In Their Own Words
"The main idea that interests me is that of people being in exile in their own country - the feeling of not belonging, of being surplus to requirements, unwanted. And it's about the way we exile others by refusing to recognize their humanity. So who are the Jews and what is the Promised Land? My best guess is that the Promised Land is when we choose to love rather than demonise each other. It's not that hard."
Penny Woolcock
http://www.channel4.com/fourdocs/articles/penny_int.html
"Exodus Day on Saturday 30 September takes place in Margate's town centre, at the Winter Gardens, along the Seawall, through the streets and in the Dreamland funfair. The day opens with Pharaoh's impassioned election victory speech and ends with an epilogue of fire and water on the coastal path. High above Dreamland towers Antony Gormley's ominous Waste Man, a giant combustible thrift store sculpture, standing 25 metres tall. Filled with the collective detritus of consumer society and hand built by the local community using abseilers and pulley systems, Waste Man signals a decisive turning point in the Exodus story and an enduring beacon for Exodus Day."
Press Release
http://www.artangel.org.uk/adminImages/pressDownload/THEMAR.pdf
