Images from a Pamphlet I’m working on in collaboration with the poet Ian McLachlan.
The pamphlet is based on Public Information Pamphlets which were prevalent (certainly in the UK) around the 1970’s. These pamphlets were on a range of topics concerning safety in and around the home and in general worked by reducing uncontrollable events (such as a nuclear attack) to a series of easy to follow actions. They were weird though, placating and patronising and with a hefty dose of fear mixed in.
Our Pamphlet is based upon the idea that the main danger facing the public today is that of art. This creates a nice little paradox and has provided really fertile ground for me and Ian to work on.
Currently I’m about a third of the way through, then there’s printing and so on, so don’t expect this very soon. More, as soon as we can!
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