‘The Standing March’, Paris et plus loin encore

‘The Standing March’ : JR et Darren Aronofsky ambitionne de filmer l’humanité qui se mobilise pour le Climat

Mélissa Chemam

30 nov. 2015

Mon article pour TLC: http://toutelaculture.com/arts/expositions/the-standing-march-jr-et-darren-aronofsky-ambitionne-de-filmer-lhumanite-qui-se-mobilise-pour-le-climat/

Alors que le gouvernement français a interdit pour des raisons de sécurité les marches pour le climat prévues depuis parfois plus de 18 mois en marge de la COP21, un petit nombre d’artistes engagés pour le respect de l’environnement ont trouvé des moyens inventifs et des œuvres séduisantes pour contourner les interdictions. C’est le cas du « photograffeur » français JR qui a mis au point un film à partir de ces désormais célèbres collages de portraits d’anonymes.

Il s’est entouré d’une superbe équipe : en premier lieu, le cinéaste américain Darren Aronofsky, réalisateur des inoubliables ‘Pi’, ‘Requiem for a Dream’ et ‘Black Swan’. Le film de 58 secondes qu’ils ont créé ensemble représente une foule de 500 personnes, à partir de portraits en noir et blanc, de tout âge et de tout milieux, dont chacun tourne sur lui-même.

Les participants ont été invités à se joindre au projet par JR via son site et figure ensemble selon l’artiste une représentation de l’humanité. Le film est également habillé d’une intrigante et élégante ambiance sonore réalisée pour l’occasion par Robert Del Naja et Euan Dickinson, du légendaire groupe de Bristol Massive Attack.

La vidéo a été projetée en boucle dimanche soir, 29 novembre, de 20 heures à 4 heures du matin, sur la façade de l’Assemblée nationale à Paris, en présence de l’artiste JR pour l’occasion. La diffusion est réitérée au même endroit lundi 30, ainsi que mercredi et jeudi, avant d’être prolongée par plusieurs projections dans d’autres lieux de la capitale, jusqu’à la fin de la semaine. 

Selon les artistes, le but est de « rappeler aux dirigeants de nombreux Etats que le monde les regarde alors qu’ils se réunissent pour négocier un accord dans le but de maintenir le réchauffement climatique au-dessous de deux degrés ». Parmi eux se trouvent outre le président du pays hôte François Hollande, le président américain Barack Obama, le président chinois Xi Jingping ou encore le Premier ministre indien Narendra Modi. Darren Aranofsky participe quant à lui aux débats de la COP21 sur place au Bourget, et apporte ses résumés et contributions régulièrement sur son compte Twitter.

Cette marche alternative sous forme de vidéo et d’œuvre d’art, pourra en tout cas devenir un recours pour tout ceux qui sont privés d’actions par les circonstances actuelles, bien peu respectueuses de nos valeurs démocratiques.

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Lien vers le site pour voir ou revoir la vidéo et entendre l’ambiance sonore : http://www.thestandingmarch.com/

London Climate March and a bit of music

Thom Yorke DJs at London Climate March

Radiohead singer rides atop Greenpeace float as 50,000 people rallied in British city ahead of Paris Climate Conference

By Daniel Kreps November 29, 2015

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/thom-yorke-djs-at-london-climate-march-20151129#ixzz3sv0TouYY


Thom Yorke served as DJ atop a Greenpeace U.K. float that marched through the streets of London Sunday, just one day before the Paris Climate Conference begins on November 30th. Thousands of protesters demanding that world leaders enforce stricter climate-protecting guidelines have already lined the streets of Paris, and similar marches were orchestrated Sunday in cities like Madrid, Rome and the British capital, where an estimated 50,000 people, including the Radiohead singer, gathered ahead of COP21. 

Yorke was among the artists who signed a petition to the leadership of the Paris conference asking for "an ambitious commitment to climate action, starting now, that will limit future global warming to below 2.0°C (3.6 °F) relative to pre-industrial levels," among other recommended efforts to prevent further exacerbating climate change.

"We are deeply concerned that our global economic and industrial systems are accelerating rates of extinction, desertification and soil depletion, degrading ecosystems, acidifying and littering our rivers and oceans, and resulting in a relentless rise in greenhouse gas emissions driving irreversible climate change," the petition stated. "In short, we are overwhelming the planet's life support systems."

While the terror attacks in Paris threatened to cancel many of the events surrounding the climate conference, Yorke tweeted that he would still travel to Paris on December 4th and 5th to take part in the Gateway to Paris gig. "Will be in Paris as planned on 4th & 5th December to put pressure on our glorious leaders at #COP21 -now or never!"

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Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/thom-yorke-djs-at-london-climate-march-20151129#ixzz3sv0kal3L

'THE STANDING MARCH'

At least a march that won't be stopped.

Melissa Chemam at Assemblée nationale.

11 mins · Instagram · Edited · 

'The Standing March', @jr & @darrenaronofsky - for ‪#‎Cop21‬ and all of in‪#‎Paris‬ ‪#‎stateofemergency‬ ‪#‎artforpolitics‬

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Pictures by myself tonight at 8.15 pm

More here: http://www.thestandingmarch.com/ (and also to listen to the music piece)

Artist JR and filmmaker Darren Aronofsky collaborate on a major public artwork
for the UN Climate Conference in Paris

AT THE ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE
NOVEMBER 29th AND 30th AT 8pm-4am
AND TRAVELING PARIS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK

Renowned French artist JR and Oscar-nominated American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky have collaborated on The Standing March, a major public artwork to be exhibited in Paris during the UN’s COP21 climate conference. The video projection will remind leaders that the world is watching as they gather to negotiate a deal aimed at keeping global warming below 2°C. It will be projected on the Assemblée Nationale starting at 8pm on Sunday, November 29th and Monday, November 30th, as over 25,000 officials gather, including Presidents François Hollande of France, Barack Obama of USA, Xi Jingping of China and Narendra Modi of India. It will travel throughout Paris from December 1st until December 7th at locations to be revealed on the artists’ social media accounts.

The video represents more than 500 persons from different backgrounds united around the idea that the conference must end up with meaningful agreements between the countries. The protagonists, who joined the artists after a call for participation, have been filmed separately, rotating themselves on a green background and united to create a representation of humanity. The British group Massive Attack has composed the original soundtrack.

The Assemblée Nationale
33 Quai d'Orsay, Paris
November 29th and 30th - 8pm to 4am

Other locations in Paris will be announced soon

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Dont' Bomb Syria - In London today:

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Thousands have gathered outside Downing Street to say: #DontBombSyria. Let's not breed more violence in the region.

 

 

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A Film for the Climate - At the Paris COP21 tomorrow

According to a small French website, Massive Attack has joined effort with French artist JR and American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky for a film to be shown tomorrow at the opening of the COP 21 in Paris.

Here is the article in French:

COP 21 : DARREN ARONOFSKY, JR ET MASSIVE ATTACK S’ASSOCIENT

Darren Aronofsky et l’artiste JR collaborent à l’occasion de la Cop 21 sur une vidéo exceptionnelle, dont le score est signé par Massive Attack.

Aronosky (Black Swan) et l’artiste monumental français JR seront présents à Paris pour présenter une œuvre originale destinée à rappeler aux dirigeants de la planète, présents à la Cop 21, la réunion sur le Climat destinée à limiter l’accroissement de la température à moins de 2 degrés, que le monde les observe et que des résultats sont attendus. 

La vidéo d’intitule The Standing March. Ce travail, marqué par une musique du groupe de Trip Hop britannique Massive Attack, et la présence de 500 anonymes d’horizons différents, réunis, pour désigner l’universalité des attentes, sera projeté à l’Assemblée Nationale, à partir de 22h, le samedi 29 novembre et le 30 novembre.

La vidéo parcourra ensuite plusieurs lieux symboliques de la capitale, qui seront révélés par les deux artistes sur les réseaux sociaux, entre le 1er et le 7 décembre.

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Waiting for a confirmation from the band...

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More about the film project here:

http://www.konbini.com/us/inspiration/you-are-invited-participate-jr-black-swans-directors-new-project/

Extract:

Via a collaboration between artist JR and Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky a new project entitled 7 Billion Witnesses aims to film the portraits of some hundreds of volunteers in New York this weekend. These video representations will then be used as part of a mysterious exhibition in Paris. 

The piece will be based around the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in December in the French capital. These “7 billion witnesses” will reflect humanity as we watch our world leaders negotiate a climate agreement to shape the future of our planet. 

Volunteers to serve the artistic process

JR’s career began in 2001 when he found a camera on the Parisian subway system. From then, the French artist of Italian-Tunisian origins went on to explore the universe of European urban art, followed by the world in its entirety. Very quickly, his projects started to resonate on the international level: “On the street, I reach people who never go to museums” he explains.

Between 2004 and 2006, he created Portrait d’une génération (Portrait of a generation), featuring portraits of young people from underprivileged areas in the French capital, which he exhibited —in huge formats and, at first, illegally — around the bourgeois neighborhoods of Paris.

Portrait d’une Génération (Photo: JR)

In 2007, alongside artist Marco, he produced Face 2 Face, the biggest illegal photography exhibition ever created.

JR displayed enormous portraits of Israelis and Palestinians, arranged face to face, throughout eight Palestinian and Israeli towns and on both sides of the West Bank Barrier.

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Massive Attack and JR have already worked together in Paris. The band's music was also featured in Darren Aronofsky's masterpiece 'Pi', in 1998.

Very Nearly Almost's selection for this year's artbooks that count

Book Review – The Political Set

It’s that time of year again, where we give a few random books the once over… this time around: ‘Covert To Overt: The Under/Overground Art of Shepard Fairey’, ‘Outdoor Gallery: New York City’ and ‘3D & The Art of Massive Attack’

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Thirdly, and by no means last, we come to ‘3D & The Art of Massive Attack’

As 3D himself laments, “Musicians that also paint are never taken seriously, painters that make music even less so.”

Featuring a body of work that spans from 1983 to 2015, this is a phenomenal photo journey through the artwork of the colour-blind Massive Attack co-founder. 

Featuring the transcription of a conversation between the big man Del Naja and FACT magazine’s Sean Bidder, this is a unique insight into the man and his artwork.

A Bristol institution, 3D helped propel the art scene and music of the band to the forefront of the world stage. Outspoken in his political views and criticism of Western society and the wars and injustices that are endemic of its brand of capitalism, 3D remains a force to be reckoned with, musically and artistically.

A precursor to other famous artists emanating from Bristol City, 3D was active in the streets from the early Wild Bunch days, spraying stencils inspired by The Clash, before he even really knew what ‘graffiti’ was. 

As a frontrunner of the graffiti scene, he was also responsible for bringing NYC’s TATS Cru over to paint in the UK. Staying true, aesthetically and ideologically to his punk roots, 3D continues to push the boundaries of creativity with his own artwork and the Massive Attack live shows.

Available from: www.vfeditions.com/product/view/147

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See more here: http://verynearlyalmost.com/dev/2015/11/book-review-the-political-set/

On CBC this morning

Superior Morning
with Lisa Laco

CBC Superior Morning

 ‏@CBCSuperiorMorn  

39 minutes ago

Two weeks after the #ParisAttacks, how are

residents coping? 

We'll ask journalist @melissachemam and hear about a national ceremony today.

http://www.cbc.ca/superiormorning/

Britain against the war

Thousands expected to join UK protests against Syria airstrikes

Protests, public meetings and actions are planned in 18 towns and cities across the country, including a large gathering outside Downing Street on Saturday


The Guardian : http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/26/thousands-expected-uk-protests-against-syria-airstrikes

 Lindsey German of Stop the War makes a speech against the bombing of Syria. Photograph: Peter Marshall/Demotix/Corbis

Thousands of people are expected to gather outside Downing Street and in cities across the UK on Saturday to protest against government plans to launch a bombing campaign in Syria.

Nearly 6,000 people have so far indicated on Facebook that they will attend the London protest organised by the Stop the War coalition.

The event page says: “The UK has been bombing countries for a decade and a half, at the cost of millions of lives. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results meets Albert Einstein’s definition of madness.

“We are calling on all our groups to organise protests in their towns and cities on the same day. We need to resist this brutalising and dehumanising spiral of violence.”

David Cameron published a document on Thursday outlining his case for airstrikes against Islamic State. He said: “The threats to our interests and to our people are such that we cannot afford to stand aside and not to act.

“Throughout Britain’s history we have been called on time and again to make the hardest of decisions in defence of our citizens and our country. Today one of the greatest threats we face to our security is the threat from Isil.”

The prime minister said all seven terror plots in the UK this year have been directed by Isis or inspired by the group’s propaganda. He insisted that bombing would be part of a comprehensive political and diplomatic plan to deny the group space and create the circumstances for an end to the civil war in Syria.

Chris Nineham, vice-chair of the Stop the War coalition, said: “I think it’s a very, very weak statement and I think Cameron has failed utterly to put a coherent case or to outline a coherent strategy. He has not been able to answer the question: why would a relatively minor increase in the level of bombing change the current situation, which is that America and its allies have been bombing Isis in Syria for 13 months and Isis has grown?

“We always get this argument when we are asked to back another war, that our weapons don’t kill civilians, that they are precision-guided, that they cause minimal ‘collateral damage’. And yet all the facts argue the opposite: one impact of extra bombing raids will be more civilians killed. Why on earth would Britain want to increase the death rate?

“Leaving aside the purely humanitarian question, doing that would entrench the bitterness towards the west. Does anyone really believe that Britain joining the war in Syria would make a terror attack on Britain less likely?

“The kind of action Cameron is outlining is going to increase the level of suffering and destruction in Syria, it’s liable to entrench the civil war [and] to strengthen rather than degrade the position of Isis.

“There simply is not an upside in the plan that Cameron has outlined. We are urging MPs to step back and think long and hard about the consequences before they take Britain into another war.”

The Downing Street protest will begin at midday. Similar protests, public meetings and actions are planned in 18 towns and cities, including Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and Swansea.

Nineham said that protests, organised at the last minute, had quickly attracted interest. “Very, very few protests that we have organised have got such a strong response so quickly on social media, so we are expecting thousands of people to descend on Downing Street this Saturday,” he said.

“People feel that it’s a critical moment in British politics. The strikes are high risk. We saw a Russian plane being shot down by Turkey two days ago. We are talking about entering a theatre of war which is already very crowded.

“There’s going to be protests right across the country and I think the anti-war movement is back, unfortunately. It shouldn’t have to be, but it is.”

Stop the War has been mobilising its members across the country to lobby their MPs. The group claims thousands of people have written to their MPs using its online tool. It has also sought to mobilise local groups to lobby MPs directly at their weekly surgeries for constituents.

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Stop the War ‏@STWuk  1h1 hour ago

4th UK war in 14 years: Take action where you are to stop Cameron's drive to war on Syria http://bit.ly/1kTL71g 

Don't Bomb Syria: Action Page

Link: http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php/events/stop-the-war-events-national/don-t-bomb-syria-protest-action-page

The proposed vote in Parliament on bombing Syria by British forces is likely to take place within the next week. The vote is more likely following the terrible events in Paris. Yet this bombing will not stop terror attacks. Stop the War is opposed to this military response. Protests will take place this Saturday around the country (see locations below).

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28 November | London | National protest at Downing Street

Saturday 28 November | 12 noon - 2pm
Downing Street | London | And across the UK

1 December London: Public Meeting

After the Paris Attacks: The Case against War
Tuesday 1 December | 6.30pm
Conway Hall | 26 Red Lion Square | London WC1R 4R

Speakers include: Tariq Ali (via Skype) | Salma Yaqoob | Lindsey German | Others tbc

Actions across the UK

Stop the War is asking all its local groups to hold meetings on this issue in the next few weeks. Action and events across the UK are listed below. You can join them or, if you want to set up an event, meeting or street stall somewhere else, get in touch with the office to receive leaflets, badges and other Stop the War materials. office@stopwar.org.uk Tel: 020 7561 4830

• Birmingham – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 1.30 pm | outside Waterstones, entrance to the Bull Ring | city centre | Birmingham | Contact: Stuart | tel: 07771 567 496 | email:ser14@btinternet.com
• Bradford – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 3pm | Bottom of Cheapside | near Barclays Bank and Broadway shopping centre | BD1
• Bristol – Lobby at Karin Smyth's Surgery | Friday 27 November | 9.15–10.45am | 01179 533 575 for appointment | Knowle West Health Park | Downton Road | Bristol BS4 1WH
• Bristol – Lobby at Kerry McCarthy's Surgery | Saturday 28 November | time and location TBC
• Cambridge – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 2pm rally on King's Parade outside Kings College CB2 1ST | 3pm vigil Guildhall, Market Square | Cambridge Stop the War Coalition | Facebook »
• Cardiff – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 12 noon | Aneurin Bevan statue | Queen Street
• Chelmsford – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 11am–12 pm | outside Lloyds Bank | High Street
• Coventry – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 1pm | Broadgate (meet at Lady Godiva statue)
• Doncaster – Lobby of Rosie Winterton MP | time and location TBC
• Edinburgh – Rally | Monday 30 November | 5–7pm | East End of Princes Street | Bring candles, torches, placards and banners
• Forest of Dean – Protest | Saturday 28 November | outside MP and Chief Whip Mark Harper’s office in Cinderford | Meet 12 noon at Forest Bumps’ Coffee House in Market Street
• Frome – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 11am | outside Oxfam Shop | Frome
• Harrow – Lobby of Gareth Thomas MP | time and location TBC
• Hebden Bridge – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 12pm | St Georges Square | Facebook »
• Huddersfield – Vigil for peace | Saturday 28 November | 12 noon | Huddersfield Market Place HD1 2AA | Organised by Huddersfield Quakers | Facebook »
• Leeds – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 12 noon | Briggate outside Body Shop | Leeds LS1 6LH
• Leeds – Public meeting | Wednesday 2 December | 7pm | Leeds UNISON offices | 160A Woodhouse Lane LS2 9EN
• Liverpool – Vigil and leafleting | Saturday 28 November | 11am | Liverpool city centre | Church St (by Primark) | Liverpool L1
• Manchester – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 2pm | Picadilly Gardens | Manchester
• Milton Keynes – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 12 noon | City Square (the open area near to M&S and opposite the civic offices)
• Newcastle – Lobby of Catherine McKinnell MP | Friday 6 November | Midday | Lemington Centre | Tyne View | Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 8RZ
• Norwich – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 11.30am | Haymarket | Central Norwich
• Norwich – Lobby of Chloe Smith MP | time and location TBC
• Nottingham – Public meeting | Wednesday 2 December | 7pm | New Mechanics Institute | North Sherwood Street | Nottingham
• Nottingham – Emergency protest | Day of Parliamentary Vote - as yet unconfirmed | 5.30pm | Brian Clough statue | Nottingham Market Square
• Oxford – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 12pm | Bond Square | opposite the Westgate Centre
• Sheffield – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 11am | outside Sheffield Town Hall
• Swansea – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 1pm | Castle Square | Swansea
• Torquay – Protest | Saturday 28 November | 11am | East Street (outside of Tory MP Kevin Foster's office)

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Musicians, politicians, writers, union chiefs tell Cameron Don't Bomb Syria

DAN BLOOM 26 NOVEMBER 2015. POSTED IN NEWS

Frankie Boyle, Brian Eno, John Pilger, Caroline Lucas MP and many more, write to Cameron to oppose bombing of Syria.

Link:

http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news/musicians-writers-union-chiefs-politicians-tell-cameron-don-t-bomb-syria

Frankie Boyle has joined musicians, writers, union chiefs and politicians telling David Cameron not to bomb Syria as thousands of protesters prepare to march on Westminster.

The outspoken comic is one of 23 people who signed a letter begging the Prime Minister to block air strikes tonight after he warned Britain is under 'armed attack'.

Others include former Roxy Music star Brian Eno, Green MP Caroline Lucas, writer John Pilger and comedian Jeremy Hardy.

Their missive to Number 10 condemns the 'rush to bomb' and says wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya have caused 'large scale casualties, devastating destruction and huge flows of refugees'.

And it declares: "Far from tackling terrorism, the last fourteen years of war have seen massively increased Jihadi terrorist organisation around the world."

The letter was organised by the Stop the War Coalition, which is organising a mass march on Westminster against bombing ISIS in Syria.

Many thousands of people have already expressed their interest in the protest, which will take place outside Downing Street from 12pm to 2pm this Saturday.

Tonight Jeremy Corbyn, who is rumoured to be attending the march, wrote to Labour MPs saying he will not be able to back the PM's seven-point plan for military action.

His move threw the party into turmoil, with several MPs poised to vote against their own leader when the shadow cabinet decides Labour's official policy on Monday.

He wrote: "I do not believe that the PM today made a convincing case that extending UK bombing to Syria would meet that crucial test. Nor did it satisfactorily answer the questions raised by us and the Foreign Affairs Committee.

"In particular, the PM did not set out a coherent strategy, coordinated through the UN for the defeat of ISIS."

The letter in full

Dear Prime Minister,

The current rush to bomb Syria following the terrible events in Paris risks a dangerous escalation which will inflame the war there and increase bitterness against the West. The US has been bombing Isis for a year and admits that Isis is as strong as ever and has continued recruiting.

The experience of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya shows that Western military interventions lead to large scale casualties, devastating destruction and huge flows of refugees.

Far from tackling terrorism, the last fourteen years of war have seen massively increased Jihadi terrorist organisation around the world.

Rather than ignoring this recent history by joining the long list of countries that have bombed Syria in the last year, we urge the government to stop arming reactionary and aggressive regimes like Saudi Arabia and Qatar that sponsor terrorist groups and look for political solutions as the only viable way to end the conflict.

Mark Rylance, Brian Eno, Frankie Boyle, John Pilger, Francesca Martinez, Jeremy Hardy, Caroline Lucas MP, Arthur Smith, Miriam Margolyes, John Hilary, Michael Rosen, Mark Serwotka, Tariq Ali, Victoria Britain, Manuel Cortez, Christine Shawcroft, Prof Ray Bush, David Gentleman, Lindsey German, Kate Hudson, Andrew Murray, Logic (Musician), Prof John Kinsella

Source: The Mirror

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