A World Wide Distribution of the PAST
In 1936, the English Artist Eric Gill, delivered a speech in front of a congress of Christian Pacifists. In conveying the tie between religion, art, politics, money-making and war, Gill accused also the artists in the complicity of the measures of industrial war.
In this distinct and fresh speech, Gill sets on a mission to reveal the bond that the arts maintain with tactics of Isolation, which according to him lead us to:
"a world of which the very essence is war."
R'm Aharoni brings the speech as a theatrical format in a documentary style.
He attempts to create a space for audience members to bask in the unique opportunity of continuing a discourse that had started on Armistice Day 1936.
And Who Wants Peace? (60’)
Text
Eric Gill, R'm Aharoni
Performance and Concept
R’m Aharoni
In conversation with
Sarah Vanhee, Frederik Le Roy
Special thanks to
CAMPO Gent, Marika Engles, Alain Platel,
Abigail Liparoto, Hugo DeBlock
Images
Eric Gill, R’m Aharoni
Photography
Jolien Fagard
De Zendelingen, journalistic collective created 3 video conversations between
R'm Aharoni and 3 guessts:
Dramaturge
Belgian Parliamnt member
Theater's Artistic Director
They discuss 3 Questions that arise from And Who Wants Peace?
1. Is Peace a Political Strategy Just Like War?
KVS dramaturge Kristin Rogghe
2. Must Art Be Political?
Belgian Parliamnt member, Wouter De Vriendt
3. What is the Role of Artists Today?
Monty's Director, Denis Van Laeken
I WILL NOT SPEAK AS AN ARTIST,
BECAUSE I AM ASHAMED TO BE CALLED ONE
I WILL NOT SPEAK AS AN ARTIST BECAUSE I REPUDIATE THE TITLE
Trajectory and Evolution
11/11/1936 Kingsway Hall, London UK.
Armistice day. Speech addressed by Eric Gill to the Christian Pascifist, community.
23/12/2014 CAMPO, Gent BE.
A small gathering: a reciting of Gill’s original speech by R'm Aharoni.
18/01/2015 Alfred Institute, Tel-Aviv IL.
A research group on Gill's speech: A Hebrew translation of the speech addressed by R'm Aharoni.
05/03/2015 CAMPO Gent, BE.
A small gathering: A re-contextualised version of Gill’s speech addressed by R'm Aharoni.
07/03/2015 Jewish Museum Brussels, BE.
A re-contextualised version of the speech, addressed in the context of Museum Night.
23/04/2015 Aleppo, Brussels BE.
Original version of Gill’s speech, addressed by R'm Aharoni to a diverse public.
02/05/2015 CBK Bijlmer, Amsterdam NL.
Original version of Gill’s speech, addressed by R'm Aharon to a diverse public.
10/05/2015 KASK, Gent BE.
Original version of Gill’s speech, addressed by R'm Aharoni.
11-13/05/2015 KASK, Gent BE.
Original version of Gill’s speech, addressed by R’m Aharoni to diverse public.
04/06/2015 KASK, Gent BE.
Original version of Gill’s speech, addressed by R'm Aharon to visiting commission at the drama department.
25/06/2015 CAMPO Gent, BE.
Original version of Gill’s speech, addressed by R'm Aharoni to a diverse public.
April- Oct’/2015 Bijlmer – Amsterdam, NL.
Residency. Implementing Gill’s speech in the Bijlmer – Amsterdam, an area inhabited mainly by Surinamese and other migrant groups. (see also Eric Gill meets the Bijlmer publication)
29/7 - 1/8/2016 Theater Aan Zee, festival. Ostend, BE.
Original version of Gill’s speech, addressed by R'm Aharoni to a diverse public.