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Bedford Voices (last edited: 2021)

Demitrios Kargotis
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In March 2015, two months before the UK General Election, the town of Bedford saw ten of its central commercial advertising billboards replaced with hard-hitting political cartoons. These were, in fact, a new artwork called ‘Bedford Voices’, which presented the ideals of seven Bedford charities, and community groups who wanted their voices to be heard. It was a collaborative project initiated by artists Dash N’ Dem (Demitrios Kargotis & Dash Macdonald), with leading political cartoonist Patrick Blower and top London advertising agency McGarryBowen. Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts the aim was to harness the power of billboard advertising and further the concept of public art. Made even more poignant as the country geared up to the general election, this project created the opportunity to explore, discuss, and co-produce people’s policies as an artwork for all to experience. It used political cartoons to pose powerful questions and thought-provoking messages that were intended to get people talking and engaging. Dash N’ Dem worked with the community groups in a series of workshops to develop their own political message. The research interest was in the political poster and how it has played a key role in the way political parties ‘speak’ to the people, both in the twentieth century and today, and how posters could enable community groups to voice what they wanted to say using the language and techniques of the political poster. From 16 March to 12 April 2015, these peoples’ political posters were exhibited across Bedford town centre along with participatory event’s; walking tours and hustings with local MPs and councillors who gathered to discuss the issues raised by the billboards. The project had significant local impact, with audience impact estimated by Bedford Creative Arts at 1.232m and media coverage by BBC Look East, and the Huffington Post.
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date04/02/2021
last modified12/03/2021
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urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1148852/1148853


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