Y T R A P E FRE SCENE UK
a sketch
ALAN LODGE
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fter sensational coverage in the tabloids, culminating in a particularly large rave at Castlemorton in May 1992, the government acted on what was depicted as a growing menace. New law was passed, the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 which contained several sections designed to suppress the growing free party and Reclaim the Streets enviro movements and travellers. By the early 2000s, the term “rave” had fallen out of favour among some people in the electronic dance music community, particularly in Europe. Many Europeans identify themselves as “clubbers” rather than ravers. The term ‘Free Party’ has been used for sometime. It tried to disconnect events from big commercial gigs of the early nineties to a more anarchist version of a party. All built on the earlier ‘Free Festival’ scene.
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Drawing on Free Parties Clubbing and tings YouTube Video :
https://youtu.be/L5Q2ZkI90AA
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hotographer covering social, political and environmental issues and actions. Work has been produced for publication, galleries, digital and slide projections at events and presented at large scale in public space. Moving beyond photography, he has experimented with mixed media involving printed text and projected imagery. A post-graduate of Nottingham Trent University with an MA degree in Photography, Lodge specialised in issues surrounding representation, presenting himself in print and audio-visual format. A member of the National Union of Journalists, he is a documentary photographer, a photo-journalist and ‘storyteller’ always on the lookout to cover the different strands of related issues.
E: alan@alanlodge.co.uk W: http://alanlodge.co.uk Copyright © Alan Lodge 2021 Nottingham. UK
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