Released on: September 02, 2011, 11:33 am
Author:
Trevor Philips
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The municipality of Vordernberg in the district of Leoben in Styria, Austria is soon to welcome The Bogside Artists of Derry, N.Ireland. The scenic village has been chosen to speerhead a movement towards peace in Europe by means of culture and art. The three muralists have been invited there by the initiators of the program, Desmond Doyle and Hannes Misseton to paint a mural for the village on the theme of Europe's decade of struggle towards peace.
The mural, on the scale of the famous murals painted by the artists in the Bogside
area of their home town of Derry will be the focus of much media attention over the
coming weeks. Said Tom Kelly, one of the artists and their spokesman; "we daren't
give away too much but I can say that the mural we have designed has been inspired
by a phrase often repeated to us as we were growing up in Derry during the
conflict...."dead fish go downstream." What that means is that peace, like
anything else in life, will not come by itself. It is something we must achieve
individually and collectively by addressing and removing the obstacles within and
without that make its attainment so unreachable for many. Now that the human race
has found the means to destroy itself the urgency of peace is the most important
issue facing any of us. We welcome this opportunity therefore to make this statement
in paint and are deeply honoured by the invitation from the people of Vordernberg."
The program is supported by Derry's Nobel Laureate John Hume. An interview between
him and Desmond Doyle together with the artists can be seen on the website created
for the program; www.art-of-reconciliation.com
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