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Artivists' Flyer Drop!

Camera boy | 25.07.2006 17:42 | Lebanon War 2006 | Anti-militarism | Cambridge

In response to Israel's pro war flyer drop the other day over Lebanon, some Cambridge activists decided to reclaim the flyer drop this afternoon - for peace!

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Littering their front lawn...how unseemly!
Littering their front lawn...how unseemly!


Activists went to the top of Little St. Marys Church in the middle of Cambridge this afternoon, and dropped pro peace flyers from the top of the tower onto bemused and confused passers by on Kings Parade below, in the process, inadvertantly littering the front lawn of Kings College...but they didn't mind about this, because most of the Cambridge colleges support the arms industry in one form other anyway!

They then went around the corner and did another spontaneous flyer drop onto unsuspecting shoppers in The Lion Yard, before making a sharp exit - but not before being intercepted by a security gaurd, who, on establishing they weren't terrorists let them go.

The questions remains...was it an art happening, or was it activism?

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And in case you're wondering, the animations were created from sequences shot on a digital stills camera, hence why they're a bit wobbly, as there's only a few frames.

Camera boy


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Artivism is cool and we need more of it

25.07.2006 21:02

Anything that allows us to make peaceful and original statements against the tide of military insanity that is permeating all our lives is only for the good

mike d
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fantastic

26.07.2006 09:25

What a great idea, well done!

howdy


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