PROCESSIONS - 100 YEARS OF WOMEN'S VOTING
On Sunday 10 June, the streets of the four
political capitals of the UK – Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London – were
filled with colour as tens of thousands of women and girls took part in the
extraordinary mass-participation artwork PROCESSIONS.
At the start of each route, participants were
given scarves to wear in one of the three suffragette colours – green, white
and violet – and were choreographed to walk together through the streets. The
visual effect was that of a vast, living suffragette flag unfurling across the
cities.
The routes finished with each procession
walking underneath an arch that read “My Vote Really Makes a Difference”.
PROCESSIONS, produced by Artichoke and
commissioned by 14-18 NOW, was a lively, positive and emotional
celebration of the centenary suffrage, with participants singing and dancing
along the routes.
Women from all walks of life came together in
celebration to create this moving artwork. As part of PROCESSIONS, beautifully
decorated banners were carried proudly through the streets, painting a vivid
picture of women across the UK today. These carried messages of commemoration
for the women of 1918 and for the work still to be done.
This momentous event was broadcast live on
BBC One and shared across the globe on social media.
I co-ordinated social media footage gathering/production in the run-up to the event, produced the crews in alll four cities for broadcast distribution and produced the round-up overview film.