Locations – where could I put my sculptures?
- How will people see it?
- Is it for the people experiencing challenges with poverty or is it for those ignorant to it?
- How will the public interact with it?
- 11,812 children in Edinburgh living bellow the bread line.
- 71% of families have one or more parent working.
- more than one in three children in poverty in Clovenstone, Wester Hailes, Niddrie Granton West, Easter Road.
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/shameful-figures-show-extent-child-18153034
- In the Gorgie and Sighthill ward of the city, the child poverty level is as high as 39 per cent, Leith and Forth wards both register 34 per cent. More than 30 per cent of children living in Portobello/Craigmillar, Leith Walk, the city centre and Gilmerton/Liberton wards are living in poverty. At the other end of the scale, 11 per cent of youngsters in Corstophine, Murrayfield and Inverleith live in poverty.
- https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2019/08/21000-children-in-edinburgh-now-living-in-poverty/
- Edinburgh is regarded as a well-off city – with incomes 27 per cent higher than the Scotland average. Unemployment rates are lower than those of “any other major UK city” and wages are higher than most other parts of the UK.
Edinburgh is a rich city. Why are so many children in poverty and not receiving support/help.
Hollyrood – grass area or long wall with grassed roof ?
- “on returning to school we were shocked to see the children at breakfast club eating breakfast with two spoons out of two bowls as they had had no food since they had left the school”.
- https://edinburghfoodproject.org/news/christmas-appeal-2020/ (what can I do to help)
I have decided my works will not be site specific. This makes the work too political and direct.
