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Abstract
Slogans play a central role in Partisan Social Club’s practice. For example, in a 2019 essay titled “Democracy Is Dead! Long Live Democracy!,” the artists elaborate on the slogan’s galvanizing linguistic potential to both provoke action and unite a group in a common cause.
This work combines a short film displayed on a monitor which is attached to a billboard poster. The slogans are displayed as text on the film images. The film consists of a number of slogans. For example “dismantle neoliberalism” and “all property will be common.” They were devised from the Cork - based thinker, William Thompson’s text Practical Directions for the Speedy and Economical Establishment of Communities (1830). The film was shot across Cork County and Cork City, in locations that were significant to William Thompson. Examples include Carhoogariff, near a property he inherited from his father in 1814; Glandore, where his family traded in the naval industry; and St. Patrick’s Street, Cork where he lived in his family home from 1787. The film illustrates Partisan Social Club’s “cut and edit” method, which involves relocating various elements—in this case, slogans and sites—outside of their usual context to provoke unexpected outcomes.
The billboard behind the monitor shows an abandoned, dilapidated farm shed in Carhoogarriff, the location of Thompson's experiment in communual living. Its current state refers to agro-business, specifically the management of land and labor that has fallen into ecological ruin.
View film here https://youtu.be/I8MwXuGUm4E, see images of installation attached.
This work combines a short film displayed on a monitor which is attached to a billboard poster. The slogans are displayed as text on the film images. The film consists of a number of slogans. For example “dismantle neoliberalism” and “all property will be common.” They were devised from the Cork - based thinker, William Thompson’s text Practical Directions for the Speedy and Economical Establishment of Communities (1830). The film was shot across Cork County and Cork City, in locations that were significant to William Thompson. Examples include Carhoogariff, near a property he inherited from his father in 1814; Glandore, where his family traded in the naval industry; and St. Patrick’s Street, Cork where he lived in his family home from 1787. The film illustrates Partisan Social Club’s “cut and edit” method, which involves relocating various elements—in this case, slogans and sites—outside of their usual context to provoke unexpected outcomes.
The billboard behind the monitor shows an abandoned, dilapidated farm shed in Carhoogarriff, the location of Thompson's experiment in communual living. Its current state refers to agro-business, specifically the management of land and labor that has fallen into ecological ruin.
View film here https://youtu.be/I8MwXuGUm4E, see images of installation attached.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 30 Oct 2022 |
Keywords
- Slogans
- Social Montage
- William Thompson
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- 2 Invited talk
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An Introduction to SPACEX: Spatial Practices and the Agency of the Consortium
Mel Jordan (Speaker) & Andrew Hewitt (Speaker)
2 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Slogan Writing Workshop: University College Union
Mel Jordan (Speaker) & Andrew Hewitt (Speaker)
22 Feb 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Research output
- 4 Artefact
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Collective Nouns II (Reflections on Commoning).
Jordan, M. & Hewitt, A., 29 Oct 2022Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Artefact
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Slogan Scarves for Thompson: Slogans on paper with mixed media, acrylic machine knitted slogan scarves
Jordan, M., 30 Oct 2022Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Artefact
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Talk to the Land (Carhoogariff): Film, colour, sound, 3 minutes duration. Billboard poster, inkjet print on board 290cm x 290cm.
Jordan, M. & Hewitt, A., 30 Oct 2022Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Artefact
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