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Date: Jun 29, 2007 3:37 PM
Subject: [RK] Departure Lounge: Creative Resistance Against Heathrow
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Departure Lounge: A weekend workshop designing creative resistance
against the root causes of Climate Change.
13 – 15 July, near Heathrow, London.

"I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until
I
saw Heathrow for myself."
— Dennis Potter, in The Sunday Times, 4 June 1978.
Some of the most successful political movements have been those
that
have developed creative forms of protest: the suffragettes chaining
themselves to buildings, the beautiful tree houses of the anti
roads
protesters, the Zapatistas with their poetic communiqués and masks,
Reclaim the Streets' rebel carnivals, the Italian white overalls'
imaginative take on civil disobedience. All these forms have
emerged
when the unbridled imagination of art mixes with the deep social
engagement of politics. The growing radical movement for climate
justice needs its own new forms.
Departure Lounge is a weekend workshop where we will collectively
explore the spaces between art and activism and design creative
actions in preparation for the Camp for Climate Action -
http://
www.climatecamp.org.uk - The Camp, which takes place near Heathrow
from 14th to 21st August, has been described by the Independent as
"Glastonbury, science seminar and protest all in one". It mixes
low-impact ecological living, dozens of workshops and mass direct
action aimed at the root causes of climate change. This year it
will
be targeting the aviation industry and airport expansion.
At the workshop we will work together to create imaginative new
forms
of protest, share skills and ideas, and design events/actions that
will take place during the Camp to engage, delight, provoke,
challenge and encourage participation.
The weekend is suitable for those who are interested in work that
does not merely 'represent' a political issue, nor serves as
propaganda but directly confronts and transforms the issue itself.
If
you are interested in radically engaged practices that look neither
like art nor activism but take the best of both of these worlds,
that
sit somewhere between direct action and performance, resistance and
creativity then this workshop is for you.
A key inspiration for the workshop will be Steven Duncombe's
concept
of creating "Ethical Spectacles" – see
http://turbulence.org.uk/
politicsinanageo.html
Taking place from the evening of Friday 13th July to late Sunday
afternoon, 15th July, the workshop will be funded on a donations
basis. We hope to be in one of the villages threatened with
destruction by the expansion of Heathrow airport. The exact
location
will be confirmed later.
Facilitated by artist/activist John Jordan, and writer/activist
Katharine Ainger, the workshop aims to inject a large dose of
radical
imagination into the rising movements for climate justice.
Places will be limited so please fill in the attached form and
email
it to - createresist@??? -- before the 29th June. We will
confirm your place by 1st July.
Even if you have done nothing like this before, please consider
applying. We are looking for a diversity of perspectives. If you
have
special needs for attendance please let us know once your
application
has been received and accepted.

"Heathrow is its own city, a Vatican of the western suburbs… The
airport complex with its international hotels, storage facilities,
semi-private roads, is as detached from the shabby entropy of the
metropolis as is the City, the original walled settlement. They
have
their own rules, their own security forces, the arrogance of global
capitalism. They service Moloch in whatever form he chooses to
reveal
himself; they facilitate drug/armament, blood/oil economies."
- Ian Sinclair, 'London Orbital'

The Camp for Climate Action - 2007 - August 14th-21st -
http://
www.climatecamp.org.uk
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