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Words by John Jervis
For better or worse, the visual arts haven’t featured large in Britain’s national mythologies of late. Yet, in September 2018, Theresa May launched what is now known as Festival UK 2022, proclaiming: ‘Just as millions of Britons celebrated their nation’s great achievements in 1951, we want to showcase what makes our country great today.’ This ‘Festival of Brexit’ was met with scorn, hilarity and anger among artistic communities – followed, last year, by infighting and accusations of hypocrisy as groups from Assemble to the White Pube accepted the government’s shilling.
So far, so normal. More interesting is that May chose to leverage popular affection for the Festival of Britain in her flawed attempt to heal the wounds of Brexit. Why, 70 years on, does this one cultural event – first proposed in 1943 as a commemorative rehash of the Great Exhibition (with a not-dissimilar mix of industry and imperialism) – endure in the national imaginati
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4:00 PM April 15, 2021
Trigger is one of the 10 lead organisations to create and deliver a cultural project for Festival UK 2022.
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A North Somerset creative enterprise has been selected to develop and bring its ground-breaking project into full production for a major UK festival next year.
Based in Rickford, Trigger is one of 10 organisations set to create and deliver a cultural project of ‘real ambition, invention and spectacle’ for the nationwide event of creativity and innovation, Festival UK 2022.
The company is one of 10 teams that brought together creatives across scientists, technologists, engineers, artists and mathematicians (STEAM) from across the UK to work in new, creative partnerships.
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