55 FUNERALS
17 APRIL 2013
COMMEMORATIVE
SPECIAL EDITION
Vacuum Days
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF
THE FREE MARKET
MOURNERS IN THE COLOURS
OF TOXTETH
MUSIC IN THE KEY OF SPITE
NO FLOWERS
THE ROUTE OF THE
FUNERAL PROCESSION
SPELLING OUT THE PHRASE
“THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SOCIETY”
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE
OF THE MINIMUM WAGE
MOURNERS IN THE
COLOURS OF PORT STANLEY
MUSIC IN THE STYLE
OF INDIFFERENCE
NO FLOWERS
THE ROUTE OF THE
FUNERAL PROCESSION
SPELLING OUT THE PHRASE
“I OWE NOTHING TO WOMEN’S LIB”
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF POVERTY
MOURNERS IN THE COLOURS OF GLASGOW
MUSIC IN THE KEY OF GREED
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF NOSTALGIA
MOURNERS IN THE COLOURS OF SHAME
MUSIC IN THE KEY OF DEREGULATION
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF ORGREAVE
MOURNERS IN THE COLOUR OF BLAME
MUSIC IN THE KEY OF CALLOUSNESS
NO FLOWERS
THE ROUTE OF THE
FUNERAL PROCESSION
SPELLING OUT THE PHRASE
“THE RIGHT TO BUY”
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF SUICIDE
MOURNERS IN THE FORM OF TRIDENT
MUSIC IN THE KEY OF APOCALYPSE
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF HOMELESSNESS
MOURNERS IN THE FORM OF DISGRACE
MUSIC IN THE KEY OF CONFORMITY
NO FLOWERS
THE ROUTE OF THE
FUNERAL PROCESSION
SPELLING OUT THE PHRASE
“ECONOMICS ARE THE METHOD;
THE OBJECT IS TO CHANGE THE
HEART AND SOUL”
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF BROKEN PEOPLE
MOURNERS IN THE FORM OF COAL DUST
MUSIC IN THE KEY OF EMPHYSEMA
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF PRIVILEGE
MOURNERS IN THE FORM OF
THE POLL TAX
MUSIC IN THE KEY OF
PRIVATISED HEALTHCARE
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF THE
ENEMY WITHIN
GRAVESIDE ORATIONS IN
MURDOCH LANGUAGE
MUSIC IN THE RHYTHM OF WAR
NO FLOWERS
THE ROUTE OF THE
FUNERAL PROCESSION
SPELLING OUT THE PHRASE
“MAKING BRITAIN GREAT AGAIN”
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF THE POLL TAX
MOURNERS IN THE COLOURS
OF SHIVERING
MUSIC IN THE KEY OF RIOT
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF THE H-BLOCKS
MOURNERS IN THE FORM
OF BARBED WIRE
MUSIC IN THE KEY OF NIGHTMARES
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF A
GROCER’S SHOP
MOURNERS IN THE COLOURS
OF RUPTURE
MUSIC IN THE KEY OF DIVISION
NO FLOWERS
THE ROUTE OF THE
FUNERAL PROCESSION
SPELLING OUT THE PHRASE
“TO CURE THE BRITISH DISEASE WITH
SOCIALISM WAS LIKE TRYING TO CURE
LEUKEMIA WITH LEECHES”
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN
THE FORM OF A NORTH/SOUTH DIVIDE
MOURNERS IN
THE FORM OF STARVATION
MUSIC IN
THE KEY OF ICE
NO FLOWERS
THE ROUTE OF THE
FUNERAL PROCESSION
SPELLING OUT THE WORDS
“MONETARISM, MONETARISM,
MONETARISM”
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN
THE FORM OF INSANITY
MOURNERS IN
THE COLOURS OF BRIXTON
MUSIC IN
THE KEY OF TRUNCHEON
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN
THE SHAPE OF AN ENTERPRISE ZONE
MOURNERS IN
THE FORM OF CRUISE MISSILES
MUSIC IN
THE KEY OF PINOCHET
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF THE
GRAND HOTEL BRIGHTON
MOURNERS IN
THE COLOUR OF DUST
MUSIC IN THE KEY
OF DECLINE
NO FLOWERS
THE ROUTE OF THE
FUNERAL PROCESSION
SPELLING OUT THE PHRASE
“A MAN MAY CLIMB EVEREST FOR
HIMSELF, BUT AT THE SUMMIT HE
PLANTS HIS COUNTRY’S FLAG”
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN
THE SHAPE OF BAD MEMORY
MOURNERS IN
THE COLOURS OF HUNGER STRIKE
MUSIC IN
THE KEY OF LOW TAXES
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN
THE SHAPE OF
THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
MOURNERS IN A SHADE OF
GOOSE GREEN
MUSIC IN THE KEY
OF GREED
NO FLOWERS
THE ROUTE OF THE
FUNERAL PROCESSION
SPELLING OUT THE PHRASE
“FEMINISM IS POISON”
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN
THE SHAPE OF EMPIRE NOSTALGIA
MOURNERS IN
THE COLOURS OF HATE
MUSIC IN
THE RHYTHM OF RIOT SHIELD
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN
THE SHAPE OF SOLD OFF UTILITIES
MOURNERS IN
THE COLOURS OF MOSS SIDE
MUSIC IN
THE RHYTHM OF PRIVATISATION
NO FLOWERS
THE ROUTE OF THE
FUNERAL PROCESSION
SPELLING OUT THE PHRASE
“THE LADY’S NOT FOR RETURNING”
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN
THE SHAPE OF A PICKETLINE
MOURNERS IN
THE COLOURS OF EURO-ISOLATION
MUSIC IN
THE RHYTHM OF SHAMBLES
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN
THE SHAPE OF A TWINSET & PEARLS
MOURNERS IN
THE FORM OF FORGETTING
MUSIC IN
THE RHYTHM OF ICE
NO FLOWERS
MONEY AS A MEASURE OF VIRTUE
NO FLOWERS
MOURNERS IN
THE COLOURS OF HANDSWORTH
NO FLOWERS
MOURNERS IN THE FORM
OF ROUGH SLEEPERS
NO FLOWERS
XENOPHOBIC NOSTALGIA
NO FLOWERS
VOICE LIKE BLACKBOARD
& FINGERNAILS
NO FLOWERS
GREENGROCER NIGHTMARE
NO FLOWERS
CLASS WAR COMPLEXION
NO FLOWERS
DEAD MADNESS EYES
NO FLOWERS
SKIN THE COLOUR OF SNATCHED MILK
NO FLOWERS
SKIN THE COLOUR OF RUTHLESSNESS
NO FLOWERS
SKIN THE COLOUR OF OUTSOURCING
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE FORM OF A BLACK HOLE
NO FLOWERS
MUSIC IN THE KEY OF PETROL BOMB
NO FLOWERS
MUSIC IN THE SOUND OF CURSE
NO FLOWERS
MOURNERS IN THE COLOURS OF AVARICE
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF COLD WAR
NO FLOWERS
MOURNERS IN THE GESTURE
OF TURNED BACKS
NO FLOWERS
SPEECHES IN THE GRANTHAM STYLE
NO FLOWERS
SPEECHES IN THE IRON STYLE
NO FLOWERS
SPEECHES IN THE TOXIC STYLE
NO FLOWERS
COFFIN IN THE SHAPE OF FAKE FREEDOM
NO FLOWERS
CLOCKS STOPPED
A Project by Tim Etchells
www.vacuumdays.com
Amazing interpretation of this event. Raw, real and relevant; realistic reminiscences ride roughshod over rites redolent of royalty. Goosebump inducing.
Comment by Roger Wright on 18 April, 2013 at 9:53 am