Memorial
By
Alke Schmidt
2014
- Sculpture
- Craft and Design
- Participatory & Collaborative
- Memorial
- Human Rights
- Political Art
- Textiles
- Funding / Award
- Exhibition
Dimensions
32 x 145 x 12 cm
1139 Sewing pins & transfer print on cotton
Inspired by the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2013. Each pin represents a worker who died as a result of the disaster.
Part of the Tangled Yarns exhibition at the William Morris Gallery (2014/15) and at Cromford Mills (Sep/Oct 2015)
Photograph: Paul Tucker
Photograph: Paul Tucker
Helping Artists Keep Going
Axis is an artist-led charity supporting contemporary visual artists with resources, connection, and visibility.