Warrior Nation
Welcome to Warrior Nation, the UK's only podcast offering a critical lens on the British military and its relationship with civil society. The podcast is produced by ForcesWatch, an organisation dedicated to investigating militarisation and military ethics. From the brutality of basic training, to predatory recruitment practices and lobbying, we expose and challenge unaccountable military power.
Warrior Nation
Art and activism: satirising military propaganda - with Darren Cullen
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Season 1
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Episode 4
We talk to satirical artist Darren Cullen about what led him away from a career in advertising and into a career producing political art. He uses the language of advertising to make work about the empty promises of consumerism and the lies of military recruiters. Join us as we discuss:
- Military recruitment advertising
- The backlash of criticising the ‘sacred’ military institution
- Going ‘one step further’ than advertising messages
- His work at the permanent collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum
- His ‘Action Man: Battlefield Casualties’ video series produced with Veterans for Peace, and voiced by Matt Berry
- His support for the campaign to raise the minimum age of military recruitment to 18
- The insidious power of advertising
- The British military’s sinister toy range
- Military links with the film and video game industries
- Working hard to annoy Shell and other oil companies
- Trying to stop the DSEI arms fair
- The upcoming ‘Art the Arms Fair’ art exhibition
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