please feel free to forward this invite
you are invited to the opening of
The War Effort
Holden Gallery
Faculty of Art & Design
Manchester Metropolitan University
Cavendish Street
Manchester M15 6BR
{Bill Drummond is ex KLF and John Hyatt a Three John}
Opening Thursday 23 January 5 - 7 pm
with a presentation by Bill Drummond
This ad-hoc coalition of artists makes no claim to a fixed strategy or
singular voice and offers no universal observations. Rather, the group
has
been brought together by the artists' shared conviction that in the
fallout
of September 11, the 'War Against Terrorism', the need for an
alternative
cultural reaction to war is acute. Rejecting the idea that art should be
neutral, they engage from individual positions with the reality, rituals
and
symbols of what they see as a 'new barbarism'and question militarism as
a
failed response to social inequality.
Among the participating artists are lecturers from Hull School of Art
and
Design - Clare Charnley, the designer Andy Edwards, the photographers
Casey
Orr and 24449753, an ex-serviceman - alongside John Hyatt, a painter and
Head
of the Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and
Design at
MMU. They are joined by the London-based sculptor, multimedia performer
and
radio DJ Tracey Sanders-Wood, the artist and writer on art and politics
Bill
Drummond, and Disinformation, a creative duo whose repertoire covers
'almost
every conceivable artform'.
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Chris Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.idea.org.uk
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This petition could help the lawyers in Belgium who are suing that
lunkhead
Ariel Sharon for war crimes. http://www.petitiononline.com/warcrime
They need 1,000,000 signatures and have 901,682 (10.09.02).
Please sign and forward the web address to all your contacts.
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