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13 Nov 2009 15:17:21
Capitalism, war and climate change are the
themes of an exhibition in London
jointly organised by a senior lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire.
Noel Douglas, senior lecturer and programme leader in graphic design and illustration, is getting ready for the exhibition called ‘Signs of Revolt: Creative Resistance and Social Movements since Seattle’ which opens this weekend.
It is open daily from this Saturday until the following Sunday (14-22 November) at Shop 14, The Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane.
The exhibition is based on the social movements which came to prominence on the global stage a decade ago when an alliance of direct action activists, environmentalists and trade unionists shut down the meeting of the World Trade Organisation.
The event in Seattle in November 1999 stopped the next round of globalisation and put forward ideas of alternative ways of running society.
Now activists of those same movements are planning action at the United Nations Climate Change Conference which is taking place in Copenhagen next month.
The exhibition weaves together the story of the past decade’s social movements from Seattle through to Copenhagen.
As well as archive material, documentary photography and video from movement photographers and film-makers, there is work by artists, designer activists and collectives - such as posters, leaflets and banners - produced during, within and for the movements. This is the first time such a collection has been brought together in the UK.
Noel said: “I’ve always wanted to do a show that charts the key movements over the last ten years and show how forms of what I call ‘creative resistance’ have allied with this, and how these forms of resistance have been used to fire people’s imaginations and rouse them to action.”
Noel has also organised this weekend’s Festival of Radical Communication, two days of discussion and debates, where the work showcased in the exhibition will be the hot topic.
Some of the other artists and designers talking at the weekend include anti-war artist Peter Kennard and graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook.
Noel said: “It should be a great looking show and I’m really looking forward to it starting.”
The exhibition is open weekends from 10am-10pm and weekdays from midday-9pm. For more details, visit www.signsofrevolt.net
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