> > PLEASE FORWARD this invite to anyone who you think > maybe interested. sorry for cross posting > > Stop Shopping Tour - Three Glasgow events. > 21-23 February 2003 > > Stop Shopping is a travelling intervention featuring > performance artists and anti-shoppers who question > and interrupt the usual patterns of consumption. > They perform in contested public space or right in > the heart of corporate chain stores, where the > �shopping experience� is most ritualized. > > Stop Shopping Tour 03 > http://www.breathingplanet.net/tour > More details on these event�s contact: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or telephone 07905086036 > > > -------------------------------------------- > > PRAYERS TO PRODUCTS > > 1pm Friday 21st February 2003 > meet Arches Bar, The Arches, Argyle Street, Glasgow > free participatory event > > A short introductory workshop on praying to products > will be lead by James Leadbitter (the vacuum > cleaner) and Robert Walton. A dedicated crowd of > worshipers will visit chain stores, join hands and > pray to the products. In the past this included > prayers to fresh chickens, followers prostrate > themselves to tins of cat food, and holding rousing > group prayers for frozen pizza, children�s clothes > and Winalot dog food. As the in-store CCTV cameras > begin to rotate, their attention turns to the > cameras, praising them and giving hearty thanks for > watching over the shoppers and keeping them safe. > If you wish to participate please contact us using > details above to book a place. > > www.mydadsstripclub.com/asdaprayers > > ------------------------------------------------ > > VIRGIN ON THE RIDICULOUS - The Vacuum Cleaner and > Suckers > > 1.30 pm Saturday 22th February 2003 > Virgin Megastore > Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Scotland > > Responding to Virgin Megastores slogan 'Whatever > Turns You On' James Leadbitter presents an > unauthorised commercially zoned work with his vacuum > cleaner and fellow suckers. > > The Vacuum Cleaner - cleaning up after capitalism. > www.thevacuumcleaner.co.uk > > --------------------------------------------------- > > WHIRL-MART RITUAL RESISTANCE > > 1pm Sunday 23rd February > meet Arches Bar, The Arches, Argyle Street, Glasgow > free participatory event > > > A group of Whirl-Mart non-shoppers will be inserting > their consumption awareness action in the Asda > Wal-Mart supermarket, Govan, and after the success > of our last whirl we�re looking for people to join > us. > > During a Whirl-Mart action, a group of people gather > and perform a non-shopping intervention in a > cathedral of consumption, such as Wal-Mart, Toys R > Us, or Asda. The group creates a whirling train of > empty trolleys as they meander through the aisles of > the store. This normally > happens for an hour. T-shirts with logo�s will be > given to participants who wish to wear them. > If you wish to participate please contact us using > the details above to book a place. > > Visit the Whirl-Mart HQ � www.breathingplanet.net > >
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