Next Tuesday the sidewalk and street in front of Vintage Vinyl will host an important national event, where a renowned British artist and two experts on the subject of Iraq park their RV (and the remnants of a bombed-out car from Baghdad) for a day-long series of conversations with the public.

Jeremy Deller, a British artist and a winner of the Turner Prize (the most prestigious award for young artists in the UK), is embarking on a road trip across the country this week with two guests experts, in order to encourage an unmediated, unscripted, and nonpartisan public discussion about Iraq, its present circumstances, and our relationship to its people and as a nation.

Deller’s companions are Jonathan Harvey and Esam Pasha. Harvey is an Iraq war veteran and recently demobilized Psychological Operations platoon sergeant and Esam Pasha is an Iraqi refugee, artist and former translator for the Chief Advisor in the British Embassy of Baghdad.

For information on the project, please visit conversationsaboutiraq.com.  For information on the project in St. Louis, please click here. The project is presented by Creative Time, New York, and hosted in St. Louis by the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis.