Lincoln’s Member of Parliament Karl McCartney encourages everyone in the City of Lincoln, and especially schools, to answer the question “What does representation mean to you in 2012?” for a chance to contribute to REPRESENT, a poem which will be created as part of the ‘Arts in Parliament’ programme this summer.
REPRESENT is about you and your connection to Parliament. Your response could be about making your voice heard, or about ensuring others listen. It might be about how you are represented now or how you would like that to be changed. Or it might be about your identity and how that affects how you are represented in 2012. Whatever it is you would like to say, you can do it with lyrics, rhyme, prose, or even just a couple of sentences.
“I think REPRESENT offers an exciting opportunity to talk about representation and what it means to get your voice heard. I am delighted that the poem will be shown in the historic setting of Westminster Hall during the Arts in Parliament programme this summer, and I encourage everyone in Lincoln and indeed Lincolnshire to get involved,” said Mr McCartney MP.
Using the responses from across the UK, award-winning poet and performer Inua Ellams will create a single poem which will be shown as a film online and in Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament between m 1 – 6 August 2012.
To participate, include your first name, age and city or town you live in, and submit your short contributions via: email torepresent@parliament.uk, Twitter using the hashtag #represent2012 or YouTube. Submissions must be received by Monday 25 June 2012. For full rules and details visit: www.parliament.uk/artsinparliament
REPRESENT is a partnership project between Arts in Parliament, an innovative and unique programme which brings visual art, music, dance and poetry into the iconic setting of the Houses of Parliament in the Olympic year, and the UK’s leading spoken word organisation, Apples & Snakes.
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