On the days that Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown both appear to be – or have been insinuated to be – wearing purple ties in support of the www.takebackparliament.com movement,
Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown wearing purple
Take Back Parliament protest
I am full to bursting with hope for this countries future, and yet thoroughly overwhelmed with a pessimistic feeling that the two old parties will somehow negotiate the prolonging of this dreadful system. This Saturday’s demo in Parliament Square hopes to counter the status quo with vocal proclamations of the rotten core of our parliamentary system.
I am heartily and enthusiastically socialist in my political outlook, but the sound bites from both left and right sound solidly like the backtracking of party’s fearful of never again having total power thrust upon them by a cheated electorate. It seems to me that this election has managed to negotiate the pitfalls of First Past the Post, and announced our countries readiness for fair representation: democracy. I would rather see a country run representatively of its constituents than pandering to 30% of it for four years at a time.
As such, let me enthusiastically back the purple campaign with a few purple highlights from my cultural outlook.
Rothko Chapel, Houston, TX
1. Mark Rothko’s Chapel at the Menil Foundation in Houston sets itself as “a sacred space open to all, dedicated to art, spirituality and human rights” without pandering to specified religions, political agendas, grand narratives or personalised manifestos contained within the binaries of good and bad. Here, abstract art possesses a significance removed from things and ideas, and the monotone purple swathes appear calming, understanding, all consuming and beautiful.
2. Avey Tare of Animal Collective uses purple in this beautiful analogical reading of the power love. Colour stands in for and represents emotion where words fall short. Emotive response to sensory stimulation appears a more vital way of capturing the spirit that mundane linguistic failings. “I’ve got a coat of feelings and they are loud”, he sings, and might we all sit back and let that sink in joyously.
3. His Purple Majesty’s devotion to the colour is seemingly mysterious and unexplained, as are the actions of the great little man himself, but in this his signature piece, the colour’s ambivalence could mean just about anything and wonderfully so.
http://smokelessfuels.blogspot.com/2008/12/joker-purple-wow-sound-mix.html
4. Joker is the new dubstep king, a kid from Bristol following in his southwestern forefathers footsteps by stepping out of clichés and producing incredibly stirring and exciting noises. In this mix, the Purple Wow Mix (best name ever) every good noise in the dance canon is employed to its full potential. Essential listening.
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