Mental Bloc (Aid) - during the G8
the vacuum cleaner | 29.06.2005 16:13 | G8 2005 | Culture | Free Spaces | Social Struggles
From July 3rd to July 10th, as part of the resistance and alternatives to the Gleneagles G8 Summit 05, artist activist the vacuum cleaner will be bringing their Mental Bloc, 5 new performance actions, to the streets and stores of Glasgow.
The Vacuum Cleaner’s Mental Bloc (Aid) – during the G8 Summit 2005
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From July 3rd to July 10th, as part of the resistance and alternatives to the Gleneagles G8 Summit 05, artist activist the vacuum cleaner will be bringing their Mental Bloc, 5 new performance actions, to the streets and stores of Glasgow.
We at The Vacuum Cleaner love committing acts of cultural/political intervention. We have taken on the likes of Starbucks with a green felt tip pen, Wall St and the City of London with a vacuum cleaner, Wal-Mart with their own trolleys and Consumerism with it’s own logic… We can’t wait for the G8 Summit; they suck.
Our programme for the week:
Sunday July 3rd - Make Borders Hysterical
Part of the Make Borders History Guided Tour www.makebordershistory.org
Hysterically, our favourite golf course is about to be hijacked. Get to Lunn Poly with the vacuum cleaner, claim asylum and flee from the eight white dirty bastards.
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Wednesday July 6th - Sitting down with a Cup of Tea and a Biscuit.
The G8 is more than just a letter and a number. Over a cup of tea, biscuit and a sit down the vacuum cleaner’s salon will wash away the spin with a bleeding but open heart. It’ll be G(r)8.
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Thursday July 7th - Brings out the Tiger in you.
Glasgow’s postcodes begin with G..
We’ve got our top hat and tails out specially.
We’re off to find G8. We have some messages to deliver.
They’re G(r)8.
(If you want to send a message to the G8 via the vacuum cleaner please e-mail it as an attached document to
suck@thevacuumcleaner.co.uk, by July 5th . It will be delivered both verbally and in writing, just to make sure it reaches them.)
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Friday July 8th OR Saturday July 9th OR Sunday July 10th - Dropping, Hanging, Rolling Out.
Top Secret apart from that. G(r)8
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Friday July 8th OR Saturday July 9th OR Sunday July 10th - InterG(r)8 - InntitG(r)8
Even more top secret so we can’t let you know anything, but you’ll know, trust us. Even more G(r)8
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Up to date details, meeting points and times on www.thevacuumcleaner.co.uk/mentalbloc/
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From July 3rd to July 10th, as part of the resistance and alternatives to the Gleneagles G8 Summit 05, artist activist the vacuum cleaner will be bringing their Mental Bloc, 5 new performance actions, to the streets and stores of Glasgow.
We at The Vacuum Cleaner love committing acts of cultural/political intervention. We have taken on the likes of Starbucks with a green felt tip pen, Wall St and the City of London with a vacuum cleaner, Wal-Mart with their own trolleys and Consumerism with it’s own logic… We can’t wait for the G8 Summit; they suck.
Our programme for the week:
Sunday July 3rd - Make Borders Hysterical
Part of the Make Borders History Guided Tour www.makebordershistory.org
Hysterically, our favourite golf course is about to be hijacked. Get to Lunn Poly with the vacuum cleaner, claim asylum and flee from the eight white dirty bastards.
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Wednesday July 6th - Sitting down with a Cup of Tea and a Biscuit.
The G8 is more than just a letter and a number. Over a cup of tea, biscuit and a sit down the vacuum cleaner’s salon will wash away the spin with a bleeding but open heart. It’ll be G(r)8.
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Thursday July 7th - Brings out the Tiger in you.
Glasgow’s postcodes begin with G..
We’ve got our top hat and tails out specially.
We’re off to find G8. We have some messages to deliver.
They’re G(r)8.
(If you want to send a message to the G8 via the vacuum cleaner please e-mail it as an attached document to
suck@thevacuumcleaner.co.uk, by July 5th . It will be delivered both verbally and in writing, just to make sure it reaches them.) -------------------------
Friday July 8th OR Saturday July 9th OR Sunday July 10th - Dropping, Hanging, Rolling Out.
Top Secret apart from that. G(r)8
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Friday July 8th OR Saturday July 9th OR Sunday July 10th - InterG(r)8 - InntitG(r)8
Even more top secret so we can’t let you know anything, but you’ll know, trust us. Even more G(r)8
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Up to date details, meeting points and times on www.thevacuumcleaner.co.uk/mentalbloc/
the vacuum cleaner
e-mail:
suck@thevacuumcleaner.co.uk
Homepage:
http://www.thevacuumcleaner.co.uk/mentalbloc/
