Martin John Callanan, Wars During My Lifetime

Whitstable Biennale, 2012

Wars During My Lifetime, collects together wars that have taken place all over the world during one individual's lifetime. A fascinating - and rapidly expanding - document, the newspaper makes no comment, but quietly brings the list to our attention. Many are wars we hear about on the radio on a daily basis, others are long since finished, or so small or distant they haven't touched our consciousness." – Sue Jones

Whitstable Biennale, 2012

Whitstable Biennale, 2012

Battersea Arts Centre, 2014

Battersea Arts Centre, 2014

Casal Solleric, 2012

Noshowspace, 2013

Or Gallery, Berlin, 2013

Imperial War Museum North, 2013

A newspaper listing all wars fought during my lifetime. Each new issue contains the current list translated into the local language, and distributed for free around the local area: Palma, Whitstable, Berlin, London, Canterbury, and Battersea.

A public proclamation by Town Crier in Whitstable, Salford Quays, and Battersea.

A BBC Political Programmes live broadcast by newsreader for Whitstable Biennale

Issues of newspapers published

Wars During My Lifetime
Third English edition published 27 June 2014 on the occasion of After A War, LIFT 2014, London, UK.
ISBN 978-1907829185

Wars During My Lifetime
Second English edition published 21 September 2013 on the occasion of International Peace Day, Canterbury, UK.
ISBN 978-1907829161

Zu meinen Lebzeiten (Wars During My Lifetime)
First German edition published 22 Feburary 2013 on the occasion of Along Some Sympathetic Lines, Or Gallery, Berlin.
ISBN 978-1907829147

Wars During My Lifetime
First English edition published 1 September 2012 on the occasion of Whitstable Biennale, Kent, UK.
ISBN 978-1907829123

Guerres durant la meva vida (Wars During My Lifetime)
First Catalan edition published 24 April 2012 on the occasion of the exhibition Global, Casal Solleric, Palma, Spain
ISBN 978-1907829130

Exhibitions

• After A War, LIFT Festival, Battersea Arts Center, London
• Wars During My Lifetime, live broadcast, Whitstable Biennale Commission
• Along Some Sympathetic Lines (solo), Or Gallery, Berlin
• Catalyst: Contemporary Art and War, Imperial War Museum North, Manchester
• Wars During My Lifetime (performance), Imperial War Museum North, Manchester
• Wars During My Lifetime, Canterbury
• Global (solo), Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca
• Whitstable Biennale

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• Shades of Today, Picking up the Pieces Post-Truth, Centrum, Berlin
• After The War & A Dream Turns Sour- BAC
• Saturday Review website
• Sound Art Show: Episode 19
• Whitstable Biennale 2014 artists announced
• Wars During My Lifetime, live broadcast
• After a War, LIFT Festival 2014, Battersea Arts Center
• Invited by at Motto Berlin, 24 October 2013
• Catalyst: Contemporary Art and War, Imperial War Museum, October 2013 – February 2014
• Wars During My Lifetime, Imperial War Museum North, 13 October 2013
• Departure of All, noshowspace, Bethnal Green, London
• Wars During My Lifetime, Canterbury
• Martin John Callanan: On Systems and Processes, full article
• Along Some Sympathetic Lines, Or Gallery, Berlin
• Martin John Callanan: On Systems and Processes (de sistemas y procesos)
• Invited by: Daniel Laufer, 13th February – 20 March 2013
• Whitstable Biennale: Small for a reason
• Video: Wars During My Lifetime, town crier, Whitstable Biennale 2012
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• Wars During My Lifetime – Whitstable Biennale 2012
• Global, solo exhibition at Casal Solleric, March – June 2012
• Global, Casal Solleric, press archive
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