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====Date: [[:Category:2006-present|2006-present]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
====Date: [[:Category:2007|2007]]====


====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====


====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====


====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]====
====Medium: [[:Category:Design|Design]]====
 
 
 
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====Medium: [[:Category:Design|Design]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
 
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'''Artist:''' Callum Kyle and Alicia Henderson.
'''Artist:''' Callum Kyle and Alicia Henderson.


'''Confronting Bodies:''' Erica Cherney, chairwoman of the Downtown Buisiness Improvement Area in Peterborough.
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Erica Cherney, chairwoman of the Downtown Buisiness Improvement Area in Peterborough.


 
'''Date of Action:''' July 2007
 
'''Dates of Action:''' July 2007
 
 


'''Location:''' Peterborough, Canada.
'''Location:''' Peterborough, Canada.


 
'''Description of Artwork:''' Two banners to be hung from street posts. One depicts the stripes of the American flag morphing into bombs along with the Statue of Liberty having an X placed over it.  The other banner shows a jet fighter flying over a city labeled as Detroit. These were hung along a street with 20 other student-made banners. <P>
 
'''Description of Artwork:''' Two banners to be hung from street posts.   <P>
One depicts the stripes of the American flag morphing into bombs along with the Statue of Liberty having an X placed over it.  The other banner shows a jet fighter flying over a city labeled as Detroit.   <P>
These were hung along a street with 20 other student-made banners. <P>
 
 


'''The Incident:''' After hearing the banners described over the phone, Cherney ordered that they be taken down. The students were not notified that their art have been removed.    <P>
'''The Incident:''' After hearing the banners described over the phone, Cherney ordered that they be taken down. The students were not notified that their art have been removed.    <P>
Cherney explains that she removed the banners so as not to damage the upbeat mood of an upcoming street sale and Ribfest event.  <P>
Cherney explains that she removed the banners so as not to damage the upbeat mood of an upcoming street sale and Ribfest event.  <P>


'''Results of Incident:''' The banners were removed and the Downtown Business Improvement Area has been asked to explain the removal to the students. <P>
'''Results of Incident:''' The banners were removed and the Downtown Business Improvement Area has been asked to explain the removal to the students. <P>


'''Source:''' The Peterborough Examiner: http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=607964&archive=true


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'''Source:''' The Peterborough Examiner
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