"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace" Jimi Hendrix
Presentation: Pink Tank by Marianne Jørgensen, Aarhus, Denmark. This installation is not a part of the Pink Army, but somehow related to it as they are both a protest aganist the war. The tank was shown in â€Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center“ (Copenhagen, Denmark) as part of the exhibition “TIME†from April 27 - June 4, 2006.The artist Marianne Jørgensen used a combat tank which was used in World War II. It was the setting for this work of art, as a protest against the Danish (USA..s, UK..s) involvement in the war in Iraq the tank was covered from the canon to the caterpillar tracks with knitted and crocheted squares made with pink yarn.The pink covering consists of more than a 4000 pink squares- 15 x 15 centimetres – knitted by volunteers from Denmark, the UK , USA and several other countries. People were invited through Cast Off Knitting Club, from friend to friend either by word of mouth or over the internet. The physical and personal acknowledgement in all of these knitted patches are, when joined together, a powerful visualization of thoughtfulness. The main impression of the knitted tank is that it consists of hundreds of patches knitted by many different people in different ways: single colored, stripes with bows or hearts, loosely knitted, closely knitted, various knitted patterns, ….. They represent a common acknowledgement of a resistance to the war in Iraq.The tank was placed in front of the Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center in the heart of Copenhagen. There were 4-5 permanent volunteers sewing the squares together to cover the tank and many of the people that passed by also helped sew and crochet the pieces together.The common element in the project gives importance beyond words. Unsimilar to a war, knitting signals home, care, closeness and time for reflection. Ever since Denmark became involved in the war in Iraq Marianne Jørgensen has made different variations of pink tanks, and she intend to keep doing that, until the war ends. For her, the tank is a symbol of stepping over other people’s borders. When it is covered in pink, it becomes completely unarmed and it loses it’s authority. Pink becomes a contrast in both material and color when combined with the tank.OPERATION BLODBØG: søndag d.8/6 2008 af Scarlett Pinkgomery Blodbøgen pÃ¥ Randersvej ved Kastaniegade blev plantet i 1898 af gartner Jens Lassen Faurschou efter sigende til minde om general Rye og Rytterfægtningen ved Ã…rhus, der fandt sted den 31. maj 1849 der, hvor Stjernepladsen ligger. Mange blev dræbt ved dette slag, der var en del af tre-Ã¥rskrigen, og det er selvfølgelig ikke unden grund at gartneren valgte en blodbøg til minde om de faldne krigere. Dette træ, der er et af de smukkeste træer i Ã…rhus, stÃ¥r nu som et stolt fredssymbol, men desværre er det truet af fældning pÃ¥ grund af udvidelse af Randersvej til letbane.d 8. juni kl. 14.00 invaderede Pink Army Aarhus Artillery arealet rundt omkring træet for endnu engang - og som sÃ¥ mange andre - at gøre opmærksom pÃ¥ træets værd og historie. Pink Army Aarhus Artillery opfordrer hermed ogsÃ¥ andre til at skabe events omkring træet for at give deres mening til kende. Arrangement: Scarlett Pinkgomery.
Noa and Cheb Khaled Cover Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ as Arab-Israeli Peace Anthem: Tikun Olam-תקון עול×: Make the World a Better Place. The Israeli megastar, Noa joined with Algerian rai star, Khaled, to cover John Lennon’s Imagine (hear it). For this occasion, the Israeli and Algerian musicians wrote a new verse for the song, which responds specifically to the Israeli-Arab conflict.Kate Bush: "Army Dreamers" was released on 22 September 1980. The song is about the effects of war and about a mother who grieves for her young son, who was killed on military maneuvers. Saddened by his unnecessary death, she wrestles with her guilt over what she could have done to prevent it.The Greatest Anti-war/Peace Song by the Deepest Living Voice
"Let The People Build What They Will" by Impossible Shapes The Indian based band Impossible Shapes reminds us in audio and visual mediums that you shouldn't trust the government, because then they build atomic weapons and try to brainwash soldiers. Their music video is made entirely of cool old footage from 50s nuclear test sites.Notorious H.I.T. Make Rap not War.
Lili Marlen: From the 2. world war. Unfortunately nothing has changed since then. Racism and war is still going strong all over the world - but hopefully one day all war will come to an end!!
Declaration monday 3/24 2008: Stop all wars in the world within a week. If our demands are not met the Pink Army - Århus ARTillery will take action and invade all legitimate targets in Århus and the surrounding area - military, public and private targets - even public toilets will receive our affection. We will not take any captives but will show no mercy before our goal is achieved.1. Invasion in Aarhus: Wednesday 2. April 2008 - Pink Army Aarhus artillery invaded the Town Hall when the town councillor had an important meeting! (Read more in BLOGS)2. Invasion in Aarhus: Wednesday 9. April 2008. Because of Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark 9. April 1940 Pink Army Aarhus ARTillery invaded the Occupation Museum in Aarhus. (Read more in BLOGS).3. Invasion in aarhus: OPERATION PINK DAISY In connection to the 68th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe the II - 16th of April 2008 - Pink Army Aarhus and Copenhagen decided to protect Her Majesty, against war and disturbance on a day that must remain a celebration. (Read more in BLOGS)4.Invasion in Aarhus: Operation Shakespaere. 23. April is the anniversary day of William Shakespeare who said that “Something is still rotten in the state of Denmark†in "Hamlet". Nothing has changed - something is still rotten as Denmark take part in wars. Therefore Aarhus Artillery invated the square of peace - Fredens Torv (Read more in BLOGS).5. Invasion. Aarhus Aarhus ARTillery used the opportunity at 1. maj to spread some flyers about peace. (Read more in BLOGS)Invasion 6: In occasion of the Danish Liberation from Nazi-Germany the 4. -5. May 1945, The Pink Army Aarhus ARTillery made themselves some happy nests in a flowering Japanese Cherry trees in Mindeparken (The Park of memories). Pink Army found the red –or pink- thread on a bench in the World War I monument that leaded us through history from one world war to another. (Read more in BLOGS) 7. Invasion in Aarhus: Pink Army Aarhus ARTillery invades on the 13. May the "Old Town", a open-air museum and the biggest (and some say only) tourist attraction in Aarhus. The invading forces were adjusted to the target: medieval --fantasy- warriors, horses and a huge pink dragon. And made it distinct that war not is a modern invention but an old history. Is there any hope that mankind can learn of the past? (Read more in BLOGS) 8. invasion 24. - 25 may. The vikings revived in the old viking city Aros (Aarhus) In fact the majority of the vikings were peacefull and harmless farmers, hunters and traders dealing with the muslim world and other countries and people around the world. 9.invasion. 5.juni is the Danish Constitution Day and Daddys day. Therefore Pink Army Aarhus ARTillery has demanded a new section in the danish constitution which excuse all fathers, grandfathers and stepfathers for military service of any kind. The Danish Constitution is based on the idea of a three diveded positions of power: legislative branch makes the laws, the executive branch executes the laws and the judicial branch interprets the laws. For that reason Pink Army Aarhus ARTillery invaded The Town Hall, The Police station and the Court House. A tribute to the ideology behind the flower Power movement. Flower power was a slogan used by hippies during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of non-violence ideology. It is rooted in opposition to the Vietnam War. Flower Power also celebrated symbolic action such as giving flowers to policemen and putting flowers into the barrels of ROTC rifles. Flower Power is maybe something that belongs to history, but the non-violence and non war ideology is an actual wish (wiki).