Why am I doing the Wall again now? Roger Waters, 2010
I recently came across this quote of mine from 22 years ago:
” What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of
communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us to
understand one another better, or will they deceive us and keep us
apart?” I
believe this is still a supremely relevant question and the jury is
out. There is a lot of commercial clutter on the net, and a lot of
propaganda, but I have a sense that just beneath the surface
understanding is gaining ground. We just have to keep blogging, keep
twittering, keep communicating, keep sharing ideas. 30 Years ago when I wrote The Wall I was a frightened young man. Well not that young, I was 36 years old. It
took me a long time to get over my fears. Anyway, in the intervening
years it has occurred to me that maybe the story of my fear and loss
with it’s concomitant inevitable residue of ridicule, shame and
punishment, provides an allegory for broader concerns.: Nationalism,
racism, sexism, religion, Whatever! All these issues and ‘isms are
driven by the same fears that drove my young life. This
new production of The Wall is an attempt to draw some comparisons, to
illuminate our current predicament, and is dedicated to all the
innocent lost in the intervening years. In
some quarters, among the chattering classes, there exists a cynical
view that human beings as a collective are incapable of developing more
‘humane’ ie, kinder, more generous, more cooperative, more empathetic
relationships with one another. I disagree. In my view it is too early in our story to leap to such a conclusion, we are after all a very young species. I
believe we have at least a chance to aspire to something better than
the dog eat dog ritual slaughter that is our current response to our
institutionalized fear of each other. I
feel it is my responsibility as an artist to express my, albeit
guarded, optimism, and encourage others to do the same. To quote the
great man, ” You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.”
- Roger Waters, 2010
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