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-**Rocsa** +==== Rocsa ==== 
-  http://www.rocsa.be+ 
 +Part of the [[gent plant people]]\\ Details at http://www.rocsa.be
  
 Rocsa is an arts organisation creating projects through intercultural action led by Artistic Director Ernst Marechal.  Rocsa is an arts organisation creating projects through intercultural action led by Artistic Director Ernst Marechal. 
  
-Ernst and his team decided to create a community space for the unique and diverse community of Muide located just north of the city centre. Muide's demographic is made up of migrant families and an increasing population of middle class western Europeans. It's location is like an island, surrounded on three sides by water. Rocsa chose Loods 21 as the site, an empty lot along the canal within easy reach of the residents on their peninsula. +Ernst and his team decided to create a community space for the unique and diverse community of Muide located just north of the city centre. Muide's demographic is made up of migrant families and an increasing population of middle class western Europeans. Muide is like an island, surrounded on three sides by water. Rocsa chose Loods 21 as the site, an empty lot along the canal within easy reach of the residents on their peninsula. 
  
 The lot is an old industrial shipping site ripe for future property development. Ernst saw the potential to use the area to create a temporary space for residents to celebrate their diverse cultures. In essence a place for them to call their own while they live together in this unique area.   The lot is an old industrial shipping site ripe for future property development. Ernst saw the potential to use the area to create a temporary space for residents to celebrate their diverse cultures. In essence a place for them to call their own while they live together in this unique area.  
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 Rocsa also built a community garden with no fences. Some locals have contributed to helping it grow, others have simply harvested the crops. Rocsa leaves it to the community to self-police the process and decide how the communal space can exist.  Rocsa also built a community garden with no fences. Some locals have contributed to helping it grow, others have simply harvested the crops. Rocsa leaves it to the community to self-police the process and decide how the communal space can exist. 
  
-Rocsa is also presenting a number of art projects on the site including workshops and concerts. One of their big themes is based around the idea of looking at the site vertically – getting to know the sky and stars as markers of the local landscape. Over time Ernst plans to document the vertical space by producing an almanac, a reference book detailing this site from the skies, from the local zodiac to sunrise and sunset times. In early October 2012 Rocsa launched the project with a concert, and working with scientists and astrologers they are creating a local walk encouraging people to look upwards and learn about the visible sky. They are also planning a big party on December 21st (the end of the world according to the Mayan calendar) where they will interview residents and showcase their diverse religions and belief systems related to the sky and the future. They also plan to bake bread until dawn, heralding a new beginning, if indeed the world doesn’t end…+Rocsa is also presenting a number of art projects on the site including workshops and concerts. One of their big themes is based around the idea of looking at the site vertically – getting to know the sky and stars as markers of the local landscape. Over time Ernst plans to document the vertical space by producing an almanac, a reference book detailing this site from the skies, from the local zodiac to sunrise and sunset times. In early October 2012 Rocsa launched the project with a concert, and working with scientists and astrologers they are creating a local walk encouraging people to look upwards and learn about the visible sky. They are also planning a big party on December 21st (the end of the Mayan Calendar) where they will interview residents and showcase their diverse religions and belief systems related to the sky and the future. They also plan to bake bread until dawn, heralding a new beginning, if indeed the world doesn’t end…
  
 On a bigger picture level, Ernst views Rocsa’s role as the opposite of autonomous city development where governments build structures without community participation. He believes the project at Loods 21 as an opportunity to connect people to city ‘developments’ where they can determine the direction and movements of their activities. He believes that the government should place more trust in the people to decide their own future. And in doing so, he sees projects like this as temporary, rising up around a particular context for a particular group of locals. In a few years, this site may have a new future, and when it does, Rocsa will also move to another space and help activate social participation in a different area around a different social context.   On a bigger picture level, Ernst views Rocsa’s role as the opposite of autonomous city development where governments build structures without community participation. He believes the project at Loods 21 as an opportunity to connect people to city ‘developments’ where they can determine the direction and movements of their activities. He believes that the government should place more trust in the people to decide their own future. And in doing so, he sees projects like this as temporary, rising up around a particular context for a particular group of locals. In a few years, this site may have a new future, and when it does, Rocsa will also move to another space and help activate social participation in a different area around a different social context.  
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