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The 888 Project seeks to ask all European nations to hitchhike from all corners of the European continent (whether it is from Belfast, Istambul, Helsinki or Lisbon) to arrive at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris on 888...August 8th, 2008.
Hitchhikers will first have to reach the '''Eiffel Tower''', this world-renowned French lighthouse.
They will then have == Hitchhike to join Paris on a march to the '''Palais de Tokyo''' http:888, August 8th, 2008...08/08/www2008.palaisdetokyo.com --located right across .888 ==On the '''Eiffel Tower'''--at 8p8th of August over a hundred people (and counting) will join up to hitchhike to Paris from different places around Europe and further. Join this event with fellow hitchhikers, for an amazing adventure and a great weekend in Paris.mShow up, and [[project 888|sign up]] for this event and [[Project 888/Volunteer|help]] organising it.
*We need you to take part and organize this official European Hitchhiking Event to Paris from every single country in Europe.
*We need you to succeed and get hitchhiking recognized as a genuine means of transportation.
*We need you to convince people to hitchhike and pick up hitchhikers.
Hitchhike [[File:888_signs.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A small collection of the [[Paris]] [[signs]] for the [[Project 888]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in front of the Eiffel Tower.]] == Meet-Up ==We welcome the Paris community to host us hitchhikers, coming to Paris on 888...August 8th, 2008...08Please come to Champs de Mars [http:/08/2008..turl.ca/888here] and join in to welcome us!
==Why arriving We will gather in front of the Eiffel Tower, at this [http://turl.ca/888 exact location]: from anytime during the Palais de Tokyo in day until around 23:00 (or later even maybe). We are still calling for adventurous hosts from Paris?==to show up and spontaneously host all of us - but you might want to bring your tent!
On December 2nd, 2007, Pascal Dumond and Fabrice Renucci, respectively from Quebec and France, drew a "[[Tokyo|TOKYO]]" hitchhiking sign to get back to Lille, France from Rotterdam, the Netherlands...
On December 3rd, 2007, Erik Van Loon, an Dutch artist, called his two friends Pascal Dumond and Fabrice Renucci and told them that their Tokyo hitchhiking sign had inspired him to create a Hitchhiking Race to the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. His idea was actually to tell people that it was race to Tokyo, Japan before telling them that it was actually going to be organized in Paris
On December 4th, 2007, Erik Van Loon was offered three plane tickets to "Tokyo" from a friend of his. He gave Fabrice and Pascal a call around 2 a.m. in which he asked them to call him back before 10a.m. if they wanted to go to Tokyo with him. Fabrice did not check his messages before noon. As for Pascal, he actually checked his voicemail shortly after 2a.m. but did not call back Erik since he was sure that it was a joke (especially after the previous two events).
On December 16th, <div style="border: 1px dotted blue; padding:5px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right:auto; width: 500px;">* Participate to make the international art group '''Sun Rain Stars''' (www.sunrainstars.com) led by Erik Van Loon (www.erikvanloon.com) unveiled their latest art show '''Fight For Love'''in Tokyo.first European Hitchhiking Week a success!* Get hitchhiking recognized as a real means of transportation!* Inspire other people to hitchhike!* Have drivers pick up hitchhikers! * Share your skills with others and inspire!</div>
===The Palais de Tokyo on 888===[[File:080808poster.jpg|thumb|right|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS]]
The location of the Palais de Tokyo is prefect because it is located right across the Eiffel Tower.
The Palais de Tokyo is a contemporary art museum which has been seeking to bring together the best from international and French creators ever since it opened up in 2002.
The museum sees contempary art as a detached, independent creation from the point of view of the artist.
On August 8th, 2008, hitchhikers will join on a march from the '''Eiffel Tower''' to the '''Palais de Tokyo''' starting at 8p.m.
Upon their arrival, the '''Sun Rain Stars''' will upload the photos taken by the hitchhikers. They will edit the photos, print them out and then Erik
==The checkpoint cities==
The goal of the checkpoint cities is '''Things to do:'''* Organise a local [[Project 888/Meetings|Project 888 Meeting]] in your country or city to help team up with hitchhikers . Use an [[project 888/Meetings|invitation]], and adapt it to your local context, organise a location (your home, your host's home, a local bar, etc), invite other people through their journey through evening meetings your favourite [[Finding accommodation#Hospitality exchange networks|hospitality exchange]] community, etc, and having volunteers on ''[http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Meetings&action=edit add] your meeting''. * Translate the [[project 888/Press|press-release]] and ''spread'' it.* Help organising events in Paris:** read [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=199&post=1285236 this e-mail]** Find a nice open spot every at dawn.for the Saturday where we can meet and exchange workshopsThe goal ** Think of having several rings is what you would like to ensure that we learn and share on Saturday during the [[Project 888/Workshops|Open Space]] day''' ''Check the [[Project 888/Volunteer]] pages for coordination and to see how you can help hitchhikers to progressively get to Paris in all safety.making 888 a success !'' '''* Design/ read the [[Project 888/Newsletter|latest newsletters]]
*== The Morning VolunteersProgram ==[[File:logo888.jpg|thumb|left|234px|888 Project logo by Laris(s)a, http://www.laris-s-a.com" (with inspiration from Luis Pacheco)]]Here's the program so far:
There will be volunteers helping hitchhikers leave any given city on any given ring on the actual hitchhiking spot at dawn. The volunteers will provide hitchhikers with tips and advice.'''FRIDAY EVENING'''
Every evening, in any given city, there will be an evening meeting.People who do not have any accomodation and find a place to stay.Hitchhikers can exchange good stories and share tips and advice.'''SATURDAY'''
Please write down your name next * [[Project 888/Workshops|Open-Space Day]] starting at 11:00. Theme: "How to your city live a nomad-life". On hitchhiking, sustainable travel and hospitality exchange, with games, workshops, skill-sharing and mention whether you would like knowledge exchange. Place yet to be a morning volunteer or a meeting organizerdetermined, possibly [http://turl.ca/888 here], same place as the Friday meet-up.
*If you are a morning volunteer you can then edit the information regarding the spot hitchhikers have to leave from and how to get there'''SUNDAY'''
===Start These 'speeches'/ workshops will form an integral part of the [[Project 888/Workshops|open space day]] on 388...August 3rd, 2008...Ring 1 Saturday (2500 to 3000Ks awayin progress)===.
===Start on 488[[File:ludo.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Ludovic Hubler]]* HitchhikingThis address will be followed by the speech of [http://ludovichubler.com Ludovic Hubler] (a Frenchman who has just come back from a five-year hitchhiking journey around the world.August 4thDuring his trip, Ludovic organized conferences in more than 200 schools, 2008met a large number of NGOs and organized some international events to create a network between them...Ring 2 (2000 to 2500Ks away)===
* We are hitching from different locations, see here an overview of the [[VilniusProject 888/Cities]] (2062km)* , categorized according to distance from Paris. In some of the cities we hold [[LvivProject 888/Meetings]] (1891km)* [[Stockholm]] (1860km)* [[Timisoara]] (1814km)* [[Oslo]] (1809km)* [[Lisbon]] (1739km)* [[Sevilla]] (1729km)* [[Napoli]] (1635km)* [[Warsaw]] (1600km)* [[Dublin]] (872km + 2 BOATS)* [[Belfast]] (1111km + 2 BOATS)* [[Edinburg]] (1051km + 1 BOAT)* [[Glasgow]] (1054km + 1BOAT)in the week towards the 8th of August.
===Start on 688Sign up in the cities you depart form or arrive.You can use the [[Project 888/Cities]]-page.'''We also [http://www.August 6th, 2008couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367 discuss] different routes.Ring 4 (1000 to 1500Ks away)==='''
* [[Porto]] (1577km)* [[Krakow]] (1536km)* [[Gdansk]] (1525km)* [[Göteborg]] (1515km)* [[Budapest]] (1484km)* [[Rome]] (1437km)* [[Zagreb]] (1396km)* [[Bratislava]] (1311km)* [[Madrid]] (1262km)* [[Ljubljana]] (1253km)* [[Wien]] (1237km)* [[Copenhagen]] (1212km)* [[Liverpool]] (791km +1 boat)== Paris 8 8 8- The Film ==
===Start on 788[[File:images...August 7th, 2008...Ring 5 (500 to 1000Ks away)===jpg|left|thumb|234px|]]
* [[Berlin]] (1053km)
* [[Prague]] (1046km)
* [[Barcelona]] (1038km)
* [[Salzburg]] (987km)
* [[Hamburg]] (890km)
* [[Milano]] (851km)
* [[Munich]] (841km)
* [[Toulouse]] (763km)
* [[Marseille]] (776km)
* [[Stuttgart]] (624km)
* [[London]] (421km + 1 boat)
===Start Early August 2008. Radek, Pascal, Martin and Lilyembarked on 888..a hitchhiking adventure to Paris.One common goal united them:to arrive under the Eiffel Tower on August 8th, 2008..to be part of the first EuropeanHitchhiking Week.Ring 6 (less than 500Ks away)===
* Martin, [[Zürich]] (590km)* [[Bordeaux]] (585km)* [[Geneve]] (540km)* [[Amsterdam]] (503km)* [[Köln]] (490km)* [[Utrecht]the Suit] (471km)decided to dress up to increase* [his chances from Copenhagen. Radek, [Lyonthe Philosopher]] (465km)opted for* [[Rotterdam]] (449km)starting from Spanish country roads to embrace mother nature and escape the* smells of large motorways. Pascal, [[Liege]the all worked out Quebequois] (374km), resolved* [[Luxemburg]] (366km)* [[Rennes]] (366km)to hitch rides all the way from Asia to make it a little bit more* [interesting. Lily, [Brusselsthe first-timer]] (312km)hoped she would not become the* [[Lille]] (226km)prey of some ill-intentioned male counterparts .
=== Long-Distance Hitchhiking* [http: Starting from more than 3000ks away==//www.youtube.com/watch?v=sufvptk_5lI Trailer]
You can of course start your European hitchhiking event from further away than the 6th RING* [http://no-comment.dk/_Blog/paris More information]
You are free == How to start from wherever you want.hitchhike out of Paris? ==
==European==Check the page about [[Paris]] to find spots to leave the city.
'''European''' is an artwork in which all participants of the 888 project take part by making photos of certain body parts of their "hitchgivers". Each participant will have to shoot 12 close-up photos from 4 angles (front, back, left, right) of the human body. In total we will get 48 photos of each participants. Together with the photos of all other participants, Erik Van Loon, will make a four-dimensional picture of '''European'''( which is a photo of 1 x 2 m (w x h) of a human of 1,94 m high which he will create with scissors and glue like a collage.Alternative resources:
'''Sun Rain Stars''' in cooperation with the 888 Projecthttp://www.sunrainstars.com/== Sign Up Now ==
Erik Van Loon Fabrice Renucci Pascal Dumont[[Project 888|Sign Up Page]]
Erik Van Loon is the organizer of '''European'''.You can reach Erik Van Loon at +316 E VAN LOON (+316 3 826 5666) or by email via [email protected] ==Help from Paris on 888=Contact Us Now = ===Hosting=== We need to contact the Paris community in order to host all the Europeans who are coming to Paris on 888 If you cannot find a host through [http://www.couchsurfing.com Couchsurfing], [httpFile://www.hospitalityclib8888.org Hospitality Clubjpg|thumb|right|300px|early logo sketch] or [http://www.bewelcome.org BeWelcome] then: Please register on the [[I Need A Place To Stay Sign Up Page]] if you are looking for a place feel free to stay Please register on the [[I Can Host Hitchhikers Sign Up Page]] contact us if you live in Paris and you are willing wish to host people. ===Call Center=== This subgroup was designed to find 2 teams who can work on D-Day- 888- to answer hitchhikers' phonecalls.What these two teams will need bring your help to do to help the 8 8 8 project: * Have a landline phone number -Be at home on the 8.8.8 throughout the whole day and evening * Know the hitchhiking spots on a circumference of 200 ks around Paris * Know the Paris transportation system so that the hitchhikers who are lost can easily reach the Palais de Tokyo * Have a list of people who can host (they do not necessarily need to be on C.S. on H.C.* we will establish this list and send it to the two teams) Please register on the [[I Want To Volunteer For The Call Center Team 1 Sign Up Page]] or the [[I Want To Volunteer For The Call Center Team 2 Sign Up Page]] if you would like to volunteer in one of our teams. ==How to hitchhike out of Paris?== You can find all the spots to leave the city on the following page:See [[Paris]].
==Register Now==Fabrice Renucci- renucci.fabrice [at] gmail.com+(33)678627985
You can register on the [[Sign Up Page]] to take part in the Hitchhiking Event. You can register on the [[Long-Distance Hitchhikers Sign Up PageUser:Robino|Robino]] if you will a hitchhiking from further away than 3000ks ==Contact Us== Please feel free to contact us if you wish to bring your help to the project:
Pascal Dumont - dumont_376 [at] hotmail.comDieuwke
Fabrice Renucci- fabrice.renucci [at[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]] hotmail.fr
Erik Van Loon- info [at[fr:Projet 888]][[Category:Hitchgathering]] erikvanloon.com
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{{888}}<!--<kaltura-widget size='M' align='R' kwid='ZDZsdTAyOWpoY3w2ODF8NjgxMDB8UGFyaXMgTWF0Y2ggUmVwb3J0fHhyNW5yazRuMDh8NTlhYTFiMWRmZQ==' />--><div style="border: 1px dotted blue; padding:5px; margin-left: 75px; margin-right:auto; width: 500px;">* The gathering was a great success, and next year will see a sequel to it: [[789]]. * Check out the post-888 [[Project==888/Newsletter|newsletter]] * Fill in your [[888/Evaluation|888-Evaluation]]* Read the [[888/Reports|reports]] from participants / Write your own* 8/8/8 over 150 hitchhikers arrived; and more are still on their way* 7/8/8 It's happening! 20 hitchers arrived 1 day ahead of time. Just imagine 8/8/8</div>
===The History of the 888 Project=Coordinate! ==
__TOC__The finish line '''888 Project''' seeks to ask you to hitchhike from all corners of Europe and beyond (whether from [[Belfast]], [[Istanbul]], [[Helsinki]] or [[Lisbon]]) to arrive at the Eiffel Tower - this world-renowned French lighthouse - in [[Paris]] on 888 project was partly set up at , August 8th, 2008. Participate in the Palais de Tokyo because of first European Hitchhiking Week and Day and take part in the story associated open space day on Saturday: "How to live a nomad-life", on hitchhiking, sustainable travel and hospitality exchange, with the name Tokyogames, workshops, skill-sharing and knowledge exchange.Before the 888 project was organized, there were a large number of signs regarding Tokyo:
*The Evening MeetingsMeeting under/ in front of the Eiffel Tower until late (you know how we will look like), [http://turl.ca/888 here]* Meet, exchange stories and play [[Project 888/Games|Games]]* Move to a camp-ground or host.
*If you are a meeting organizerBrunch starting at 1pm at Parc des Buttes de Chaumond (?), you can then edit or same place as the meeting details once you click on your city]]Friday meet-up?
== Speeches ==
* [[StThe OrganizersOnce the European hitchhikers will have arrived, the organizers will address the hitchhikers. Petersburg]] (3000km)* [[Athens]] (2955km)* [[Moscow]] (2847km)* [[Odessa]] (2763km)* [[Istanbul]] (2700km)* [[Tirana]] (2585km)
* [[Tallinn]] (2565km)* [[Chisinau ]] (2512km)* [[Kalamaria]] (2497km)* [[Kiev]] (2438km)* [[Helsinki]] (2341km)* [[Tampere]] (2334km)* [[Bucharest]] (2304km)* [[Skopje]] (2286km)* [[Riga]] (2256km)* [[Sofia]] (2242km)* [[Sarajevo]] (2241km)The Sustainable Side of the Project* [A French association called [Pristina]http://www.nature-propre.org Nature Propre] (2205km)supports the project* [[Minsk]] (2205km)The association aims at promoting sustainable development through a certain number of programs and the 888 project is one of the key projects of Nature Propre.* [[Belgrade]] (2163km)Guillaume Mouton and Thomas Chretiennot will deliver a speech about the substainable side attached to the project.
===Start on 588...August 5th, 2008...Ring 3 (1500 to 2000Ks away)=The checkpoint cities ==
* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=ger&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=169 Hitchbase]
* [http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/HHGTE.html Bernd Wechner]
* [http://www.bugeurope.com/paris/gta.html Bug Europe]
* [http://www.routard.com/guide_voyage_page/26/emplacements_strategiques.htm Routard]
* http://hitching.free.fr/autostop/wakka.php?wiki=EnglishVersion
* http://home.wanadoo.nl/agghanebbah/navigator/france/paris/paris000.htm
