Hi Marc, Yes, I actually think that this (upon reflection) is one of the crucial ingredients to good street art - that it locates culture in a physical, public way. As an example of that, cross-culturally, take a look at these ‘urban wandjina’ (a painting of a spirit, quite spooky) that are turning up on trees and walls in and around Perth: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=urban+wandjina&t=ffsb&iax=1&ia=images
I wonder what the English equivalent would be, Marc? g. > On 05 Jul 2016, at 12:56, marc garrett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Gretta & all, > > > I was thinking about your comments regarding ‘Home/land/culture/folklore’, > and was reminded of much of my own past activities regarding street art, > pirate radio and pirate television in Bristol, in the late 80s and early 90s. > > > What I found special when working in pirate radio was we were part of a grass > rooted, and diverse community; collectively peer promoting our varied > creative voices and identities, on shared terms. In fact, many were involved > in producing some of the content as well as offering their own homes as > venues for these many pirate broadcasts. > > > I think what seems to be missing from the conversation around Brexit is: > whether people can now manage to reclaim their own personal, social and > cultural narratives and identities; in ways that can be robust in the face of > whatever government is voted in, as well as other everyday pressures that are > usually imposed on the psyche via media and corporations? > > > > Wishing you well. > > > > marc > > > On 5 July 2016 at 10:01, Gretta Louw <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Definitely agree, Ruth. The other thing I was discussing with Katriona Beales > last night over Skype, as a result of the last few weeks for me of the > exhibition, being with the Warnayaka artists in London and here in Munich, > and lots of talking, was about the notion of home and what it means. We > (mostly left wing, revolutionary etc artists) tend to cringe at words like > tradition and folk culture etc, but Jampijinpa has swayed me a lot and I have > seen that there is a way to be attached to home (a deep notion of this) that > is about land, old culture, folklore and folk culture, tradition etc that is > not bound to the right wing/reactionary politics and ugly nationalism that we > usually associate with those things. Home/land/culture/folklore - these can > all be things that anchor and ground us without making us close off to > change, people and ideas from other places, technology, and social > progression. The way that the Warlpiri matter of factly appropriate digital > technologies for their own cultural aims is exemplary of this. > In these times of right wing and nationalistic hype, it seems that this goal > - of defining an accepting, strong, solid, meaningful notion of home (that is > rooted not in fickle political values or trends, but in the land itself), > that allows ppl to feel secure enough to welcome others on their own terms > (as the first nations peoples in Australia, for example, are often quoted as > saying about asylum seekers today) - this is a goal that is extremely > significant. > > g. > > p.s. Ruth, this is what the article I sent you is trying to get at. I’m not > sure if it’s clear yet... > > > > >> On 05 Jul 2016, at 10:45, helen varley jamieson <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> yes, it is bigger than just the EU. for example, at the beginning of the >> article ruth shared, it says " During membership of the EU the division >> between rich and poor [in the UK] has increased, with the poorest suffering >> a fall in living standards." but this isn't because of the EU - the same >> thing has happened during the same time period around the world outside of >> the EU, such as in new zealand. it would have happened in the UK even if >> they'd never been part of the EU. so it's interesting to read this >> interpretation of the referendum vote as a rejection of rampant neoliberal >> capitalism by both sides. >> >> i'm curious about the assertion that the EU was a CIA initiative (the >> footnotes for the article are not on the web page). it doesn't really >> surprise me (is there anything left in the world that the CIA hasn't had its >> fingers in???) but i would like to know more about this. >> >> i'm looking forward to chatting about it all with ruth next week :) >> >> h : ) >> >> On 3/07/16 11:52 41AM, Joseph Young wrote: >>> Thanks for starting this important thread... >>> >>> The key to this is changing the narrative and placing the blame for the >>> current position squarely on our (successive) right-wing governments and >>> their failed and unnecessary austerity policies. Whatever "European" >>> artwork is produced has to concentrate on challenging the dominant >>> narratives that have allowed UKIP et al to convince post industrial working >>> class communities that the EU is to blame rather than their own government. >>> >>> Joseph Young >>> Artist : Activist : Cultural Producer >>> >>> artofnoises.com <http://artofnoises.com/> >>> @artofnoises / @artsforeu >>> >>> On 3 Jul 2016, at 11:13, ruth catlow < >>> <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Steven and Anita, for initiating this conversation. >>>> >>>> I, like many people I have spoken to over the last week (including our >>>> many European friends and colleagues in the UK and on the continent) have >>>> found this last week very distressing. >>>> >>>> The referendum promoted a narrative, supported in ALL mainstream media, >>>> (not just in the UK it seems, but across Europe)... that characterizes the >>>> British people, and especially the English, as wannabe-again-Imperialists, >>>> and (depending on their class) either dumb, uneducated and racist; or >>>> hubristic Neoliberal muppets. >>>> >>>> This narrative is now amplified (and seemingly proved) by an upsurge of >>>> street-level racism and hostility towards our neighbours from Germany, >>>> Poland, Greece, Romania etc who have enriched our lives by making theirs >>>> in the UK. >>>> >>>> Before the referendum, I found myself uneasy about actually campaigning >>>> for Remain in spite of my desire for pan-European peoples' alliance- >>>> because I couldn't ally myself with the dominating political arguments >>>> proposed by the Tories (and backed up by big-business and the >>>> establishment), and didn't want to participate in a process that further >>>> stamped on the dignity of people in the UK who are already so >>>> disenfranchised by the effects of austerity cuts (and many years of other >>>> systemic injustices). The social-liberal >>>> <http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/02/march-for-europe-eu-referendum-london-protest> >>>> layer in the UK is now finding its voice, but the reporting of the >>>> protests reinforces the Leave-voter caricatures. >>>> >>>> So I am looking for better information. Here's some >>>> <http://www.globalresearch.ca/regime-change-in-britains-labour-party-the-ashcroft-opinion-poll-is-this-why-jeremy-corbyn-must-go/5533742> >>>> >>>> A UCL study has shown that the poorest 20% of British workers have indeed >>>> been affected adversely by immigration... [nevertheless]....Asked which of >>>> the following they considered to be forces for good, a considerable >>>> proportion of leave voters expressed support for multi-culturalism (29%), >>>> social liberalism (32%), globalisation (49%), the green movement (38%), >>>> feminism (40%) and even immigration (21%). About half of the voters, >>>> whether leave or remain, felt capitalism was a force for ill rather than a >>>> force for good (51%:49%). >>>> >>>> Whatever we do, I think we need to build solidarity with other people who >>>> are suffering the effects (and they are many) of the bank crisis and >>>> resulting austerity politics. >>>> >>>> Respect, >>>> >>>> Ruth >>>> >>>> <alt_chess_icon2.gif> >>>> http://www.furtherfield.org/rcatlow/rethinking_wargames/ >>>> <http://www.furtherfield.org/rcatlow/rethinking_wargames/> >>>> On 02/07/16 19:19, Steven Ball wrote: >>>>> I’m posting this to following a brief conversation with Anita McKeown, >>>>> Ruth, and Marc. >>>>> >>>>> The ramifications for life in the UK after the EU referendum are still >>>>> very unclear. Parliamentary politics is in meltdown and the direction of >>>>> travel for future government seems to be further right, the economy is >>>>> looking precarious, meanwhile a toxic wave of overt public racist >>>>> violence is spreading across the country. It is tempting to think that we >>>>> are entering a disturbingly illiberal dystopia. 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