Conrad Atkinson Industrial Relations Bill 1971
3 minutes. Collection: Artist
Conrad Atkinson’s film was made in response to the Heath Government’s Bill of 1970, cialis which became an Act in 1971. The Act restricted Trade Union rights, check and led to strikes by dock workers and miners. Here Atkinson’s film is symbolic, ailment and its meaning enigmatic; on other occasions he used film to document specific industrial disputes, such as that at Brannans, a factory in his home town of Cleator Moor. The film is silent.
Biography:
Conrad Atkinson was born in 1940. He studied at Carlisle College of Art, Liverpool College of Art and Royal Academy Schools, London. Atkinson’s work has been characterised by its strong political convictions: Garbage Strike Sigi Krauss Gallery 1970, Strike at Brannans (ICA) 1972, Work, Wages and Prices (ICA) 1974, and his celebrated print A Children’s Story for HM 1978 drawing attention to the continuing Royal Warrant offered to the Distillers Company, makers of the drug Thalidomide. He currently lives and works in the USA.
from: http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/artistsfilm/programme1/work.htm