The Revolution will not be televised

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Artist/Maker	Greenwich Mural Workshop (printer) Walker, Rick (designer) Skull, Dave (designer)
Place of origin	London (made)

portrait poster advertising a concert by Gil Scott-Heron, as part of the Greenwich Festival. The poster has a blue background, and six televisions, two columns of three on top of each other, each showing a different scene. red, yellow and white text gives details of the concert.

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Categories	Posters Prints Advertising
Object type	Poster
Title	The Revolution will not be televised (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Photostencil, printing, paper, plastic laminate Plastic Laminate Paper Stencil Printing
Brief description	Poster, designed and printed by Rick Walker and Dave Skull with the Greenwich Mural Workshop, London, 1985.
Physical description	portrait poster advertising a concert by Gil Scott-Heron, as part of the Greenwich Festival. The poster has a blue background, and six televisions, two columns of three on top of each other, each showing a different scene. red, yellow and white text gives details of the concert.
Dimensions	Height: 79.2cm Width: 53.4cm Dimensions include plastic laminate.
Marks and inscriptions	Greenwich Festival wish to announce that / THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED GILL SCOTT-HERON / PLUS JOHN COOPER-CLARKE / WITH AMERE FACADE / AND AKIMBO / D.J. SIMON GOFFE / GREENWICH BOROUGH HALL / Royal Hill SE10. / MONDAY JUNE 3rd 7.30pm. Tickets £3.50 (concessions £2.50) from Festival Box Office / 25 Woolwich New Rd, london SE18 / 317 8687 Box Office / 855 5900 Credit cards
Credit line	Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop.
Object history	Poster featured in the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Place depicted	Greenwich
Bibliographic reference	From the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.589-2013

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Record created	November 20, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1275021/the-revolution-will-not-be-poster-walker-rick/

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