[spectre] IOCOSE VS Guy Fawkes Night
marc garrett
marc.garrett at furtherfield.org
Fri Nov 5 10:17:03 CET 2010
Hi everyone,
If you are in the UK/London this evening, and feel all washed out from
the rain, fed up with damp Bonfires and the strange tradition of burning
an effigy of Guy Fawkes.
Guy Fawkes Night originates from the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a failed
conspiracy by a group of provincial English Catholics to assassinate the
Protestant King James I of England and replace him with a Catholic head
of state. The survival of the king was first celebrated on 5 November
1605, after Guy Fawkes, left in charge of the gunpowder placed
underneath the House of Lords, was discovered and arrested.
So instead, come & share the evening with others at Furtherfield's HTTP
Space & Gallery.
Private view tonight 6.30 pm - 9pm
Friday Nov 5th
Info below info:
European activist group IOCOSE premiere their film 'In The Long Run'
tonight.
Although we live in a celebrity driven culture it is not widely known
that major news networks such as the BBC, Fox and Sky prepare obituaries
about famous people to put on air in the event of an unexpected death.
Criticising the media's obsession with celebrity an art collective named
IOCOSE will be screening their film In the Long Run (2010) at HTTP
gallery north London, plus two other works not exhibited in the UK until
now.
The 20 minute film is a reconstruction of a possible future high profile
media event. The death of pop star Madonna is described in a BBC News
special edition, with a journalist and studio guest who go over the
details of the fatal car accident, the statements of the VIPs and the
reactions of fans around the world.
Visit here for more information abut the show opening this evening:
http://www.http.uk.net/exhibitions/IOCOSE/
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