Favela Zondag

Workshops, eten en tours

26 May 2013

Iedere zondag was er een boel te doen in de Freezing Favela. Je kon een Yoga les volgen in de Favela Yoga. Je kon je eigen kartonnen meubels maken bij Paper Universe. Of in de Favelous kantine leren hoe je je eigen focaccio maakt. Verder waren er rondleidingen door de favela en was het Aquaponics team aanwezig voor vragen.

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01-06-2013 de Duivenmest toren - Freezing Favela - This picture was taken at Mediamatic Fabriek. The Pigeon Tower is a project by Arne Hendriks, part of Freezing Favela. Nowadays most people unfortunately experience pigeons as annoying. Maybe we should reconsider this. Pigeons are loved by tourists and bring spectacle and dynamics to the urban landscape. They also help to clean up the city by eating discarded food. If they can produce fertilizer, for example for urban agricultural projects, their status will grow again and (like bees that… Erik Diekstra

Freezing Favela

Freezing Favela was a temporary city at Mediamatic Fabriek. The space is big, unheated, and the roof leaks. Designers, cooks, and other makers had claimed part of this space as their own. In the Favela you could make tosti's from scratch, bricks from old newspapers, furniture from cardboard, and prepare food with ingredients from the aquaponics farm. Favela-citizens gave workshops and organized events and meals.