PROTEST OF IDENTITY
OPEN EYE GALLEY COMMISSION
'In response to a world in which we find ourselves inundated with images promoting conformity, societal norms and social pressures, this work seeks to subvert these ‘ideals’.
How can we use textiles as a tool for our own forms of expression?
When do the lines between fashion, sculpture or political protest blur?'
The work was co-created by The Open Eye Gallery, artists Sally Gilford & Ocean Farini & the minds, hands & experiences of a bunch of brilliant young people at the SPACE in Bootle. Supported by Open Eye, The Atkinson & the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Exhibited at The Atkinson Gallery, May - October 2022.
FRONT DOOR - Launch Event with House of Wings, Flakefleet Estate 2019
‘create your own game!’ - games workshop at Flakefleet Primary with Anna Horton-Cremin
( read more about this work here )
Shadow Puppet Workshop - 2 day workshop with year 4’s creating their own shadow puppet characters from stories,
part of the REAL ESTATE commission, 2019
OUR BIG GREEN: the importance of quiet green spaces in not-so-green towns
OUR BIG GREEN was a response to being told that there was no local green space and people needing somewhere out of their own street to explore. Fleetwood Marsh Nature Reserve is actually only a 10 minute walk from Flakefleet but is accessed through a complicated swing bridge that only opens at low tide, has no facilities when you get there and is mainly known as ‘Dog shite island’
Over the course of 16 weeks, I met with a group of locals, recruited through her voluntary work at local charities and food banks, outside the local McDonalds and walked down with them to the space to walk, create and explore.
( read more about the project & check out the book here )
BOUND x SFTOC - 24hr zine 2019
‘ORIGINAL TASTE' logo - made in collaboration with a group of Syrian women, starting up their own traditional Syrian cuisine business
OPEN EYE GALLERY - stay at home activity toolkit 2020