Thinking of you all in the Finsbury Park community, and London as it goes through these trying times.
with warmth, Renee > On Jun 19, 2017, at 10:51 AM, Steven Ball <ste...@steven-ball.net> wrote: > > Working at Furtherfield last I spent quite a bit of time in Finsbury Park. My > impression was of a lively, ethnically and religiously diverse place where > people and communities rubbed up against each other pretty well. Kind of > rough around the edges, but that comes with the territory, very much like my > own 'hood in Deptford, South London. > > It's not clear whether the perpetrators were from the area, I suspect not, > but we'll probably find out sooner or later. > > The police are treating it as a terrorist incident, and it's clearly a direct > attack on a group of Muslims. It's shocking but unfortunately not altogether > surprising that something like this might happen, given the constant drip of > Islamophobia in the media, in The Sun, the Daily Mail, the Daily Express, by > individuals such as Nigel Farage and Katie Hopkins, political parties such as > UKIP and EDL, a pernicious racism pervades. There is also currently a > dysfunctional systemic failure at state level to be able to cope with even > the most basis of governmental functions. It's difficult to shake the > impression that this country, and London in particular, is in some form of > terminal meltdown right now. > > But communities persist, ties strengthen, and solidarity is forged in such > emergencies. Furtherfield isn't parachuted in like so many so-called socially > engaged art projects often are, it is an established and integral part of its > local community, so I can understand the shock waves that this attack must be > causing. More strength to you! > > Steven x > > > On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 09:21, ruth catlow <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org > <mailto:ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org>> wrote: >> Thanks for asking Alan. >> >> This attack happened last night at Finsbury Park Mosque which is about 100 >> yards from Furtherfield Commons. >> >> Some people drove a van into a group of late night worshippers as they left >> the mosque. One of the attackers was apprehended and held by the group until >> the police arrived. >> >> Last year Park Theatre (local partners of ours) commissioned a playwrite to >> worked directly with the mosque to produce the Hurling Rubble >> <https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/hurling-rubble-at-the-moon-hurling-rubble-at-the-sun> >> plays about how extremist violence grows. We hosted ourSuperdiversity >> exhibition >> <http://furtherfield.org/programmes/superdiversity-picturing-finsbury-park> >> this spring in which Katherine Stansfeld an artist and cultural geographer >> brought together more than 50 different perspectives of lives lived in the >> area. This area is bold in its expression of difference - its value and its >> difficulties - we love it. >> >> We have yet to hear from our local friends. I'm heading up there now - full >> of sorrow. >> >> ~ >> Ruth >> >> >> On 19/06/17 03:44, Alan Sondheim wrote: >>> >>> >>> Please please share any information anyone might have about this, >>> apparently on Seven Sisters Road. This is terrible... >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Alan >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> >> >> >> -- >> Co-founder Co-director >> Furtherfield >> >> www.furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org/> >> >> +44 (0) 77370 02879 >> >> Bitcoin Address 197BBaXa6M9PtHhhNTQkuHh1pVJA8RrJ2i >> >> Furtherfield is the UK's leading organisation for art shows, labs, & debates >> around critical questions in art and technology, since 1997 >> >> Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company limited by Guarantee >> registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. >> Registered business address: Ballard Newman, Apex House, Grand Arcade, Tally >> Ho Corner, London N12 0EH. > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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