{"product_id":"if-i-cant-dance-i-dont-want-to-be-part-of-your-revolution","title":"If I Can't Dance I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution","description":"\u003cdiv title=\"Page 6\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theshopfloorproject.com\/pages\/own-art-with-an-interest-free-loan#\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/OWN_ART_BUTTON.png?v=1505927785\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"column\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA large unique hand moulded plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMaterials: Glazed stoneware, black and crank clay, oxides, slip decoration\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 35 x 35 x 4cm (13.8 x 13.8 x 1.6 inches)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003eABOUT THE PIECE: \u003cem\u003e\"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution\"\u003c\/em\u003e is a famous quote attributed to Emma Goldman, emphasising that political liberation should include joy, freedom and human expression. It originated from her sentiment that \"a cause which stood for a beautiful ideal should not demand the denial of life and joy\".\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"layoutArea\"\u003eRACHAEL HOUSE - GIRLS TO THE FRONT\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2025-02-24_at_16.34.34_1024x1024.png?v=1740414977\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003eIt's a powerful thing, to be able to protest through your art, and British artist Rachael House has been doing this for decades. The importance of her work has been recognised by many institutions including the Whitechapel Art Gallery, The Wellcome Trust and the V\u0026amp;A Museum, who acquired a tiled panel for the Museum's incredibly prestigious permanent collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2025-02-24_at_16.34.30_1024x1024.png?v=1740416078\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003eFor this exclusive collection made for The Shop Floor Project, Rachael has created a collection of large hand made platters. Decorated in her signature fish-scale and cross-hatched patterns with words written in a 14th century style font.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2025-02-24_at_16.34.21_1024x1024.png?v=1740416102\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003eThe texts are quotes gathered from a mixture of sources over her career. From the Feminist Library (where she was artist-in-residence) to bands such as Bikini Kill, writers including Angela Carter and Maya Angelou, political activists and queer writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2025-02-24_at_16.34.16_1024x1024.png?v=1740416144\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003eThese plates, which are part protest, part joyful celebration, are a call to action by the artist. Her energetic and repetitive patterns almost become a stormy sea full of waves that have a sense of energy and urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2025-02-24_at_16.34.12_1024x1024.png?v=1740416169\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003eEach large plate is hand moulded by Rachael in her studio, where she adds details such as pie-crust edging and stamping each one with her charming maker's stamp - an R set within a house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2025-02-24_at_16.34.04_1024x1024.png?v=1740416194\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003eRachael House's work focuses on feminist and queer politics and resistant histories. She uses humour as a tool for discussion and engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2025-02-24_at_16.33.57_1024x1024.png?v=1740416218\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003eAn important part of Rachael House's fine art practice is the making of zines. Beginning in the 1960's, zines were cheaply produced booklets used to promote social and political activism. In the 1990s Rachael was part of the international queerzine scene and today her zines are recognised in museum and university archives and feature in academic art books. It is from this work that her text and decorative style, that she now explores through ceramics, was originally born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2025-02-24_at_16.33.52_1024x1024.png?v=1740416242\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003eRachael House's work has been commissioned by many institutions worldwide, including: The Pittsburgh Center for The Arts, Grundy Art Gallery, The V\u0026amp;A Museum and the De La Warr Pavilion. We are very proud to be able to show this special collection of one-off plates by one of Britain's most exciting artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2025-02-24_at_16.33.47.png?v=1740416264\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"RACHAEL HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56566996074882,"sku":"(SR)RH30","price":745.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/IfICan_tDanceIDon_tWantToBePartOfYourRevolutionCutout1copy_cd93346a-64f9-4a2f-bb0b-dcab6c4a5ca6.jpg?v=1777641162","url":"https:\/\/theshopfloorproject.com\/products\/if-i-cant-dance-i-dont-want-to-be-part-of-your-revolution","provider":"THE SHOP FLOOR PROJECT ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}