25,002 tissue paper confetti pieces, dropped on the threshold of The Safe House, London.
First Impressions Exhibition,
The Safe House, London, SE15 3SN.
22-27 June, 2021
Confetti – a ritual object, for celebration, love, joy, union, togetherness; A fragile tissue of pastel circles which floats in the air at weddings in the UK.
Threshold: A doorway or entrance to a home, usually one of a newly married couple will be carried over the floor barrier. Traditionally used to keep the flooring inside the house.
Hope – strong, fragile, seductive, contagious, vulnerable, optimistic, possibilities, unlimited. Ending violence against women one man at a time.
UN figures show that 137 women across the world are killed every day by a partner or member of their own family – a total of 50,000 women a year murdered by people they know and should be able to trust, or 25002 to the date of this show.
https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/take-action
*https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/11/violence-against-women-femicide-census/
Shirley Renwick 