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LOCAL Announcement :: War in Iraq
Wearnica-Baltimore/DC
As part of "Wearnica; An International Day of Artistic Reactions to War" a group of Baltimore artists and activists is staging a performance art work in Lafayette Park, DC, on Saturday May 3 from 12n-1pm
Contact: Mike Johnson 410-837-5077 (410-889-8791 after 4pm)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Baltimore Arts Group Plans Washington, DC Action for International Day of Artistic Reactions to War
Baltimore, MD- In conjunction with “Wearnica: An International Day of Artistic Reactions to War”, a group of Baltimore artists and activists will be staging a performance art piece in Lafayette Park, across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. The event is planned to occur from 12noon to 1pm, Saturday May 3, 2003. While the international call is for artists and others to transform public spaces into galleries by displaying art on the backs of white dress shirts, the Baltimore group will transform Lafayette Park into a living artwork to protest the US wars against Iraq and the looming threat of violence in North Korea, Iran, Syria, or other foreign nations.
The Wearnica project refers to Picasso’s “Guernica”, depicting the suffering of the town during the bombardments of the Spanish Civil War. When Colin Powell addressed the UN Security Council, the administration requested that a copy of “Guernica” hanging at the UN be covered up prior to his address. According to Athomas Goldberg, the group's founder, "The irony of the Guernica cover-up is that by pressuring the U. N. into concealing the mural, the administration was sending a very clear message: 'People will have a hard time supporting military action if they are forced to consider the human consequences of war.' Our response was to give people an opportunity to explore for themselves the cost of war and to bring these modern 'Guernicas' into their communities where they might foster a real dialog on the impact of war in our time."
Artist Julie Stovall conceived the work that will be performed by the Baltimore group. When fellow Baltimore artist Mike Johnson contacted her about “Wearnica”, the two decided to perform it as part of the international day of action. “I thought it was important to take the ‘Wearnica’ message directly to the President,” Mike Johnson says, “so we decided to stage the performance at Lafayette Park, right in front of Mr. Bush’s house.” The two recruited several of their friends, some of whom are artists, and some who are not, to aid them in the performance.
For more information on Wearnica and the Works On Shirts project, see the Works On Shirts website: www.worksonshirts.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Baltimore Arts Group Plans Washington, DC Action for International Day of Artistic Reactions to War
Baltimore, MD- In conjunction with “Wearnica: An International Day of Artistic Reactions to War”, a group of Baltimore artists and activists will be staging a performance art piece in Lafayette Park, across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. The event is planned to occur from 12noon to 1pm, Saturday May 3, 2003. While the international call is for artists and others to transform public spaces into galleries by displaying art on the backs of white dress shirts, the Baltimore group will transform Lafayette Park into a living artwork to protest the US wars against Iraq and the looming threat of violence in North Korea, Iran, Syria, or other foreign nations.
The Wearnica project refers to Picasso’s “Guernica”, depicting the suffering of the town during the bombardments of the Spanish Civil War. When Colin Powell addressed the UN Security Council, the administration requested that a copy of “Guernica” hanging at the UN be covered up prior to his address. According to Athomas Goldberg, the group's founder, "The irony of the Guernica cover-up is that by pressuring the U. N. into concealing the mural, the administration was sending a very clear message: 'People will have a hard time supporting military action if they are forced to consider the human consequences of war.' Our response was to give people an opportunity to explore for themselves the cost of war and to bring these modern 'Guernicas' into their communities where they might foster a real dialog on the impact of war in our time."
Artist Julie Stovall conceived the work that will be performed by the Baltimore group. When fellow Baltimore artist Mike Johnson contacted her about “Wearnica”, the two decided to perform it as part of the international day of action. “I thought it was important to take the ‘Wearnica’ message directly to the President,” Mike Johnson says, “so we decided to stage the performance at Lafayette Park, right in front of Mr. Bush’s house.” The two recruited several of their friends, some of whom are artists, and some who are not, to aid them in the performance.
For more information on Wearnica and the Works On Shirts project, see the Works On Shirts website: www.worksonshirts.org
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