Yeah. It would be good to find out some more details about this.
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>Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 09:44:05 +0100
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>this just makes me want to wretch. Its not funny at all.
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> > From: Gair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 19:08:47 +0100
> > To: ambit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], rob tufnell
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, rose frain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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> > Subject: Centre for Contemporary Armaments
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> > "We glorify war as the sole hygiene....." Marinetti, Futurist manifesto.
> >
> > The CCA in Glasgow may be modest about its programme; all the more
> > surprising that one of the largest gatherings in the building recently
> > has gone without mention in its October publicity.
> >
> > A seminar organised by Scottish Enterprise and the Ministry of Defence
> > on Thursday 3rd October featured Anthony Ingram MP ( Minister of State
> > for the Armed Forces), representatives from Nobel Industries, The
> > Defence Export Services Organisation, Defence Supply Service, and
> > representatives from the Glasgow Universities, mingling with Glasgows'
> > would-be body bag suppliers and weapons makers. The Defence
> > Diversification Agency exists to diffuse the expertise from Britains'
> > defence laboratories into industry, and vice versa.
> >
> > A session on "the inventor and the MOD" featured exemplary tales such as
> > that of the man who invented a new hygienic non/piercing syringe, now
> > used for mass innoculation in the US and UK armies. Unfortunately the
> > "percent for art" formula was not applied to this public gathering;
> > artists use of the building was strictly confined to CCA6 where Bill
> > Drummonds'
> > journey from Southampton to Dounreay traced parallel lines of nuclear force.
> >
> > When the CCA re-opened, many of us felt a bit puzzled: there seemed to
> > be little extra functional space, and a corporate style atrium cafe
> > which squeezed artists out. Even more startling was the news that this
> > mismatch of environment to its expected uses was up for major
> > architectural prizes.
> >
> > Now it's clear that these reservations were due to our complete
> > misunderstanding of the purpose of Lottery Revamps on arts structures.
> > The hermetically sealed CCA5 makes a secure and confidential venue for
> > any variety of military-industrial encounters. Assorted nooks and spaces
> > make for quiet discussion zones, excellent service from the cafe
> > sweetens each encounter.
> >
> > It's good to see the CCA devoting its soul to the necessary expenditure
> > on future mayhem. But why leave artists out? If British Airways can
> > commission a series of ethnic tailfins, think what contemporary artists
> > could do with an F16. Defoliants have huge possibilities in Land Art.
> > And a chic desert camouflage motif on the CCA cafe cups will convey an
> > ideal zeitgeist punch this autumn.
> > Why shouldn't artists get their hands on the incredible beauty
> > represented in the apocalypses of tomorrow?
> >
> > http://www.topps.com/enduringfreedom.html
> >
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