Exhibition

Vivienne Westwood: Don't Buy A Bomb

8 Apr 2021

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Thursday
20:23 – 20:26

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England, United Kingdom

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  • The nearest bus stops (14, 139, 176, 19, 38, 453) are located on or around Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue and Piccadilly.
  • Charing Cross and Piccadilly Circus are the nearest tube and train stations.
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Vivienne Westwood celebrates her 80th Birthday with CIRCA to present a video message to the world: STOP ARMS TRADE. STOP WAR. STOP CLIMATE CHANGE.

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To mark her 80th Birthday, CIRCA will screen a short film by Vivienne Westwood on London’s iconic Piccadilly Lights screen.

The ten minute film ‘Do Not Buy A Bomb created especially by Westwood, depicts the punk icon performing a rewritten rendition ofWithout You from My Fair Lady. Offering a stark warning of societal indifference to the looming environmental catastrophes, a cry against the arms trade and its link to climate change. Westwood ponders an England without people and challenges audiences to Tell the children the truth. She sings: What a fool I was, what a dominated fool / To think that you were the Earth and the sky…’

Vivienne Westwood, quote: ‘I have a plan 2 save the World. Capitalism is a war economy + war is the biggest polluter, therefore Stop War + change economy 2 fair distribution of wealth at the same time: NO MANS LAND.

Let’s be clear, U + I can’t stop war just like that.  But we can stop arms production + that would halt climate change cc + financial Crash.  Long term this will stop war.

April 8th is my 80th birthday. Please read the Manifesto + Diaries + follow the playing cards 2 find out how life changing the new economy will be.  Read over + again 2 realize how simple + radical the plan is, then U will change your pattern of life + by talking U will support me in the fight. One day soon U will say the right thing 2 the right person at the right time  make a difference.  Put this in your features + columns, + on social media - as journalists U could become activists. I have always combined fashion with activism: the one helps the other.  Maybe fashion can Stop War.

‘Buy Less Choose Well Make it Last   

Follow me on climaterevolution.co.uk.   Get a life!.

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is a UK-based organisation working to end the international arms trade. We support CAAT: caat.org.uk

A special limited-edition print titled ‘Do Not Buy A Bomb’ created especially by Vivienne Westwood in support of the #CIRCAECONOMY is available to buy for £100 (excl.VAT for UK customers) on the CIRCA website until 8 May 2021.

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Josef O'Connor

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Vivienne Westwood

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