'Not the end of the World'
A Review of Diastr by Michael Newton
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27th November – 12th December 2010
Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
"There is great disorder under heaven, the situation is excellent” Mao Zedong
Diastr, an exhibition of images, sculpture and sound ... and based on a game
created by Tim Cole and Theo Lamarche.
Diastr was Curated by Philip Cole & Alistair Duncan
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'Keep off the Grass' Open House, Brighton May 2009
'A small structure built for declarations of one sort or another'
Installation by Christy and Philip Cole
Christy records an anonymous 'confession' Declarations were blogged after the exhibition closed after every weekend on www.colecorner.co.uk
Declarations include: "I haven't paid for a paper from Sainsbury's (London Road) for years" "I'm scared of Coco the clown" "I flick ash out of the window of my car" "I stole 6 cheeseburgers from the canteen and I still don't regret it - to be honest" "When I was a boy I stole a penny chew but my mum saw me and made me take it back to the shopkeeper" etc. you can read hundreds more!!
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'Preparing for Emergencies' Open House, Brighton May 2008
Preparing for Emergencies was the joint winner, along with Brag Studios, of the Brighton Fringe Best Open House Award in 2008.
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