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The Pansy Project
24 Oct 2010
At the recent Say No To Hate Crime candle-lit vigil in Trafalagr Sq, London, David, Founder of A Day In Hand campaign held hands with Paul Harfleet. Paul is the genius behind The Pansy Project. This is an absolutely fantastic campaign which highlights the tragedy of homophobic hate crime in a simple peaceful gesutre, the planting of a flower. More on The Pansy Project here.
"Artist Paul Harfleet plants pansies at the site of homophobic abuse, he finds the nearest source of soil to where the incident occurred and generally without civic permission plants one unmarked pansy. The flower is then photographed in it's location and posted on his website, the image is entitled after the abuse. Titles like "Let's kill the Bati-Man!" and "Fucking Faggot!" reveal a frequent reality of gay experience which often goes unreported to authorities. This simple action operates as a gesture of quiet resistance, some pansies flourish and others wilt in urban hedgerows. The artist began by planting pansies to mark his own experience of homophobia on the streets of Manchester UK though now he plants pansies for others both on an individual basis and as part of various festivals and events."
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