Carnage on streets of Exeter

Mary Youlden
Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 11:33am

The fine city of Exeter has never witnessed such devastating scenes of destruction and chaos. So it will come as great comfort to citizens to learn that it is on an incredibly small scale - 1:87 to be precise - and safely contained within a 40ft shipping container, as part of a surreal model village experience visiting the city.

The Aftermath Dislocation Principle (ADP) is a post-riot landscape created in miniature by acclaimed artist Jimmy Cauty - co-creator of chart-topping band The KLF and its subsequent, million pound-burning arts incarnation The K Foundation.

Following the ADP's critically-acclaimed appearance at Banksy's Dismaland last summer, the installation has taken to the road, re-housed in a specially converted shipping container, which will open its doors to visitors across the UK, at the sites of historic riots.

The AdpRiotTour hits Piazza Terracina, Exeter from 9th – 15th May 2016, hosted by Art Week Exeter (AWE).

It showcases a vast diorama detailing the aftermath of a major disturbance - which Exeter last experienced in The Bread Riots of 1854, when women and children took to the city’s streets, only to be met by the army and police.

Far from inciting another riot, the event's organisers hope the experience will be a peaceful and thought-provoking one, with the only real disturbance being the constant chatter of miniature police radios, dotted all over the exhibit.

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