Topic 5 - We're Here Because We're Here, Jeremy Deller, 2016
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how was the work depicted?
as a live and active monument
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who was it for?
to commemorate the casualties of war
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on what day was it performed?
1st July 2016
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it was a performance to mark the?
centenary of the WW1 Battle of the Somme
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what was considered the bloodiest day in British military history?
the first day of the battle of the somme
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where did the battle take place and when did it go on till?
northern france and ended in november 1916
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how many men became casualties from both sides?
over a million men
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the work was a meeting of...
conceptual art and theatre
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who did Deller collaborate with?
Rufus Norris, Director of the National Theatre
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how many participants did the work involve?
over 2,000
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how many men came together to rehearse in theatres for the piece, and how old were they?
1,400 men aged between 16-15, reflecting the ages of the men who fought in the war
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the volunteers work under strict...
secrecy to ensure no information was leaked in advance and the performance was delivered in a powerful and unexpected way
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how long was the day's work?
from 7am to 7pm
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how far did they cover across the UK?
covered the width and breadth of the UK, from the Shetland Islands to Plymouth
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what did the volunteers have to do for the performance?
appear silently at various locations across the country including railway stations, shopping centres, markets and beaches. Many dispersed by foot or on trains to smaller towns.
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the participants wore...
historically accurate uniforms, representing 15 of the regiments that suffered losses in the first day of the Battle of the Somme
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each participant represented a...
specific soldier killed in action on the first day of the Somme
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what did participants carry with them?
cards detailing the soldiers name, age, date of death and regiment
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when approached by passers by they....
silently handed out these cards to members of the public
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why didn't they speak?
Deller wanted the men to 'represent people' not 'play characters'
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what else did the card have on it?
the hashtag #wearehere and photographs began to appear on social media
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how many people were estimated to have interacted with the ghosts?
2 million, with 30 million aware of it through press, TV and social media
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what percentage of the British population was aware of the event?
63%
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the public's response was...
emotional , people wept whilst reading the cards
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at the end of the day the soldiers...
walked in circles, before singing repeatedly 'we're here because we're here' before a collective scream before dispersing
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what was the tune they sang to?
'Auld Lang Syne'
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Deller described the song to be...
'a protest song by the soldiers'
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the project was a departure from the anonymity that comes with...
traditional ways of memorialising lives lost e.g. names on a church wall
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public usually have a choice to visit memorials, but with Deller's work...
it came to them
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Deller 'wanted to make a memorial...
that was alive , not an object'
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