NEED 3 SPACES/EVENT FOR THE CRIT ON THE 21ST
Across Leeds there is a huge list of events that take or have taken place within its public spaces, all of these can be used for the theme of the posters. Ideas for what could be used for the feature of the poster could be any of the following;
carnivals
concerts
markets
exhibitions
parades
sports events
protests
happenings
flash mobs
riots
births
deaths
This task is to research the various events and happenings that have occurred in Leeds the combine them with with how helped shape the city; then choose one that will become the focus for an A3 traditional print that celebrates of this event. Any event can be the focus, whether or not it was organized or impromptu but it final outcome must be celebratory.
IDEA - around city there are blue signs placed outside important places where events have happened, go round Leeds and find these??
As this poster will be part of an exhibition there will be a large amount of similar posters, so to make the final output differ a more unique style or theme will be need to be selected.
RIOTS -
‘Throughout its history Leeds has had several riots, often recurring in the same areas. Below is a list of recorded riots that have taken place. The most famous of these is perhaps the 1981 Chapeltown riot, which took place the same time as riots in London (Brixton), Birmingham (Handsworth) and Liverpool (Toxteth).
first ideas to focus on-
via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_riots_in_Leeds
1735 Corn price riot
1753 The turnpike riots
1754 Holbeck Chapel Riot
1800 Corn price riot
1811 Corn price riot
1842 The Chartist and Plug riots in Holbeck and Hunslet
1844 The Military riot
1865 Leeds dripping riot - The Leeds dripping riot was an act of civil disorder that occurred in Leeds, England on 22 February 1865. The riot was a response to the imprisonment of a local woman for the theft of dripping. During the riot one person was seriously injured and subsequently died while five people were arrested and charged with riotous conduct. women gives fat to dress maker, gets a month in prison, causes riot, person dies.
1890 The Gasworkers riot
1893 Morley miners' riot
1908 The suffragette riot
1917 An anti-Jewish riot, Quarry Hill
1936 The battle of Holbeck Moor
1975 Chapeltown riot (1975)
11 July 1981 Chapeltown riot (1981)
22 June 1987 Chapeltown riot (1987)
1995 Hyde Park Riot
2001 Harehills riot
2002 Leeds Festival riots
The 2011 England riots saw "pockets of disorder" in Leeds’
LEEDS SUFFRAGETTES/FEMINISM
1908 The Suffragette Riot
http://leedsriotmap.co.uk/
Leeds-born activist Leonora Cohen
where - birth of Leonora Cohen in Leeds
what - A woman suffragette was Leeds-born activist Leonora Cohen. Like so many suffragettes, she lived in middle class comfort but was unafraid of breaking the law to publicise her cause.
One Saturday in February 1913, an elegant woman entered the Jewel House at the Tower of London, this was Leonora, she removed an iron bar from her coat and threw it at a glass showcase containing insignia of the Order of Merit, beefeaters immediately forced the woman to the ground and arrested her. Wrapped around the bar was a piece of paper stating: "This is my protest against the Government's treachery to the working women of Great Britain."
She was charged with causing unlawful and malicious damage to an amount exceeding £5 and was bailed for trial by jury. By the time Leonora returned home to her husband and young son in Leeds her story was headline news.Her courage and articulacy when she conducted her own defence in the ensuing court case won her much admiration.
ISSUES - she did the action in London, although born in Leeds
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leeds/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8387000/8387247.stm
SHERLOCK DRESS UP GUINESS WORLD RECORD
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sherlock-selfie---world-record-4140344
CLUEDO
FRACKING PROTEST
FEMFEST
MAGICAL LANTERN FESTIVAL AT ROUNDHAY PARK
Leeds West Indian Carnival
BORN IN LEEDS -
Corinne Bailey Rae - singer
Melanie Brown - "Mel B" from the Spice Girls
Helen Fielding - novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones
Leigh Francis, aka Avid Merrion - creator of the TV show Bo' Selecta! and Keith Lemon
Damien Hirst - artist, entrepreneur and art collector
Matthew Lewis - known for his role as Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films
Joshua Tetley (1778–1859) - founder of the Tetley's Brewery in Leeds
Thomas Houseago - artist and sculptor
BANDS FORMED IN LEEDS
Alt-J
Black Wire
Hadouken!
I Like Trains
Kaiser Chiefs
The Pigeon Detectives
Pulled Apart By Horses
Wild Beasts
GAY PRIDE
JELLY TOTS
LEEDS QUDITICH TEAM
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