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Revision as of 15:25, 3 April 2008

The 888 Project

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 to join on a march to the Palais de Tokyo http://www.palaisdetokyo.com --located right across the Eiffel Tower--at 8p.m.

  • 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 to Paris on 888...August 8th, 2008...08/08/2008...888

The History of the 888 Project

Before the 888 project was organized, there were a large number of signs regarding Tokyo:

On December 2nd, 2007, Pascal Dumond and Fabrice Renucci drew a "TOKYO" hitchhiking sign to get back to Lille, France from Rotterdam, the Netherlands...

On December 3rd, 2007, Erik Van Loon, an Dutch artist, called hist two friends Pascal Dumond and Fabrice Renucci and told them and 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, 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 Lovein Tokyo.

The checkpoint cities

The goal of the checkpoint cities is to help hitchhikers through their journey through evening meetings and having volunteers on the spot every at dawn. The goal of having several rings is to ensure that we help hitchhikers to progressively get to Paris in all safety.

  • The Morning Volunteers

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.

  • The Evening Meetings

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.

Please write down your name next to your city and mention whether you would like to be a morning volunteer or a meeting organizer:

  • 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
  • If you are a meeting organizer, you can then edit the meeting details once you click on your city]]


Start on 388...August 3rd, 2008...Ring 1 (2500 to 3000Ks away)

Start on 488...August 4th, 2008...Ring 2 (2000 to 2500Ks away)

Start on 588...August 5th, 2008...Ring 3 (1500 to 2000Ks away)

Start on 688...August 6th, 2008...Ring 4 (1000 to 1500Ks away)

Start on 788...August 7th, 2008...Ring 5 (500 to 1000Ks away)

Start on 888...August 8th, 2008...Ring 6 (less than 500Ks away)

Long-Distance Hitchhiking: Starting from more than 3000ks away

You can of course start your European hitchhiking event from further away than the 6th RING.

You are free to start from wherever you want.

European

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.


Sun Rain Stars in cooperation with the 888 Project http://www.sunrainstars.com/

Erik Van Loon Fabrice Renucci Pascal Dumont

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

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 Couchsurfing, Hospitality Club or BeWelcome then:

Please register on the I Need A Place To Stay Sign Up Page if you are looking for a place to stay

Please register on the I Can Host Hitchhikers Sign Up Page if you live in Paris and you are willing 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 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

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 Page 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.com

Fabrice Renucci- fabrice.renucci [at] hotmail.fr

Erik Van Loon- info [at] erikvanloon.com

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