occupation installation

On October 15th 2011 the international Occupy movement hit the UK and camps sprang up in towns & cities across the country. Six months on Bristol plays host to an artistic event that seeks to understand this protest movement that saw over 1000 camps appear across the globe. From April 15th to May 15th 2012 a series of pop-up galleries and installations are appearing in Bristol’s public spaces, exploring the motivations and experiences of some of the people involved in Occupy. The installations show the images, words and concepts submitted to the project by protesters and artists from across the world. A team of Bristol based artists working with others in London are creating the installations. The Occupy movement is based upon the principal that public spaces belong to us and should be a place where people can meet, debate ideas and find solutions. In this spirit Occupation Installation will be playfully bringing these ideas into the public arena. Look out for words written in chalk across the pavement, anonymous walls turned into public galleries, stories strung on washing lines, underpants, voices speaking from suspended jars, flags flying and Lego protests.

Map tiles by Stamen Design, under CC BY 3.0. Data by OpenStreetMap, under CC BY SA.

Occupation Installation was made possible by the combined good will and hard work of people all over the world. Some have chosen to keep their contributions anonymous and OI would like to thank those people here –thank you! You know who you are. Occupation Installation owes a debt of gratitude to the following people for their support and contributions:

Also a massive thank you to the artists and designers in Bristol and London who have worked so hard, without pay, to create an event that does justice to the amazing material we were sent