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<p><b>#WorldsUpsideDown</b><br>
11 March – 2 April @ Firstsite, Colchester<br>
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Riots. Revolts. Revolution. All flashing moments which throw the
world – and our relationship with it – in question. From the
uprising against the Russian Czar one hundred years ago to the
Arab spring and protests against war, austerity and the continuing
failure of politics as usual, people have pinned their hopes on
radical political change, on turning worlds upside down. But all
too often the ever-renewed dream of changing the world for the
better has ended either in failure or has been crushed.<br>
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This pop up exhibition, for three weeks only, explores these
moments of destabilization, crisis, and renewal. Included are
Cairo based Mosa’ab Elshamy’s photographs from the 2011 – 2013
revolt in Egypt, the Justseeds’ Celebrate People’s History poster
series, and David Mabb’s ‘Long Live the New! Morris & Co, Hand
Printed Wallpapers and K. Malevich’s, Suprematism’.<br>
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Each communicates or represents moments of upheaval. How do these
histories resonate with each other? What can we learn from them?
What might they say to each other? And how might they say it
today, as political communication shifts from print materials to
digital and social media?<br>
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<b>#WorldsUpsideDown Event Series</b><br>
Tuesday March 14th & Wednesday March 15th, from 1PM<br>
Riotous Epistemology, a two day open and participatory ‘philosophy
from below’ seminar and discussion with Richard Gilman-Opalsky
& Stevphen Shukaitis<br>
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Friday March 17th @ 7PM<br>
Screening of Maggots and Men, a gender bending utopian
re-envisioning reworking of the Kronstadt Uprising of 1921, and
discussion with David Mabb of thematic overlaps in his work.<br>
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Tuesday March 21st @6PM<br>
Film screening and participatory game playing with Class Wargames,
avant-garde movement of artists, activists, and theoreticians
using ludic activity to explore revolutionary politics and
strategy<br>
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Saturday March 25th @1-3PM<br>
Screening and discussion with and artist and film maker Zoe Beloff<br>
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More information:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=813">http://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=813</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/249172518824953">https://www.facebook.com/events/249172518824953</a><br>
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Firstsite<br>
Lewis Gardens<br>
High Street<br>
Colchester CO1 1JH<br>
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Minor Compositions is a series of interventions
& provocations drawing from autonomous politics,
avant-garde aesthetics, and the
revolutions of everyday life.
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