Summerhall
Kennardphillipps: Demo Talk
1 August – 26 September 2014
Courtesy of the artists
We don't see the work as separate to social and political movements that are confronting established political and economic systems. We see it as part of those movements, the visual arm of protest.
Peter Kennard and Cat Phillipps are a collaborative duo who have been working since 2002 to produce art in response to the invasion of Iraq. Their practice has evolved to confront power and war across the globe. This August, they will perform Demo Talk, an artists' talk that transforms into a physical demonstration of the methods they use in making their visual cries of protest against corrupt power. The aim of this work is to inhabit the space between action and inaction, audience and artist, producer and consumer, citizen and politician. Demo Talk takes place in the War on War Room, a space where kennardphillipps' posters, prints and assemblages form an installation of dissent.
Kennardphillipps create work which is made for the street, the gallery, the web, newspapers and magazines; which informs workshops they lead, developing people's skills and helping them to express their thoughts on what's happening in the world through visual means. The workshop outcomes act as a critical tool, connecting to international movements for social and political change.
Mon-Sun, 11am-9pm
Outside August: Mon-Sun, 11am-6pm