Thorpe, Vanessa

14/07/2009

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Vanessa Thorpe is from Highgate North London. She is wearing a Marie Antoinette costume. She chose this costume because she was given a slot at tea time on July 14th, Bastille day. She works for a newspaper covering the arts, and knew that she would like to write about the experience. She is doing the project because she likes Gormley work, it will be something unusual to remember and because she likes to write about the arts. She has some revolultionary slogans from movements around the world and will show them on a newspaper billboard. She thinks being dressed up makes her less nervous. She went into journalism partly to see things from a different angle. As a working mother remembering to have fun is important to her, so is work. She hopes to add to the colour and variety of the project and remind people of things she is interested in. She has not performed for a long time. Gormley's concern with democratisation of art influenced her decision to take part. She writes for the Observer.