Well, I've sat on the side lines, reading comments but maybe its time to make a contribution.
Use of the CCA like this comes as no surprise, the question is how should one react? Do you think this is wrong because it is an arts venue or do you disagree with these meetings taking place anywhere? Boycott is the obvious reaction. But have you boycotted every other venue that is used in this way? Do you get a list of all future artists / performers for CCA and inform them rather than just keeping the discussion on a local network? Who funds the CCA? Are there private sponsors who would disagree with the centre being used for this purpose? Does anyone have ideas about an effective reaction? Is it going to be carried through? Or do we just let it sink into the ether? >From: "torsten lauschmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: <ambit> Artists unite >Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 22:19:19 +0100 > >Artists unite! >Reclaim the CCA! >Director Graham Mckenzie is a woof-woof and a oink-oink. >Add your name, copy and circulate. >Torsten Lauschmann > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "ambit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "rob tufnell" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "rose frain" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:08 PM >Subject: <ambit> Centre for Contemporary Armaments > > > > "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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland > > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > and write "info ambit" in the message body > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > >------------------------------------------------- >a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland >post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >and write "info ambit" in the message body >------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
