diG.shaKe.riSe.andblEEed,myloVe. questions the potency of demonstration, revolt and sacrifice as an instrument for policy change, against the backdrop of the current economic downturn, cuts, job losses, rise in university tuition fees, broken manifesto promises, student protest, strikes, riots and occupations.
Documentation of ascensIon. and viVa.voCe. will be available on this site.
ascensIon. – a site-specific installation incorporating photography, sound, archival audio and moving image, light, earth, grit, stones, bricks, cement, concrete, tarmac and newspapers, was on show from December 2011 – January 2012 at the hidden Old Shoreditch Station Project Space, London (see: ascensIon. post).
viVa.voCe. – a sound installation hosted by ‘Occupy Justice’, was on show in January 2012 at the ‘occupied’ Old Street Magistrates’ Court, London (see: viVa.Voce. post).
“Democratic Frustration: Political Activism in an Age of Low Horizons” – a panel discussion with theorists, activists and artists, supported by Culture Wars is to be held in London. Further information will be posted here soon.
diG.shaKe.riSe.andblEEed,myloVe. is created within the ambit of conteXtism – a manifesto driven initiative aimed at illuminating the interrelationships between art and the social, political, economic, religious, ethical and legal contexts in which it is made and displayed. In the belief that art has the power to unravel the complexity, intricacy and multi-dimensionality of prevailing human and social reality and the forces that shape it, the project serves as a trigger for debate, and for tackling questions about the wave of protests we are recently witnessing in the UK.
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