Anish Kapoor's house in London occupied by demonstrators-The Guardian
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In the first of what could be a summer protest linked to the Olympic Games, has a group connected to Occupy movement took over an empty Georgian House which is owned by the sculptor Anish Kapoor Olympic park for a one-day art. The Group calls itself the bread and circuses, a reference to their argument that the Olympic Games are a means of distracting people from the pressing economic and social issues, said it had "liberated" part-derelict five-storey house in Lincoln's Inn Fields, one of Central London's most picturesque and expensive garden squares and the scene of a rough sleepers "tent city" in the 1980s. The group says the House has been left blank because the artist – the ArcelorMittal orbit Tower, a 115 m high sculpture and observation platform, dominates the skyline of the Olympic Park in East London – bought in 2009. Kapoor is listed as the Director of a company called 1-2 Lincoln's Inn fields Ltd., the address of the property, which was founded in the year 2009. The bulk of the £ 22. 7 m cost of the steel sculpture was met by the steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal. The building is five stories high with a huge iron door and covered windows. Inside, there are several enormous room on the ground floor with a stairway climbing through the Centre. The wallpaper is peeling and wiring hangs threateningly from the roof. It contains no furniture except a couple of supermarket trolleys. -This is not about being against the OLYMPICS, said one protester. "It is about what the Government is using Olympic for." Small groups of protesters say they have been in the property for a week. One said that they wanted to find a creative use for what they see as wasted space. "Just look at it," he said. "We want to use that empty space". A homeless man who has joined the team in property, said: "How can anyone do this? How can you own a place here and not even use it when there are people who sleep in the streets? " From 4 pm Friday as the House will host art exhibitions, talks and film screenings with live music after 9 pm, "said the group. Among those that have been invoiced appears is John Hilary, Director of the charity War on Want, one of the organisers of the counter Olympic Network, which aims to challenge the corporate nature of the event, and Trenton Oldfield, who swam in the path to April's University boat race in a protest against "elitism". The Group sent a communication from a member, Jeniffer Taylor, who described the Olympics as "a smokescreen to take our minds off the austerity measures, the global economic crisis and the commodification and privatization of everything, including art". With the media-savvy art events connected to Occupy movement, has one day protest already its own Facebook page and Twitter feed. The Group has sent a message to supporters: ' new Holborn squatt will b [sic] removed in Saturday. The hit Friday against london policy! Bread and circuses: speaches, music, art, performance, rave and more surprises! " The broader movement Occupy has not announced plans to disrupt the OLYMPICS with protests, but it seems inevitable that this or other similar groups will use the global attention on London during the event to publish information about their causes. This is particularly the case as, having regard to Occupy loose collective in nature, more or less, anyone can start a protest under its banner. View the original article here
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In the first of what could be a summer protest linked to the Olympic Games, has a group connected to Occupy movement took over an empty Georgian House which is owned by the sculptor Anish Kapoor Olympic park for a one-day art. The Group calls itself the bread and circuses, a reference to their argument that the Olympic Games are a means of distracting people from the pressing economic and social issues, said it had "liberated" part-derelict five-storey house in Lincoln's Inn Fields, one of Central London's most picturesque and expensive garden squares and the scene of a rough sleepers "tent city" in the 1980s. The group says the House has been left blank because the artist – the ArcelorMittal orbit Tower, a 115 m high sculpture and observation platform, dominates the skyline of the Olympic Park in East London – bought in 2009. Kapoor is listed as the Director of a company called 1-2 Lincoln's Inn fields Ltd., the address of the property, which was founded in the year 2009. The bulk of the £ 22. 7 m cost of the steel sculpture was met by the steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal. The building is five stories high with a huge iron door and covered windows. Inside, there are several enormous room on the ground floor with a stairway climbing through the Centre. The wallpaper is peeling and wiring hangs threateningly from the roof. It contains no furniture except a couple of supermarket trolleys. -This is not about being against the OLYMPICS, said one protester. "It is about what the Government is using Olympic for." Small groups of protesters say they have been in the property for a week. One said that they wanted to find a creative use for what they see as wasted space. "Just look at it," he said. "We want to use that empty space". A homeless man who has joined the team in property, said: "How can anyone do this? How can you own a place here and not even use it when there are people who sleep in the streets? " From 4 pm Friday as the House will host art exhibitions, talks and film screenings with live music after 9 pm, "said the group. Among those that have been invoiced appears is John Hilary, Director of the charity War on Want, one of the organisers of the counter Olympic Network, which aims to challenge the corporate nature of the event, and Trenton Oldfield, who swam in the path to April's University boat race in a protest against "elitism". The Group sent a communication from a member, Jeniffer Taylor, who described the Olympics as "a smokescreen to take our minds off the austerity measures, the global economic crisis and the commodification and privatization of everything, including art". With the media-savvy art events connected to Occupy movement, has one day protest already its own Facebook page and Twitter feed. The Group has sent a message to supporters: ' new Holborn squatt will b [sic] removed in Saturday. The hit Friday against london policy! Bread and circuses: speaches, music, art, performance, rave and more surprises! " The broader movement Occupy has not announced plans to disrupt the OLYMPICS with protests, but it seems inevitable that this or other similar groups will use the global attention on London during the event to publish information about their causes. This is particularly the case as, having regard to Occupy loose collective in nature, more or less, anyone can start a protest under its banner. View the original article here
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