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Rocket Man

10/28/2017

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This video work by graphic artist Majid Adin, a refugee from Iran, shows one way that a non-political song can become a protest song. Sometimes it's not just about having earnest lyrics, it's about context - who's singing the song, where they're singing it, who they're singing it to... Who hears. Musically, Elton John's Rocket Man already captures an almost ethereal sense of loss and longing, perfect in its terrible way for the stories of refugees...

The wonderful BBC World Service (so much better then Radio 4's too often bland, bourgeois and these days Brexit-obsessed blather) features Majid Adin talking about his work on the The Cultural Frontline and there's more of his story online. Majid's work is part of  No Turning Back: Seven migration moments that changed Britain which is on at The Workshop in Lambeth, London, until 25th February 2018. A must see.

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