‘A Thousand Feet will Follow’ The original brief was an homage to Emily Davison, though there had been some feedback from Lewisham Central Assembly and local historians pointing out towards Rosa May Billinghurst, a suffragette born in Lewisham and famous for her mischievous use of her wheel chair during protests and window smashing. We thought …
Since last April, we have been developing a series of murals in Valencia, more specifically in an area called ´La Huerta de Alboraya´, renown for growing the best vegetables. We literally knocked on people´s doors asking if we could paint on their walls. After a long time without getting any results, we came across a …
In July, we went to Tripoli, in northern Lebanon, to work with Syrian Refugees, partnering this time with WAR CHILD Holland. We took musician/composer Isa Suarez, and photographer and filmmaker Hamza Salmi, all of us South Londoners. We worked in a small, integrated community in Adwi, where we found a distinctive harmony between the hosting …
How do you make a mural happen? Keep knocking on doors until people start saying: “Oh, its you! We were about to call you to paint a mural on our wall!” It can happen! With three more days to use a rented scaffolding, which we hired to install lights and restore another mural, we began …
A few years ago a total stranger approached Artmongers, asking if we could develop a project together in Scotland. Laura Henry has since found the partners in the area, a site to transform and, after battling through some funding rejections, she eventually joined forces with Samara McIntyre, who, along with 10 year-old Caleb, campaigned for the …
When we first had the idea for His’n’Hers mural, we initially discarded it for being too silly, but having failed to come up with a cleverer one, we had no option but to settle for it. We suspect it might be this apparent silliness that helps it resist the passing of time. Having initially …
This is an artwork that has been around for a while. The Brockley Key goes back to 2006. Then came the stickers that wound up almost anywhere, and most recently two new Keys appeared in San Isidro, Patricio’s hometown. The location was an abandoned port on the River Plate, where boats would dock to unload …
Edging towards the end of 2018, we visited Huacalera in the most northern province of Argentina, Jujuy (bordering Bolivia). We came to convince local authorities to support our project, transforming the 33-year-old bridge into a participatory artwork. As per usual, instead of agonizing over details, after less than one day in the town we decided …
DONATE HERE In 2014, Artmongers first asked their local community in London to support their intention to work in Azraq Camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan, using all the skills and processes developed through the last 15 years of making participatory art in adversity. Together with local community charity Bold Vision, some crowdfunding, and a …
Unity, Harmony and Togetherness are ideas that can seem far from our lives, especially when we are running to catch a train. Although we might find it natural to look after ourselves and our families, if we look beyond this and remember that we are one human race, a magnificently diverse species united by the …