This essay discusses a live performance on war and conflict, in a cemetery during darkness, which challenged the audience to consider their attitude to war and conflict and the role symbols and stories used by charities and nations play in influencing public opinion. For Up The Line 2009 event page, click here Originally Presented to Goldsmiths University of London, (May 2010) and posted June 2010 Index Introduction Brief Outline of Event Creating an Abstract Background to th

Train Journey, From Ramsgate to London, Saturday 10th May 2014, beginning 11.55am Through the reoccurrence and duration of journey spent idle in non-place such as a train carriage we are often inclined to either be ruminating on past events (where we have come from) or speculating on the outcomes of future events (where we are going), we rarely take the opportunity to be present here and now within the moment, within the journey, receptive to the nuances of the soundscape tha

An AHRC/ Creativeworks London funded research project by Professor Andy Pratt and his team at City University London into the unorthodox practices employed by Platform-7, in creating large scale outdoor interventions in public spaces. CWL Creative Voucher, The Silent Cacophony case study Report written by:Andy C Pratt, Professor of Cultural Economy Department of Culture, and Creative Industries, School of Arts and Social Sciences, City University London Northampton Square Lon

Almost a century on, how do people today interact with the Remembrance 2-minute silence? What does it mean to them? Television news bulletins show the UK coming to a halt, people taking a moment to consider the atrocities of war, yet is this true reflection of what takes place? In 2012, Platform-7’s created the ‘no man’s land’ Remembrance event across 10 London Underground tube stations and the disused Eurostar at Waterloo on Remembrance Sunday. Before the event began, all t

THE RITUAL OF 2-MINUTES SILENCE 7 Dec 2012 Creator of “no man’s land”, John McKiernan ruminates on life as a series of interconnected contrived rituals 2-minute silence at Embankment, videographer Patrick Hoelscher* Play disrupts ritual. Whether internalised or on a field, play develops ways of understanding that cannot always be structured in the everyday. Play allows thoughts, methods and processes to be conducted through the relative safety of game or make-believe. Whe

John McKiernan, the creator of the “no man’s land” discusses his personal concerns and thoughts one week before the live performance across 10 London Underground tube stations. When setting out to create an abstract event like ‘no man’s land’, one hopes that it will ascend what it set out to achieve without it turning into game play or dalliance, and something original emerges. The intention of the event was to, in some way, mimic the experiences of those creating plans and

John McKiernan, the creator of no man’s land performance interventionist event discusses his personal concerns and thoughts one week before the live performance across 10 London Underground tube stations. When setting out to create an abstract event like no man’s land, one hopes that it will ascend what it set out to achieve without it turning into game play or dalliance, and something original emerges. The intention of the event was to, in some way, mimic the experiences of

2012 UPDATED There will be no Up The Line 2012 event, please see our London Underground event no man's land [click] Below is a short film from behind the scenes that includes many interviews with the Friends of Margate St John’s Cemetery and a taste of why they got involved. There is also the feedback from our formal annual survey conducted 3-months after the performance to ascertain whether the event had residual impact months later. All feedback is provided verbatim. If y

Contributors: Julian Jacobson, Pianist Keren’Or Pazard, Dance Choreographer Dougal Squires, Film Interviewer Joe Duggan, Poet, The German Graves Bran Jones, Photographer, Broadstairs Kai Clear, Filmmaker Harry Vendryes, Film Performer Mo and Jane Black – Lantern Artists Dead Rat Orchestra, Performance at front gate and exit Jazzman John Clarke, Light Brigade Poet Harriet Olins, Lifeboat Poet Isabel White, Poetry Director Mel Simpson, Artist Liaison Manager Mark Holihan, Broad

RAMSGATE ARTS Hi , Just wanted to say how much we enjoyed Remembrance on Thursday night. Great to see something like this locally. We're working on our festival for next year, the third Summer Squall which will be in August. Is there anything we could maybe link up on or include of yours in the event? It's meant partly to be showcasing the best of the area. It would be interesting to have a chat. Yours METROPOLITAN POLICE Subject: RE: Up The Line 2011 Cemetery Per

Bran Jones became the official Moonbow Margate photographer because of his love of espresso. Up The Line Remembrance 2011, Margate Cemetery Living and studying in Thanet, Bran discovered the Moonbow Jakes café in Cliftonville while researching his beach photography project. He was invited to photograph the amazing Akleriah, a live interactive performance around the streets of Cliftonville, Margate and inside the Turner Contemporary. Only shooting in black and white the result

UNIQUE LIVE PERFORMANCE EVENT TO TAKE PLACE IN MARGATE CEMETERY AS PART OF REMEMBRANCE New and traditional art forms meet in an exploration of conflict, war and human tolerance This November 10th, the eve of remembrance day, a unique multi-disciplinary performance event will take place in the atmospheric setting of Margate’s St John’s Cemetery. The free event, called ‘Up the Line’, will bring together new media and traditional art forms in an exploration of attitudes toward

UP THE LINE 2010 Survey of Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery Event 11th November 2011 This survey was sent to 107 people who gave their email addresses at the end of the 2010 event. Information of the survey was also posted as a message on Brockley Central blog spot. The results below are supplied by our email list management service. Of the 47 people who opened the email 29 click through to the survey. A total of 32 people completed the survey with the maximum of 26 people p

Wonderfully creative and local – more please Lovely evening – thank you Nice music and thought provoking too It was really lovely! Wonderful atmosphere, I’ll remember it for a long time xxx Never knew how big the place was I really enjoyed the walk and the poems. Very peaceful. Thank you I love the diary and the film and piano A wonderful idea thank you Gloomy A great event – very moving Brilliant organisation. Please do it again Very well done Traditional – a song from one o