Neoliberalism Started with Pinochet
A new collaborative work by Ross Hamilton Frew and Gayle Meikle
The courtyard , BALTIC 39
Newcastle Upon Tyne
June 10 - 12, 2016
'Neoliberalism Started with Pinochet' was a three-day installation inspired by the experimental teachings of the architecture school of the Catholic University Valparaíso, Chile.
On display in the courtyard was a large structure, designed and built by Ross Hamilton Frew. A poetic offering made by Gayle Meikle adorned its surface. On Saturday 11 June Gayle hosted a stilt drawing workshop inspired by the game ‘Luodo’ which was played at the Open City.
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The title 'Neoliberalism Started with Pinochet' connects the current marketisation of universities within the UK to Open City. The experimental school was situated just 3km away from a Pinochet concentration camp. The regime implemented a neoliberal economic policy developed by prominent Chilean economists, the 'Chicago Boys', who had studied the policy under Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago in the 1950s.
This event is part of Antiuniversity Now 9-12 June 2016 www.antiuniversity.org
A new collaborative work by Ross Hamilton Frew and Gayle Meikle
The courtyard , BALTIC 39
Newcastle Upon Tyne
June 10 - 12, 2016
'Neoliberalism Started with Pinochet' was a three-day installation inspired by the experimental teachings of the architecture school of the Catholic University Valparaíso, Chile.
On display in the courtyard was a large structure, designed and built by Ross Hamilton Frew. A poetic offering made by Gayle Meikle adorned its surface. On Saturday 11 June Gayle hosted a stilt drawing workshop inspired by the game ‘Luodo’ which was played at the Open City.
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The title 'Neoliberalism Started with Pinochet' connects the current marketisation of universities within the UK to Open City. The experimental school was situated just 3km away from a Pinochet concentration camp. The regime implemented a neoliberal economic policy developed by prominent Chilean economists, the 'Chicago Boys', who had studied the policy under Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago in the 1950s.
This event is part of Antiuniversity Now 9-12 June 2016 www.antiuniversity.org
We are, I am, performing a rite.
It is my own phalene (poetic act).
An opening of the investigation
into this place, this here and now.
To be in public with everyone else.
It is an acknowledgement of the
post-war era and it's nostalgic
myth of utopia. By performing this rite,
I respect and acknowledge the past
and his influence. By performing this rite,
I lay to rest the long sixties, the 1968
events and my own misguided longing.
We are, I am, performing a rite.
It is my own phalene (poetic act).
An opening of the investigation
into this place, this here and now.
To be in public with everyone else.
It is an acknowledgement of the
post-war era and it's nostalgic
myth of utopia. By performing this rite,
I respect and acknowledge the past
and his influence. By performing this rite,
I lay to rest the long sixties, the 1968
events and my own misguided longing.
We are, I am, performing a rite.