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Charade
by Simon Pope
To visit the Charade website, click here
To read more about Charade events, click here
Project Description
The inspiration for Charade came from Truffaut's film Fahrenheit 451 in which reading is considered a criminal offence and books are destroyed. Inspired by this sense of loss and living in an age when data can so easily be destroyed by hacks and viruses, Pope asks a group of volunteers in Birmingham to choose their favourite cultural artefact and commit it to memory. The project will develop through a series of workshops, video diaries and online activities, culminating in a large-scale public event when the volunteers congregate to recite their chosen pieces.
About the artist
Simon Pope works as an artist, lecturer, writer and software designer. Previous projects have included Art For Networks for the BBC, IOD 4: The Web Stalker and London Walking.
For more information about the artist read his full biography.
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