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Report and Pics of the 'Signs of Revolt' exhibition in London

maqui px | 18.11.2009 21:26 | Culture | History | Social Struggles

The opening night of the 'Signs of Revolt, Creative Resistance & Social Movements since Seattle' exhibition took place on Friday 13th November 2009.The show runs for a week until Sunday 22nd, so if you missed the fun you still have a change to see the exhibition:

Old Truman Brewery,
Shop 14, Brick Lane,
London E1.

Opening Times: Weekends 10-9pm, Weekdays 12-9pm

Front flier
Front flier

Back Flier
Back Flier


Signs of Revolt is an exhibition that weaves together the story of the past decade's social movements against Capitalism, War and Climate Change. Using archive material, design, photography, video, media, and documentation, the exhibition reveals the story of a decade of creative resistance, from the Seattle anti-WTO demonstrations in November 1999 to the upcoming climate justice mobilisations in Copenhagen in Decembrer 2009. The exhibition showcases work produced by artists, designers, activists and collectives from within the social movements active during this decade, including Indymedia London.

Indymedia London gave a presentation entitled 'Indymedia Vs Social Media: After 10yrs of Indymedia, What's Next?' on Sunday afternoon. This talk looked into the impact of the 'social media' tools in today's use of the internet, and how this impacts on Indymedia's own existance, whilst looking at the future of the IMC project.

The Indymedia London talk was preceded by session by a group of professional photographers entitled 'I'm a Photographer, not a Terrorist, Bringing Home the Real News'. This talk addressed issues around the State's criminalisation of those taking images during the reporting of political events, and how prhotographers are organising against this.

The opening took place on Friday 13th and draw a large crowd, followed with a weekend long "Festival of Radical Communication" with a series of talks, presentations, debates and film screenings which also attracted the interest of a large number of visitors and passers-by

See photos from the opening night:
 http://london.indymedia.org/articles/3157

And report and pics during the Festival of Radical Communication:
 http://london.indymedia.org/articles/3158

Exhibitors details and more info:
 http://london.indymedia.org/articles/3117

maqui px

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J18

18.11.2009 23:31

But perhaps J18 is a more accurate place to start this history from?

Krop


j18

19.11.2009 10:00

krop - yep, you're right, which is why the exhibition has text banner on J18 inside the venue and the booklet includes it too :)

(although the timeline thing on the wall only mentions it in relation to london and global street parties rather than co-ordinated action in x countries worldwide, and one of the bits in the booklet refers to something like playful and hilarious parties erupting around the world... hmmm etc).

re jay one eight


Street and arts

19.11.2009 13:24

Better to be out on the streets than hanging around galleries in Brick Lane.

S