This is not a riot.

Part performance, part training workshop, part lecture, part blazing argument, “This is not a riot.” is a new piece of interactive theatre looking at what violence is, why we do it, and when it might be useful. Includes stuffed animals.

Photos

See the full slideshow here.

Blogs

As part of the development and reporting process for This is not a riot, I kept a daily log of our experiences at the CrisisArt Festival. Reading them now is a strange experience — it was a particularly intense week, full of thinking about the meaning of art and politics and allsorts. Dig in for a look at how an OST mind works and to get some questions for your own mind:

Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five

 

Performance History

10th June 2011: Artists’ Voice, Fabrika, Leicester
27th August 2011: Live Art Speed Date, The Forest, Edinburgh
23rd October 2011: The Yard, Hackney
17th March 2012: Glasgow Buzzcut
1st April 2012: The Free University, Dundee
18th April 2012: On the Rocks, St Andrews
30th June – 2nd July 2012: Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
5th – 12th July 2012: CrisisArt Festival, Arezzo, Italy