Peace in Our Time
PEACE IN OUR TIME
Artomatic 2004
The title echoes Neville Chamberlain’s proclamation in front of 10 Downing St. on September 30, 1938 after the Munich Conference. He said, “My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time… Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.”
Here Italian Peace (PACE) flags dangle from the ceiling grid while a flag from each of the 192 countries of the world look on. Walking through the gallows, sound becomes quiet, muffled. The hush tells all.
Peace from Every Balcony has been a rallying cry in Italy since the invasion of Iraq and the Pace flags were hung from windows and balconies all over Italy. The first Italian pacifist flag was made at the request of the Italian non-violent leader Aldo Capitini, for the March for Peace Perugia-Assisi, September 24, 1961.
Capitini lost his job in 1932 because he refused to join the fascist party, and became a lifelong peace advocate. The march resulted in the The Italian Consultation for Peace and the Nonviolent Movement for Peace which is still active. The flag was inspired by an anti-nuclear protest led by Bertrand Russell in Aldermaston, GB. In the story of the Flood, God puts the rainbow as a seal of his alliance with humans and nature, promising that will never be another Flood. So the rainbow became the symbol of peace between the Earth and Heaven,and, in consequence of that, among all mankind.
February 16th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
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