I agree that something has to be done to reclaim the CCA as a Centre for Contemporary Art with some real ideology. I think boycotting is a dangerous thing because it either won't get noticed or will just increase the alienation a lot of artists feel towards it already. Mandy's suggestion to occupy it will have a far more positive effect, I think. I will certainly get noticed and it will also start a wider debate, rather than keeping the discussion conained within ambit.
Adinda
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>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?
>
>
>
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>>From: "torsten lauschmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>Subject: 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"
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>>Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:08 PM
>>Subject: 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
>> >
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