SILENT PROTEST

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Yesterday the former Bill Drummond received an email from a John Roberts asking why the Silent Protest pack of cards were not included in FOOT NOTE.

The former Bill Drummond did not have an answer for this John Roberts

In reality...

The former Bill Drummond had forgotten that the Silent Protest pack of cards had ever existed.

But his then future wife had a pack of them. This pack of cards being the only thing she has of his, other than his washing and Indian visa details.

So...

This morning, he took the pack and photographed each of them on his dining room table.

And...

The former Bill Drummond thought the one of each of the Silent protest cards should appear on each of the 52 Thursdays contained within FOOT NOTE. To do this would require an element of back dating as the first of the Thursdays for FOOT NOTE has already slipped out the door.

The former Bill Drummond then realised he had no idea when these Silent Protest cards were published or what instigated their publication. He found some stuff on the internet that implied it might have been in 2002, and they were created and published as some sort of reaction to some war somewhere.

Was this another case of ‘white saviour complex’? Or even worse – The Artists wanting to whitewash their vanity by proclaiming this to be something called Activism. Just like your local Billionaire indulges in being philanthropist.

Anyway...

The former Bill Drummond can’t hide the fact that he did these Silent Protest Cards, even though they were not going to stop one bullet being fired at the same time as he might get some media coverage for doing them.

Anyway...

These are the photos of the box they came in. You might be able to read the blurb on them...

If not, we will instruct the former Bill Drummond to do a SPOKE version for you click on.

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