The Sodacakeville

A nice compliment from a teacher from NYC!

2009-04-20T12:26:00.002+01:00

I am an art teacher at the lower Calhoun School (ages 5 - 7), a progressive private school on the Westside of Manhattan in New York City. My husband and I were in Ireland on vacation just last week. We were fortunate to have visited The Sligo Art Gallery, where we saw SODACAKEVILLE. We both marveled at your project for its ingenuity and creativeness, and also for its sheer entertainment value. Congratulations to you and your colleagues for this beautiful piece of work.

At Calhoun, we are in the process of changing our curriculum. I consider SODACAKEVILLE a model for possible projects that we might attempt here. I would very much like to share your DVD with my co-workers and was wondering if it would be possible for us to have a copy of the DVD.

I am exploring recycling as a major component of our art curriculum. Our concept, so far, is to use New York City museums as a classroom. Your innovative and timely video would be a perfect addition to our program.

Julie's other blog about the project!!!

2009-04-16T17:43:00.001+01:00

‘Bruree Soviet Mills - We Make Bread Not Profits’

2009-04-16T16:11:00.016+01:00

The period between 1919 and 1922 in Limerick saw such intense class conflict that it was dubbed the ‘red flag’ years. The following three years saw ongoing and intense strike activity. Soviets were established in Knocklong in 1921 and in Bruree and Castleconnell in 1922. When workers took over the factories in these towns they would hoist a banner, like in Bruree, where they declared ‘Bruree Soviet Mills – We Make Bread Not Profits’.
From an article by Dominic Hough, (click title of this entry to find article in full)

Members of the Trades Council had produced a workers paper called The Bottom Dog.

Congratulations (.... and Commiserations)

2009-04-16T15:53:00.009+01:00

Well done all for winning the award for Most Innovative Film in the junior category at the recent Fresh Film Festival! I hope you worked out a way to share the T shirt...
The NLH have some pictures of the day, I will try and get them for posterity.
I have just heard that we haven't got funding to go ahead with The SODACAKEVILLE at present, too bad our little place will have to stay in Limbo, at least for the present. See the link below for interesting stuff about The Limerick Soviet....we could have had some fun with the ideas contained in this little known piece of history, but perhaps you are all out on the streets commemorating the event anyway?
So long for now from faraway Cork

The Limerick Soviet 13-27 April 1919

2009-04-16T15:50:00.010+01:00

My ears are still peeled about goings on in the Sodacakeville part of the world and I just heard something interesting about Limerick on the radio today, that would have been great fun to reference in The Sodacakeville ..have you heard about the Limerick Soviet?
this week in 2009 marks the 90th anniversary of The Limerick Soviet (Sunday 13th - Sun 27th April 1919)
When Limerick citizens rebelled against a decree by the Royal Irish Constabulary of a Special Military Area which stopped them moving freely, now they needed permits to enter parts of the city and to go to work (this meant that workers travelling to work over the Sarsfield Bridge and Thomond Bridge required permits).- The conflict arose due to the threat of gathering crowds - (15000 people) in attendance at the funeral of a respected Trades Union man (Robert Byrne) who was killed while being sprung by the IRA from hospital where he was being treated for the effects of his hunger strike (2 RIC men had also died in the skirmish so tempers were high and the guerrilla war was in it's infancy in the new and somewhat compromised Republic). The Trades Union set up a committee which printed their own money, controlled food prices and published newspapers - local trades people honoured the money (and at the end of the strike there was a kitty of £1000 left in the fund). All of this became world news because a contender for the first flight across the Atlantic had elected to begin his flight in Shannon so the world media was focussed here. The strike was dubbed The Limerick Soviet by the Times newspaper and despite the attempt at derision the people welcomed the name.... "soviet" (meaning a self-governing committee) which had become a popular term after the 1917 revolution and hopeful new beginnings in the USSR.
An American journalist, Ruth Russell wrote that "... the bells of the nearby St Munchin's Church tolled the Angelus and all the red-badged guards rose and blessed themselves." After two weeks the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Limerick, Alphonsus O'Mara, and the Catholic bishop Denis Hallinan called for the strike to end, and the Strike Committee issued a proclamation on stating that the strike was over.
Rather long winded but there ya go... not something you learn in the school history books, it is a little known piece of history being commemorated publicly for the first time (I think) this year.
see video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js0FR8GkBEo

The Sodacakeville Wedding

2009-01-30T00:12:00.004Z

The Sodacake Wedding from Julie Forrester on Vimeo.

Here is our video, completed at last. Now you can see the whole thing do you have any comments?

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I don't want to stop doing this club.

The Secret Garden

2009-01-29T13:16:00.015Z

Hi all, here I am in the Digihub testing your disk....I am uploading the finished wedding movie it is a very large file, so I think I will go away and get a cup of tea (Teabag Sodacake would approve). See you in a little while.
and I dropped the package into Fresh Films today...I ran in the rain from my car at the hotel on the bridge to the Belltable ....let's see what happens next!!!
In the meantime, here is our animation from the Secret Garden

Secret Garden from Julie Forrester on Vimeo.
This animation was made while we were exploring the area around The Digihub and we came across a Secret Garden, a perfect place for something to happen in The Sodacakeville.....This is where Katy the bridesmaid potters with her boyfriend, Teabag, and where she meets The Spring Angel.

meet the sodacakes

2009-01-21T23:06:00.001Z

Banshee at The Water's Edge

2009-01-21T22:42:00.000Z

Deep in the Bowels of the NLH digihub

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2009-01-21T20:04:00.000Z

cool hehehe

Hi

2009-01-21T17:30:00.000Z

Hi all

Well done today...see if you can upload a picture from you pc at home
here is a reminder:

NB: Only members can add posts, but anyone can view this website

Make sure you are Signed In using your Email account and password

click on
New Post
click on the image icon and BROWSE to where you have the picture on your computer
then UPLOAD IMAGE and PUBLISH POST
under this window you can see that I have labelled this post INSTRUCTIONS
You can use the labels option to label all of your posts this will make them easy to find

2009-01-21T16:53:00.001Z

Hi from super princess star

2009-01-21T16:52:00.002Z

Sodacake Wedding Scene, Munchin's Church from Julie Forrester on Vimeo.
look at this video

2009-01-21T16:52:00.001Z

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha so funny look at this

hi

2009-01-21T16:51:00.000Z

it's grant

2009-01-21T16:47:00.001Z

what u doing

ha ha

2009-01-21T16:44:00.003Z

Untitled from Julie Forrester on Vimeo.
this is funny

ha ha

2009-01-21T16:44:00.000Z

this is funny

2009-01-21T16:42:00.000Z

hi why isn't anyone else typing

2009-01-21T16:37:00.002Z

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2009-01-21T16:33:00.000Z

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hi from christine

2009-01-21T16:29:00.000Z

hi I love this club

hi from tameka

2009-01-21T16:16:00.000Z

hi so what u doing

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2009-01-21T15:47:00.001Z

whazzaa

2009-01-21T15:47:00.000Z

hello all ppl *again*

2009-01-21T15:27:00.000Z

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test pic upload

2009-01-21T13:51:00.001Z

This is Zipperman, here he is at the water's edge of The Mighty Shannon.
Zipperman is a member of The Sodacake Tribe.
He knows a lot about Sodacakeville and the people in it.

TEST

2009-01-21T12:16:00.000Z

testing sodacake gang general posting....we will set up individual accounts later

Welcome

2009-01-14T17:45:00.000Z

Welcome to The Sodacakeville
Hi Sodacakes
See you all next Wednesday, (today to you)
I hope the screening went well, that your acceptance speeches involved plenty of tears and heartfelt clapping and that you are all wearing your badges with pride.
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