PROCESSIONS 2018
Heather Agyepong and Artichoke
Overview
'In 1918, the Representation of the People Act gave the first British women the right to vote and stand for public office. One hundred years on, we invited women and girls across the UK to come and mark this historic moment as part of a living portrait of women in the 21st century.
On Sunday 10 June 2018, the streets of our four UK capitals, Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London, were transformed into vast rivers of green, white and violet as tens of thousands of women and girls converged to mark 100 years of the first British women voting. PROCESSIONS was a moment for celebration and reflection and a living portrait of what it means to be a woman today' (Artichoke).
Heather Ageypong
Having previously worked with Heather Ageypong as a visiting artist, when she was invited to participate as one of the leading artists in PROCESSIONS, she choose to collaborate with us once again. The proposal for her banner was to reflect the work and suffrage of the many women of colour activists that often do not get the credit they deserve. The HGAED students worked with Heather to research various women activists, their research culminated in a mini procession through the school as you can see below.
https://heatheragyepong.com
'In 1918, the Representation of the People Act gave the first British women the right to vote and stand for public office. One hundred years on, we invited women and girls across the UK to come and mark this historic moment as part of a living portrait of women in the 21st century.
On Sunday 10 June 2018, the streets of our four UK capitals, Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London, were transformed into vast rivers of green, white and violet as tens of thousands of women and girls converged to mark 100 years of the first British women voting. PROCESSIONS was a moment for celebration and reflection and a living portrait of what it means to be a woman today' (Artichoke).
Heather Ageypong
Having previously worked with Heather Ageypong as a visiting artist, when she was invited to participate as one of the leading artists in PROCESSIONS, she choose to collaborate with us once again. The proposal for her banner was to reflect the work and suffrage of the many women of colour activists that often do not get the credit they deserve. The HGAED students worked with Heather to research various women activists, their research culminated in a mini procession through the school as you can see below.
https://heatheragyepong.com
After completing the research each student worked with Heather to represent their chosen woman activist through a photographic portrait. These images were then assembled into the final banner by Heather.
PROCESSION 2018
It isn't very often that the research that takes pace in the school can be taken out into the streets to demonstrate alongside thousands of other people. Creative activism coming to life. On the day of the procession we were fortunate to be chosen by Artichoke to lead the march. You can see us in the bottom of the Instagram post below, the first banner of the procession.
It isn't very often that the research that takes pace in the school can be taken out into the streets to demonstrate alongside thousands of other people. Creative activism coming to life. On the day of the procession we were fortunate to be chosen by Artichoke to lead the march. You can see us in the bottom of the Instagram post below, the first banner of the procession.
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