menu
ArchiveExhibition

Autonomous Democracy

15 Apr-30 Jun 2023

Arcade
London SE15 4BW
Autonomous Democracy, 2021, Series of nine screen prints on French Paper. Credit: Courtesy of This is Arcade

Overview

To mark 20 years since the largest demonstration in British history against the 2003 illegal invasion of Iraq and coinciding with Peoples’ Coalition occupation of Parliament Square from Friday April 21st, Arcade is pleased to present Autonomous Democracy, a project by Aaron Hughes exploring the history of experiments in collective action and direct democracy. 

Autonomous Democracy consists of a series of vibrant posters that celebrate agitprop traditions in disseminating radical political messages. You can find them around the streets of Peckham, London 

Selected works

Autonomous Democracy: AIN’T NO POWER LIKE THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE, 
‘CAUSE THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE DON’T STOP. SAY WHAT?, 2021, screen print. Credit: Courtesy of This is Arcade
Autonomous Democracy: 
a space where we stand for love, fight for freedom, & build community, 2021, screen print. Credit: Courtesy of This is Arcade
Autonomous Democracy: ASSEMBLE | STRIKE | OCCUPY | MANIFEST REAL DEMOCRACY, 2021, screen print. Credit: Courtesy of This is Arcade

Installation views

Autonomous Democracy (Parkstone Rd, London, SE15), 2023. Credit: Courtesy of This is Arcade
Autonomous Democracy (Choumert Rd, London, SE15), 2023. Credit: Courtesy of This is Arcade

Artists

Aaron Hughes

American

Press

Autonomous Democracy | press release
Download

Nearby

Nairy Baghramian: Jumbled Alphabet
South London Gallery
until 12 Jan
Anna Calleja
Sim Smith
until 21 Dec
Episode 13: Laila Majid & Louis Blue Newby - Inner Heat
Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art
until 12 Jan
Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious
Dulwich Picture Gallery
until 26 May
'Slippage' - the Caribbean in flux
198 Contemporary Arts & Learning
until 15 Dec
Emma McNally: The Earth is Knot Flat
Drawing Room
until 15 Dec
Jonathan Parsons: Spectroscopic
Coleman Project Space
until 8 Dec
Annual Open 2024
Southwark Park Galleries
until 14 Dec
Nothing is Real, Steven Appleby
Space Station Sixty-five
until 1 Jan
Riar Rizaldi, Mirage
Gasworks
until 22 Dec
Fátima Rodrigo: Piedra de sol, serpiente de humos
Cecilia Brunson Projects
until 13 Dec
In the Thick of Things
A.P.T. Gallery
until 1 Dec
Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London
Fashion and Textile Museum
until 9 Mar
War and the Mind
Imperial War Museum
until 27 Apr
Shino Yanai with Ken Ikeda: Memories float for a moment and then fall
Beaconsfield
until 18 Jan
Lap-See Lam
Studio Voltaire
until 15 Dec
Lost Gardens of London
Garden Museum
until 2 Mar

Please log in or register to add a bookmark.