Visual Arts and Film night

Friday 18th July

This event is free, but we welcome contributions which will go to PBI (Peace Brigades International)

Co programmed with Cantina Latina and Trish Abbott

Visual Arts and Film, 7pm, free entry
Star and Shadow Cinema, Stepney Bank
Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2NP
Telephone 0191 261 0066
Email info@starandshadow.org.uk
Website www.starandshadow.org.uk
Metro Manors

imagePeter Kennard
An influential visual artist, Peter Kennard, with his photo-montage based practice, has delivered some of the definitive images of the time from the CND movement and (with relevance to ¡VAMOS!) General Pinochets coup in Chile in 1973. Presented in the North East for the first time in 30 years, this collection will be on show for one night within the Star and Shadow with Peter introducing the work.
’In its form and power, Peter Kennard’s art ranks among the most important of the late twentieth century. It is important because it breaks the consensual silence surrounding the most urgent issues of the day. His pictures brilliantly evoke the faces that cry out from the silent war.’
John Pilger, The Guardian

image Jason P. Howe
Self taught photographer Jason P. Howe has worked in Lebanon, Iraq and is currently based in Afghanistan. A regular visitor to Latin America, he has worked in 18 countries in the region: documenting the ongoing conflict in Colombia has been a long term project. Jason’s exploration of FARC, the AUC (right wing militia), the displaced and coca trade is unnerving in its closeness to the subject. The first manifestation of this ongoing work ‘Colombia - Between the Lines’ will be presented at ¡VAMOS! as a unique installation with the just published book available to buy during the festival.

image Castro Sticker Album
Castro relied heavily on the use of the visual medium (and in particular posters) to present and promote political themes, messages and philosophies to the masses. Cuba therefore has a striking and vibrant body of iconic imagery to explore in order to better understand the issues and agendas of the time. This strategy included the production of a children’s sticker album encouraging collecting and trading cards to learn about the revolutionary movement. On the night Dr. Barbara Willis-Clark will present samples from the sticker album in order to give a wider context to this unusual relic from Cuba’s past.

image The Private Archives of Pablo Escobar
Colombian film maker Marc de Beaufort’s ‘The Private Archives of Pablo Escobar’ straddles both the pop and political with this revealing documentary portrait of a complex man who grew freakishly rich and powerful from the drug trade. Rising from petty criminal to fearsomely influential political mover and shaker, Escobar managed to simultaneously present himself as a ruthless, violent criminal whilst knowingly cultivating a
kind of modern day ‘Robin Hood’ persona.
Film screened at 8.30pm.

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