The Abuses of Enchantment
Mark Pilkington
Tuesday, 22nd February, 2011
October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AL
Entry £7 /£5 Concessions, Arrive 6pm for a 6:30pm Start – Wine available
In this new audio-visual presentation Mark shows how military and intelligence operators have shaped and exploited beliefs in UFOs, ghosts, monsters, vampires, and elements from folklore and conspiracy theory to create an armoury of supernatural weapons of mass deception capable of manipulating consciousness on a grand scale. The inspiration for these toys, tools and techniques has come from a range of sources including fiction, cinema, stage magic, advertising and occultism and has, for many of its intended and unintended targets, altered their very perception and understanding of the world around us.
Mark Pilkington has written for Fortean Times, the Guardian, Sight & Sound, The Wire, Frieze, The Anomalist and a host of other magazines and journals. His book ‘Mirage Men: An Adventure into Disinformation, Paranoia and UFOs’ was published in July 2010.