Peace Soldier Project — images and words of young American combat veterans
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Sunday, November 16, 2008, 2:06pm
Peace Soldier provides a microphone for young American combat veterans to share their perspectives on the realities of war and the meaning of peace. The objective of the project is help ensure these young voices are heard loudly and considered frankly as we form our individual opinions and collective actions today and in the years to come. Peace Soldier brings together a wide range of creative works developed from the words and images of combat veterans, and distributes them using online media and public spaces. A series of peace soldier photography/essay portraits were unveiled publicly in September at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco and Art Storm Gallery in Houston.
Shortly before the Drop Beats Not Bombs tour began, we got a call from an organizer in California asking if we'd want to collaborate and bring 8 Peace Soldier photos and quotes with us on tour. The Peace Soldier project fits perfectly into our tour theme of supporting youth resistance to militarism through creative action, so of course we said yes!
So far we have mounted the photos on the walls of our workshops, presentations, and shows at DePaul, Q-4 in Chicago for the Peace is Always in Fashion event with AFSC, Carbondale, Goshen, Loyola, Northeastern, Wooster, and Muhlenberg College. People have been very interested in the photographs, which we've incorporated into one of our activities in the Not Your Soldier workshop on Conscientious Objection.The photos and quotes come with postcards about the project, which we've been passing out in hopes that some of our local organizers will bring the Peace Soldier Project back to their community for a longer stay. The photos are extremely easy to mount, using a velcro system that can turn any open wall space into an art gallery in under 10 minutes.
More on Peace Soldier, from the website www.whynotpeace.com:
Peace Soldier is available for galleries, cafes and public venues across the U.S. The photography module will be followed by a street art module (using peace soldier quotes) and music module (sampling peace soldier voices). Peace Soldier is the first phase of why not peace, an initiative developed by the üba FOUNDATION which combines the voices of those closest to war, the creative works of talented artists, and ubiquitous communication / distribution channels to catalyze a renewed public interest and engagement in peace and human security.
As the title suggests, Why Not Peace does not attempt to provide answers to questions which are inherently complex, but rather presents a series of perspectives to be considered as we shape our individual opinions and collective actions today and in the years to come. Launching in 2008 with peace soldier, focused on the images and words of young American combat veterans, the voices represented will evolve over time to incorporate others from the front lines, including allied soldiers, demobilized combatants and affected civilians.
To bring the Peace Soldier Project to your community, contact the üba foundation in san francisco, CA at 415-513-4563 or go to www.whynotpeace.com/contact.
Shortly before the Drop Beats Not Bombs tour began, we got a call from an organizer in California asking if we'd want to collaborate and bring 8 Peace Soldier photos and quotes with us on tour. The Peace Soldier project fits perfectly into our tour theme of supporting youth resistance to militarism through creative action, so of course we said yes!
So far we have mounted the photos on the walls of our workshops, presentations, and shows at DePaul, Q-4 in Chicago for the Peace is Always in Fashion event with AFSC, Carbondale, Goshen, Loyola, Northeastern, Wooster, and Muhlenberg College. People have been very interested in the photographs, which we've incorporated into one of our activities in the Not Your Soldier workshop on Conscientious Objection.The photos and quotes come with postcards about the project, which we've been passing out in hopes that some of our local organizers will bring the Peace Soldier Project back to their community for a longer stay. The photos are extremely easy to mount, using a velcro system that can turn any open wall space into an art gallery in under 10 minutes.
More on Peace Soldier, from the website www.whynotpeace.com:
Peace Soldier is available for galleries, cafes and public venues across the U.S. The photography module will be followed by a street art module (using peace soldier quotes) and music module (sampling peace soldier voices). Peace Soldier is the first phase of why not peace, an initiative developed by the üba FOUNDATION which combines the voices of those closest to war, the creative works of talented artists, and ubiquitous communication / distribution channels to catalyze a renewed public interest and engagement in peace and human security.
As the title suggests, Why Not Peace does not attempt to provide answers to questions which are inherently complex, but rather presents a series of perspectives to be considered as we shape our individual opinions and collective actions today and in the years to come. Launching in 2008 with peace soldier, focused on the images and words of young American combat veterans, the voices represented will evolve over time to incorporate others from the front lines, including allied soldiers, demobilized combatants and affected civilians.
To bring the Peace Soldier Project to your community, contact the üba foundation in san francisco, CA at 415-513-4563 or go to www.whynotpeace.com/contact.
