Manchester - 2 exhibitions at Central Library

[John_Hartley]

These are running between 7/12 and 24/2

 

From the Shadows of War and Empire

 

"Documentary exhibition by Southern Voices. Few know about how European powers brought colonies into World War 1, took resources from these coutries and took the war to "fronts" outside Europe. An exhibition which finally tells  this major part of the story from the colonies' point of view. We focus on India, the West Indies, German and British East Africa and Nigeria - mostly British colonies."

 

The Poppy Retake

 

"Video art by Kooj Chuhan. Modern war propaganda began with World War 1 which obscured its pointlessness and deep colonial connections, while pretending to the "war to end all wars". This artwork explores coercian into war, involving an Afrian woman working for a war-themed park. She finds herself caught between colonial narratives, spirits from the dead and video war games."

 

The two exhibitions are intended to explore "colonialism and recruitment, coercion and resistance, impacts and legacies of war and our ongoing culture of war." All interesting stuff, eh?