FRIEDRICH ENGELS: THE CONDITION OF THE WORKING CLASS IN ENGLAND: Little Ireland, 1842-2011 Video/DVD, Rainer Ganahl, 2011 (image credit Phil Davenport)
The Rainer Ganahl show at Bury Transport Museum continues until June 19th 2011. Rainer has been busy as always adding to the documentation of his practice and has created a micro-site for the project ganahl.info/workingclass. It’s still under construction (so forgive spelling mistakes etc) but it gives an impression of his expansive, and often obsessive rate of production. Indicative of the font jumps and spelling mistakes you find on this site is a certain attitude Rainer takes toward production, a kind of anti-professionalization. The artist gets an idea and can hardly pause for a breath before it MUST be realised. Myself and Maurice invited him to undertake a reading seminar and we’ve ended up with an extensive body work which pulled with it a universe of various proportions, from musicians to painters, print-makers and chauffeurs. Everyone that helped to make this happen [Simon Flatley, Aliyah Hussain, Kirsty Marijewycz, Emma McClelland, Bill Campbell, Lowri Evans, Maria Dada and Sarah Kerrison] we salute you!
One of my favorite outcomes of the project are the songs with lyrics by Rainer and music by local Salford based artist Maria Dada
DIE INTERNATIONALE – (german pronounciation )
damned of the Earth
The State oppresses you !
stand up, stand up !
workers and unemployed
join the great party of ebay shoppers !
stand up, stand up !
The earth belongs only to men !
animals, plants and fish
you can go to reside elsewhere !
How much of your brain
have they consumed ?
How much of your money is left ?
These ravens, these vultures !
Spend it on ebay ! spend it on ebay
The screen will shine forever
The screen will shine forever
Stand up, stand up
And sing
DIE INTERNATIONALE (german pronounciation)
DIE INTERNATIONALE
post by Helen Kaplinsky
Posted on June 13, 2011
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