'Resistance: which way the future?' launches on 17November as part of
Liverpool’s DaDaFest.
“Tender and hauntingly beautiful, delivering hope and a sense of promise”
“Art as it should be - relevant to our lives, opening our minds”
'Resistance' begins in September 1939 when Hitler authorised Aktion-T4, the
Nazi programme of mass-murder that targetted disabled people and became the
blueprint for the Final Solution to wipe out Jews, gay people, gypsies and
other social groups. Incarcerated in institutions, it was close to
impossible for disabled people to resist – yet some did…
It moves to today, where rising hate crime, increased pre-natal screening
and abortion and a race to assisted suicide challenge the worth of disabled
people’s lives and even their right to exist. We look at how, even when we
want to put things right, it can be hard to know where to begin.
'Resistance' immerses the audience in a landscape of drama and documentary
film and audio-visual ‘whispering’ voices, inviting them to reflect on
values past and present. And it says: If you could do just one thing…
'Resistance' is the latest work by Liz Crow and runs at Liverpool’s
Contemporary Urban Centre, 41-51 Greenland Street L1 0BS, from 17 November
to 5 December, Open Tuesday - Saturday: 11am - 6pm, Sundays: 11am - 4pm. The
installation runs for 30 minutes, beginning at quarter past and quarter to
every hour.
Linked events take place at the Bluecoat on 227 and 28 November.
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