floor space, which we've never been so privileged to have
before. Making this happen has been on our minds a lot. Those of us
doing the bill-paying for the shop have put down a deposit and three
months rent. We believe. Well, I believe anyway.
By the latest blog posting on NIMBY's website, they've got $12,900 to
go. That's probably down a bit now, as Burning Man and O'Reilly have
committed to contributing towards the cause, but that's still a chunk
of change. I'm going to gather that most of the people on this list
have been significantly affected by the existence of NIMBY in their
lives. If you've camped with DDI, NIMBY's to blame. If you've played
with DDI or 2pir, you bet it's cause of NIMBY. If you enjoyed Ian's
performer-mounted flame effects in the last fire ballet, well, those
were made at NIMBY. Seen Rosanna's 50 foot chandelier? NIMBY.
Steampunk Treehouse? NIMBY. Pigmobile? NIMBY. Therm? NIMBY. Ever go to
a Fight Night? Christmas Tree Burn? Thunderdome? Where else but NIMBY?
Did somebody on the list make you some poi, or a wick for a dart? Made
at NIMBY. What about the fire jams IA used to run? I could go on.
Watch me.
NIMBY's got this awesome thing going for it. It's cheap workshop space
for artists. It's not 1500 dollar studios open till 10pm on weekdays,
it's not dealing with four landlords and two insurance guys, it's not
whiny neighbors, it's not 'no fire art' lease clauses, it's not 2am
police visits from the noise you're making to finish the grinding on
your sculpture two days before burning man. It's not beautiful, but
we're all allowed in. You wouldn't believe what *not* being a
manufacturing company does to your real estate options in this city.
NIMBY 2 is going to be a lot of space, for a lot of artists, for very
little money per month. And a lot more. It's huge! The lot outside is
three times the size of the old NIMBY building! Snook's going to be
setting up a seriously impressive sculpture garden, filled with
everything that doesn't fit anywhere else. The city of Oakland is
behind it. You'll be able to see Colossus, Big Rig Jig, Flock, and
perhaps if you go and make some enormous thing, you can put it there
too.
There aren't a lot of art spaces like this in the bay area. There's
certainly no others that we could fit into. If you have 30-40 bucks
that you can put towards the cause, please do.
THIS IS HOW YOU DONATE: You go to http://www.nimbyspace.org/ and click
the DONATE button in the upper right hand corner.
Then, you respond to this post, telling everyone how much NIMBY means
to you, and how they should all donate as well. Then, you post this on
every other list you're a part of, imploring them to do the same.
Seriously guys, this money is needed for December 15th. The day we
move in. We're so close. Lets make this happen. Think about how much
your last trip to Burning Man or the Fourth of Juplaya cost. Really.
You can't afford not to.
Please.
~nicoles



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