Catalogue Number
NMLH.2025.37.68
Object Name
Poster
Title
campaign against a criminal trespass law Benefit Bop
Place
Paddington Printshop, London
People
John Phillips (designer); Paddington Printshop; Campaign Against A Criminal Trespass Law (CACTL)
Date
1978
Description
Screenprinted poster, "campaign against a criminal trespass law Benefit Bop" along the top. Below is a greyscale photocollage of police vehicles and bulldozers filling a terraced street, starting to pull down a house. The bulldozers are the only colour in yellow. Overlaid to the left, printed in yellow and red, are two people dancing. One person wears a stripy knee-length skirt and blouse; the other appears to wear overalls and shirt, and is doing a high kick. Red text along the black banner at the bottom reads, "The Resisters - Mindless Pleasures - Disco - Food - From 8 'Til Late - Saturday November 11th 1978". To the left in yellow is "National Conference - 'Occupations, Criminal Trespass and the use of the Law'" advertised at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1.
This poster was made by Paddington Printshop, a community graphic design and print workshop in West London, co-founded by John Phillips and Pippa Smith. Between 1975-1991, the centre printed over 400 designs for left-wing community organisations. These publicised local political campaigns such as housing rights and food co-ops, to social gatherings including play days, gardening clubs, gigs and festivals. Their do-it-yourself style was part of the proto-punk ethos.
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