Another good one from the archives

 Fw: 8 wyndham square : Plymouth housing disputes : case 1 of 2

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Artby Valerio

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Wed 01/07/2020 13:37

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From: Artby Valerio <artbyvalerio@hotmail.co.uk>
Sent: 29 June 2020 14:35
To: bodyart696 <bodyart696@gmail.com>
Subject: Fw: 8 wyndham square : Plymouth housing disputes : case 1 of 2

 

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From: Artby Valerio <artbyvalerio@hotmail.co.uk>
Sent: 29 June 2020 14:32
To: press@humanrightsfirst.org <press@humanrightsfirst.org>
Subject: Fw: 8 wyndham square : Plymouth housing disputes : case 1 of 2

 

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From: Artby Valerio
Sent: 29 June 2020 14:29
To: contact@demandprogress.org <contact@demandprogress.org>
Subject: 8 wyndham square : Plymouth housing disputes : case 1 of 2

 

Good Morning , 

I am writing out this account for the sake of documenting the circumstances indicative of necessary inquiry into the conduct of several charitable organizations and a local authority and governing body 

The exemplified case studies and accounts given here are certainly testimony to failure , be that through gross incompetence or malicious intent 

My concerns are directed to

PATH - Plymouths access to housing 

Reestart recovery housing 

Plymouth community homes 

Plymouth city council 

And in an indirect way  hebbs security services, 

The first account I should wish to highlight would be of a young lady suffering with a particular combination of injury induced physical disabilities and subsequent injury related behavioural issues and social anxieties , an excellent employment record with the local hospital for over ten years , she was in a state of rehabilitative therapies and a strict low impact exercise regiment before her physical impairments forced her to leave her position , 

Having left an abusive relationship in summer 2019 she presented herself as disabled and homeless to the local council authority ,( plymouth city council )who in turn referred her to P.A.T.H ( plymouths access to housing ) , path were able to offer accommodation in a room on a second floor of a large 8 person shared house , in 8 whyndam square ,(of which is managed on behalf of another property management and recovery housing company - re start recovery housing ' the temporary ,supported accommodation option was provided on a 12 week licence agreement , unfortunately the accommodation option was less than suitable for the woman's requirements , in that it was dark, small , (measuring only 2.5 × 2.7 metres approximately ). But as the only option available,  decided to accept. The licence agreement stipulated that in exchange for the full housing benefit allocation of £137 per week , plus a £15 top up payment per week for service charges and cleaning materials , she would have use of her room and communal areas for the expressed period of 12 weeks and in that time be facilitated to be own suitable accommodation provision and full tenancy agreement 

After several complaints to path about the inappropriate lodgings and the negative ramifications that the lodgings were having on her physical and mental wellbeing , the woman in question was offered the option of another accommodation option , a substance misuse rehabilitation housing option offered again through reestart and re represented  through path , the young lady left in tears at the dire state  of both property and neighbouring characters, the alternative was to stay in the smaller room until a larger room became available in the house she was in , under the circumstances , she opted for the latter 

After some time , the woman was offered a larger room in the same house , albeit on the second floor , this was an extra difficulty as the five flights of stairs between her living quarters and all kitchen amenities and laundry provision! However the 12 week licence term was close to being complete , the woman had been on the councils social housing provision list for over a year , and was assured that the charities intent was to assist and facilitate a means for the woman's taking on an independent tenancy agreement of her own , and so it was a reasonable compromise , as at least her private room was sufficiently large enough to allow her to maintain her medically necessary exercise and stretching regiment 

Incidents in the house as reported to path , have included 

Broken bed ! Damaged mattress - cause of unnecessary discomfort and disrupted sleep pattern 

Broken washing machine - the single communal washing machine was left inoperable and un repaired for some weeks , the eventual replacement was a second hand , rusting , leaking m stinking artefact that was dragged from one of the out buildings 

Aggressive and violent abuse - the young lady in question reported on numerous occasions,  both to path , and via official police report of incidents of violent disruption in the house , numerous incidents have required an emergency police response , the temporary housing of known and convicted violent offenders - alongside vulnerable individuals , individuals in progressive states of recovery and refugees is utterly unacceptable, on many occasions the young woman has been forced to pack a bag at the last minute and flee the property,  or be trapped on the top floor without kitchen provision while some police incident is taking place on a lower floor !! 

Utter disregard and improper response to these complaints by both representing agencies path and re start recovery housing 

In light of the lack of response from acting management to rectify issues as reported,  the woman has been forced to purchase suitable bottled water provision,  and seek charged for laundry services , which is quite some walking distance from the residence

This unfortunately left the woman with an additional financial hardship, and rendered her unable to contribute the £15 per week as stipulated in her licence agreement, for contributions towards the houses water rates and cleaning services ( considering the length of time that these services were either inoperable or inaccessible an attempt to re negotiate the sur charge ensued up to and including her unnecessary, unlawful eviction, despite medical affirmation from practicing professionals to insist this course of action be reconsidered ) 

I am utterly disgusted to report that , despite numerous attempts to negotiate a mutual means of resolve,  the young lady in question was forcefully evicted this past friday , after a seven day notice to quit, regardless of the fact that we are in a near unprecedented global pandemic , and even though our own governments home office has issued legislation to protect individuals from eviction , in an attempt to contain homeless contact and the potential continued virulent spread of this outbreak 

During that 7 day notice period , every effort was made to negotiate a viable alternative to the forced eviction proceedings , however it does appear apparent that , given the scale of the individuals arrears was not due to non payment of rent , and given that many of the other housemates are in an equal state of arrears, that this individual has been maliciously targeted due to her astute nature and vocal testimony to improper practices 

As I previously mentioned these individuals are offered a 12 week licence agreement , a temporary and or housing provision , in the assumption that a suitable long term housing option can be found during that interim , this particular young lady has been a resident of this particular house for over ten months !! 3 of them have been under the covid 19 lockdown measures !! 

I am saddened to report that despite the young woman's injury related behavioural problems, and despite the woman's scale of ordeal within the accommodation,  she had begun to show excellent signs of positive improvement in engagement with one or two if the individuals in the house , and over the summer months they had taken great pains to convert a disused car parking space into a kind of covid ready mini allotment/ garden

Sadly the therapeutic value , the social dynamic has now been unnecessarily fractured by management agency 

During the eviction proceedings on friday morning I was able to offer a perfectly legal temporary physical obstruction, in a vain attempt to prevent the aggressive pursuit of these proceedings   I suited myself between the young ladies room and the only accessing stairway and the contracted ejecting force , I offered the reasoning, that we had ratified through the laborious legal advice research and phone calls from the preceding seven days, that in fact this forced eviction was not legal on numerous grounds, the licence was improperly spelled on the contract landlord failure to deliver basic contract terms predating the withholding of payment. Non delivery of basic contractually bound provision . Improper management of individual cases. Improper handling of official complaint . Possible dereliction of duty. Lack of court order or even injunction for the eviction proceedings 

During my attempts to maintain physical boundary and offer reassurances of the unlawful nature of these proceedings , despite my requests to have an officer of the law present to discuss the legal ramifications that were clearly still in dispute I was physically assaulted , handcuffed and detained by the attending and clearly poorly legally versed security services while offering zero violence in retaliation to the escalating situation , 

The grounds for physically assaulting me without grounds for arrest ??.......trespassing!! When that was contested a series of weak , previously unstipulated complaints came forward , basically constituting utter unfounded deformation of character and false allegation against the young lady 

As I mentioned , unfortunately the lady in her physical condition was not able to offer protest against the protagonist security forces and the charities representing agent that was also present , and was escorted from the building with her belongings and dumped on the street, on a friday afternoon , when all social service provision options are literally about to close for the weekend 

The ridiculously circuitous nature of this is alarming to say the least, she once again after suffering at the hands if such inept management by - plymouths only homeless rehousing program for 10 months , being forced through the humiliation of an un lawful eviction ......once again has to present herself as street homeless to the council that first unleashed this unnecessary trauma upon her 

And the degenerately reductive cycle that seems to be occurring here is indicative of genuine malice!! 

Upon reporting to the council offices as once again street homeless, this time under the charities cavalier label of - homeless through own fault and default on arrears ??!! 

The individuals working for the governing body and local authority took great and obvious pleasure in disclosing that they were filling their basic legal duty of responsibility , by offering a bed and breakfast option ..... for a fee of £25 per week 

The accommodation provided this time is such a disgrace that this poor vulnerable and disabled young woman is now opting to remain as street homeless and staying with friends as and where possible until she might find a suitable private rental agreement , rather than be exposed to the provision of the councils basic duty fulfilment, which in turn means that the council can say that she has refused their help and discharge their duty of care all together ??!! This is not only an obvious civil legal mess indicative of criminal activities and prejudice , but a humanitarian nightmare to boot and as I myself have been arguing since my original embroilment in this ongoing debacle back in august 2019 in need of thorough investigation 

It would appear that a local authority , in this part of the world, a distance from the usual stringent accountability measures and protective anti racketeering laws enforceable through usual external /internal review procedures,  might find a vested interest in taking advantage of both , the apparent lack of social housing provision and the dire state of that which is  available, to effectively force , even vulnerable disabled young women into having to pay up to and including 70% of their basic income for very simple lodgings, in this over inflated holiday home and student living orientated market

For the past ten months I have seen such gargantuan failings in agency ,management and authority as to render dedication enough yo articulate my observations and bring them to light for the absolutely necessary level of scrutiny that this and other cases bring to light, I have collected testimonial and email archive, video documented and meticulously noted incident regarding this and many other individuals suffice to be indicative of deliberate and damaging actions being carried out and often masked as mere administrative error, by a local authority who governing actions might resemble that of a family run casino

Please find attached a few of the emails and correspondence history that chronicles the increasing scales of culpability and liability in this particular case and I will forward over an additional case study that has only been made over the past 10 months concerning a young male in a very similar housing situation , again , possibly wilfully mismanaged by all aforementioned parties 

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this or related  matters

Aaron Valerio 

Closing statement and a very public " "

;All right then " If it's not right , then don't stand for it " a mantra that encompasses not just one of my own personal philosophies but that of what is technically my own organization as well , as was reflected upon during my closing meeting with Jon hamblyn of the Shekinah enterprise , as well as my closing considerations with a Mr Mike ..... Of PATH , and again as my final thoughts amid meetings and correspondence with Anna Constantineau of Plymouth community connections , and even Tudor Evans of Plymouth city council ..... Which seems to have rendered such unusual contemptuous disregard to date as to have actually vindicated my own mirrored attitude in kind . So Jon hamblyn in his infinite wisdom decided to uphold a bizarre , erroneous and unfounded safeguarding concern regarding imagery in the art room - cited by a Claire Stevens from an on course south west , complicit in affiliation with Plymouth city council including specific members of staff and Councilors holding what can clearly be demonstrated as a personal and professional grudge( notable preceding meeting in which Claire Stevens was addressing our tutors on behalf of Plymouth city council regarding the importance of adhering to the formatted official complaints procedure as well as personal liability - on what was otherwise a scheduled day off , in light of my recent previous experience , as one can imagine ...I was in no mood for , perfectly civil , but certainly brusque) Culminating in the unfair , ungrounded , unlawful dismissal from both a teacher training qualification as well as an active teaching position of demonstrable and incomparable value both throughout the pandemic as well as either sides of the actual lockdown periods, within the city , delivering an Ofsted ratified syllabus of my own creation of clear and apparent commercial viability and community value , on top of which this unfounded disciplinary course resulted in the compromising of additional collaborative efforts within the immediate community and broader catchment areas . I am sure you are no doubt aware of the particulars of my ranging yet exceptionally specific complaints .Originating with the aggressive intimidation tactics adopted to FRAUDULENTLY extort finance from my own company through relentless pursuit of non applicable charges during our initial professional interactions in 2011-2013 .The barefaced plagiarism of that very same business model - the apparent granting of ; graces and favours through very specific funding avenues to deminstrably mediocre parralell enterprises ;Professional exclusion from even offering tender for contacts .A very specific set of circumstances resulting in professional and personal persecution , directly and indirectly frustrating and inhibiting trade ( North Hill ) Professional and personal persecution as apparent palpable disdain - resulting in the full disregard of broad consultation offered at the time and effectively resulting in apparent MANSLAUGHTER through the flagrant disregard of the evidenced environmental health complaint coupled with well founded systemic corruption allegations which in itself resulted in undue stress, mental and physical trauma and even physical assault caused during these extended conflicts with these various departments and subsidiaries of Plymouth city council concerning their evidenced failings. 

On top of all of the above , the scurrilous and underhand means by which these organizations have attempted to sidestep liability , to pass the buck , to sleaze and lie and even offer attempts to gaslight me into believing that , I did something wrong , that I've got a persecution complex and just some vague ingrained mistrust of authority, in a again a blatant attempt to undermine and sideline the sheer scale of liability attached to this cross party interdepartmental complaint against unlawful activity now encompasses .Fuckin jeezus wept ....can you fathom why ?! over time I may have developed an over exaggerated mistrust of poisonous snakes and falls that can kill me too. Obviously due to the deliberately nefarious execution of what can only be assessed as a diabolical disposition towards not only my professional interests and activities but also it would appear myself as an individual, this , coupled with personal mitigations and a compounded PTSD condition, means it has taken until now , with suitable reflection and extensive consideration to actually ascertain quite the extent of underhand and even criminal behaviours that have contributed to this accumulated account describing a shocking abuse of power , willful dereliction of duty, Mal administration , Mal feasance , corruption of public office , attempted perversion of the course of justice ...on and on it goes...To add insult to injury beyond that already highlighted - my endeavours that you have worked so hard to frustrate over the years , in hindsight would have proven to be exceptionally valuable to not only my organizations progressive development as well as the broader community and the ranging portfolios of CIC orientated enterprises that seem to be in such high demand for the economically emaciated Hugh street in its current condition ....It has taken up until now to decipher and process the notion that your now elected mayor a Mr Chris Penberthy , amid our last email communication , by his own admission acknowledges , I believe , nine separate legal complaints within my preceding rant .A suring up of a listing mental state , a spectacular heartbreak and the kidnapping of an appointed legal advisor had encouraged my mind to wander .... But let's pick it up from where we left off ....Obviously a self representing and notoriously wayward artisan can't be expected to be as thoroughly versed in the practices of law as one might hope , suffice to say that despite a plethora of no win no fee startup legal firms promising justice if it wasn't your fault - apparently , injury or equivalent harm can be inferred on legally as beyond limited to physical injury ....I've previously observed we live in a land and a time of borderline lunacy at present , that lunacy , seemingly endorsed by the state, except at the point of official legal rebuttal ....then , experience would dictate , it becomes quite apologetic even visibly pathetic ....once you've called out the corruption behind the Cheshire cat smiles , attempting to disguise malice as mere administrative error, or maybe , a regrettable policy implementation now in line for review ....Fucking cowardice man, piss taking , ass covering bastards ....Suffice to say - there are at least , at last , a few hippies starting to kick back against this weird adoption of policies made of glue, this slow coercion into a dystopian future,Sue , Sue the bloody lot of them ...hold everybody at the point of executive decision personally liable , a lot of people make the mistake of just sueing the council department or just the council in general , there is no personal threat if accountability in such claims , all you are doing is seeking compensation from an insurance pot they pay into for exactly this reason ....jeez logic really does seem to be rare these daysIn the last couple of months a few things have happened , one of which is quite important, we have managed to get some;laws changed so that an individual that had held public office can be held accountable for Thier executive decisions even after their time in office has passed , and yes , these cases are now eligible to be raised with legal aid funding applications .There's a load of bloody hippie's kicking back against digital I.D , digital currency , 15minute cities , the world health organisation and the world economic forum ....did anyone see , the BBC are it seems complicit in contributing to the spread of misinformation that contributed to the unnecessary deaths now linked to the experimental ' vaccine ' that was unlawfully mandated by a questionable government and a dodgy pharmaceutical company.... A misinformation campaign that it seems , who would believe it , even social media giants were absolutely complicit in too ! House of fucking cards mate .... Blind leading the blind and all that !!France seems to be having some problems ;Canada too The Netherlands , the Dutch government gave actually gone and done what I've been recommending here in the UK for some time , take your I'll gotten gains and sod off.Thankfully , amid all if this cacophonic noise and distraction , of local elections , russian Armageddons , bi elections and some trees getting cut down ( seriously ladies , what the hell are you even doing now - the trees are gone ) amid all of this .... My ten year campaign to agitate Boris Johnson and his strategically placed halfwit minions may finally come to a closing fruition. This bottom of the barrell cabinet needs to be disbanded , retired , by it's own admission ...personally I think routed is a better term , with full accountability all round , including the timid aspects of the so called opposition.Hopefully this new wave of demanded scrutiny and inevitable accountability, whether it's from WhatsApp messages , dubious policy implementation , corrupt individuals, weak mediations , royal affiliations; or strange financial ties, we can at this stage , we stand a chance of eradicating some very well paid dead wood , and morally we aught to settle for nothing less. Isuppose it is with that in mind that I pen this little consideration ....It seems amud all of the rest of the goings on , going on , it seems that 30p Bob - Robert Jenrick , who just happened to be Boris Johnsons appointed minister for housing and communities during those pandemic years , during my little effort to suitably rehouse everyone that Plymouth city council were systematically trying to kill off ...It was Rishi Sunak , our now prime minister that came up with the ' eat out to help out ' campaign , while he was the then chancellor of the Exchequer , and presumably it was old Matt Hancock that was overseeing Chris whittys advice to the public regarding the implementation of lockdown measures ..Plymouth university , out of all of the universities in the country issued Chris whitty an honourable doctorate - the faculty can't process an application from the arts Hole , but can find the paper work to give whitty a doctorate .... At the specific moment I was literally physically fighting the whole damn administration of this country for trying to kill my learners , students , and maliciously attempting to render myself , my girlfriend and anyone loudly affiliated to me or my art  course as homeless ....Yeah , obviously ....I've got a persecution complex !!!You absolute bunch of complete snivelling degenerate bastards ....There is absolutely no way  any of this holds up to scrutiny at this stage , and it is certainly long overdue this level of scrutiny, thankfully those wheels are now in motion ....it goes without saying this is fuckin farcical...and it's a bloody good job I've got a sense of humour otherwise I could certainly have resorted to the actual cleaving of heads , so despite my little banging of drums to a drastically reduced audience since the Inception of this year's - Let's AV It - exhibition and workshop series , and the bizarre sequences that have unfurled as either a direct or indirect result of whatever the hell it is that I do ....r Let's put a lid on this thing

A matter of public interest

 

A matter of public interest on public record ...

It seems there is quite a lot to write about these days , even though it does seem to be a dying medium , our capacity to write as well as our inclination to read has now been completely reduced by endless threads of memes , vlogs , podcasts , selfies and boomerangs - all a digital substitution for meaningful conversation and connection, instead a series of off the peg , algorithm selected , opinionated diatribe pieces, loaded with bias , completely lacking in nuance and ruled by the hyena pack mentality of the village idiots in the comments sections ...sheer bloody madness in all directions .

It seems to me that every country I visit at the moment , apparently suffers some sort of societal or political collapse within a day or two of my arrival , sheer coincidence I'm sure , but it does get me thinking ....

Given my broad experiences allowing me to witness first hand just how shockingly manipulative these current times of ours happen to be , it does strike me as a plausible speculation , one just worthy of annunciation , France , UK , Netherlands are all sitting on the brink of what could shrewdly be observed as completely avoidable societal dissolution...

Might this be an underhand opportunity for a strategic and rallying offer of a virtue signalling political bend , absolutely hell bent on implementing agendas 

Float a digital currency ? Offer assurances of value retention even in the event of societal and market fluctuations....it would certainly appeal to the prudently invested ... Even those poor shmos locked into a 30 year debt sequence, concerned about the value of property they have already over paid for ... A digital , non fungible asset portfolio , completely and assuredly insulated from these troubled and uncertain times ...

I dunno man , I'm all for collapsing a dysfunctional government, maybe it's just my PTSD ingrained cynicism, the inherent skepticism that I have built up from experience in the field, but this , like so many of the other things these days that I prefer to poke at , warily , from a distance , with a long stick ..... I am not too sure about this particular patch of muddy water .....

F.O.A. ......F.A.Q ....urm ....???

 " What the bloody hell do you think you are doing ? " 

Hmm hard to give an exact answer , ....truth be told , I'm not really sure !!

For the sake of arguement though ....let's call it ' an experiment ' 

"Who the bloody hell do you think you are ?"

Well it's a bit of a work in progress , certainly field testing the perimeter of what ever that might mean ....

More of a sinner than a saint , but aspiring for the latter 

But again , I guess , for arguments sake put down - ' the Original Arts Hole - a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet ' 

" What the bloody hell are you going on about ? "

Pffft , look quite honestly I'd rather be wandering about in the woods than having to explain myself to the likes of you and your state of perpetual bewilderment ....

But thankfully , at this late stage I can attest to being relatively proficient in a broad cross section of disciplines and pursuits - a claim backed up with a considerable body of easily ratified works and engagements 

So shut the fuck up ....pay attention , you might learn a thing or two through my demonstrations 

Fookin hell I hope a few of you bastards are paying attention because I have no intention of doing this again 😆

Disney Roulette

 Blimey, crikey , goodness gracious me ...

A hell of a lot takes place sometimes , as they say 24 hours is a long time in politics , jeez it can be even longer in the arts .... Or whatever this is I do 🤔 and three and a half months feels like a damn year at least

So local elections , had a few going on round here , I'm sure I previously mentioned , just as I postulated offering legitimate legal challenges against individuals at the point of executive order within our funny little local authorities , our local authorities mis interpreting the battle that was before them ,went and cut some controversial trees down .... A pantomime legal fracas ensued and well , now we are , wherever we are ....

Apparently the S.T.R.A.W campaign have become a promotions company and are not only doing comedy nights and art exhibitions but also offering consultation on urban planning schemes so that whatevers left of Plymouth city council can look around nervously smiling at a scrutinizing public ....

"Look , look at us we are seeking to remedy , we are seeking your input on our public consultation ," ......all the while , terrified eyes scan the horizon for a man with a flash of blond hair and a proverbial powder keg underarm  for Thier little campfire of congeniality

Personally I don't advocate any of it ...every little bit of what I see before me stinks of such a scale of self promotion and schmooze with funny existing ties to that which went before and has laid such terrible waste and infliction upon practically every single person in this country 

So while S.T.R.A.W and whoever were making a well organized noise , and the local labour and Tory camps split into furious infighting about who should even run in the local elections and for what party ? And in what platform ? 

I was , as I have been for a long while now , wandering around having little conversations with various and sundry offering my perspective here and there 

" If the Scottish referendum and the brexit referendum plus the general election during that little spell of insane ' democracy ' can only drum up less than half of the eligible voting consensus , even amid all that fanaticism at the time ..... Your usual general election has been suffering a reduction in turn out to the point that only 25% -30% of the eligible voting consensus actually engage in the democratic process ( although there is a notable difference between democracy and voluntary sufferage , doublespeak indeed ) 

This would suggest that quite honestly , the silent majority as nixon called us , with nothing suitable offered to incentivise us to use our democratic right , on the ballots anyway .... Are the democratic majority 

A political machination that is implemented on a 20% or even a 10% turnout , can't really argue a means to implement a democratically representative mandate 

What would happen then ? 

In my mind this is where the Disney roulette comes into my mind , Disney is a big, loud , shiny and very expensive day out - it's lots of fun and can be quite entertaining .

They even have Thier own currency ' Disney dollars ' not a real currency of course a little gimmick for use solely within the Disney complex 

 On a hypothetical Disney roulette wheel , you can place bets with your Disney dollars , on two choices , red or black ....you can differentiate further by numerical specifications of course but let's just keep it simple 

You have got £100 Disney dollars and you can bet in either red or black .....win or lose 

So you place a bet , the wheel spins , you win , you lose , your up then down 

Completely engrossed in the game before you , a convivial crowd all with a common focus 

The thing is , even if you win a million Disney dollars , even if you just fritter away your original 100 dollars enjoying the gamble and wasting the day 

Pull back to reality , you have just spent 100 bucks getting caught up in the fervour of the outcome of red or black , you've made wagers in it ....used a whole day or night focused on it 

Whether you win or lose you are still in a casino , in a theme park , with fake money 

That's how I currently see the great distraction of our current economic and political model , so although I am occasionally happy to offer unofficial endorsement of a human being that wants to play Disney roulette, I'll not be putting my name in a blue or a red ticket until you offer me something worthy of carrying my name 

the owl and the pussy cat went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat , but neither had an effing clue how to keep the thing afloat ....or as in our case , a bunch of failed beauty therapists and part time estate agents , draw salaries while they stand around with their thumbs un their ass and not a clue in their head ....build back better 😆

The foresight Collection

 It's not all that easy being right mist of the time you know , 

From day one I have been acting up about this - every single facet of what has actually come to pass , was you will find uttered as a premonition among these funny little online rants that I do , Cameron , May , Truss , Johnson and now Sunak .....called it !!!!! 

An interesting little addition to the wave of street art that was appearing around the country at around the same time Boris was running for the premiership ..................

The peasants Revolt - ask me no questions I'll tell you no lies 

But suffice to say that a series of circumstances that encouraged me to engage with determined vigor against one of the most ludicrous public authorities in the land and act as a whistle blower begining a national campaign calling for scrutiny and accountability at a legal level against dubious executive orders rendered during that time 

Now this just seemed bloody obvious to me from the start , although the propaganda campaign that took the whole world by storm  was a brilliant means of both curtailing civil liberties whilst simultaneously throwing additional divisive fuel into a population that had already been through a ferociously tribal brexit referendum ....I had bigger problems on the ground level at the time .......now of course it's all coming to light , Cambridge analytica have been forced to pay compensations for messing with the social media during the brexit and old Zuckerberg has come out in a repentant speech about how perhaps , some of the misinformation that turned out to be factual was possibly true but censored under government instruction in case it wasn't completely correct 

Fucking Kafka esque times or what ( feel free to peruse previous posts - Indiana Jones and the Belgian telephone, or , numerous others for that matter , or dont , actually I'd prefer you go outside without your phone , leave blogs and podcasts and social media bullshit well alone , go and have a wander and a fire instead ....and for the love of god , dint like, share, subscribe or make a donation to our non existent patreon page , don't sign up to our mailing list for regular updates  

Eat Out to Help out - when I kicked this out as a street art spread , it only took a week or so before Matt the weirdo Hancock ' fell in love ' and then a digitised meme version if this original design went ballistic 

Of course it's probably impertinent to remention that old rishi was the pioneer of this campaign at the time , which just so happened to pump a fortune's worth of furlough into the pockets of restauranteurs and went a decent way to adding to the spread at the height of the lockdown era 

 

A decade ago I inadvertently started a fight .... With my local authority on a series of local issues that I was personally passionate enough to defend , simultaneously , I was running a few design contracts in the city of London when old Boris was running as mayor of London - I sat there in a very high end venue filled with important people , while Boris was bouncing around the stage offering harrumph for this and that - I proclaimed , exceptionally publicly , as the room harrumphed along and cheered the bungling idiot 

' that man is a blatant imbecile , he might even be dangerous ' 

I believe this public statement has cost me a great deal over the past decade , from national government to local government , everyone with a dubious investment through the planning department , or buddying up on the golf course with any of this grubby bullshit , is by default utterly complicit in the current state of fiasco grade hiatus that we currently find ourselves 

It's only been a decade long front line battle for me , and it has cost me a great deal more than I was willing to surrender but as I move through the closing sequence of this year's exhibition as the final skirmishes take place at both local and government level , as Boris Johnson is finally removed from direct political influence , as Cameron and Osborne are being scrutinized for decimating a NHS to the point that it was I'll equipped to deal with the man made flu II that hopefully people are actually going to be sued for , as the final throes of this utterly absurd yet utterly ruthless regime of well spoken nincompoops and nonces comes to its inevitable end on the back of a few long haired mal contents using little laughing face emojis , street art , general non compliance and a penchant for figuring out grey areas in law , as movements coalesce and grassroots kick back , from individuals and community groups alike begin to demand full legal accountability from individuals and organisations that simply can no longer claim to be ' authority ' when all evidence demonstrates the contrary 

10 years ago I never would have thought that we might actually reach this pinion point , I hoped we would - no one wants to die in vain , but this is and would appear to have the momentum to continue being one very interesting time to be alive 

The Arts Hole and the great rising

When the beautiful girl in the Amsterdam coffee shop asks ....

" What do you actually do ? You come in for your little latte twice a day , you never stay very long ? , I like to imagine that you sneak off here and there to fight crime or do wizard shit or something ? " 

So I just roll my eyes , drop a little extra change into the tip jar, turn in my heels and leave , as I walk away I'm thinking to myself ...' yeah, did you ever hear if Plymouth city council ? Can I maybe interest you in a shiny rock ? ..... Mate, just keep moving ' 

Now den ....dis here ditty the Bunny Rabbit Birthday Blues

 

My baby stole my bunny ...

JJust for the day dat I was born 

My baby stole my bunny ....

Dun even say what I done wrong 

You know I loved that woman , even doe she grab my legal advisor and was gone 

My baby stole my bunny ....

Did you ever see such bad news 

 My baby stole my bunny 

I said hey hey Plymouth city council....

You gonna pay some muthafuckin dues 

Controversial Artist, I guess ....have you got a warrant??.

 Well I suppose it's certainly a bit Avantgarde 

How the bloody hell do you try and extrapolate all of this ...

I suppose the Original Arts Hole pop up, from it's point of inception and origin could be classified as a piece of performance art in and of itself , you certainly do see a lot of pop ups around and about these days so it was certainly a valid demonstrative model ( see previous notes and press releases ) 

Public battles against systemic corruption in local and national authority resulting in forced legislative changes ....

It seems that to act as an artistic emissary for my trade and such during the brexit referendum, to count myself an ex pat under the guise of ' the Brexit Refugee. ' again a bit if a performance piece 

To maintain trade throughout the pandemic and ultimately end up once again in a very public battle , again railing against systemic corruption in local and national authority resulting again in legislative changes ....and this baby is still in the throes of unfurling ...

The Fuck off Manifesto ....

The Arts Hole Mining Company ....resulting in the forging of the Arts Hole Silver Dollar - which is actually - legally a trading token , because minting a currency is still a hangable offence in this country ....

The Arts Hole Legal Department - that does actually render legal rebuttals for court room proceedings and now ...thanks to Plymouth city council's cowardice and evasive nature concerning their own corruption , I'm becoming versed in the necessary tools and mechanics to actually file suits of my own accord .... 

So where are we at ....

Well , Plymouth city council has sustained heavy damage ...although so have I to be fair 

Since the launching of ' the Arts Hole - Let's AV it -exhibition and workshop series and declaring your pet rabbit as your official legal advisor ( were about half way through the circuit now- and someone already stile my legal advisor ) a hell of a lit of people are filing for freedom of information requests against their local councils for everything from corruption to 25 minute cities , Plymouth city council in particular have been seen openly and without doubt to be one of the most corrupt in the land - with various injunction and impending legal actions at such a scale that council leaders are quitting and  having heart problems ....

It turns out - if a company that you don't have a contract with starts arbitrarily increasing prices ...you can arbitrarily decide to pay less to encourage negotiation and formulation of mutually agreeable terms , you can question the price against the value of any given product or service and you can sue any one that would attempt to penalise against lawful reason to do so .....that stands for council tax , gas, electric and even HMRC... 

You can back your portfolio of work with a cache of precious ore and mineral rights ....

You can reference a series of online ravings and mad rants as a sort of pick and mix affidavit ....

You can call for such a scale of public inquiry into Councilors and ministers that you might actually find to time to take some pleasure in a little painting once again 

The Arts Hole AV Ant Garde .... Let's AV it 2023 

Is it a little madness ?? Or a little brilliance ?? 

For a little while I was ruminating on the story of the hare and the tortoise .... Feeling that perhaps I wasn't applying myself to the task at hand with quite the sense of fervour that it deserved, a little sidelined , a little ostracized 

As if I was somehow falling behind in a race I didn't know I was in..... all you guys that have just spent the last little while applying for council funding and painting a few little pictures , building back better out of the piggy bank budgets and teams of emotionally strung out volunteers still barmy enough to rally to the fluttering flags of the Dot GUV issued fete, a mad dash effort to revitalise a high street in the midst of yet another economic downturn .... Well I don't think I've quite turned into Ahab , hell bent on bringing vengeance upon my own white whale to the point of absolute self destruction 

You cap it all off by unionizing the staff , radicalising the student base and incorporate a mild mannered militia , a union and a bizarre religious sect in an effort to preserve the right to roam and avoid paying council tax through legitimate means .....I dunno man , how controversial can a controversial Artist be when a controversial Artist is being controversial ? Originally I think I was just trying to get a little painting done ....

But ....the Age of Boris Johnson may soon actually come to an end , and maybe this little run if being ' the most prolific artist you never heard of ' could be too 

The Gossip Mill

 Growing up in a little seaside village with an ailing fishing fleet and a burgeoning tourist trade with enough bars and restaurants for the summer population , which reverted into strange social cliques in Thier own right during the long winter months -made for some interesting observational material 

There was a saying among the thinning crowd of the local grown population....

" If you fart loudly on west Looe quay by the time the news has got to east Looe quay you will have shit yourself  " 

It's a very colloquial version of the proverbial Chinese  whispers paradigm