a personal document of the protest to stop the war against Iraq

Hi everyone,

http://www.furtherfield.org/rcatlow/stop

This is a personal document of the protest that took place in London, UK
on September 28th 2002 to stop the war against Iraq. I am an artist
but on this day I was one among 400,000 (or there abouts) protesters.
It seems more relevant these days, for me as an artists, to jump in
with both feet, to be in the middle of a crowd of human beings when
so much of our experience of the world is so passive and mediated by
TV and film.

This document represents for me a cold bath in the historical and contempor=
ary
complexity of human fear, hatred and despair. We are all contaminated
by these emotions. Also an awakening to the possibilities of creating
alternative historical documents as a kind of anti-propaganda. Too complica=
ted
in their presentation of conflicting interests and disparate justification=
s
to stir up the emotions in preparation for misplaced activism. The web
browser is the perfect forum for this.

I would appreciate any feedback


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ruth catlow

furtherfield.org