Research Catalog

Title

The struggle for Twyford Down / Jai Redman ; designed and edited by James Brady

Author

Redman, Jai, 1971-

Publication

Wallasay, England : Gaia Project ; Manchester, United Kingdom : Cornerhouse Publications, 2021

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Details

Additional Authors

Brady, James

Description

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations, portrait; 19 cm +

Summary

• The struggle to save Twyford Down (Hampshire, England) from being bulldozed for a motorway became the first and bloodiest battle of Britain's environmental direct action movement. In the summer of 1992, a handful of people came together to camp on the threatened hillside, known locally as The Dongas. The tribe (a temporary commune), who took the same name, obstructed the road builders for many months, until they were violently evicted. However, their land occupation tactics subsequently had a powerful, far-reaching political influence and became a blueprint for eco-activists worldwide. The Twyford Down protests missed the revolution of digital and social media by mere months, and as a consequence, scant evidence remains of the folk art and burgeoning, creative activity on camp. Artist-activist, Jai Redman (b.1971) was an art student in 1992. He was part of the Dongas Tribe and focused on building fortifications, developing resistance tactics, and illustrating propaganda material for the nascent anti-road movement. His more personal reflections were expressed through collages, kept in handmade sketchbooks. Redman's artwork contains a range of influences including Neolithic stone circles and Pagan folk imagery, the Grunge-era graphic design of David Carson, and the work of Anselm Kiefer, Antoni Tàpies, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, and Leonardo da Vinci. The 'Dongas Sketchbook' is a limited edition (of 300) facsimile artist's book including a new essay written by Redman and his archive photos of a rarely seen collection of ephemera (press cuttings, posters, zines, and flyers) from the time.
• The struggle to save Twyford Down (Hampshire, England) from being bulldozed for a motorway became the first and bloodiest battle of Britain?s environmental direct action movement.00In the summer of 1992, a handful of people came together to camp on the threatened hillside, known locally as The Dongas. The tribe (a temporary commune), who took the same name, obstructed the road builders for many months, until they were violently evicted. However, their land occupation tactics subsequently had a powerful, far-reaching political influence and became a blueprint for eco-activists worldwide.00The Twyford Down protests missed the revolution of digital and social media by mere months, and as a consequence, scant evidence remains of the folk art and burgeoning, creative activity on camp.00Artist-activist, Jai Redman (b.1971) was an art student in 1992. He was part of the Dongas Tribe and focused on building fortifications, developing resistance tactics, and illustrating propaganda material for the nascent anti-road movement. His more personal reflections were expressed through collages, kept in handmade sketchbooks.00Redman?s artwork contains a range of influences including Neolithic stone circles and Pagan folk imagery, the Grunge-era graphic design of David Carson, and the work of Anselm Kiefer, Antoni Tàpies, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, and Leonardo da Vinci.00The 'Dongas Sketchbook' is a limited edition (of 300) facsimile artist?s book including a new essay written by Redman and his archive photos of a rarely seen collection of ephemera (press cuttings, posters, zines, and flyers) from the time.

Alternative Title

• Jai Redman : the struggle for Twyford Down
• Dongas sketchbook

Subject

• Redman, Jai, 1971-
• Environmental protection in art
• Art, English
• Collage, English
• England > Hampshire

Genre/Form

Artists' books

Note

• Title from first folded sheet
• Issued with folded strip of text (10 unnumbered pages), and folded strip of illustrations (10 unnumbered pages)

ISBN

• 9780993219283
• 0993219284

OCLC

• on1263760148
• 1263760148
• SCSB-14608320

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries