Exhibitions & Events

Exhibitions

Saturday 17th – Sunday 25th October CCA Bar 12.00 noon – 12.00 midnight
(except Sunday 18th & Monday 19th October)
Reception: Friday 16 October 7.00pm – 9.00pm

Shishu Shromik—
Child workers in Kolkata

Martina Salvi

Official estimates in India put the number of children working in the country to 17 million. Unofficial figures vary between 60 and 100 millions. The vast majority of these children work to help their families because the adults do not have appropriate employment and income thus forfeiting schooling and opportunities to play and rest. I met some of them during my visit there in Spring 2009 at drop in centres provided by a local charity that allowed child workers to play, receive a basic education and be made aware of their rights.

When I paint I am an artist,
when I don’t I am nothing

Gordon Delaney

Gordon Delaney is a painter – painting is what he does. Gordon Delaney cannot stop painting – he moves fast and gets things done. Gordon Delaney is a flaneur – he haunts the cafes of the city with his notebooks and his racing mind. Gordon Delaney is a cyclist— – this means he can move ever faster between assignations, cafes, friends, cigarettes. Gordon Delaney is a smoker – it will probably kill him, but does he care? He does not. Gordon Delaney is a thinker – he thinks a lot about the state of the world. Gordon Delaney is an artist – always has been, always will be.

—Jim Colquhoun

Shenzhen Longgang

Martin Coyne

Made in the shoe factories of the Pearl River delta these images present the human face of China’s industrial revolution. They question the stereotypical ‘sweat shop’ viewpoint of Chinese manufacturing procedure by showing an enigmatic culture which has begun to adopt the aspirations of the West.

Videotheque

Back again due to popular demand, the Videotheque will hold copies of all of the films screening at Document 7 for you to select from and freely watch.

The Document 7 videotheque is supported by VSO, the world’s largest independent international development charity that works through volunteers to empower local people in developing countries. As a direct result of VSO’s work, there are now women and men able to make a living, children getting a quality education, AIDS orphans being looked after in their communities and disabled people living full lives.

Music

Friday 23rd October 2009 10.00pm–12 midnight

A Night of Political Pop

CCA Café

Closing party

Sunday 25 October 10.00pm–12.00 midnight CCA Bar

...the RIB project

Glasgow’s Radical Independent Book-fair

Glasgow’s Radical Independent Book-fair project has been running stalls and collaborating on events for three years now. Envisaged as a long term project to assist others through the ideas of mutual aid and solidarity it is helping to fill the gap left by the lack of alternative bookshops and independent events in the city.

As well as stocking various books, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, dvd’s, cd’s, badges, cards, t-shirts and coffee from a number of publishers and presses in an eclectic mix; the project stalls also include a mini library of CD’s, DVD’s and news-sheets, a book swap box, and a multitude of free items.

rib@angryartworks.com

http://www.ribproject.org