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Ria

 Integrated Society

Screen printed fabric 

Brightly coloured banner,  printed all over  with photos of mill buildings, street scenes brickwork
Part of a banner: screenprinted photos on white fabric. Photos of brickwork, mill buildings & detail
Part of a banner: screenprinted photos on white fabric. Photos of brickwork, mill buildings & detail
Part of a banner: screenprinted photos on white fabric. Photos of brickwork, mill buildings & detail
Part of a banner: screenprinted photos on white fabric. Photos of brickwork, mill buildings & detail

Photos by Jonathan Turner

Audio of the text on this page

Integration - the action or process of successfully joining or mixing with a different group of people.

Society - people living together in a more or less ordered community.


I’ve combined research, photography and screen-printing in this banner. 


I find the word ‘integrated’ very interesting. I like the idea of lots of different people living together and everyone being equal. For this artwork, I’m thinking about integration where I live, as well as in society as a whole.


My flat is in a converted textile mill in Morley. There are disabled and neurodivergent people living in the building as well as other residents.


Textile mills have always been places of integration, where disabled people worked alongside others. This might not have been taken into account by mill owners of the past, or by the companies who renovated my building, but still integration continues.


https://pyramid.org.uk/ria/

https://instagram.com/lakexy_design_artist 


Description of the banner:


Images of mill buildings, based on photographs, have been printed all over a long length of white fabric, about four feet wide and ten feet long. The images show details, such as brickwork, different shaped windows, doorways, street signs and chimneys. Each image is roughly a foot square, printed in a single bright colour. The pictures overlap each other like a multicoloured patchwork. 




BSL translation of Ria's statement.

Translated by Khalid Ashraf.

Ria talks about her art

I spoke to Ria about her artwork, Integrated Society. It's a beautiful textile banner that hangs in front of a window, so when the light shines through, the colours are really bright. It's been admired by so many visitors to the exhibition. Ria's explanation behind it is really interesting.


We also moved on to talking about Ria's early days as an artist, and her current plans, with an exhibition in the pipeline.


Click here to read on.

A colourful painting of a white woman wearing crown of flowers. 'I am stronger' is on the right

Stronger by Ria (2019)

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