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  the big picture  

The Big Picture - Audiences Central - The West Midlands - 2008

The record-breaking work of art included 112, 896 photos, and measured 857.3m2. It was unveiled outside Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum at Millennium Point.
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  dementia  

Dementia Parts 1 & 2 - Westminster Arts - London - 2008

'Dementia' was commissioned as part of 'Arts+Minds' an arts project for older people receiving care. It was also part of an exhibition 'Untold: An exploration of identity in old age'. In this work a distinctive and unorthodox approach explores aspects of old age in a new way.
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  forces and films  

Forces & Film - Creative Partnerships - London - 2008

Forces & Film was a commission in a special school to collaborate with two teachers and a year 8 and 9 class and to explore their imaginations and represent their ideas and understanding of the science topic 'forces' through film.
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  you are the boss  

You're The Boss - Chisenhale Gallery - London - 2008

You're The Boss was an intensive one week art project commissioned by Chisenhale Gallery for 12-14 year olds. The young people 'hired' the artist they wanted to work with and designed an event.
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  the dividing line  

The Dividing Line – Cafe Gallery - London 2005

A forum for practitioners in palliative care and medical humanities, offering them a unique opportunity to reflect and discuss their practice. Helen Marshall facilitated a workshop that reflected on themes in the exhibition…
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  Digging up a story  

Digging up a Story – The Photographers’ Gallery - London 2005

Digging up a Story was a single project organised by Creative Partnerships at a primary school in East London, 2006 that involved an archaelogist, an artist and a storyteller.

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  Bonpo  

Bonpo – Independent Photography - London 2006

A book and audio work commissioned and published by: Independent Photography as part of Imagine East Greenwich.Helen worked with several elderly housebound residents in the borough of Greenwich.

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  doodlebug  

Doodlebug – Clod Ensemble - London 2005

Helen Marshall led a project which explored ideas of propaganda in relation to war. The final film, Doodlebug, named after Hitler’s secret weapon but juxtaposed with the Jitterbug dance

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  you may not be an angel  

You May not be an Angel – Clod Ensemble - London 2004

Helen Marshall was commissioned to make this film with members of the Claremont Day Centre. This soon developed into a more daring intervention where participants invited Helen to follow them to their homes and conduct the interviews there in private. More...

 
         
  rosetta live  

Rosetta Live ! – Riverside Studios -London 2004

Helen Marshall worked on a series of residencies in hospitals and hospices over three years to produce works and finally curate the visual arts element of the festival.

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  royal free hospital  

Royal Free Hospital – Rosetta Life – 2003

Helen Marshall worked on the oncology wards with patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. It was in many ways the ‘frontline’ of the NHS, and an extremely challenging environment within which to work.

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  laryngectomy  

Laryngectomy – Rosetta Live - Riverside Studios - London 2004

Commissioned for the Festival at Riverside Studios, shown at Rosetta Requiem and broadcasted on The Community Channel. Alec, Graham’s grandson takes us on a guided tour of the hole in Graham’s throat.

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muf

 

muf architecture art – CABE Healthy Hospitals - London 2003

muf is a collaborative practice of art and architecture committed to public realm projects. Helen Marshall collaborates with patients at the Royal Free Hospital, muf and Rosetta Life to produce two video works ’ A City within a City’. More...

 
         
  artbridge  

Artbridge - Paintings in Hospitals - London 2003

A project working with older people with dementia in a residential home in West London.

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  fundamental  

Fundamental - The Architecture Crew - London 2006

The Architecture Crew is a new project for young people aged 13-19 who live or study in the borough of Newham. The Crew website and a video work was developed through a series of creative sessions run by visual artist Helen Marshall. More...

 
         
  art at the center  

Art at the Centre – Art Strategy & Masterplanning - Thames Gateway 2005

A commission to work with masterplanners on a regeneration development on the Isle of Sheppey, Thames Gateway.

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  take me to the river  

Take Me To The River - University of East London - London 2007

Young people from Silvertown, East London are getting a hands-on art and archaeology experience and discovering the heritage of the River and the Docks.

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  rap  

RAP - Free Form - London 2006

Helen worked with participants of Hackney’s first ever Resettlement and Aftercare Provision (RAP) Youth Arts programme in partnership with Hackney Youth Offending Team to produce multimedia works…

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  TAP LIFT  

TAP - LIFT -London 2005

TAP in partnership with London International Festival of Theatre is a ground-breaking pan-London professional development programme for artists and teachers. It is part of a three-year action research process…

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  salaam  

Salaam – Kunkajung, Kaninfing & London 2002

A portable project that took place as an exchange between schools in the Gambia, West Africa and Britain. Children were introduced to disposable and digital cameras, scanners and video and the computer during a series of workshops. More...

 
         
  nothing to declare  

Nothing To Declare – Bow Festival, Space Studios - London 2003

An interactive installation that took place at Roman Road Market. Two market stalls housed a laptop, scanner, printer, sticky labels, 300 take away bags and objects from the market itself.

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  MissMao
 

Miss Mao – Helen’s House - London 2006

Miss Mao was a group show of british and chinese artists and celebrated the inauguration and opening of a new space ( Helen’s House ) with a unique and diverse international collaboration.

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  royal british legion poppy  

The Peoples' Poppy - The Royal British Legion - 2006

Photographs of 3,500 recipients of help from the Royal British Legion have been put together to create a vast poppy to publicise an initiative by the charity.The 20 sq ft People’s Poppy, created by artist Helen Marshall, was on display in June 2006 at London’s Victoria station. More...

 
         
  making slough happy  

Making Slough Happy - BBC2 - 2005

Optomen TV were producing a documentary series called ‘Making Slough Happy’ for BBC2: An unusual three month social experiment, spanning a variety of disciplines from psychology to economics, aiming to improve the happiness levels of people in the Berkshire town of Slough. More...