Emergency

A public art commission, to work with a Coventry womens group – “I’ll do that for you Love!” – we learned traditional construction skills and after a year long collaborative process created a new sculptural work for the city’s civic park, in Coventry, UK. We were referencing the dangers of underground walkways and violence against women and the subsequent fears of public spaces at night this engenders in women and girls. Underground brick lined sections of corridor, innaccessible and lit by the orange glow of sodium street lights, these spaces were Sci-Fi. An empowering project for those involved, it sparked a whirl of controversy in the Evening Post.