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Blake escapes from Scrubs

Posted: January 24, 2012 by project47convenors in The Political, The Prison
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In 1961 George Blake was convicted of treason and espionage and was handed down a 42 year prison sentence, to be served out in H. M. Prison Wormwood Scrubs. In 1966 Blake escaped from Scrubs with the aid of the KGB and defected to Moscow.   As a space of incarceration the prison is society’s [...]

First Tasks – the bus tour

Posted: October 17, 2011 by project47convenors in From the Convenors
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The bus tour is upon us. Possibilities and limitations, familiarities and novelties, associations and singularities, sympathies and antagonisms: what strikes you first about these sites? As an important first step in the formation of all four group projects we ask you, in this crucial period leading up to the selection of your final project site, [...]

Project 47

Posted: October 9, 2011 by project47convenors in From the Convenors, The Museum, The Prison, The Stadium, The Tunnel
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Project 47 is the blog of the Goldsmiths MA in Art and Politics group project. It is designed to be a collaborative space between staff, students and institutional partners for the exploration of our project sites. This year these sites include: The Museum of London The Greenwich Foot-Tunnel Her Majesty’s Prison Wormwood Scrubs Millwall Football [...]