Jimmy Cauty
A RIOT IN A JAM JAR 15th Anniversary RARITY: SIGNED EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
A RIOT IN A JAM JAR 15th Anniversary RARITY: SIGNED EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
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We have 10 copies of this book from our archives to sell.
Paperback Edition, first published 2011 and now very scarce
A catalogue of all 58 riots in jam jars as exhibited at the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop in June 2011.
144 pages in full colour
23.5 x 29cm
SIGNED by Jimmy Cauty on the title page in black sharpie.
In 2011 we organised an exhibition by Jimmy Cauty called A RIOT IN A JAM JAR. The exhibition featured 58 "riots in jam jars" made from meticulously hand painted and reconfigured 1:87 scale model figures. Click on More Info below to see the exhibition notes written at the time.
To celebrate 15 years since this exhibition we are now making these books and other rare works from the project available to buy. Check listings in the L-13 Rejects and Rarities Dept for these.
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JAMES CAUTY: A RIOT IN A JAM JAR
Exhibition Notes from 2011
A RIOT IN A JAM JAR presents small world re-enactments that depict past and future riots ...reality blurred... all within a jam jar. The jam jars suggest containment... violent disturbances served up in manageable doses like news bulletins... complex situations reduced to mantelpiece ornaments and souvenirs.
In real life riot situations the media searches for action in spotter helicopters and ‘at the scene’ reportage… someone throws a dustbin at a shop window and it’s instantly relayed to the world. The focus is always on the sensational... violence on the TV screen.... tag lines and one liners… This is the currency.
A Riot in a Jam Jar appropriates the mediated and sensational language of our news and communication networks... focusing in
on and amping up situations for instant consumption:
a riot in a jam jar is a snapshot of a spectacular and mediated super-reality
a riot in a jam jar depicts acts of contained and sensationalised violence for the instant gratification of its audience
a riot in a jam jar presents 1:87 scale micro revolutions served up in bite size chunks
a riot in a jam jar is a mantelpiece ornament for the twitter generation
These tiny acts of violence serve as snap shots of a greater and vastly more complex reality.
James Cauty, 2011
