The Bedford Project
The Italian Job

Fri. 24th Jan
14.00 Hanson Brick Ltd
Stewartby Works
15.30 Italian Vice-Consulate
7-9 Greyfriars
Bedford

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Announcement from the Home ServiceThe artist's first engagement will be on Friday 24 January 2003 at Hanson Brick Ltd, Stewartby at 2.00pm.

Entitled The Italian Job, the project begins with a unique collaboration between Bedford's Italian Vice Consulate, Hanson Brick Ltd and the local Italian community. A party will accompany the artist on a pilgrimage from the Stewartby brickworks to the Italian Vice Consulate.

In recognition of the historic importance and contribution made by Bedford's Italian community at Stewartby, the artist will carry a hod of pre-fired bricks from Hanson Brick Ltd, which will be presented to the Consulate. Concerned with ideas of memory, The Italian Job celebrates and explores cultural and physical migration.