Helen Marriage's company Artichoke planning major tribute to the suffragette movement
Helen Marriage, CEO of the leading UK production company Artichoke, on the “living artwork” procession tribute.
❝ As a tribute to the suffragette movement and women getting the vote, the charity Artichoke is holding a “living artwork” procession through London.
Women, girls, and those who identify as women will create a modern day portrait of females today and celebrate the work of brilliant ladies who have gone before us.
Participants will be given green, white or violet to wear in tribute to the suffragette movement, and the charity said the women will appear as “a vast river of colour flowing through the city streets”.
At the same time as the London procession, on Sunday, June 10, marches are being held in Belfast, Cardiff, and Edinburgh, bringing women together across the country.
At the core of each procession will be specially created banners, echoing those carried by suffrage campaigners. Artichoke is holding creative banner-making workshops in the lead up to the march but participants can also make placards at home using a specially made toolkit which takes inspiration from a 1909 pamphlet by suffragette artist Mary Lowndes.
Helen Marriage, Artichoke CEO, said: “Processions is an invitation to women and girls across the country to become part of a vast artwork that will celebrate what was achieved 100 years ago, and asks what that means to women today.
“Individuals and groups up and down the country will be at the heart of processions, and the response already from organisations, artists and communities wanting to work with us has been overwhelming. [IlfordRecorder.co.uk]
| HELEN MARRIAGE is the Artistic Director of Artichoke, one of the UK’s leading independent production companies. Watch her discuss the importance of "Art Interventions" below, and learn more about booking Helen for your next event today. |
