Action Man: Battlefield Casualties exhibition on this weekend for Armed Forces Day, at Red Gallery, 1-3 Rivington Street, London (Map). Open 12-8pm.
Includes the toys themselves, dioramas and a screening of the film.
Closes 2nd July.
For the last year I've been working with Veterans for Peace UK and the director Price James (Agile Films) on turning my Action Man: Battlefield Casualties toys into full blown toy adverts. The three short films for PTSD Action Man, Paralysed Action Man, and Dead Action Man will be released on the 23rd of June and we'll be having a launch exhibition and screening at the Red Gallery in east London that night to celebrate.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/922910557747669/
After a pretty insane two weeks, the Pocket Money Loans shop closed its doors to the public on the 8th November. The reaction has been incredible and occasionally depressing. Trying to explain to the two separate mothers who came into the shop why their children couldn't take out loans was definitely a low point, although it was a lot of fun being told I was "worse than a drug dealer" by a local shop owner. But talking to those who mistook it for a payday lender for adults gave me a much clearer understanding of the reason these shops exist in the first place and the dangers of allowing the market alone to provide a safety net for the poor.
