Copenhagen - VJ Om Boy aka Matsai - before the tear gasses but after Naomi Klein's speech

This video was shot in Copenhagen in December 2009, during the environmental summit.

I was just VJing in "Christiana", a zone free from police activity since the late 60s, and Naomi klein had just finished a speech, when we all got teargassed, a few minutes after the end of this video. I had also invited Matt Black, co-founder of Coldcut and Ninja Tune and we were VJing together, but he was a lot faster than me to pack up!

It quickly became unberreable and we had to leave the tent where this was happening. Dogs, helicopter, and police with lights were all around. We had been warned for a while that the police was outside, so actually we were supposed to play at another party at 11pm, but the organisers said on the mic that the police being there, we wouldn't go out, and staying in the tent was safe - and violent free guaranteed.

Naomi Klein's discourse was about doing a non violent protest on Wednesday. Basically the agreement - if any - is likely to be not enough to have an impact fast enough on the planet. The only reasonable thing I heard so far is the recommendation from a leader of the G77, Lumumba, from Sudan: 52% emission cuts by 2...017, 65% by 2020, 83% by 2030. Ambitious!!!
VJ Om Boy aka Mat Hourteillan

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