'The Doors of the Administration Building' - Gavin Wade's opening address for our 3rd national summit

2008 © Liam Gillick, The Doors Of The Administration Building Will Remain Open 2008 photo by Stuart Whipp

The world is understood through myths. All meaning comes to us as stories. We can take control of these stories to create our own meaning and form new myths. Fragments of stories and half-remembered truths form constantly re-written histories and articulate new and possible futures.

The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths.

• Truth No. 1 – There is no establishment and no alternative
• Truth No. 2 – Political art is over

Gavin Wade – What do we mean 'political art'? To be implicated in and be an active part of the political machine?

Andy Field – Politics is by definition 'of the people'. It should no more be defined by the political machine, than love is by Valentines day.

Gavin Wade – Should art, then, be defined by the art machine?

Is this what we mean by establishment? The art machine?

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