Daniel Meadows
Welfare State International, 1977
Gelatin Silver Print
52.1 x 76.2 cms
20 8/16 x 30 ins
Series: 7. Welfare State International (1976-1983)
10760
Provenance
Acquired from Daniel Meadows, 2015Exhibitions
Daniel Meadows. Early Photographic Works, touring exhibition, 2011-2015. Venues included The National Media Museum, Bradford; Ffotogallery, Cardiff, Library of Birmingham, Birmingham and the LCC Gallery, London.
The Loves, Lives and Murders of Lancelot Barabbas Quail, Burnley, Lancashire. September 1977. From Welfare State International, 1976-1983. The performances presented by Welfare State International often included as their...
The Loves, Lives and Murders of Lancelot Barabbas Quail, Burnley, Lancashire. September 1977.
From Welfare State International, 1976-1983.
The performances presented by Welfare State International often included as their main protagonist, Lancelot Quail, billed as Britain's new folk hero. He was described as "(a working-class hermaphrodite strong man) ... after following a mermaid on a ley line trail across SW England last September...Lancelot Quail is living on a rubbish tip in NW Lancs. Rebuffed by the Department of the Environment, he is trapped in a labyrinth, but is constructing home-made wings and an elaborate radio telescope. Although Lancelot has lost the mermaid for ever, he is still seeking Beauty. The Beast and the Winter Tree King are hunting him down, but with luck on Spring Bank Holiday Monday, he will escape in one time or another. (Welfare State, Beauty and the Beast, leaflet, Burnley, 19th - 28th May 1973)
In November 1973, WSI created its first large-scale bonfire event which later evolved into Parliament in Flames staged in Burnley in 1976 with an audience of 10,000 people and restaged in various other towns through the 1970s.
From Welfare State International, 1976-1983.
The performances presented by Welfare State International often included as their main protagonist, Lancelot Quail, billed as Britain's new folk hero. He was described as "(a working-class hermaphrodite strong man) ... after following a mermaid on a ley line trail across SW England last September...Lancelot Quail is living on a rubbish tip in NW Lancs. Rebuffed by the Department of the Environment, he is trapped in a labyrinth, but is constructing home-made wings and an elaborate radio telescope. Although Lancelot has lost the mermaid for ever, he is still seeking Beauty. The Beast and the Winter Tree King are hunting him down, but with luck on Spring Bank Holiday Monday, he will escape in one time or another. (Welfare State, Beauty and the Beast, leaflet, Burnley, 19th - 28th May 1973)
In November 1973, WSI created its first large-scale bonfire event which later evolved into Parliament in Flames staged in Burnley in 1976 with an audience of 10,000 people and restaged in various other towns through the 1970s.