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Between
a Rock and a Hard Place II
Public
Art project in Plymouth city centre.
Media:
Unfired clay, kidney beans and soil
Working with
children and community groups in Plymouth to create 460 clay figures - the number representing the number of Asylum seekers
supported in Plymouth. The aim of the project was to raise awareness
about the problems faced by refugees and asylum seekers in being
able
to integrate in local communities due to peoples misconceptions...
'they take our jobs, receive financial support, housing... we are
being swamped by foreigners...etc.' The installation explores the
vulnerability and fragility of displaced lives. The figures made
from
unfired, grey clay are faceless to symbolise the loss of identity
and
the seeds a quest for a new life.
The workshops
in which we made the figures included a presentation
and discussion about the reality of the lives of asylum seekers
lead
by members of the refugee community. The number of figures, 460,
is
a fraction of the 250,000 people living in plymouth. The figures
were
displayed in various locations, in small groups, around Plymouth
before being brought together in Plymouth city centre at Plymouth
Respect festival which celebrates diversity through music and other
cultural events.
To hear a BBC
Radio Devon report on the project please click here
Mp3
Audio - 3 mins, 41 secs (3.3mb)
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