From info at j-n-v.org Tue Aug 31 17:39:08 2010 From: info at j-n-v.org (Justice Not Vengeance) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:39:08 +0100 Subject: [JNV] JNV Exhibition: Conscious Oil, Rye, Sussex, 10-12 September Message-ID: Dear friends JNV is happy to invite you to an art/poetry/politics exhibition in Rye, Sussex, accompanied by a wide range of events, from the evening of Friday 10 September to the evening of Sunday 12 September. The exhibition is a collaboration between JNV artist Emily Johns and poet Anne Rouse, with contributions from JNV worker Milan Rai. Full details are below (links and a high-res image are on the JNV website). Please do spread the word to anyone who might be interested, especially friends in the South East. Best wishes Maya Evans Emily Johns Milan Rai Justice Not Vengeance --- CONSCIOUS OIL: Myth and Mind in the Age of Petroleum A JNV exhibition. Prints by Emily Johns and a poem by Anne Rouse. 10-12 September 2010 An exploration of the intricate relationship between history, language and the geosphere; through the locus of oil, Conscious Oil investigates crude oil as a natural repository of the primordial past rather than a commodity to be exploited at all costs, part of a shift in consciousness which will increasingly mark humanity=92s new relationship with nature. JNV presents events alongside the exhibition. Exhibition and events at The School Creative Centre, New Road, Rye, TN31 7LS. (Map available on the JNV website.) More info: JNV, 01424 719 570 / 07980 748 555 / www.j-n-v.org --- FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER Launch 6pm-9pm. 7pm: Jane Manning, recently described on Radio 3 as "the iconic soprano", will provide an original vocal rendering of Anne Rouse's poem on oil and the zeitgeist. Also Deconvoilution Real-time manipulation of sound, image and video responding to the exhibition and its local resonances by physicist Dr Patrick Nicholson. SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER Open 10am-6pm. 10am-11am: Geological Qigong session with Annie Cryar. Rye is a focus of wind, oil and nuclear energies: Qigong will introduce you to other forms of energy. Annie Cryar is the principal of the Shiatsu College Hastings. 12noon-2pm: Carbon Generations Who was the first person in your family to smell paraffin? Will your great-grandchildren recognise the sound of the internal combustion engine? A performance by PLATFORM using intimate stories from family histories to look at the rise and fall of coal, gas, oil, across seven generations. PLATFORM works across disciplines for social and ecological justice. 4pm-5.30pm: Writing workshop With poet Anne Rouse looking at Emily Johns=92 art as an inspiration for poems or other text on the mythology of oil, and the artist=92s process, Globally, oil has meant fuel and catastrophe, but could it also signify something richer and more poetic? All welcome. 6pm: Dance of Peace led by Fiona Wright; a celebration of the evolving nature of oil. (Suitable for all levels of fitness). SUNDAY 12 SEPTEMBER Open 10am-6pm. 11am: Children=92s story-telling (6yrs+) using pictures and poems from the exhibition. Facilitated by Mary Dawson of Sareea, a Hastings-based organisation which uses creativity to inform and empower children to make a positive contribution in their communities, in relation to global environmental concerns. 2pm: The Carbon Town Cryer=92s Tidal Suite. A song cycle from a singer sometimes invited, sometimes not, hollering fiery songs for a planet perhaps not yet too hot... 4pm: Oil Crises With Milan Rai, author of Chomsky=92s Politics, examines the role of Middle Eastern oil in international affairs since World War II. --- Justice Not Vengeance http://www.j-n-v.org