July 2012
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Racism No! by Georgia Goddard
Young people at SCE Windsor School worked with artist Clare Burnett to create posters and other artworks based on the theme of Olympic Truce.
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The Ripple Effect →
Ursula Rani Sarma and The Ambassador Group have come together to create a five segment piece of theatre to explore the theme of truce. A unique opportunity for non professional creatives to engage and produce, The Ripple Effect will draw together perspectives from five regions in an exciting production, showing around the UK and culminating in a West End gala.
The Independent Blog; Can the Olympics Save Syria?... →
Great blog by Phil Mulligan on the Olympic Truce and Syria.
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Little People! →
This is just fabulous. Artist Slinkachu creates street art by placing tiny people in fascinating places.
You can see a selection of his photography on display this Friday 29th June at the V&A Friday Late ( loaned by the Andipa Gallery!) - and also get the chance to make your own miniature sculptures to display around the museum.
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Pain by Ellie Sutton and Amy Vine
A collaboration between schoolchildren and artist Clare Burnett, based around the themes of Olympic Truce.
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Give Respect and Earn Respect
A collaboration between schoolchildren and artist Clare Burnett, based around the themes of Olympic Truce.
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Truce by Florence Whittle
A collaboration between schoolchildren and artist Clare Burnett, based around the themes of Olympic Truce.
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Truce by Kendra Simmonds
A collaboration between schoolchildren and artist Clare Burnett, based around the themes of Olympic Truce.
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Peace Camp Installations →
Commissioned by director Deborah Warner in collaboration with actress Fiona Shaw, Peace Camp is a series of installations inspired by the Olympic Truce. Hundreds of glowing tents have been erected around the British coastline including Dustanburgh Castle in Northumberland and Mussenden Temple.
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Work Together by Saffron Penton
A collaboration between schoolchildren and artist Clare Burnett, based around the themes of Olympic Truce.
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Truce on the Streets Of London →
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Concrete Inferno →
For the next few days - the 25th and 26th July, pyrotechnic artists The World Famous will be turning The National Theatre into a riverside hanging garden of fire. Check out this amazing event - Tickets not needed :)
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Build The Truce Film Opens at IWMN →
This year, IWM (Imperial War Museums) has launched the innovative learning initiative Build the Truce, which works with eyewitnesses and educational and family groups across the country to investigate the concepts of truce, conflict and resolution and their relevance in the 21st century. This summer, at IWM North (from 20 July) and IWM London, new Build the Truce displays, will show the interviews...
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Truce Wall →
During a tour of the Olympic Village today, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge, together with members of the IOC Executive Board and the IOC Athletes’ Commission, took part in a ceremony that featured the unveiling of the Olympic Truce Wall and the launch of the Olympic Games’ Giving is Winning campaign.
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WatchA collaborative animation by artist Janette Parris and Daniel Ayala from BSix College in Hackney.
The concept of Olympic Truce involves the laying down of arms around the time of the ancient Olympics to allow athletes to travel to the games in safety.
In this animation, a mouse travels from Brazil to the London 2012 Olympics, asking for help with his transportation needs along the way.
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These wonderful images come from the great website http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/ whose clever boots interview artists, collate new art, visit galleries and document their findings. These pictures are taken from their brilliant article on The London Festival Of Photography, and are by artist Evgenia Arbugaeva.
Evgenia Arbugaeva was born in the the small Siberian town of Tiksi. She...
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Film; Nostalgia For The Light →
A great review from Time Out of what looks like an incredibly exciting film made by Chilean director Patricio Guzman on the themes of Chile’s relationship with its past and the unsteady truce Chile holds with memories of the Pinochet regime, the disappeared, remembrance and forgetting, forgiveness and blame.
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The History Of The Olympic Truce (PDF) →
Did you know that the Olympic Truce can be traced back to the origins of the first recorded Games held in Olympia, on the Peloponnese peninsular of Ancient Greece in 776BC?
There is evidence to suggest that the Truce was respected, with only a small number of exceptions, for more than 1,200 years. It has therefore been the longest peace accord in history.
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Vince by Michelle Tran
Vince by Michelle Tran 2010
Taken from The London Festival Of Photography
I’m not sure that this has anything to do with the idea of truce. It’s cool though.
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No Guts No Glory by Finlay Nicholas Ryan
Young people at SCE Haig School worked with artist Clare Burnett to create posters and other artworks based on the theme of Olympic Truce.
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WatchTwo Nations
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An Uneasy Truce by Jonelle
Part of a series of images for a truce-related artwork by Headstarters, facilitated by SODA.
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Democracy at The Old Vic →
Don’t miss the last opportunity to go and see Democracy, Michael Frayn’s 2003 play on the uneasy political truce between East and West in postwar German politics,
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Truce Arts Contest Open! →
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WatchTalk and Listen
A collaborative animation by artist Janette Parris with Y. B. and Azhar Patel from BSix College in Hackney.
Aliens travel the Solar System in search of knowledge on how to survive. On visiting Earth, they are surprised to discover that human success depends on having ears as well as mouths.
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Love by Catherine Simm
Young people at SCE Haig School worked with artist Clare Burnett to create posters and other artworks based on the theme of Olympic Truce.
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Exhibition; The Gaddaffi Archives; Libya Before... →
EXHIBITION DATES: Thur 21 to Fri 29 June (9 days only). The exhibition will close at 2pm on Friday 29 June. The entrance to the Slade Research Centre is to the left of the Warburg Institute main entrance. The exhibition contains over 300 images and artefacts over six rooms. Through carefully collated photographs, documents, artefacts and videos this exhibition will shed light on the recent history...
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Truce Paper Chain by Ikra, Joly and Mehreen
Part of a series of work created by the young people in the Headstarters group alongside Soda.
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Reach for the Stars by Callum Doyle
Young people at SCE Windsor School worked with artist Clare Burnett to create posters and other artworks based on the theme of Olympic Truce.
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The Youth Of The World Together by Brenda
Young people at SCE Windsor School worked with artist Clare Burnett to create posters and other artworks based on the theme of Olympic Truce.
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Paper Dove by Sandy
Truce-inspired artwork made by Headstarters, facilitated by SODA.
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Peace Not Prejudice by Georgina Miners
Young people at SCE Windsor School worked with artist Clare Burnett to create posters and other artworks based on the theme of Olympic Truce.
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Sports Come Together by Lucy
3 sports come together and call a united truce.
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Truce Poster by Rachel Harvey
Its a good blend of colours with five symetrical faces of different colours to represent equality.
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True Olympics by Danielle
This poster symbolises unity and helping each other out.
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Olympics Poster by Kaela Brook
Its all about freindship equality in the paralympics and olympics.
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Where Race...Doesn't Matter by Amber Blakemore
Young people at SCE Windsor School worked with artist Clare Burnett to create posters and other artworks based on the theme of Olympic Truce.
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Unity in Sport by Kai
Uniting the world to come together for 2012
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What is a Truce?
A Truce can mean many things - shaking hands, calling a halt to hostilities, putting down arms – but at heart it is about pausing and reflecting on what is really important.
Have a look at the artwork created by our three Truce artists; Janette Paris, Grennan and Sperandio, andSoda, and the young people they have worked with in London.
Be inspired
Take inspiration from events...
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WatchCockney Pigeon
This collaborative animation between artist Janette Parris and Charlie Zahra at BSix College in Hackney explores the notion of truce by looking at negotiation tactics through the eyes of London’s birds.
Janette Parris is a contemporary artist who uses everyday people as the basis for much of her work. She works across different media including: drawing, animation, and performance...
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Royal Racers by Callum
Queen Elizabeth racing the Obamas on Horseback
