[JNV] JNV Exhibition: Conscious Oil, Rye, Sussex, 10-12 September

[Justice Not Vengeance]

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

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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

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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.

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Justice Not Vengeance

http://www.j-n-v.org