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"Freetown Fjordbyen"
Location: Vestbyen, Aalborg, Denmark
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Aalborg is a town lying by the fjord “Limfjorden” in Northern Jutland, Denmark. It is my hometown.
Limfjordsværftet is an old abandoned shipyard. Fjordbyen is a freetown lying next to the shipyard. The streetart is made by people from Fjordbyen. Fjordbyen is a place for misfits, dropouts and bohemians. In other words: a place where I feel completely at home. A "Pirate Utopia".
Pirate utopias. Pirate utopias were defined by anarchist writer Peter Lamborn Wilson (Hakim Bey), who coined the term in his 1995 book Pirate Utopias: Moorish Corsairs & European Renegadoes as secret islands once used for supply purposes by pirates. Wilson's concept is largely based on speculation, although he admits to adding a bit of fantasy to the idea. In Wilson's view, these pirate enclaves were early forms of autonomous proto-anarchist societies in that they operated beyond the reach of governments and embraced unrestricted freedom. Wilson is a practitioner of the above-mentioend “Refusal of Work” movement. So am I. But, he is in my view a “Gatekeeper” (see my article: The Godgame).
I would recommend his book T.A.Z – The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism, as a help of breaking up your negative thinking, and making your stagnated reality tunnels flower (download it for free). Also see the Wikipedia entrances on Temporary Autonomous Zones, and Permanent Automomous Zones.
But Wilson´s nihilistic approach much be combined with a coherent metaphysics. I have offered a such in my ebook, Philosophical Counseling with Tolkien. You can namely see Rivendell, Lothlorien, Neverland, and the Orchid Pavilions, as precisely such autonomous zones. And, I recommend that the Grail seeker is seeking out places in the world, that reminds of such. Or, as a life artist, includes pathfinders and trail markers in his or her art, that points towards such autonomous zones (for example in Graffiti). I believe Rold Forest to be one of them (see my article: Counseling in the Mythic Forest of Rold).
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My Life as a Vagabond
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Copenhagen 2020: Freetown Christiania
Location: Vestbyen, Aalborg, Denmark
Scroll down for photo gallery.
Aalborg is a town lying by the fjord “Limfjorden” in Northern Jutland, Denmark. It is my hometown.
Limfjordsværftet is an old abandoned shipyard. Fjordbyen is a freetown lying next to the shipyard. The streetart is made by people from Fjordbyen. Fjordbyen is a place for misfits, dropouts and bohemians. In other words: a place where I feel completely at home. A "Pirate Utopia".
Pirate utopias. Pirate utopias were defined by anarchist writer Peter Lamborn Wilson (Hakim Bey), who coined the term in his 1995 book Pirate Utopias: Moorish Corsairs & European Renegadoes as secret islands once used for supply purposes by pirates. Wilson's concept is largely based on speculation, although he admits to adding a bit of fantasy to the idea. In Wilson's view, these pirate enclaves were early forms of autonomous proto-anarchist societies in that they operated beyond the reach of governments and embraced unrestricted freedom. Wilson is a practitioner of the above-mentioend “Refusal of Work” movement. So am I. But, he is in my view a “Gatekeeper” (see my article: The Godgame).
I would recommend his book T.A.Z – The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism, as a help of breaking up your negative thinking, and making your stagnated reality tunnels flower (download it for free). Also see the Wikipedia entrances on Temporary Autonomous Zones, and Permanent Automomous Zones.
But Wilson´s nihilistic approach much be combined with a coherent metaphysics. I have offered a such in my ebook, Philosophical Counseling with Tolkien. You can namely see Rivendell, Lothlorien, Neverland, and the Orchid Pavilions, as precisely such autonomous zones. And, I recommend that the Grail seeker is seeking out places in the world, that reminds of such. Or, as a life artist, includes pathfinders and trail markers in his or her art, that points towards such autonomous zones (for example in Graffiti). I believe Rold Forest to be one of them (see my article: Counseling in the Mythic Forest of Rold).
Other related articles:
My Life as a Vagabond
Hedgespoken – A Travelling off-grid Storytelling Theatre
Related Vagabond Photography:
Copenhagen 2020: Freetown Christiania