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The '''Mutoid Waste Company''' are a [[performance art]]s group founded in [[London]], [[England]] by [[Joe Rush]] and Robin Cooke in collaboration with Alan P Scott and Joshua Bowler. It started in the early 1980s, emerging from [[Frestonia]]'s 'Car Breaker Gallery'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/talkpics/talk-vague06.html|title=PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL 2006 Counter Culture Portobello Psychogeographical History|work=Portobello Film Festival|author=Tom Vague}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/passport_to_frestonia_photo_documentation_of_the_free_state_of_freston|title=Passport to Frestonia: Photo documentation of the 'free state' of Frestonia|date=January 13, 2011|website=Dangerousminds.net}}</ref> They are probably best known for their recycled art installations at [[Glastonbury Festival]] and refer to themselves as ''the Mutoids''.
The '''Mutoid Waste Company''' are a [[performance art]]s group founded in [[London]], [[England]] by [[Joe Rush]] and Robin Cooke in collaboration with Alan P Scott and Joshua Bowler. It started in the early 1980s, emerging from [[Frestonia]]'s 'Car Breaker Gallery'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/talkpics/talk-vague06.html|title=PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL 2006 Counter Culture Portobello Psychogeographical History|work=Portobello Film Festival|author=Tom Vague}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/passport_to_frestonia_photo_documentation_of_the_free_state_of_freston|title=Passport to Frestonia: Photo documentation of the 'free state' of Frestonia|date=January 13, 2011|website=Dangerousminds.net}}</ref> They are probably best known for their recycled art installations at [[Glastonbury Festival]] and refer to themselves as ''the Mutoids''.


Influenced by the movie ''[[Mad Max (franchise)|Mad Max]]'' and the popular ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' comics, they specialised in organising illegal [[free party|free parties]] in London throughout the 1980s, driven at first by eclectic assortments of fringe music such as [[psychedelic rock]] and [[dub reggae]], but then embracing the burgeoning [[acid house]] music movement by the late 1980s.
Influenced by the film ''[[Mad Max (franchise)|Mad Max]]'' and the popular ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' comics, they specialised in organising illegal [[free party|free parties]] in London throughout the 1980s, driven at first by eclectic assortments of fringe music such as [[psychedelic rock]] and [[dub reggae]], but then embracing the burgeoning [[acid house]] music movement by the late 1980s.


==History==
==History==
Described as "part street theatre, part art show and part traveling circus" in the 1986 [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] documentary ''South of Watford''.,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7c4d2fc8 | title = The Mutoid Waste Company | date = 1986 | website = bfi.org.uk | publisher = British Film Institute }}</ref> the group became famous for building giant welded sculptures from waste materials and for customising broken down cars, as well as making large scale [[mural]]s in the disused buildings where they held their parties.
Described as "part street theatre, part art show and part traveling circus" in the 1986 [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] documentary ''South of Watford''.,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7c4d2fc8 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170113062858/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7c4d2fc8 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 January 2017 | title = The Mutoid Waste Company | date = 1986 | website = bfi.org.uk | publisher = British Film Institute }}</ref> the group became famous for building giant welded sculptures from waste materials and for customising broken down cars, as well as making large scale [[mural]]s in the disused buildings where they held their parties.


In 1989, after a number of police raids on their warehouse in [[Kings Cross, London|King's Cross]], they left the country and travelled to [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] where they became notorious for building giant sculptures out of old machinery and car parts,<ref>{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HW6FAwAAQBAJ&q=%22mutoid%20waste%22&pg=PT49 | title = It's Not About Me! | first = Ian | last = Young | date = 7 Feb 2013 | publisher = Anoma Press| isbn = 9781908746955 }}</ref> one of which was 'Käferman', a giant human figure with a [[Volkswagen Beetle]] for its chest, offering a Bird Of Peace sculpture that overlooked the [[Berlin Wall]] towards [[East Berlin]] and the regime of [[East Germany]]. They had a collection of scrap military vehicles, including a Russian [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG 21]] [[fighter aircraft]] which 'followed' them around wherever they went, and a painted tank known as "the Pink Panzer".
In 1989, after a number of police raids on their warehouse in [[Kings Cross, London|King's Cross]], they left the country and travelled to [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] where they became notorious for building giant sculptures out of old machinery and car parts,<ref>{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HW6FAwAAQBAJ&q=%22mutoid%20waste%22&pg=PT49 | title = It's Not About Me! | first = Ian | last = Young | date = 7 Feb 2013 | publisher = Anoma Press| isbn = 9781908746955 }}</ref> one of which was 'Käferman', a giant human figure with a [[Volkswagen Beetle]] for its chest, offering a Bird Of Peace sculpture that overlooked the [[Berlin Wall]] towards [[East Berlin]] and the regime of [[East Germany]]. They had a collection of scrap military vehicles, including a Russian [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG 21]] [[fighter aircraft]] which 'followed' them around wherever they went, and a painted tank known as "the Pink Panzer".{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}


[[Lady Emma Herbert]], daughter of [[Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke]], met the Mutoids at about this time. They taught her acrobatic skills and she toured Europe with them, which was the beginning of her career as a circus trapeze artist.<ref>Jack Grimston and Julia Llewellyn Smith, ''[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1042535.ece Focus: Orf to the circus]'', ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', December 14, 2003</ref>
[[Lady Emma Herbert]], daughter of [[Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke]], met the Mutoids at about this time. They taught her acrobatic skills and she toured Europe with them, which was the beginning of her career as a circus trapeze artist.<ref>Jack Grimston and Julia Llewellyn Smith, ''[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1042535.ece Focus: Orf to the circus]'', ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', December 14, 2003</ref>


In 1991, the Mutoids travelled to [[Santarcangelo di Romagna]], [[Italy]] where they set up a scrap village called Mutonia and continued working, displaying and performing at [[squatting|squats]] and [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] celebrations in the [[Emilia-Romagna]] region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mutatebritain.com/history/|title = Panen138 : Daftar Utama Situs Judi Online Terpercaya}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://protonart.org/EN/2020/11/06/mutonia-pt-1/|title=MUTONIA (pt.1) &ndash; Interview to Debs Wrekon - Proton Art|work=Proton Art|date=6 November 2020}}</ref> A community still exists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pocketcultures.com/2013/09/19/the-battle-to-save-mutonia/|title=The Mutoid community in North Italy|work=Pocketcultures.com|date=19 September 2013}}</ref>
In 1991, the Mutoids travelled to [[Santarcangelo di Romagna]], [[Italy]] where they set up a scrap village called Mutonia and continued working, displaying and performing at [[squatting|squats]] and [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] celebrations in the [[Emilia-Romagna]] region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mutatebritain.com/history/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220418093452/http://www.mutatebritain.com/history/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=18 April 2022|title = HISTORY}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://protonart.org/EN/2020/11/06/mutonia-pt-1/|title=MUTONIA (pt.1) &ndash; Interview to Debs Wrekon - Proton Art|work=Proton Art|date=6 November 2020}}</ref> A community still exists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pocketcultures.com/2013/09/19/the-battle-to-save-mutonia/|title=The Mutoid community in North Italy|work=Pocketcultures.com|date=19 September 2013}}</ref>


In 2009, the Mutoids held an [[exhibition]] ''Mutate Britain'' at their yard under the [[Westway (London)|Westway]] in [[West London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mutatebritain.com/|title=Mutate Britain - www.mutatebritain.com|work=Mutatebritain.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art73760|title=Mutate Britain, One Foot in the Grove celebrates British street art|date=4 December 2009|work=Culture24.co.uk}}</ref>
In 2009, the Mutoids held an [[exhibition]] ''Mutate Britain'' at their yard under the [[Westway (London)|Westway]] in [[West London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mutatebritain.com/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129100734/http://www.mutatebritain.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=29 January 2013|title=Mutate Britain - www.mutatebritain.com|work=Mutatebritain.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art73760|title=Mutate Britain, One Foot in the Grove celebrates British street art|date=4 December 2009|work=Culture24.co.uk}}</ref>


In recent years, the Mutoids have appeared at a number of British festivals and arts events, with displays of their distinctive vehicle sculptures, and they were a key part of [[2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony|the closing ceremony]] for the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Owen |last=Gibson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/sep/08/paralympic-closing-ceremony-coldplay |title=Paralympics closing ceremony will be 'festival of flame' and Coldplay |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 8, 2012 |accessdate=September 8, 2012 |quote=The ceremony will also feature a battalion of 'eccentric travellers' storming the stage along with futuristic Mad Max-style vehicles from performance art group the Mutoid Waste Company. }}</ref>
In recent years, the Mutoids have appeared at a number of British festivals and arts events, with displays of their distinctive vehicle sculptures, and they were a key part of [[2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony|the closing ceremony]] for the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Owen |last=Gibson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/sep/08/paralympic-closing-ceremony-coldplay |title=Paralympics closing ceremony will be 'festival of flame' and Coldplay |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 8, 2012 |accessdate=September 8, 2012 |quote=The ceremony will also feature a battalion of 'eccentric travellers' storming the stage along with futuristic Mad Max-style vehicles from performance art group the Mutoid Waste Company. }}</ref>


The Mutoids were also recently celebrated in a [[BBC Four]] documentary ''I Am A Mutoid'' in June 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jun/24/joe-rush-i-am-a-mutoid-mutoid-waste-company-glastonbury-g7-mount-recyclemore|title='They thought we were terrorists': meet Joe Rush, the master of mutoid art and king of Glastonbury|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=24 June 2021|author=Stuart Jeffries}}</ref>
The Mutoids were also recently celebrated in a [[BBC Four]] documentary ''I Am A Mutoid: A Glastonbury Hero'' in June 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jun/24/joe-rush-i-am-a-mutoid-mutoid-waste-company-glastonbury-g7-mount-recyclemore|title='They thought we were terrorists': meet Joe Rush, the master of mutoid art and king of Glastonbury|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=24 June 2021|author=Stuart Jeffries}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.mutatebritain.com/ Mutate Britain]
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130129100734/http://www.mutatebritain.com/ Mutate Britain]}}
* [https://cargocollective.com/MutoidWasteCo/ Mutoid Waste Company]
* [https://cargocollective.com/MutoidWasteCo/ Mutoid Waste Company]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090208204928/http://www.mutoidwastecompany.co.uk/ Archive of the old Mutoid Waste Company site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090208204928/http://www.mutoidwastecompany.co.uk/ Archive of the old Mutoid Waste Company site]
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Mutoid Waste Company
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The Mutoid Waste Company are a performance arts group founded in London, England by Joe Rush and Robin Cooke in collaboration with Alan P Scott and Joshua Bowler. It started in the early 1980s, emerging from Frestonia's 'Car Breaker Gallery'.[1][2] They are probably best known for their recycled art installations at Glastonbury Festival and refer to themselves as the Mutoids.

Influenced by the film Mad Max and the popular Judge Dredd comics, they specialised in organising illegal free parties in London throughout the 1980s, driven at first by eclectic assortments of fringe music such as psychedelic rock and dub reggae, but then embracing the burgeoning acid house music movement by the late 1980s.

History

Described as "part street theatre, part art show and part traveling circus" in the 1986 LWT documentary South of Watford.,[3] the group became famous for building giant welded sculptures from waste materials and for customising broken down cars, as well as making large scale murals in the disused buildings where they held their parties.

In 1989, after a number of police raids on their warehouse in King's Cross, they left the country and travelled to Berlin, Germany where they became notorious for building giant sculptures out of old machinery and car parts,[4] one of which was 'Käferman', a giant human figure with a Volkswagen Beetle for its chest, offering a Bird Of Peace sculpture that overlooked the Berlin Wall towards East Berlin and the regime of East Germany. They had a collection of scrap military vehicles, including a Russian MiG 21 fighter aircraft which 'followed' them around wherever they went, and a painted tank known as "the Pink Panzer".[citation needed]

Lady Emma Herbert, daughter of Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke, met the Mutoids at about this time. They taught her acrobatic skills and she toured Europe with them, which was the beginning of her career as a circus trapeze artist.[5]

In 1991, the Mutoids travelled to Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy where they set up a scrap village called Mutonia and continued working, displaying and performing at squats and libertarian celebrations in the Emilia-Romagna region.[6][7] A community still exists.[8]

In 2009, the Mutoids held an exhibition Mutate Britain at their yard under the Westway in West London.[9][10]

In recent years, the Mutoids have appeared at a number of British festivals and arts events, with displays of their distinctive vehicle sculptures, and they were a key part of the closing ceremony for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[11]

The Mutoids were also recently celebrated in a BBC Four documentary I Am A Mutoid: A Glastonbury Hero in June 2021.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tom Vague. "PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL 2006 Counter Culture Portobello Psychogeographical History". Portobello Film Festival.
  2. ^ "Passport to Frestonia: Photo documentation of the 'free state' of Frestonia". Dangerousminds.net. 13 January 2011.
  3. ^ "The Mutoid Waste Company". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. 1986. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017.
  4. ^ Young, Ian (7 February 2013). It's Not About Me!. Anoma Press. ISBN 9781908746955.
  5. ^ Jack Grimston and Julia Llewellyn Smith, Focus: Orf to the circus, The Sunday Times, December 14, 2003
  6. ^ "HISTORY". Archived from the original on 18 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "MUTONIA (pt.1) – Interview to Debs Wrekon - Proton Art". Proton Art. 6 November 2020.
  8. ^ "The Mutoid community in North Italy". Pocketcultures.com. 19 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Mutate Britain - www.mutatebritain.com". Mutatebritain.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Mutate Britain, One Foot in the Grove celebrates British street art". Culture24.co.uk. 4 December 2009.
  11. ^ Gibson, Owen (8 September 2012). "Paralympics closing ceremony will be 'festival of flame' and Coldplay". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2012. The ceremony will also feature a battalion of 'eccentric travellers' storming the stage along with futuristic Mad Max-style vehicles from performance art group the Mutoid Waste Company.
  12. ^ Stuart Jeffries (24 June 2021). "'They thought we were terrorists': meet Joe Rush, the master of mutoid art and king of Glastonbury". The Guardian.
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