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Oil City on Resonance FM
Resonance FM’s Clear Spot on Friday 21st June 2013 hosted artists part of of ArtsAdmin’s Two Degrees festival, including Mel Evans and Sam Rowe who were talking about Platform’s site-specific theatre piece Oil City. Listen to the full show here:
3 Jul 2013 admin -
Oil City by Platform – Trailer
Oil City was a new work made by Platform. A piece of site-specific immersive theatre, that took audiences deep into the underbelly of London’s oil economy. Watch the trailer below, or visit oilcity.org.uk to explore the world of the story in London and Calgary. Oil City was commissioned by Artsadmin as part of its Two…
3 Jul 2013 admin -
Oil City – the interactive maps
As part of Platform’s project ‘Oil City’, we launched a set of three interactive maps ideal for use on a smartphone to explore on location in London and Calgary. Or alternatively you can look into the real world of the ‘Oil City’ story via the maps from anywhere in the world. The three maps, of…
27 May 2013 admin -
Sticky future of Arctic oil – talk at Visionary Arctic seminar
Nearly one and a half years ago, we went on an incredible journey to Kirkenes in the North of Norway, on the invitation of Pikene på Broen (Women on the Bridge), organisers of the annual regional Barents Spektakel arts festival. For the 2013 festival Pikene invited us to speak at their Visionary Arctic seminar, amongst a…
8 Feb 2013 admin -
The Oil Road on Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle bring The Oil Road to life with sound and music. Words provided by Platform’s Anna Galkina and James Marriott.
3 Dec 2012 admin -
Predator elites, BP and The Oil Road on BBC Newshour
Mika Minio-Paluello discusses “The Oil Road – A Journey from the Caspian Sea to the City of London” on BBC Newshour from the BBC studio in Cairo. The conversation explores how BP is disrupting lives along the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, and how predator elites in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey collude with the corporations to maximise profits.…
17 Oct 2012 admin -
Paul Mason discusses #TheOilRoad at the LRB Bookshop
On 4 October 2012, Newsnight economics editor, Paul Mason, was supposed to join Platform to discuss The Oil Road: Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London at the LRB Bookshop. Unfortunately, Paul was called away at the last minute for filming, so he kindly made a pre-record of himself discussing some of…
5 Oct 2012 admin -
Tales of Transition
James Marriott talks about Platform’s new book The Oil Road in advance of the Transition Network Conference taking place at Battersea Arts Centre. James will be inspiring people with stories of his travels from the oil fields of the Caspian to the refineries and financial centres of Northern Europe. He will also consider how we…
13 Sep 2012 admin -
Egyptian perspectives on the EBRD
As the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development gets set to invest in Egypt following the ousting of former President Mubarek, this video presents views from the streets of Cairo and Tahrir square about the EBRD’s investment priorities. The video, which was commissioned by Platform and CEE Bankwatch highlights the strong sentiments against the widespread…
28 May 2012 admin
