Practical Informations

In PAF there is no staff; your stay is not organised by others. PAF has no funding and is based on self-organization.
There are only two rules in PAF:
- make things possible for others
- don't leave traces

Communal Spaces

This is not a complete list of every available space at PAF, only a list of the most commonly-used spaces for meetings, work and other purposes.

Basement:
Big Dance Hall
Old Kitchen

On the Ground Floor:
Coffee Room
Dining Room
Kitchen
Pantry (food storage, second dishwasher, etc.)
Laundry Room
Tools Room (with cleaning products and toilet paper, etc)
Electricity Room (with additional plugs and lightbulbs, etc)
Garden Studio
Bluish Green Studio
Ping-Pong Hall
Tango Salon
Piano Room
Chapel

1st Floor:
Media Space
Small Working Space
Big Studio

2nd Floor:
Dortoir Ste. Louise
Dortoir Ste. Therese
Attic Drying Room (used in the summer for drying clothes)

Outdoor Spaces
Three courtyards
Little Mountain
Garden
Fruit Garden

There are numerous paths through the woods in the area, also places to sit or walk or work on nice days.

Prices

Prices include a simple room with beautiful countryside views containing a single or double bed and a sink with hot water, the use of kitchen, bathrooms, common spaces and working spaces. Payment is due on the day of arrival. You will be refunded if you leave earlier.
Price per person per night: 1–5 days: 16,5 €
Price per person per night for more than 5 days: 11 €
Price per person per month: 275 €

Media facilities

- wireless internet in most of the building and parts of the garden
- VHS players & recorders (media space)
- DVD players & recorders (media space)
- video-beamer (media space)
- VHS and DVD library (media space). The PAF library is built with the contribution of everybody, so if you would like to share your videos, please copy them.
- professional sound system (mixing desk, amplifier, 4 loudspeakers)

Food & Shopping

- meals are self-organized, according to the users (individuals or groups.) It is also possible to organize catering for big groups.
- the supermarket “Intermarché” is in Saint-Erme, behind the railway station; opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 9.00 to 12.30 and 14.30 to 19.00, Monday 14.30 – 19.00 Saturday 9.00 – 19.00, Sunday 9.00 to 12.30.
- in the village you can find a bakery, pharmacy, tobacco store, and beauty salon.

Blackboard

In the coffee room there is a blackboard where you can announce activities you want to open to possibly interested people. This is also the place to discover what others have planned and to see whatever general announcements there may be.

Bicycles

Two bicycles are in the garage and are available for use. Please be considerate in returning them to the garage when you are finished.

Legal status

For the time being the legal status of PAF is not that of an institution but a private initiative. A cultural association (law 1901) called PAF was founded on 30/12/2006.
President is Alice Chauchat, Treasurer is Xavier Le Roy, Administrator is Jan Ritsema.
Each guest is fully responsible for his/her own actions. PAF is not responsible for any damages or injuries to person or property and shall not be held liable in case of accident.

Hope you enjoy your stay and that you work well.
Be more than welcome.

List of guests PAF in 2006

Manon Santkin and Leslie Manes, Brussels, March 16-30
Roosien Van Alphen, Amsterdam, March 17-24
Florian Schneider, Munich, March 19-20
Andrea Maurer, Vienna, March 30 – April 25
Elke Van Campenhout/Nadine, Brussels + 5 people, April 3-11
Alexander, Antwerp April 4-11
Fran, Antwerp, April 4-
Frederic Schrankenmuller,April 10-14
Alexandra Beaudelot, April 12
Marina Palovaara, Sweden, April 10- May 9
Hans-Petter Dahl, Amsterdam, April 15
Anneke Bonnema, Amsterdam, April 15
Bruno Faucon and Catherine, Lyon, April 16-19
Berno Odo Polzer , Vienna, April 12-29
Kr66t Juurak, Tallinn, April 12-29
Bojana Cvejic, Brussels, April 23-30
Hugo De Greef, April 27/28
Theo van Rompay, April 28
Xavier Le Roy, April 28
Mathilde Monnier, April 28
Catherine Hasler, April 28
DD Dorvillier, New York, April 30 – May 15
Paz Rojo, Madrid, May 9-15
Aissa Nairmi, Paris, May 9-15
Alice Chauchat, France, May 13-15
Geraldine Gourbe, Paris, May 13-15
Barbara Fourmis, Paris, May 13-15
Florian Malzacher +3,Graz, Unfriendly Takeover and Merve Verlag, May 13-15
Ferdinand du Bois, Brussels, May 17-24
Anne Juren, Vienna, May 19-26
Antoine Desvigne, Brussels, May 22-26
Kajsa Sandstrom, Schweden, May 18 – 31
Alexis Destoop, Brusssels, May 24-31
Jonathan Burrows, London, 3/4 days in period May 22-25
Kr66t Juurak, Tallinn, July 4 - August 29 SU
Berno Odo Polzer, Vienna, July 4- august 29 SU
Aude Lachaise, Paris, July 5-12
Etcetera, Van Campenhout, Brussels +6-8 people, July 6-13
Elke Van Campenhout, Brussels June 30- July 16
Bojana Cvejic, Brussels, July 5-7
DDDorvillier, New York, July 3-8 and 16-19
Joa Hug, Amsterdam, July 10-16
Andrea Eschwein, July 13-
Kristine Karala Øren, Norway July 16-29
Jan Obbeek, Milco, Belgium, July 17-23
Reunion EDDC-Arnhem, 8-10pers, July 17-24
Loes Goedbloed, Amsterdam, July 21-23
Danny Verstegen +, Zwevelgem, July 24-August 5
Dany Daccache +, Beirout, July 26- August 5
Ida Lykken, Oslo, July 27-29
Eric Arn and Vanessa, Vienna, July 31st-August 4
Dimitrije Tadic + Maja, Milka,Nikola, Belgrade, July 31-August 9
DDDorvillier, New York, July 31st-August 3
Nicolas Siepen, Berlin, August 11-22 SU
Petra Sabisch, Berlin, august 7-27 SU
Helena Remeijers + 6 people, Amsterdam, August 7-15
Sergej and Nikolina Pristas (BADco), Zagreb + 7 people, August 8-21 SU
Mette Edvardsen, Brussels, August 12-16
DDorvillier, New York, August 14-21 SU
Annie Dorsen, New York, August 14-27 SU
Xavier Le Roy, Berlin/Paris, August 17-23 SU
Eszter Salamon, Berlin, August 17-23 SU
Mette Ingvartsen, Brussels, August 14-21 SU
Bojana Cvejic, Brussels, August 8-31 SU
Petra Sabisch, Berlin, August 16-27 SU
Ragna Aurich, Amsterdam, August 17-24 SU
Sandra Iché, Paris, August 17-24 SU
Christine Gaigg, Vienna, August 17-27 SU
Pietro Romani, Lisbon, August 16-28 SU
Aurore Depres, Besancon, August 17-24 SU
Alice Chauchat, Paris, August 17-24 SU
Geof, Paris, August 18-21
Goran Fercec, Zagreb, August 17-27 SU
Kajsa Sandstrom, Stockholm, August 17-27 SU
Ana Vujanovic, Belgrade, August 17-27 SU
Marta Popivoda, Belgrade, August 17-27 SU
Carla Bottiglieri, Thomas Greil, Paris, August 17-27 SU
Jennifer Kelly, New York, 17-27 SU
Oliver Frjlic, Zagreb, 17-27 SU
Martina Hochmuth, Vienna, August 18-21SU
Florian Malzacher, Graz, August 19-26 SU
Felicia Atkinson, Paris, August 25-30
Elise, Paris, August 25-30
Andrea Eschwein, Wiesbaden, August 29-September 19
Sophie Kienhuis, Amsterdam, September 11-30
Florent Delval, Paris, September 13-20
Kim-Lien Desault, Paris, September 13-20
Dany Daccache, Lebanon, September 18- Oktober 18
Inge Duytschaever, Brussels, September 23-24
Tristero 4pers, Brussels, September 25- 28
DDDorvillier, New York, Oktober 8-14 and 28-31
Irina Mueller, Matthias Meier, Berlin, Oktober 5-15
Ferdinand du Bois, Brussels, Oktober 16-21
Trudo Engels, Brussels, Oktober 16-21
Helena Remeijer, Amsterdam,october 23- november 12
Roosien Van Alphen, Amsterdam, october 27- november 4
Sandra Iché, Paris, November 19-29
Seo Seonja, S.Korea, November 12-21
ART/WORK conference and workshop, 17 people, November24 - december10
Nathalie Rias, France, November 23-29
Malin Schiller, November 24-27
Gaëlle Bourges, France, November 26-29
KINO, filmmakers,europe 40 people, December 10-17
Nick Quin, New York, december 11-13
Adam Olha, Slovakia, december 9-13
Ivan Castineiras, Galicia, december 9-13
Alix Eynaudi, 2 weeks in december
Stéphanie K-Echeinberg, France, december
Sanneke van Hassel, Rotterdam, 20-24 december
Ditta, Utrecht, 20-24 december
kim-lien Desault, Paris, 24/12-7/1 WU
Florent Delval, Paris, 22/12-7/1 WU
Bojana Cvejic, Brussels, 26-3 january WU
Berno Odo Polzer, Vienna, 27-7 january WU
Kroot Juurak, Tallinn, 27-7 january WU
Annie Dorsen, New York, 27-4 january WU
Marina Grzinic, Vienna, plus 27 students, december 26-30 WU
Marta Popivoda, Belgrade, 26-30 WU
Ana Vujanovic, Belgrade, 26-30 WU
Gerhard Gleich, Vienna, 26-30 WU
Kai Stoger, Vienna, december 26-31 WU
Thomas Greil, Paris, 26/12-7/1 WU
Carla Bottiglieri, Paris, 26/12-7/1 WU
Christine De Smet, Gent, 27/12-2/1 WU
Sandra Iché, Paris, 27/12- 3/1 WU
Florian Malzacher, Graz, 27/12-3/1 WU
Xavier Le Roy, Berlin, 28/12-2/1 WU
Manuela Zechner, London, 28/12 - 3/1 WU
Christophe Wavelet, Paris, 28/12 - 30/12 WU
Pietro Romani, Lisbon, 29/12-3/1 WU
Petra Sabisch, London, 29/30-12 - 2/3-1 WU
Ines Jacques, France, 29/12-3/1 WU
Noé Soulier, Australia, 29/12-4/1 WU
Altyn Chiang, New York, 30/12-4/1 WU
Mette Ingvartsen, Denmark, 30/12-2/1 WU
Peter Lenaerts, Brussels, 30/12-2/1 WU
Randy Carreno, Spain, 30/12-3/1 WU
Sujata Goel, New Delhi, 31/12-2/1 WU

Activities

SummerUniversity, 40, August 17-27
The Summit of the non-aligned academies, 10, Oktober, 22-29
Conferences and residencies about 'Work', 15, November 24- December10
KINO kabaret, filmmaking filmers,30-60pers. 10/12-17/12-2006
Winter University,40, December 24/2006-January 6/2007

Presentations of PAF:

Vienna, Tanzquartier, 18/02/06, Berno Odo Polzer, Bojana Cvejic, Jan Ritsema
Dortmund, 22/04/06, Bojana Cvejic
Londres, 5-7/5/06 Gasworks, Jan Ritsema, Bojana Cvejic
Belgrade, 15-20/09/06, Ana Vujanovic, Berno Odo Polzer, Jan Ritsema, Nicolas Siepen,
Varsovie, 2-9/09/06, Mobile Academy, Bojana Cvejic, Jan Ritsema
Montpellier, 14/09/06, Ex.c.erce, Xavier Le Roy, Jan Ritsema
Graz, Steirische Herbst, 28/09/06, Jan Ritsema
Berlin, Ausland, 29/09/06, Alice Chauchat, Petra Sabisch, Nicolas Siepen
Zagreb, 6-8/10/06, Sergej Pristas, Nikolina Pristas, Bojana Cvejic, Jan Ritsema

List of guests PAF in 2007

Maiko Ota, Japan, from february
Manuela Zechner, London, 11/2-20/2
Maria Zendrera, Barcelona, 12/2-20/2
Paz Rojo, Madrid, 11/2-20/2
Seo Seonja, South Korea, 12/2-20/2
Frederic Schrankenmuller, 15/2-20/2
Pierre Lequillon, Paris, 15/2
Ulrike Freser, Berlin, 16/2-5/4
Cora Josting, Berlin, 16/2-22/2
Erik Bindervoet, Amsterdam, 17/2-25/2
Tjitske Jansen, Amsterdam, 17/2-25/2
Walter Hus, Brussels, 15/2-21/2-28/2
David Wampach, Paris, 23/2-28/2
Maeva Cunci, Paris, 23/2-28/2
Lucie Eidenbenz, Berlin, 26/2-10/3
Stephane Moreaux, Paris, 28/2-3/3
Alexander Brom, Vienna, 28/2-15/4
Frederic Schrankenmuller,Paris, 5/3-10/3
Ecole de beaux-arts Rueil-Malmaison, 10 pers. 9/3-11/3
Valentina Desideri, Rome, 18/3-
Inge Duytschaever, Brussels 18/3-19/3
Joannes Vandermeulen,Namahn, Brussels, 17 pers. 19/3-23/3
Cris Duarte, Sao Paulo, 20/3-14/4
Thelma Bonavita, Sao Paulo, 20/3-30/4
Nicolas Siepen, Berlin, 25/3-5/4
Tim Stüttgen, Berlin, 25/3-5/4
Inka Arlt, Berlin, 25/3-2/4
Caroline Breton, Paris, 28-30/3 and 2-6/4
Tommy Noonan, New York, 26/3-2/4
Sammi Landweer, Amsterdam, 31/3-5/5
Frank Albers, Den Haag 1/4-13/4
Alice Chauchat, Paris, 1/4-5/4
Natascha Moschini, London, 1/4-1/10
Lucy Conochie, London, Slade + 4, April 2-15
Justin Garrick, Chicago, 3/4-
Lia Rodriques + 4 dancers, Rio de Janeiro, April 13-22
Paz Rojo, Madrid, plus 4 performers, 15/4-29/4
Clea Wallis and Paul, Schotland, 15/4-25/4
Jim, Schotland, 23/4-25/4
Encens, Fashion magazine, 5 pers, 24-26/4
Boris Nitikin, Giessen, 27-30/4
Lotte Van Dijck, Amsterdam, 29/4-4/5
Gerrit Valckenaers, Antwerp, 29/4-4/5
Rio Rutzinger, Vienna, 1/5-7/5
Ecole de beaux-arts Rueil-Malmaison, 10 pers. 11-13/5
Ditta Pelgrom. Amsterdam, 6/5-19/5
Oeke Hoogendijk, Amsterdam, 6/5-13/5
Caroline Breton, paris, 12/5-17/5
David, Paris, 12/5-13/5
Guido Reimitz, Vienna 12-18/5
Nadine, Brussels, 10 pers. computer works, 13-19/5
Katelijne Pompe, Rotterdam, 14-19/5
Petra van Diest, Antwerpen, 14-19/5
Jerome Bel, Paris, 18-21/5
Ex.er.ce-PARTS-Ernst Busch, exchange self education students,Montpellier-Brussels-Berlin 28pers., May 20st-June 1st
Xavier Leroy, Paris, 20/5-2/6
Berno Odo Polzer, Vienna, 20/5-31/5
Steven de Belder, Brussels 20/5 and 1/6
Jean-Felix Marecaux, Lille, 21/5-
Bojana Cvejic, Belgrade, 22/5-31/5
Mette Ingvartsen, Copenhagen, 22/5-31/5
Eszter Salamon, Berlin, 22/5-31/5
Maarten Roels, Brussel, 24/5
Catherine Hasler, Montpellier, 24/25/5
Bea Kiesslinger, Stuttgart, 25/5-1/6
Theo van Rompay, Brussels 28/29/5
Julie Josserand, Montpellier, 31/5-1/6
Ruhr University Bochum, 27 pers, 7-10/6
Kim YunJung, Seoul, 12-15/6
Valentina Desideri, 26/6-
Andrea Parkins, New York, 28/6-23/7
Marike op den Akker, Arnhem, 30/6-7/7
Iris Viviana Perez, Santo Domingo Domenican Rep, 1-20/7
Regina Polenz, Brooklyn NY, 30/6-15/8 SU
Gillie Kleiman, Guildford,UK, 2/7-16/8 SU
Friederike Adlung, New York, 2-9/7
Sylvia Schultes, New York 2/7-23/7
Angela Linssen, Amsterdam, 2-29/7
Tony Thatcher, Laban Center, London, 12 pers. 6-12/7
Trinity College, Conservatory, London, 12 people, 6-12/7
Marie Braconnier, 12 chambres doubles, 7-8/7
Jerome Bel, Paris, 7-9/7
Mike Hornblow, Wellington, 8-10/7
Gaelle Bourges, New York, 10-14/7
Matty Ostrowski. New York 13/7-23/7
Badco, Zagreb, Sergeij, Nikolina Pristas, David Fischer, 14/7-22/7
Stephanie Auth, Mainz, 15/7-15/8 SU
Kim Yunjung, Seoul, 15/7-28/8 SU
German-french, cycling Paris-Berlin, camping, 30 pers. 15/7
Thom Plischke, Dresden, 16-29/7
Kattrin Deufert, Dresden, 16-29/7
Henrik Hedinge, 16/7-18/7
Berno Odo Polzer, Vienna, 18/7-12/8 SU
Bojana Cvejic, Belgrade, 18/7-22/7
Thea Cohen plus friend, Amsterdam (d) 19/7
DDorvillier, New York, 20-26/7
Erni Kask, plus 11 colleagues, Tallinn, 22/7-31/7
Sandra +Felix, (d) 23-29/7
Francoise Walot, plus (d), 23-28/7
Bojana Cvejic, Belgrade 29/7-8/8 SU
Noe Soulier, Paris, 1-5/8 SU
Annie Dorsen, New York, 1-10/8 SU
Alice Chauchat, Paris, 1/8-15/8 SU
Nicolas Couturier, Paris, 1/8-15/8 SU
Joris Lacoste, Paris, 1/8-15/8 SU
Lito Walkey, Paris, 1/8-15/8 SU
Ingrid Cogne, 2-14/8 SU
Tom Kasebar, 2-7/8 SU
Waltraud Brauner, 2-7/8 SU
Natalie Koger, 2-12/8 SU
Susanna Pfeil plus friend, Mallorca, 2/8-12/13/8 SU
Julia Arbey, 2-13/8 SU
Manuela Zechner, London, 1/8-10/8 SU
Hagedus Dora, Budapest, 2-14/8 SU

SUMMERUNIVERSITY, 3/8-12/8, with possibility to come earlier and/or to stay longer.

Luigi Coppola, Taipei, 3-15/8 SU
Paula Caspao, Lisbon 3-6/8 SU
Isabel de Narevan, Lisbon, 3-6/8 SU
Jelena+Paul, Belgrade, 4-5/8 SU
Misa+Mila, Belgrade, 4-5/8 SU
Sandra Iché, Paris, SU
Xavier Leroy, Paris, SU
Pietro Romani, Lisbon, SU
Eszter Salamon, Berlin, SU
Petra Sabisch, Berlin, SU
Megan Byrne, New York, SU
Kr66t Juurak, Vienna, SU
Hannah Hurtzig, Berlin, 2-9/8 SU
Florian Malzacher, Graz, 5-12/8 SU
Mette Ingvartsen, Copenhagen 5-9/8 SU
Jefta van Dinther, Amsterdam, 5-9/8 SU
Rebecca Lee Miller, Kansas City, 7/8-28/10 SU
Nati Tencer Faivovich Buenos Aires, 7-12/8 SU
Joannes Vandermeulen, Brussels, 7/8-12/8 SU
Maia Jancovici, Bukarest, 7-15/8 SU
Bettina Foldesi, Vienna, 7-15/8 SU
Sophie Gosselin, David Guignebert,Tours 8-12/8 SU (d)
Christoph Lalanne, Tours, 8-12/8 SU
Jacob Peter-Kovner, New York, 10-17/8 SU
Glenn Balouza, London, 10-15/8 SU
Jasmine Soori-Arachi, London, 10-15/8 SU

Anette Frey, Hamburg, 14-22/8
Sweet&Tender Collaborations/Skite 2007, 40 people, 15/8-15/9
Monica Gillette + partner, New York, 15-31/8
Stephane Pichard, Paris, 15-22/8
Amie architecte, Paris, 15-22/8
Effi Rabsilber, (D) berlin, 15-30/8
Marold Langer-Philipsen,berlin 15-30/8
Franca Treur, Thomas Blondeau, Amsterdam. 16-25/8 (d)
Simone Aughterlony, Wellington NZ, 19/8-31/8
Sean Macdonald,Auckland NZ 19/8-31/8
Ex.e.r.ce, auditions, 25 pers, 31/8-3/9
CNDC, Angers, Essais, Loic Touzé/Jan Kopp, 13p, 4/9-14/9
Rio Rutzinger, Vienna, 6-9/9
Victoire Dubruel, Paris, 9-10/9
Mike Hornblow plus, Melbourne, 11-16/9
Juha Valkeapaa, Tallinn, 11-23/9
Kaja Kann, Tallinn, 11-23/9
Hannes Gellner, 14/9-3/10
Ecole de Paysages, Versailles, 45 pers. 17/9-22/9
Cris Duarte, Sao Paulo, 17/9-1/10 - 8-30/10
Thelma Bonavita, Sao Paulo, 17/9-30/10
DDDorvillier, New York, 16-30/9
Elizabeth Ward, New York, 16-30/9
Hannes Gellner, Vienna, 17/9-5/10
Joaquim Pujol, Barcelona, 20-30/9
Ecole des beaux-arts Rueil-Malmaison, 17 (15+2) pers.21-23/9
Florian Schneider plus 4 pers. Munich, 23-28/9
Britta Wirthmuller, Hamburg, 1-14/10 (d)
Adrien Facheux, Paris, 1-12/10
Andree Wenzel, Hamburg, 1-14/10
Peter Wagenaar, Amsterdam, 1-28/10
Dan Lee, Kansas City, 6/10-28/10
SNDO, Maria, Amsterdam, 8 persons, 7-13/10
Maria Ines Villasmil, Amsterdam, 8-11/10
Tim Sampson, London, 9/10-23/11
Sam Larsseson, London, 9/10-22/10, 19-23/11
Ditta Pelgrom, Amsterdam,13-20/10
Angela Linssen, Amsterdam, 13-19/10
Jan Sakko + friend, Utrecht, 18-21/10
Simonelouise Eisler, Australia, 21-25/10
Clement Layes, Paris, 24-29/10
Hannes Gellner, Vienna, 25/10- ..
Margot Dorleans, Paris, 31/10-2/11
Perrine Bailleux, {aris, 31/10-6/11
Ecole des beaux-arts Rueil-Malmaison, Paris, 15 pers.31/10-4/11
Fabuleus, Veerle van Schoelant, Belgium, 13 pers, repetitions music prod. 31/10-3/11
Emilie Combet, Paris, 5-15/11
Fabio Bello, Paris, 5-15/11
Dacchi Dang, Sydney, 5/11-22/11
Sam Bogaerts + 14 pers, Ecole de theatre, Gent, 15-17/11
Johanneke Heijting, Amsterdam, 19/11-15/12
DDDorvillier, New York, 21-27/11
Artskool, Paris, London, Europe, 26 pers 23-25/11
Mish Grigor and Jof, Sydney, 28/11-10/12 (d)
Elke van Campenhout, Brussels, 28-30/11
Ecole des beaux-arts Rueil-Malmaison, Paris, 16 pers 30/11-2/12
Florent Delval, Paris, 30/11-3/12
Kim-Lien Desault, Paris, 1-7/12
Daniel Teige, Paris, 1-7/12
Sungeun Kim, Seoul, 3-10/12
Andree, Berlin, 3-14/12
Susanne Lang +, 6-7/12
Petra Sabisch, Berlin, 14-23/12
Mette Ingvartsen, Copenhagen, 14-23/12
Frederic Gies, Berlin, 14-23/12
Alice Chauchat, Paris, 14-23/12
Audrey Aubert, Paris, 14-23/12
Mickaël Phelippeau, Madrid, 14-23/12
Gillie Kleiman, London, 18-31/12 WUM (v)
Gerald Kurdian, Montpellier, 19-23/12

WINTER UPDATE MEETING, 24/12-5/1 40 persons

Hannah Hurtzig, Berlin, 27/12-3/1 WUM
Florian Malzacher, Graz, 27/12-4/1 WUM
Jefta van Dinther, Amsterdam, 31/12-6/1 WUM
Mette Ingvartsen, Brussels, 31/12-6/1 WUM
Joris Lacoste, Paris, 31/12-5/1 WUM
Nathalie Koger, Paris, 26/12-4/1 WUM
Bojana Cvejic, Brussels,23-25/12 WUM
Bojana Cvejic and Vladimir, 31/12-6/1 WUM
Alice Chauchat,Yves Mettler, Paris, 30/12-6/1 WUM (d)
Xavier Leroy, Berlin,29/12-6/1 WUM
Eszter Salomon, Berlin,29/12-6/1 WUM
Nicolas Siepen, Berlin, 27/12-3/1 WUM
Petra Sabisch, Berlin, 29/12-2/1 WUM
Kroot Juurak, Vienna, 30/12-7/1 WUM
Nicole Rutrecht, Vienna, 23/12-4/1 WUM
Iris Dittler,Vienna, 27/12-4/1 WUM
Joannes Vandermeulen, Brussels, 2-4/1 WUM
Mila Bakic and Ivan, Belgrade, 27/12-2/1 WUM (d)
Annie Dorsen, New York, 27/12-3/1 WUM
Joanna Bailie, Brussels, 28/1202/1 WUM
Noyale Colin, London, 26-30/12 WUM
Karen Lambeak, Oslo, 23/12-5/1 WUM (fv)
Antoine Fraval, Edinburgh, 29/12-4/1 WUM
Min Kyoung Lee, Seoul, 24/12-4/1 WUM
Alex Roccoli, New York, 29/12-2/1 WUM
Sandra Iché, Paris, 1-6/1 WUM
Helene, Paris, cook, 24/12-6/1 WUM
Aude, Paris, cook, 24/12-4/1 WUM
Berno Odo Polzer, Vienna, 30/12-6/1 WUM
Aparna Prakash, New Dehli, 25/12-28/2/08 WUM
Inga Showarek, Prague, 1/1-4/1 WUM
Lenio Kaklea, Stuttgart, 30/12-4/1 WUM
Walter Hus, Brussels, 2-4/1 WUM
Ana Dzokic and Marc Neelen, Belgrade, 31/12-3/1 WUM (d)
Skite/S&T, Paris, 3/1
Chistine de Smedt, Gent, 29/3-3/1 WUM
Jenny Beyer and Ben Pointeker, Hamburg, 29/12-4/1 WUM (d)

Presentations of PAF:

Berlin, March 07. Dachverband Zeigenossischer Kunst, Alice Chauchat, Petra Sabisch
Paris, Fondation Kadist/Bétonsalon, 21/22/April 07, Jan Ritsema
Berlin, Summit for non-aligned initiatives in education culture, Berlin 25/26 May 07, Nicolas Siepen, Ana Vujanovic, Marta Popidova, Jan Ritsema
New York, DDorvillier, Jan Ritsema, 11/10/07

PAF about its organizational and structural principles

A conference on Selforganisation in september 2006 in Belgrade formulated a series of questions to be answered by different organisations who tend to implement a certain level of selforganisation.
Kroot Juurak and Alice Chauchat answered for PAF.

QUESTIONS

Name/title of organization: PAF (Performing Arts Forum)

Legal status:

What is the format/legal status of your organization?
The building is privately owned; there is no official organization for the participants; we are setting up a legal association to arrange money and setting the house to security standards. We will thus make separate answers for the next questions, on the one hand about PAF the non-formal organization, and on the other hand about the legal association.
The association is a non-profit association (French law 1901) involving 6-8 people that take care of the financial maintenance of the house and are responsible for PAF remaining an open structure available to everybody for self-motivated artistic residencies.

Geo-political territory:
Where is your organization based? Saint-Erme, France
Is it local, regional, or international organization? International

Organizational structure:

What are the rules of/in your organization?
- Anybody can use the house for artistic processes on the condition of paying a participation to the costs (rental costs)
- Everyone is responsible for their own activities
- Everyone makes things possible for others

How do you produce these rules?
These rules are the fundament of the whole PAF project, and entail that no other rule should be made

Do you aim at creating a non- or less-organized organization? If yes, how do you do?
Yes; in order to organize as little as possible, we follow the principle: the one who does decides

Is there a core group? Is the core group flexible?
The users who engage on a more regular basis take more responsibilities than others; this group is not set though, and varies depending on each person's availability and decision.
The legal association (6-8 persons) is responsible for financial matters; these members are renewed every 3 years.

Do you consider the structure of your organization utopian model? If yes, how?
Yes; in opposition to the pragmatic model of representative democracy in which some persons are entitled to represent others, PAF relies on participative democracy as the promise of a structure based on desire rather than contracts

Decision making:
How is the decision-making process organized? How do you produce these rules?
- everybody's informed about decisions to be made via the mailing list
- anyone can make decisions, power is distributed by commitment.
- ultimately, those who involve decide

What are the practices of openness, transparency, sharing in your organization? Are these important?
Openness is important for people to be able to exchange with others
Transparency is important so that power stays fluid and responsibilities can be shared

Economic situation:

How do you ensure sustainability for your project?
In order to maintain the building:
- rents paid by users ( 7 nights- 70 euros, 5 nights- 75, 10 nights- 100 euros. One month 250 euro. Persons benefiting from a grant pay the double amount)
- with donations (friends of paf: association collecting donations)
- with subsidies (private and public)

Are you funded from project to project or permanently?
At the moment there is no reliable or sufficient funding for the project.

How do you deal with money: how do you write the applications; how do you re-distribute money?
Applications are written by those who commit. Money is used to ensure that PAF can continue, by renovating the house, setting it up to security standards and equipping it with more work facilities.

Is it possible that the founders don’t remain at the core of your organization? Is this desirable?
PAF was founded with the idea to be an organization that includes change in its basic structure.
Jan Ritsema started with inviting 30 people, then 100 came in the next 8 months and out of these different individuals and organizations engage on different levels, taking different responsibilities. This expanding process implies that different people can take over the responsibility of maintaining PAF, as long as its principles remain unchanged.

Content:

In which field of art/culture/society do you work?
Contemporary art and theory

Is your organization platform of projects, organizations/groups, or individuals?
It is a platform for individuals and groups to carry out projects.

What do you produce: relationships or products?
We produce conditions for both relationships and products as there can be no products without relationships.

Do you want self-organization to support your art or do you want it to change society?
We assume that art is not personal and is a potentially changing force in society. We are developing a social model that also questions our relationship to art and to each other, so that art can change.

Outside relationships/ representation:
How do you decide on who is in / who is out?
People decide for themselves.

Do you accept memberships? Who can apply?
There is no membership.

Do you inform people about your organization models? If yes, whom and how?
The model and organization of PAF is spread mainly through word-of-mouth by people that have been there, e-mail PDF files and also through the web-site.

Who represents your organization?
PAF is represented by the people who decide to do so and organize contexts for doing it

Is your organization based on principles of representation?
No; it is based on participation and interest

Are you interested in networking/exchange with other self-organizations in Europe?
Yes

Answers by Kroot Juurak and Alice Chauchat, oktober 2006

Freie Theater Article

gift Juli-September 08
PerformingArtsForum – PAF By Jan Ritsema

Paf does not do a lot about networking.
People come by spreading the word. By word of mouth.
People fi nd PAF more than that we look for them.
We are not well organised.
Even the socalled „paffers“ are not organised.
PAF is organised through the principles of self-organisation
and self-education, which is basically no-organisation,
or better to speak an ever changing organisation,
or even better to speak an ever-changing WAY of organising.
And it is this that we like:
a high level of liquidity in professional and social contacts.
No contracts.
You stay as long as it makes sense for you,
even when you announced to stay much longer.
Things should work for the residents.
The residents should not work for the residence.
Mostly the residents are the traffi c and the tools to make a residency work.
No territorialization.
No appropriation.
No propriation.
Unbound.
Liquid.
Independance.
It works as long as it works.
And it has as little rules as possible.
There are three main rules:
1. don‘t leave traces
2. make it possible for others
3. the doer decides
and three no‘s
1. no kids
2. no animals
3. no partners (who come for some kind of holiday)
PAF is a working place
not a social place,
let alone a relaxing/holiday place
PAF has almost no staff.
Staff is dangerous,
as they will set rules and occupy little territories.
The maintenance of a network needs a staff member.
PAF is a liquid organization,
better to say some kind of gas organization
it evaporates all the time
a temporary autonomous zone
Networks would fix and clue.
Networks establish highways and preferences.
Are tools for inclusion and by this for exclusion.
Networks knit webs finally.
PAF is a no-code area.
But PAF at the same time doesn‘t want to be usurped,
lived out, used, consumed.
It needs maintenance and care.
But it does not organize this.
It‘s up to the users how long an area like PAF will exist.
It works as long as it works.

Additional Information about PAF:

PAF is a place for the professional and not-yet professional practitioners and activists in the field of performing arts, visual art, new media and internet, theory and cultural production, who seek to research and determine their own conditions of work. PAF is for people who can motorize their own artistic production and knowledge production not only responding to the opportunities given by the institutional market.

Initiated and run by artists, theoreticians and practitioners themselves, PAF is a user-created, user-innovative informal institution. Neither a production-house and venue, nor a research-center, it is a platform for everyone who wants to expand possibilities and interests in his/her own working practice.

Contact & Information:
Jan Ritsema / PAF 15, rue Haute, F-02820 St Erme Outre et Ramecourt
T/F +33 323801846, mobile: +33 637031645
e-mail: janritsema@mac.com,
skype: janritsema
www.pa-f.net

[SOURCE : Freie Theater ]

How to get to PAF, by car, by train

PAF is located in the village St. Erme/France, 130km northeast of Paris, 240km south of Brussels, 35km from Reims (Champagne) and 20km from Laon (Aisne).

By Car
You can plan your route to PAF on www.viamichelin.com
If you don’t find the way in St. Erme, ask for the old Couvent, rue Haute 15.
Everyone knows where it is and can show you the way.

By Train
You can find the train schedule on www.voyages-sncf.fr
Option 1: Paris Gare du Nord – Laon (95 min.), Laon – St. Erme (14 min.)
Option 2 (longer): Paris Gare de L'Est – Reims (105 min.), Reims – St. Erme(23 min.)

Please inform us about your arrival time and we will pick you up in St. Erme Gare (2.2km from PAF).

Jan Ritsema/PAF
15 Rue Haute
02820 St Erme Outre et Ramecourt
France
Tel/fax. +33323801846
My gsm: +33637031645
Skype: janritsema

map laon-reims

Maps - St Erme and wider

Click the url hereunder, click then the little blocks on the left side to get a wider or smaller view:
http://www.viamichelin.fr/viamichelin/fra/dyn/controller/mapPerformPage?...

Professional-Not-Yet Professionals

PROFESSIONALS
Artists (performance, media, visual,music,literature) theorists, new media activists can use PAF individually or as a group.

NOT-YET PROFESSIONALS
In principal PAF doesn’t make a distinction between professionals or not-yet professionals.
We don't use the concept of teaching. There are no instructors, there is exchange. PAF as we call it, (PerformingArtsForum) is a place for residencies of professionals and not-yet professionals (in the field of performing arts, theory and new media/internet) who work there for a shorter or longer time on their political, artistic and/or theoretical projects. PAF is for people who can motorize their own knowledge production. Knowledge transfer can be developed on the spot by exchange of information in whatever way (discussions, debates, lectures, classes, presentations) between the participants present in PAF at that moment on a strict volunteer basis.
Not-yet professionals pay, like professionals for the use of rooms and for studio space.

(semi)Permanent residency

(semi)Permanent Stay
It is possible to stay at PAF semi-permanently or permanently in a room or apartment.
Charge to be discussed.

Biblio-Mediatheque

A media space is available for free, with WIFI internet connection, dvd's, burners, video's, monitors, possibilities to stream our own radio and meetings.

We have the ambition to create a well equipped library/media stock: Books/cd’s/dvd’s/video’s/software

We ask everybody who visits PAF to bring their most interesting books and videos with them as well as videos or books of their work, that we can copy them for the biblio/mediatheque.

Grants

Here you find some url's where you might ask for a grant to cover and stay your residency.

The prices PAF publishes are for people who have no grant.
We tend to ask the double amount when you manage to get a grant.
So double your staying costs when applying for a grant. You pay of course according to the portion of the grant you received.

WITHOUT a grant:
First 5 nights 16,5 euro a night, when more than 6 nights 11 euro a night. When you stay 7 nights you pay 77 euros, when 5 nights 82,5 euros, when 10 nights 110 euros. One month 275 euro.

WITH a grant:
First 5 nights 33 euro a night, from the 6th night 22 euro a night. When you stay 7 nights you pay 154 euro, when 5 nights 165, when 10 nights 220 euro. One month 550 euro.

European Cultural Foundation - STEP beyond mobility program:
www.eurocult.org/we-support-cultural-cooperation/programmes/Mobility/

The Roberto Cimetta Fund - mobility of professionals in the field of contemporary performing arts and visual arts within the Mediterranean area:
www.cimettafund.org

Aventis Foundation - We want to support artists who cross boundaries, eliminate prejudices, create original works and seek new horizons:
www.aventis-foundation.org

The Austrian Exchange Service (ÖAD)- grants database contains grant options for students and researchers both for the incoming (to Austria) and the outgoing (from Austria to ...) group:
grantsdb.oead.ac.at

IETM Mobility Web. on-the-move is a website dedicated to information about professional mobility in the areas of theatre, dance, music and other:
www.on-the-move.org

FILM production

It is possible to use PAF to make, shoot and produce films.
Arrangement to be discussed.

Offices

Offices

It is possible to rent an office at PAF.
To develop a management or commercial activity.
Non-european groups can make PAF their european office.
Charges to be discussed.

Conferences-Seminars

It is possible to organize conferences, meetings, debates at PAF.
Arrangements to be discussed