The Nail, The Colours, The Mast
Crowe, Nick; and Rawlinson, Ian.
2012.
The Nail, The Colours, The Mast.
In: "The Nail, The Colours, The Mast", Berlin, Germany, 27 April 2012 - 6 May 2012.
[Show/Exhibition]
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subject - Published Version
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- Available under Creative Commons: Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0
The Nail, The Colours, The Mast was a group exhibition at Kotti Shop, Berlin. From the preview text - "'The Nail, The Colours, The Mast' is a dismantling of the expression 'Nailing one's colours to the mast'. The original phrase, which means to defiantly state an opinion and stick to it, has its origins in nautical history. One signal of communication used by 17th C shipmates, was to lower the colours (flags) as a sign of defeat, so to physically nail the colours to the mast meant 'No Surrender!'". We showed the work, Follow Our Orders (2012).
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