War Poets of Now - Corespondents in Conflict

Hi Blunted! It’s been a while since I blogged but I am getting back on it, I wanted to share with you this post from our blog over at Community League:

Rappers have often met media criticism of the violence in their rhymes with the idea that they are reflections of their environment, they hold a mirror to their surroundings and show what the mainstream media won’t - the “real CNN” if you will.

Tupac said he talked about where he lived to try and make a change, he described the ghetto because he thought that if he made enough noise then some one would have to do something about it. Whether that still holds true today is not an argument I want to get “blogged down in” in this particular post however.

I want to draw your attention to an Exhibition in London next month called War Poets of Now - Corespondents In Conflict. Artist Caroline Jaine is showcasing a collection of oil paintings highlighting reporters from conflict areas around the world:

“I was moved by the journalists I met in Iraq who presented me with decorative business cards describing themselves first and foremost as writers and poets” - Caroline Jaine

War Poets of Now - Correspondents in Conflict will be exhibited at The Frontline Club in Paddington, London, UK from 2 April  2009 until June 2009.

For more information and to see some of the artworks to be exhibited please visit Caroline Jaine.

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