During the last 3 weeks, as eack week does indeed seem to present a new international disaster, Gilliam Studios has focused on producing mixed media prints in support of the prisoner Leyla Farzadi of Iran who was arrested unlawfully during the protests following the national elections.
This is a very special moment in this phase as the outfit is primarily focused on abstract productions, of all kinds. This shift towards a political expression using art is a very new development.
Gilliam Studios would like urge anyone interested in the work of Amnesty International to not only get involved in the traditional way of writing letters in support of prisoners of conscience but to also branch outwards and explore new mediums to alert people in the everyday public that those protesting in Iran in a peaceful manner should be unbndingly supported. Not only within their country but also internationally. This means writers, artists, singers, philosophers and anyone who has a voice and a network to send a message. Freedom of expression is one of the most important things that exists in the ( extremely misunderstood ) human condition and Leyla Farzadi (s) voice must be fortified.
Here is a brief introduction to Gilliam Studios.
Gilliam Studios was set up in Toronto in 1994 by artist Luke Gilliam providing audio and video installations to the film and music industries.
Gilliam Studios is now based just outside of Bristol in the United Kingdom and focuses primarily on installations, mixed media production, graphic design, new media and literature, and most importantly a vehicle to present media that fortifies the underpinnings of freedom of expression in music and art as it pertains to a congested social conditioning and a pretext that is drowned out by outdated policy and false products that subtract from tangible creative energy.
The key inspirations for this platform come from the mastermind free thinking international artists Michael Snow, Bruno Tocanne, Adam Daudrich, Quinsin Nachoff, Lionel Martin and Benoit Keller. All of whom long been recognised in their fields of music and visual arts.
The majority of work for Gilliam Studios can be seen on the artreview website at:
www.artreview.com/profile/lukegilliam
lukegilliammusic at yahoo dot co dot uk
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For those artists, writers, and students who are not familiar with my work. My work is almost never political. After the protests in Iran on june 17th I spoke to a friend at Amnesty International who inspired me with her words. I researched the protests and wrote a letter to the head of the judiciary in tehran, a city that should have been a part of the free thinking world a long time ago. I used a form of pressurised language to notify the people at the head of the judiciary, specifically Ayatollah Sharoudi that the arrest of Doctor Leyla Farzadi is an act of misconduct.
An act of misconduct – in my book – has nothing to do with law, the united nations, regulations, planet earth, or the ‘supposed’ human phenomenon (or non phenomenon). An act of misconduct, within the realm of universal phenomena (sorry is that ‘ phenomen[i] ‘ – what langauge are we , or are we not speaking these days [?]) has nothing to do with earth. It is a basic concept that is registered somewhere else. When it occurs on earth it makes zero difference. The basic underlying principal is the same. It is a breach of the code and has very long lasting implications. A disintegration, or termination, of freedom of expression is an act of misconduct. Anyone who comes from my background in improvised music and mixed media artwork will understand this basic principal.
This article is itself of a case study. It is a case study of both mixed media expression and the presentation to the public that art has the power to renew and to fortify the voice of those beings who are here to fight for freedom of expression. Thereby the voice of Leyla Farzadi for me is the same as the voice of Bruno Tocanne from France, it is the voice of the resistance. It is the only voice. With or without Leyla, and with or without me, this voice has significance. For some now know that importance does not exist. In this way we can only work with what is significant.
I hope this explanation will help to clarify not only what these images are but a bit about why the creator has made them.
This is a message from Gilliam Studios
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( taken from the arteview website )
