This is the closing event in the Going West Writers and Book Festival 2009 organised by the Waitakere City Council. The festival blurb says:

“As New Zealanders we’re rightly proud of our ‘no nukes’ stance. Some of our leading artists hugely influenced our consciousness of the nuclear issues that have come to shape our national identity. This year we close the festival with a celebration of some of their anti-nuclear work.

“First performed in Paris in 1981, Pacific 3,2,1, Zero by percussion performance group From Scratch, is a protest against nuclear testing and waste dumping in the South Pacific. A film of the work was made in collaboration with award-winning director Gregor Nicholas in 1994, and went on to win the Grand Prix at the Cannes/Midem Visual Music Awards.

“We’re delighted to be screening Gregor’s recently digitally remastered version, with an introduction by Phil Dadson, founder of From Scratch. Geoff Chapple, writer and also one of the original From Scratch members, will introduce us to ‘Blast! Pat Hanly – the painter and his protests’. ‘Blast!’ was written by Trish Gribben to introduce children to Pat Hanly’s anti-nuclear works.”

Presented By

• Philip Dadson

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