PRESS RELEASE
Silent Cacophony
Live art interventions across London streets and internationally
Remembrance Day, Monday 11th November 2013: Various Times
Throughout Remembrance Day, Monday, 11th November, live art interventions will be taking place in over 30 street locations across London and in USA, Holland, France, Lebanon and other UK towns, exploring how we all reach our opinion on war and conflict.
This is NOT a charity event, highlighting of a political cause or money raising activity.
‘Silent Cacophony’ will be the 5th annual Remembrance event by abstract live performance art company Platform-7. Previous art interventions took place in cemeteries at night, 2009-11, and across the London Underground and the disused Eurostar, Waterloo in 2012.
‘Silent Cacophony’ uses the locations of Zeppelin and V-rocket attacks to explore silence perceived during war and conflict.
Through both World Wars, Britain had aerial attacks aimed at the civilian population that killed many and had a psychological intention. The first of these attacks, in 1915, were by Zeppelins, huge airships filled with hydrogen that could fly up to 50mph over long distances and, at cruising height with cloud cover, could barely be heard from the ground. The Zeppelin assaults created terror amongst the population, as often, only when bombs began exploding were people first aware of an attack. As Hitler’s war faltered, he resorted to trying to recreate this terror with his highly explosive v-rockets, which could travel great distance before silently falling on a random target creating devastating consequence.
A series of live art performance interventions throughout Remembrance Day, financially supported by Arts Council England, SHM-Foundation and Queen Mary, University of London will appear at locations that became a casualty of these attacks, representing the sudden explosions and randomness of these events. Each performance will tell the story of its own particular location, as if the memory is being conveyed by the place itself rather than a person.
Curator of Silent Cacophony, John McKiernan, said, ‘these events question how we construct our opinions on war, whether through media, history books, oral history or personal experience, they highlight how war and conflict impacts well beyond those immediately affected and ripples on through the generations.’
Websites: www.silentcacophony.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PLATFORM7events
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomansland.me
Further media enquiries: Contact John McKiernan
E: johnm@platform-7.com T: +44 7808 808 704
NOTES FOR EDITORS
Platform-7 Events: The ethos and name of Platform-7 Events derives from London Bridge Railway station having 16 platforms yet no platform 7, few commuters notice this. The company presents astute art interventions that engage people and encourages us to explore the significant in the everyday, the world that surrounds us and issues that impact our environment. www.platform-7.com
Arts Council England
Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people's lives. We support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries - from theatre to digital art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections. Great art and culture inspires us, brings us together and teaches us about ourselves and the world around us. In short, it makes life better. www.artscouncil.org.uk