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Red Cloud Project
Fellowship at Rights Studio: Child Rights International Network (CRIN)
Role:
Research and editing, editorial design, conducting interviews, workshop facilitation, augmented reality filter design and building (with Spark AR) and video editing.
Rights Studio is a design fellowship program created by Child Rights International Network where graduates explore the intersection between art and activism. The fellowship was piloted for the first time in 2019 and led to a period education campaign, Red Cloud Project. The campaign includes an educational book and an interactive printing machine which we showcased at Tate Modern for International Women's Day 2020.
The Red Cloud Project was officially launched at the Rights Studio Festival, 8th April 2021.
Outcomes of the project include:
Book:
From Your Big Sister
The educational book designed to break the shame and stigma around menstruation contains chapters such as Know Your Body, Period Products, Period Poverty, Period and Culture and Breaking Period-Related Myths. We have also included reflective activities and exercises to provoke conversation and reflection as we don’t wish to impose our point of view. Finally, we have crowdsourced stories from around the world in order to share the experiences of other folks out there. This project has allowed us to speak to many religious leaders and theologians to help contextualise how menstruation sits within their respective religions. We have also interviewed many period activists from around the world in order to inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to support sustainable and accessible periods for all.
Features:
Podcast: Empower Period - Menstruation in the media
Online Event: Segment for Irise's One World Period event.
Article: UAL Post-Grad Community