Pranksters, Art activists and a clandestine rebel clown army tour country in exploding caravan preaching civil disobedience… BUT not as we know it!
As world leaders prepare for their G8 summit photo op, a new network of art activists are touring the UK (19 May - 6 July), inspiring resistance with an exploding caravan, a free feast, prayers to products, a clown army and creative civil disobedience trainings.
As world leaders prepare for their G8 summit photo op, a new network of art activists are touring the UK (19 May - 6 July), inspiring resistance with an exploding caravan, a free feast, prayers to products, a clown army and creative civil disobedience trainings.
Clowns on the move
THE LABORATORY OF INSURRECTIONARY IMAGINATION TOUR
arrives in LONDON THIS WEEKEND 27th – 29th May
A FREE Show with FREE films, FREE food, and Free thinking ( all exploding out of a solar powered caravan) will be held on Saturday 28th - 8pm - next to the Arts Pavilion, Mile End Park, Grove Road, London E2 (Entrance off Clinton Road, 2 minutes walk from Mile End Tube Station – central line)
( A Preview show will also take place on Friday 27th 8pm )
The Clown Army and Church of the Immaculate Consumption Training will be held on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th - 10am till 6pm
The Boiler Room
Back of People’s Palace
Queen Mary University London, Mile End Road
London E1 4NS
Please book a place for the trainings at –
trainings@labofii.net
The Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination (Lab of ii) is a space for international and local artists and activists to experiment with new forms of cultural resistance, exploring the interstices between art, politics, creativity and protest. Part of the global movement for social and ecological justice, the Lab of ii believes in moving beyond traditional methods of protest (marches, riots and placards) to forms which emphasise pleasure, love and the subversive nature of play.
Amongst its assorted ranks for the tour will be the Church of the Immaculate Consumption, whose prayers to products are an ironic extension of the logic of shopping as a religious act, and the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (CIRCA), who merge civil disobedience and the ancient art of clowning to mock the powerful and their very big tools.
In each of the 9 cities visited, this motley troupe will tumble out of an exploding solar powered caravan-cum-mobile information unit to present a fabulous, death defying free show featuring Dr Skip Tallahassee, artist activist the Vacuum Cleaner, a human cannon ball and CIRCA's ridiculous recruitment drive… before serving an unusual feast to the audience.
As well as the show, there will be intensive two-day trainings in non-violent direct action and rebel clowning. "We will train you to be stupid," says General Confusion from CIRCA "polish up your ability to mock authority, help you discover your inner clown and let you taste our favourite tactical manoeuvres of 'Fishing' and 'Socking'."
An All-Star collaboration of twisters, resisters, subverters, converters, cyclers, recyclers, street reclaimers, anarchists, artists, fartists, permaculturists and mystics, the Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination will inspire you to rediscover the power of your imagination and join the resistance against the dictatorship of money.
for all the tour dates see:
http://www.labofii.net/tour05
Websites for further information
Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army http://www.clownarmy.org
Art activist The Vacuum Cleaner http://www.thevacuumcleaner.co.uk
The Tour is supported by the Arts Council of England, Queen Mary's University of London, Lamorna Foundation
arrives in LONDON THIS WEEKEND 27th – 29th May
A FREE Show with FREE films, FREE food, and Free thinking ( all exploding out of a solar powered caravan) will be held on Saturday 28th - 8pm - next to the Arts Pavilion, Mile End Park, Grove Road, London E2 (Entrance off Clinton Road, 2 minutes walk from Mile End Tube Station – central line)
( A Preview show will also take place on Friday 27th 8pm )
The Clown Army and Church of the Immaculate Consumption Training will be held on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th - 10am till 6pm
The Boiler Room
Back of People’s Palace
Queen Mary University London, Mile End Road
London E1 4NS
Please book a place for the trainings at –
trainings@labofii.net The Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination (Lab of ii) is a space for international and local artists and activists to experiment with new forms of cultural resistance, exploring the interstices between art, politics, creativity and protest. Part of the global movement for social and ecological justice, the Lab of ii believes in moving beyond traditional methods of protest (marches, riots and placards) to forms which emphasise pleasure, love and the subversive nature of play.
Amongst its assorted ranks for the tour will be the Church of the Immaculate Consumption, whose prayers to products are an ironic extension of the logic of shopping as a religious act, and the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (CIRCA), who merge civil disobedience and the ancient art of clowning to mock the powerful and their very big tools.
In each of the 9 cities visited, this motley troupe will tumble out of an exploding solar powered caravan-cum-mobile information unit to present a fabulous, death defying free show featuring Dr Skip Tallahassee, artist activist the Vacuum Cleaner, a human cannon ball and CIRCA's ridiculous recruitment drive… before serving an unusual feast to the audience.
As well as the show, there will be intensive two-day trainings in non-violent direct action and rebel clowning. "We will train you to be stupid," says General Confusion from CIRCA "polish up your ability to mock authority, help you discover your inner clown and let you taste our favourite tactical manoeuvres of 'Fishing' and 'Socking'."
An All-Star collaboration of twisters, resisters, subverters, converters, cyclers, recyclers, street reclaimers, anarchists, artists, fartists, permaculturists and mystics, the Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination will inspire you to rediscover the power of your imagination and join the resistance against the dictatorship of money.
for all the tour dates see:
http://www.labofii.net/tour05 Websites for further information
Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army
http://www.clownarmy.org Art activist The Vacuum Cleaner
http://www.thevacuumcleaner.co.uk The Tour is supported by the Arts Council of England, Queen Mary's University of London, Lamorna Foundation
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