Dead-in-iraq: Joseph DeLappe performance, followed by in conversation with Rod Dickinson
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Wed 24 October 2007 // 18:00
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free. Artist Joseph DeLappe visiting from Reno, Nevada, will perform live his internationally acclaimed project dead-in-iraq, a memorial for American soldiers in Iraq. The performance will be followed by a conversation between Joseph and UK-based artist Rod Dickinson, about the nature of simulated spaces and the role of art in remembering and/or critiquing the past. This event is supported by Joseph DeLappe's residency at Isis Arts (Newcastle), the University of Sunderland, and the Leverhulme Trust.
For more information see the artists' own websites at:
http://www.delappe.net/HOME
http://www.wacoreenactment.org/