‘Guerilla Ballet’ disrupts BP-sponsored opera in Trafalgar Square, 13.7.11

Art Not Oil Thu, 14/07/2011 - 1:00am

Three ballet dancers interrupted BP’s third and final Summer Screen in Trafalgar Square[1], 30 minutes before the scheduled broadcast of the opera Cinderella began. The disturbance took the form of a short piece of dance based on Swan Lake [2], with the classic tale used as analogy for BP’s controversial investment in the Canadian tar sands [3],[4]. The performance featured the White Swan being smeared by an oily substance and suffocated with a cloth. The crowd of opera-lovers were very receptive, greeting the grand finale with applause and cheers. 

BP Portrait Award demo: guests and judges file past faces of the Gulf spill, 14.6.11

Art Not Oil Wed, 15/06/2011 - 1:00am

'On 14 June, guests and judges arriving for the BP Portrait Award ceremony came face to face with portraits of people affected by BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The blowout of the Deepwater Horizon caused the deaths of 11 oil workers and untold, ongoing damage to the people and the environment of the Gulf Coast.

 

Email Tate

Art Not Oil Sat, 16/04/2011 - 1:00am

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Tell Tate to stop taking BP's dirty money!If you’re angry that a much-loved institution like Tate is helping a destructive company like BP greenwash its image, take 2 minutes to email Tate boss Nicholas Serota and ask him to stop taking BP’s dirty money.Just cut and paste the email below (or even better, personalise it with your own views and words) and email it to the Director of Tate, nicholas.serota@tate.org.uk.