Summer of Dissent

bristol | media and culture | event notice Monday June 29, 2009 20:35 by Sophie Mellor - Plan 9 info at plan9 dot org dot uk Plan 9, Bridewell Street, Broadmead, Bristol

A programme of covert actions and overt operations

Summer of Dissent brings together a range of practitioners seeking to dismantle and reassemble cultural norms through collective action and singular acts of sedition.

Summer of Dissent - Plan 9

Events reflect concerns around physical and psychological survival - ranging from The Keepers, a mapping project that seeks to preserve and build knowledge of urban wild food, to The Coming Insurrection, a discussion around freedom of speech and textual terrorism. By collectively scrutinising the current geo-political situation through the prism of cultural production these events invite the audience to view, collaborate and question.

The programme at both Plan 9 and off-site venues, includes the enactment of Guy Debords' Game of War by Rod Dickinson & Class Wargames; a psychic meeting calling for an Art Strike by the Second Temporary Art Strike Action Committee (Alytus Chapter); weapon making with Girl Gang; research into insanity by the collective Alialani; and a public swim protest with Kayle Brandon and Heath Bunting.

A publication will also be produced to document Summer of Dissent with a commissioned text by Emma Cocker and a specially produced flyposter from Laura Oldfield Ford.

For full programme details go to the Plan 9 website : http://www.plan9.org.uk

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE