Whose Streets? Brighton protests from the Argus Archive
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About the exhibitionBrighton has a rich history as a contested political space. Exploring the Argus archives, curators of the Brighton Photo Biennial 2012 (BPB12) have worked with Argus photojournalists to select compelling images from more than 40 years of local protests. Displayed around the city and in what is now known as Brighton's cultural quarter, in partnership with The Basement, the selection teases out recurrent concerns for residents and visitors to the city through pictures of CND marches, student sit-ins, opposition to fascist demonstrations, protests against tax avoidance and resistance to cuts to education funding. Here, we have collated all the images together and are inviting you to not only browse them, but also to add your memories of the protests in question. MapClick on the image below for a map showing the location of all the protests featured in the pictures.
About the photographersSadly, some of the photographs from our archive are missing details, including the photographer in a few cases. However, many of them were taken by Argus chief photographer, Simon Dack, who has been working for the paper since 1982, and who selected the images for the exhibition. He said: "It makes sense to put them back on the streets rather than on gallery walls. "There will be light boxes in Jubilee Square with the pictures and posters showing arguments about local issues – from Smash EDO protests to the building of The Amex stadium at Falmer – on display in various locations."
Argus chief photographer Simon Dack covering a protest in September 2009. Picture by photovirgin (Les Thomson) from Flickr.About the Brighton Photo Biennial 2012Click here for an article about the 2012 Biennial.Click here for the Brighton Photo Biennial website. Your protest voice
We want you to add your recollections of these demonstrations. Please leave a comment if you remember the protest, or can fill in any of the gaps as to what was going on. We would also love to publish any pictures or videos you have of these protests. You can use any of these methods:
| The picturesStop the cuts student protest, 2011
Students occupy the Brighton University gallery in Grand Parade as part of the Stop the Cuts student protest. December 2011. Nalgo protest, 1991
4:53pm Wednesday 3rd October 2012 National Association of Local Government Officers protest outside Brighton Town Hall, 1991. Snowy anti-benefits cuts student march, 1986
4:45pm Wednesday 3rd October 2012 Snowy student march across The Level, Brighton, 1986. Education cuts march, 2010
4:37pm Wednesday 3rd October 2012 More than a thousand students march through Brighton, stage sit down protests and break into council buildings in protest against the proposed cutbacks in education funding. November 24, 2010. UK Uncut protests, 2011
4:29pm Wednesday 3rd October 2012 UK Uncut protesters at Topshop, Western Road, Brighton invade the store and superglue themselves to the windows. October 2011. Anti-cuts student protest, 2006
4:24pm Wednesday 3rd October 2012 University of Sussex Vice Chancellor Alasdair Smith walks through a crowd of students to attend a meeting about the future of the chemistry department and 45 job academic job losses. March 2006. More pictures |
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