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RE-ENACTMENT OF THE CONCEPTION OF PRINCE WILLIAM

by chunkymark | March 20, 2007 at 10:18 am

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www.markmcgowan.org
THE GUY HILTON GALLERY PRESENTS
In an extra-ordinary art performance artist Mark McGowan is to re-enact the moment Prince William, the future King of England was conceived by his parents Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.
The event/performance is to take place at an art gallery in East London at 5pm on Saturday 28th April 2007. The entire walls of the venue are to be painted with murals of Buckingham Palace, royal insignia, the Union Jack and the National Anthem will be played.
The matrimonial bed will be re-constructed and placed in the centre of the gallery with visitors and guests surrounding it. During the one hour ticketed event/performance two actors, one with a Prince Charles mask on, the other with a Lady Diana mask will re-enact the conception and is to include what might have been said and how the conception would have taken place, the performance will also be x-rated as it will have adult material.
McGowan says,
‘This is an historical piece, it is a moment in our history few people ever thought they would or could see. It is at times like this that art shows its true power by making things appear real, it would have been easy to paint a picture or create a sculpture of the conception, but I hope by using actors it will bring a sense of authenticity to the piece. I believe this is probably one of my most important works, the gallery only holds a certain amount of people, we will however be making a DVD of the performance so a wider audience can enjoy this fantastic art event.’
for more info/tickets click on www.markmcgowan.org

The Guy Hilton Gallery 07958595033
Mark McGowan 07944533010

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matte

at 13:18 on March 20th, 2007

As one of the NowPublic editors, I’ve flagged your item as Not Authentic. This is not exclusive - it is copied from elsewhere - it as also a sales pitch for tickets.

Please feel free to write your own comment in response, but first check out NowPublic news values and our Code of Conduct. These will make your stuff better.

kate

at 19:03 on March 20th, 2007

matte, I think chunkymark IS Mark McGowan, the artist undertaking this (hilarious) project. (Mark, am I right?) So - it's hardly "not authentic". I also don't see it as a "sales pitch for tickets". It is perfectly legitimate to list how someone can get tickets or more information for a project or event.

matte

at 04:10 on March 21st, 2007

Yes I realise they are the same person. The technology is letting us down by it being marked as exclusive (ie published nowhere else). I understand this is being addressed in a site update in the near future. I would have preferred the reference to tickets not to have been made - rather a 'more info' link, otherwise it opens the door to anyone with an event publicising for ticket sales.

matte

at 04:10 on March 21st, 2007

Although your story was newsified as inauthentic, it now looks pretty real to me. Many thanks for your posting - it's now back on track and heading for our front pages. For more information about the way NowPublic Newsifiers work to help contributors, please read our News Values.

Dave Ward

at 06:30 on March 21st, 2007

Are press releases and self-promotion acceptable on NowPublic?

Actual News Geezer

at 07:50 on March 21st, 2007

Dave that is a good question. We've not dealt with the question until....this very moment.

My sense is that in the future, we'll probably have an area for paid content. For now, what would make me happy is for the poster of commercial content - perhaps this current example is a good one - should be prefaced with some sort of acknowledgement. We don't have any mechanism to do this automatically, or with a special category for press releases. This is something I can take to our management team.

What do you think?

chunkymark

at 08:21 on March 22nd, 2007

i am sorry to have caused any problems. tickets are not for sale for the re-enactment of the conception of prince william but are free. there are always lots of news stories about my events printed and online and on television all over the world. i thought by giving you the story first and posting it directly that was what this website was about. obviously if i am making my own news i can see that there maybe a conflict of interest. but isnt all news. mark mcgowan by the way i think now public is fantastic