{"id":33660,"date":"2016-07-05T17:32:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T15:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=33660"},"modified":"2016-07-05T17:32:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T15:32:06","slug":"jeremy-deller-performance-somme-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeremy-deller-performance-somme-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Deller Stages Massive Public Performance Across UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Were-Here-Glasgow.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Deller We're Here because We're Here\" width=\"1516\" height=\"1000\" \/> Glasgow Central Station, Image Courtesy of 14-18 Now<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">\n<p class=\"Body\">Jeremy Deller\u2019s stunned British city dwellers with his \u201ccontemporary memorial\u201d composed of 1,500 men roaming UK towns dressed as world war one soldiers. Entitled \u201cWe\u2019re here because we\u2019re here\u201d, and created in collaboration with Rufus Norris, Director of the National Youth Theatre, the intervention took place on 1 July in remembrance of the Battle of the Somme. The battle, which began on 1 July 1916 was one of the bloodiest of WW1, killing 1,500 men on the first day alone. The project might have paid tribute to bygone age, though in the current climate of deep political and social division in the UK this couldn\u2019t have been a more fitting history lesson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">The 2004 Turner Prize-winner Jeremy Deller intended for the memorial to be unpredictable and inclusive, and the participants to take the work directly to the public. Commissioned by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1418now.org.uk\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\"> 14-18 Now<\/a>, the performance involved the \u201csoldiers\u201d seating, standing, walking, and sometimes singing the tune that those in the actual battle sang when in the trenches at Somme. Though when approached, their only reaction was to show a white card displaying the name, rank, battalion, and regiment of a real soldier, who\u2019d died at the Somme on that same day. Deller\u2019s moving and eerie project had an incredible impact throughout the day with people, including comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dawn_French\/status\/748806885927596032\" target=\"_blank\">Dawn French<\/a>, spreading #wearehere on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Were-Here-Newcastle.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Deller We're Here because We're Here\" width=\"1500\" height=\"958\" \/> Newcastle, Image Courtesy of 14-18 Now<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Deller\u2019s &#8216;ghost soldiers&#8217; worked as a chilling reminder of the horrors of war<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11856,139],"tags":[4928,4929,2690,4930,4931,3623,4932,4933],"class_list":["post-33660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleek-art","category-art","tag-14-18-now","tag-battle-of-the-somme","tag-jeremy-deller","tag-rufus-norris","tag-the-national-youth-theatre","tag-turner-prize","tag-uk","tag-were-here-because-were-here"],"acf":{"main_category":null,"legacy":"1","exclude_from_ads":null,"hero_title":null,"subtitle":null,"hero":null,"teasers":null,"facebook_image":null,"related_articles":null,"next_article":null,"sleek_card_focus":null,"content":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jeremy Deller Stages Massive Public Performance Across UK Jeremy Deller Stages Massive Public Performance Across UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeremy-deller-performance-somme-uk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jeremy Deller Stages Massive Public Performance Across UK Jeremy Deller Stages Massive Public Performance Across UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Deller\u2019s &#039;ghost soldiers&#039; worked as a chilling reminder of the horrors of war\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeremy-deller-performance-somme-uk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-05T15:32:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sleek\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1\u00a0Minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. 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