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Here we have listed links to organisations and individuals working for peace in artistic fields. If you know of any more please tell us!

 

Also on this page is a diary of artistic events. Let us know about plays, performances, cinema, poetry readings, exhibitions and anything of an artistic nature (“artistic” meaning what you want it to mean!).

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MUSICIAN AND ORGANISER CO-WORKER WANTED

I am a guitarist who subverts national anthems.  I require another guitarist to do similar and engage in friendly competitions to support peace related organisations and organisation that support worker's rights.  Also to set up events where musicians can engage in musical subversions of national anthems.  This would be at protests, at events and for fundraising.

There maybe some paid work at festivals as well where we can raise a peace flag in a quieter fashion.  Contact-Stuart Black at scribbleabc2001@yahoo.co.uk or on 07951 128 048 I live in North London.

 

 

Links

 

Artists Against the War: http://www.artistsagainstthewar.org.uk/
“For anyone working in the Arts”

Art not Oil: http://www.artnotoil.org.uk/
“designed in part to paint a truer portrait of an oil company than the caring image manufactured by the BP Portrait Award”

AZ Theatre: http://www.aztheatre.org.uk
creates and produces theatre performances, presentations, workshops, meetings and encounters”.

Banner Theatre: http://www.bannertheatre.co.uk/  
Banner Theatre is one of Britain’s longest established community theatre companies, they perform to community and trade union audiences in pubs, clubs and community centres and at rallies, festivals and conferences.

Demo Project: http://www.demoproject.co.uk/frames.html
Demo is a monthly event at Blueprint in Nottingham, with the proceeds going to different charities.

European Creative Forum: http://www.europeancreativeforum.org/
The ECF is still embryonic and so is still being defined and probably will always be fluid.

The Foundry: http://www.foundry.tv/
Multi-media, exhibitions, music and bar:
86 Great Eastern Street London EC2A 3JL

London Rising Tide: http://londonrisingtide.org.uk/
5 Chalk Farm Road, London NW1. “Autonomous space for the exhibition of resistance” with events including art exhibitions, gigs and parties, performance art and meetings.

London Socialist Film Co-op
OK, I know not all peaceniks are socialists (and vice-versa) but you don’t need to be a socialist to see any of the films they put on, usually at the Renoir Cinema, Brunswick Square, London WC1 (020 7837 8402) on Sunday mornings. Contact details: 9 Hendry House, Wyvil Estate, London, SW8 2TF, 020 7978 1924.

Mark Thomas: http://www.mtcp.co.uk/

Meeting Ground Theatre Company: http://www.meetingground.org.uk
At the heart of the company's artistic policy and vision is the theatrical exploration of "the politics of the imagination". The controls on our imagination shape all our destinies.

Peace not War: http://www.peace-not-war.org/
Peace not War raises funds for peace groups by producing and selling CDs and putting on gigs etc. The website also features a useful search engine.

Peace Museum: http://www.peacemuseum.org.uk/
Permanent and travelling exhibitions.
10 Piece Hall Yard, Bradford, BD1 1PJ Telephone: (01274) 434009 Fax: (01274) 432618
email

Reactor: http://www.reactorweb.com/homepage.htm
A Nottingham based collective who work collaboratively on a variety of events and projects.

Rhythms of Resistance: http://www.rhythmsofresistance.co.uk/
A drum band that plays at demonstrations and other events. Website has some useful links.

Scary Little Girls: http://www.scarylittlegirls.co.uk/default.htm

A theatre company which not only put on professional productions such as Maria Stuart but also go “out into the community” (eg schools) offering workshops on conflict resolution.

Seaside Tribe: http://www.seasidetribe.org/index.html Hold parties, usually at the Brixton Telegraph, with “talented artists, musicians, DJ's, healers, jugglers, acrobats, dancers, pressure groups, charities, and ethical green fair trade organisations to stimulate a new interactive, aware, safe, atmospheric, party environment.”

Theatre of War: http://www.theatreofwar.org/
Theatre of War “use giant puppets, very large presidents made of chicken wire, cheesy props and mega-phones to raise awareness and support activists out there who are opposing warmongers, arms dealers, nuclear power, environmental destruction, and exploitation and control of people through bent trade rules and fabricated debt.”

UHC Collective: http://www.uhc-collective.org.uk/
UHC Collective “exists to produce and promote quality art and graphics concerned with the fundamental social phenomena of power relations, economics and the environment.”

 

Overseas and international sites:

 

Artists Against War: http://www.9monkeys.org

Art for a Change: http://www.art-for-a-change.com/

Atomic Mirror: http://www.atomicmirror.org/ or http://www.earthways.org/atomicmirror/
“The purpose of the Atomic Mirror is to create a nuclear-free world. We use the creative arts (film, music, images, performance, ceremony) to reveal the secrets of the nuclear age, and to advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons and power.”

Jane Smith Bernhardt: http://www.janebernhardt.com/
Multimedia art & performance including the Hibakusha Peace Project.

Jazz for Peace: http://www.jazzforpeace.org/

Jenny Arnau: http://www.jenniearnau.com/
Download “Who will Come With Me”
an anti-war song that written specifically about the current situation in Iraq.

Joan Baez: http://baez.woz.org/

Lion and Lamb Music: http://www.lionandlambmusic.com/home.cfm
Download and print music for singers.

The Lysistrata Project: http://www.pecosdesign.com/lys/
Inspired by the comedy by Greek dramatist Aristophanes, which tells the story of a group of women from opposing states who unite to end the Peloponnesian War. Worldwide readings of the play took place in 2003. An ongoing campaign/project of the same name can be found on: http://www.lysistrataproject.org/

Mark Fiore: http://www.markfiore.com/index.html
Amusing and topical short animations. Particularly recommend Reconstruction Zone and Tax Cut Man.

Musicians for Peace: http://www.musiciansforpeace.org/

Poets against the War: http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/

Ramallah Underground: http://www.ramallahunderground.com/index2.html

Songs for Peace: http://www.songs4peace.com/

Star Poster Program: http://www.ursidaeenterprises.com/history.html
“Dedicated to changing the world one poster at a time” Has some useful design tips for your posters, leaflets etc.

The One Day in Peace Play: http://www.oneday.net/play/english.htm suitable for under 11 year olds.

Transcend Peace University is running on-line courses on peace and the arts. Several courses start in September and more are being prepared. See: http://www.transcend.org/

 

 

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Friday 4 July
LONDON.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 60th Anniversary Concert. With Libor Novacek, panor and VOces8 A capella vocal ensemble. St John’s, Smith Square. Tickets £15/£12/£8. Concessions £6. Tickets from St John’s Box Office, 020 7222 1061 www.sjss.org.uk Organisers: UNA Westminster, 61 Sedlescombe Road, London SW6 1RE, 020 7385 6738, info@unawestminster.org.uk

 

15 - 17 August
EAST SUSSEX.
One Love Festival. One Love is the UK’s first festival to celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the world’s greatest ever rock gigs: Bob Marley and The Wailers performed at the One Love Peace concert in Kingston's National Arena with other reggae artists of the day in an attempt to link Jamaica's feuding political parties. The Observatory Arts Arena, Isaac Newton Observatory, Herstmonceux Castle Estate, East Sussex, BN271RP. £70 (For weekend camping tickets) www.onelovefestival.co.uk  For more information contact: Dan (020 3132 9125)  dan@urbanfoxes.co.uk,

15 November
LONDON.
Musicians Against Nuclear Arms Concert for Peace. With The MANA Chamber Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins. 7.30pm St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, London W1. MANA Administration, 71 Greenfield Gardens, London NW2 1HU. 020 8455 1030.

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Publications

No More Hiroshimas

In commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki day, No More Hiroshimas, a collection of poems by the British poet James Kirkup, will be published for the first time in Britain.  In his new preface, James Kirkup explains the genesis of this little collection: 

For a copy of No More Hiroshimas contact Tony Simpson or Abi Rhodes on 0115 9784 504 or email elfeuro@compuserve.com

 

Published 6th August 2004 - ISBN 0 85124 689 3 - Price £6.99; p&p 50p; pages 72.