Protest Banners Workshops

The children of Breightmet wanderers FC junior team recently held a protest march to raise awareness against racism in football and we held a series of workshops to help them make banners to be used.

 Photo courtesy of Bolton at Home

The children worked with one of our community artists to make the banners and then sewable LEDs were added to make the banners even more eye catching.

Banner with yellow LEDs

This idea was based on a new wave of demonstrations that use light as a form of protest, representing awareness, understanding and progression. More information can be found here: http://overpasslightbrigade.org/

Example from Overpass Light Brigade

This project allowed us to use smart materials to represent ideas within a piece of art that serves a function as well as delivering a message, I'm very proud of everyone involved in this fantastic effort.

Photo from the day of the demonstration courtesy of Bolton at Home