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Dismaland’s riot ‘model village’ for Trinity
Artist Jimmy Cauty’s critically-acclaimed The Aftermath Dislocation Principle (ADP), previously seen at Banksy’s Dismaland last summer, will be installed at the Trinity Centre from Friday April 29 to Sunday May 8.
A “surreal model village experience”, the ADP is a post-riot landscape created in miniature (1:87 to be precise) and contained within a 40ft shipping container.
Acclaimed artist Cauty – part of the Dismaland collective, and co-creator of chart-topping band The KLF and its subsequent, million pound-burning arts incarnation The K Foundation – exhibited the installation at Dismaland in Weston super Mare last summer – and is now taking it on the road. The specially converted shipping container will now open its doors to visitors across the country, at the sites of historic riots.
The ADP Riot Tour’s visit to Bristol will see it take up residence at The Trinity Centre, opposite the Trinity Road Police Station, which played a prominent role in the St Pauls Riots of 1980, which saw black and white youth stand up to police harassment.
Far from inciting another riot, the event’s organisers hope the experience will be a peaceful and thought-provoking one, with the only real disturbance being the constant chatter of miniature police radios dotted all over the exhibit.
The exhibit launches on Friday April 29, when Cauty will be on hand to discuss the work. The ADP will be open daily until Sunday May 8 May and will remain on site during the Anarchist Bookfair and Trinity’s Annual Garden Party.
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