The Newspapers are full of boko haram, ( they do not deserve capital letters), and their shocking arrogant admission about kidnapping over 200 girls and casually saying it is their right to sell them as slaves. Hopefully they have over stepped their mark and they will eventually be stopped and the Nigerian government forced to tackle them.
Apparently there was 4 hours warning of the attack on the school and the government did nothing. No wonder the arrogant, insane leaders of boko haran behave as if they are unstopable…
Education is everything. Everyone knows that. By keeping women out of education, as the tailban and boko haran are trying to do, they are kept poor and powerless – just where these crazy, fundamentalist Islamic groups want them.
This is where my project began almost a year ago – with the shooting in the head of Malala who dared speak out for girls’ rights and needs to education….
Today I went to B&Q to look at acrylic for covering my pieces. Perspex is going to be too expensive. My piece on the floor is 255 x 382cm. I cannot even get a piece that big through the doors into the studio! It will cost me about £500 in perspex, for 2 pieces, which is far too much.
What are my options then?
I could put a border around the piece on 3 sides so people could walk around it – still walking over it but not all the way.
But would someone step off the covering and onto the prints?
( at this point , do I care?)
I need to ring up Ipswich Plastics and ask about acrylic sheets, sizes and prices…
Oh dear, the flaffing around about showing them on the floor has taken more time and angst than creating the work in the first place.
Such is life at the moment…
