3 flags seen hanging from Madrid balcones, late May 2023

- "SOS" in Chueca = housing prices are unaffordable

- yellow in Lavapiés = against drug dealing occurring in the neighborhood 

- Spanish flag several neighborhoods = increased nationalism (V0x) 

bombas y tijeras

este artículo es alucinante, en texto e imágenes.
un triple proceso de recopilar la casas, la vida y las imágenes fragmentadas por el tiempo y el humano.
el bombardeo --> el montage --> un artículo de CTXT
cemento/bombas, papel/tijeras, ojos/pantalla
por nuestro colega Sebastiaan Faber
muy util para lxs que enseñan cultura visual/historia material en español

La extraña vida póstuma de un inmueble madrileño y otras historias de la Guerra Civil 

Iniciativas ciudadanas - pdf

Impresionante. La memoria completa sobre las iniciativas e intervenciones ciudadanas, virtuales y físicas, para el empoderamiento urbano. En pdf, publicada por VIC y La Casa Encendida. Se enfoca mayormente en las intervenciones en Madrid en los últimos años. Con fines democráticos, podría servir como prototipo para participación ciudadana en cualquier ciudad.

http://viveroiniciativasciudadanas.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/VIC-Memoria-6ciudades-BUENAFINAL-140617.pdf

Esta es una plaza, Dr. Forquet 24, Madrid

This is a rare space. Surrounded by tightly regulated space of very high economic value, this "plaza" doesn't cost anything to use, it can be used by any human being (regardless of how much money you have, your race, ideology, gender...etc.), anyone can take care of it, and there are no video cameras or advertisement. One can do pretty much anything they want here. 
How long will it last?

MediaLab in Madrid (a public-private entity) has provided the resources to try to legally keep this espacio autogestionado in the hands of the public. A group of advocates is trying to translate/articulate the importance of the space in written legal jargon in order to gain official approval from the Ayuntamiento (gov't of Madrid) to secure the space.
A difficulty, a wonderful one, that we have had thus far in trying to conceptualize the space within the current legal structure, is that it it doesn't fit into traditional legal jargon or categories.  It's not owned by any person or group of people.  It's not a garden or a plaza, not a park or a playground; it is a mixture of these places and much more. Those who have been informally maintaining the space don't want to define it as a definition would exclude future possibilities.

More info: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/la-aventura-del-saber/aventura-del-saber-esta-plaza/2572375/

To be continued...

May 2011 La Puerta del Sol

More info on the 15-M movement here.