Make Love Not War 2008

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Warm-up thingamajig ideas

1. 'Dressing-up.' We could have a dressing-up box of clothes associated with war, freedom, love, music etc... On entry people will be asked to choose garments from the box according to how they would like to represent themselves in the debate... Or we could assign garments to people as they arrive and they can chose to remove items that they think portray a message they are opposed to.

2. 'Kissing Windows'. We split the party in two. One half stay inside the gallery the other half go outside onto the street. Both sides choose a partner to kiss through the gallery window for a duration of 10 mins. Then the debate begins.

3. 'Face Paints' pretty much self-explanatory. Hearts, flowers, hippie stuff.

Please get back to me with your thoughts and ideas. These are very much quick off the top of my head ideas. Lizzie has some ideas too but I have yet to discuss them with her.

Speak soon,

Esther

Monday, 20 October 2008

The Ed-W-Approach : 1956

(The title is a reference to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the Poznań 1956 Uprising. You can see more of The Ed-W-Approach here.)

Chris T-T : Images Of War and Red Songs discussion

Here's a youtube-sized edit of an interview/discussion i had with Brighton-based singer-songwriter and Morning Star columnist Chris T-T. His music often deals openly with political issues (both with a capital and lower-case 'p') and has in the past included frank and barbed lyrics in reaction to the invasion of Iraq. His 2005 album 9 Red Songs is comprised entirely of protest tunes including 'Preaching To The Converted' which, as mentioned in the video, deals with the act of protest itself. With this year's album Capital he has completed a trilogy of albums centred around a general theme of London, and he is currently touring with his band The Hoodrats in support of former Million Dead vocalist Frank Turner.

Here he discusses his reaction to the current Brighton Photo Biennial, in particular the Julian Stallabrass-curated Iraq Through the Lens of Vietnam, the perceived change in Western student ideology between those wars, and his own aims as a protest singer.

Sunday, 19 October 2008

Let's plan

Hi Everyone
Following our meeting on Friday I'd be interested to know if anyone has had any more concrete ideas about what we should do on Saturday?
So far we've got Esther being responsible for some kind of warm up and we've got TTFB's video playing on the monitor in the south gallery.
I like the idea of making the whole evening very participatory to everyone who is there. I'll continue to think. Also have asked 2nd year CFAP students for their involvement, if they are interested.
Also, how about each of you sending in a pic to go on the collective protest banner that is being made in Fabrica by volunteers, myself and anyone who wants to get involved.
You can drop a picture in by hand or email one to: respond@incommensurable@gmail.com
Thanks
Susan