Art Metropole is pleased to announce a new edition by Bill Burns titled
Guard Tower Plans, Prison Cell Plans and the Songs of Guantanamo Bay.
The official Toronto launch will take place at Art Metropole on Saturday,
March 27 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Guard Tower Plans, Prison Cell Plans and the songs of Guantanamo Bay includes a set of oversized instructional diagrams produced in the style of IKEA's step-by-step furniture assembly guides. These diagrams provide the user with a complete list of materials and methods used to build replicas of the guard towers and prison cells at Camp X-Ray. The edition also includes a large-format, silkscreen printed playlist of the metal, hardcore, rock and pop songs played to prisoners at the camps as well as a set of three long play vinyl records containing songs from the same list. The edition is housed in custom made archival box, in a limited edition of 7, plus 3 A/Ps and 1 production proof.

All proceeds from this edition will benefit Art Metropole.

Bill Burns has also published several books related to animals and warfare. These include Two Boiler Suits and a Playlist: a Guide for Primates, (YYZ, Toronto, 2010). Bird Radio, (KW, Berlin; KWAG, Kitchener and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Cologne 2007) and The Guide to the Flora and Fauna Information Service: 0.800.0FAUNA0FLORA (Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 2008). Bird Radio, describes how to recreate the songs of birds of Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Jordan and Chechnya, while The Guide to the Flora and Fauna Information Service describes how to preserve and protect plants and animals in the same part of the world.

For more information on the Art Metropole edition please visit artmetropole.com.

Bill Burns would like to thank the Leon Levy Foundation in New York for its generous support during the production of this project.

The GTMO Playlist

1. "Shoot to Thrill" by AC/DC
2. "Gold" by Matchbox Twenty
3. "Stayin' Alive" by The Bee Gees
4. "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen
5. "Dirrty" by Christina Aguilera
6. "Sesame Street Theme Song" by Joe Raposo
7. "March of the Pigs" by Nine Inch Nails
8. "American Pie" by Don McLean
9. "Die MF Die" by Dope
10. "Bodies" by Drowning Pools
11. "Raspberry Beret" by Prince
12. "White America" by Eminem
13. "All Eyes on Me" by Tupac
14. "Fuck Your God" by Deicide
15. "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
16. "America" by Neil Diamond
17. "We Are the Champions" by Queen
18. "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine
19. "Click Click Boom" by Saliva
20. "I Love You" by Barney the Purple Dinosaur

For more information contact (416) 703 4400 or [log in to unmask]

Art Metropole is a non-profit artist-run centre incorporated in 1974. We'd like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, as well as private donors for their support.