Democracy and Photography in the Age of Big Brother
At 11Am, on the date of his birthday, June 25, you are invited to join the directors of the Surveillance Mirror project (http://www.flickr.com/groups/surveillancemirror/) in a visit to the Oxfordshire grave of Eric Blair, whose alter ego, George Orwell, was immortalised as the author of 1984. This will be followed by a discussion at a pub nearby of Orwell's predictions of a surveillance society where liberty is constrained by a politics of fear and perpetual wars overseas.
Please join us and a group of photographers, commentators, and Orwell experts for a democratic debate about public space, surveillance, and the place of photographers at the end of the Blair age of Big Brother. The event will be recorded for podcast.
DIRECTIONS
Sutton Courtenay is approximately 10 miles south of Oxford and 19 miles North of Newbury. Travel south from Oxford on the A34 or the A4074 and the village is sign posted near Abingdon. Travel north from Newbury on the A34 and it is sign posted right at Milton.
The postcode for the Vicarage in Sutton Courtenay is OX14 4BD
The grid reference is SU503940
And the Lat/Long is:
Lat: 51:38:33N (51.64263)
Lon: 1:16:27W (-1.2742)
The nearest train station is 1.27 miles away at Appleford
After visiting Eric Blair's grave we shall make our way to a local pub called The George and Dragon 01235 8481424 on Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, OX14 4NJ
They have a beer garden and serve lunch, ordered from 12-2pm
Should you wish to go and need a lift please hook up and discuss on the flikr group forum.. http://www.flickr.com/groups/surveillancemirror/
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