artagainstknives.com

Today I went to the Shoreditch town hall to see the "art against knives" exhibition.

Please check out the website :
Art Against Knives

TEXT from the website what it is all about:


"ON 28 AUGUST 2008 A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND OF OURS, OLIVER HEMSLEY A 20-YEAR-OLD STUDENT FROM CENTRAL ST MARTIN’S COLLEGE, WAS STABBED BY A GROUP OF YOUTHS AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES IN AN UNPROVOKED DAYLIGHT ATTACK ON BOUNDRY STREET IN EAST LONDON. OLIVER'S HEART AND BREATHING STOPPED UPON ARRIVAL AT THE ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL, AND WHILE HE WAS SUCCESSFULLY RESUSCITATED, HE HAD TO SPEND THE NEXT 134 DAYS IN INTENSIVE CARE RELYING ON LIFE-SUPPORT MACHINES TO KEEP
HIM ALIVE. THANKFULLY, AS A RESULT OF OLIVER’S INSPIRATIONAL DETERMINATION AND
THE HARD WORK OF THE MEDICAL TEAMS WHO TREATED HIM, HIS LIFE IS NO LONGER IN IMMEDIATE DANGER AND HE HAS BEEN MOVED TO A SPECIALIST REHABILITATION UNIT AT THE ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL IN STANMORE, MIDDLESEX. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE EXTENT OF HIS INJURIES, NEITHER OLIVER NOR HIS FAMILY WILL EVER LEAD NORMAL LIVES AGAIN. OLIVER’S SPINAL CORD WAS PARTIALLY SEVERED IN THE ATTACK, LEAVING HIM PARALYSED, WITH MINIMAL MOVEMENT BELOW HIS NECK. HE WILL NEVER WALK AGAIN, AND WILL REQUIRE CONSTANT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
WE ARE DETERMINED TO SALVAGE SOMETHING POSITIVE FROM OLI'S TRAGIC STORY BY FOCUSING ON EVERYTHING THAT OLIVER LOVES IN LIFE. AS A RESULT, ART AGAINST KNIVES HAS BEEN CREATED….

THE AIM OF THE TWO-DAY EVENT IS TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO RAISE
MONEY TO PROVIDE OLIVER WITH EVERYTHING HE WILL NEED IN THE FUTURE. "