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Nothing About Us Without Us
Yesterday I took a trip to Manchester to visit the People’s History Museum. I have been looking forward to visiting for some time, as it is very relevant to my interests and work in activism and background in sociology and history. My first stop was the temporary exhibition on the ground floor ‘Nothing about us without us’. I was struck firstly by the exhibition poster created by Dolly Sen (2012), depicting a charity collection can - it is wounding to see such imagery, so simple yet effective.
Beyond the Iron Curtain
Much of the research and reading I have been doing lately, has come up with similar terms, encouraging me to think further about the direction of my practice. Images of raw materials, concrete, undecorated walls, demolition sites etc.
- 3D
- activism
- art installations
- artivism
- brutalist
- build
- capitalism
- community
- concrete
- construction
- craftivism
- crafts
- creating
- divisions
- exhibition
- experiment
- explore
- film
- gallery
- governments
- handmade
- herdwick wool
- history
- injustice
- lego
- local
- local history
- man-made
- mould
- natural materials
- neurodiversity
- north east
- organic
- photography
- play
- preparation
- process
- pyramid
- raw materials
- reflection
- representative
- sculpture
- sewing
- sketchbook
- social construct
- social justice
- structure
- textures
- visualisation
- wool
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