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Ian Berry                                                                   #iClapFor                                 They can now be seen with more artists              Royal Brompton Hospital



                                                                                                                                                                                    Ian Berry interview July 5 2020 was the 72nd
                                                                                                                               hands including his sons, only six, who in-
                                                                                                                               spired the whole project. Elliott loved the
                                                                                                                                                                                    birthday of the NHS and people across the
                                                                                                                               clapping here in the UK on Thursday nights
                                                                                                                                                                                    country came back onto their doorsteps to
                                                                                                                               at 8pm. ‘It enabled us to be able to talk to
                                                                                                                                                                                    applaud our nation’s hardworking clinical staff
                                                                                                                                                                                    who had been on the frontline of the Covid-19
                                                                                                                               him about it while he was engaged and
                                                                                                                               interested. We could tell him about his auntie  outbreak. To mark the occasion the entrance
                                                                                                                               who was on the COVID team in Lund,
                                                                                                                               Sweden and our friends on the frontline.             to Royal Brompton Hospital was illuminated
                                                                                                                                                                                    by a projection of two hands clapping. The
                                                                                                                               He now sees the NHS workers as heroes                video installation called #iclapfor also con-
                                                                                                                               and gets excited every time he sees the logo.        tains the message: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY
                                                                                                                               That’s why I think the clapping is great, while  THANKS” and was created by artist Ian
                                                                                                                               I understand the arguments if kids can grow          Berry. Ian said: “In this time we’ve seen who

                                                                                                                               up seeing health workers and others to be            are the people who we should listen to and
                                                                                                                               respected then we have more hope for the             look up to, who children should aspire to be
                                                                                                                               future.’                                             like, and that’s people in the NHS.”
                                                                                                                               Ian Berry projection film of the clapping
                                                                                                                               hands can be seen in this film link                  Painting the Clapping Mural by Atma Art.
                                                                                                                                                                                    Ian Berry, Wood Street Walls and ATMA
                                                                                                                                                                                    collaborated and now have the Clapping
                                                                                                                                                                                    Hands.
                                                                                                                                                                                    Every Thursday during the 2020 lockdown,
                                                                                                                                                                                    the UK clapped to applause the NHS workers
                                                                                                                                                                                    and carers. The denim artist IAN BERRY
                                                                                                                                                                                    created the iconic animation “I clap for”,
                     Movement of thanks                                                                                                                                             projected all over the country. To commemo-

                                                                                                                                                                                    rate this moment, WOOD STREET WALLS
                                                                                                                                                                                    commissioned ATMA to paint this visual on a
                                                                                                                                                                                    London NHS surgery.
        Championed by                                                                         Castle, the South
        distinguished artist David                                                   Bank Centre and the BT
        Hockney, Ian creates incredible                                         Tower in Birmingham – it was                                                                        Thank you to the artists Ian Berry, Andre
        works of art in denim. What goes with                               even on the white Cliffs of Dover!                                                                      Veloux, Benjamin Murphy, Max Zorn, Sophie

        denim? Pin badges that’s what! Ian is a big fan                                                                                                                             Standing, Will Rochfort, Daisy Collingridge,
        of eco-art, recycling and up-cycling, and was               It began with an idea between father and                                                                        Marcus Aitken, Ruth Fox, Kirstie Adamson,
        a leader in the #IClapFor movement that saw                                son - Ian and Elliott Berry.                                                                     Jess Wilson, Alicja Kozlowska, Barbara Shaw,
        the clapping hands animated across the UK                 “I Clap For” happened by accident, a reac-                                                                        Juan Manuel Gomez, Elliott Berry, Terry
        and the world.                                          tion to the Clapping that took off around the                                                                       Aske, Béatrice Beraud, Cas Holmes, Holly
        For the last few months his hands have been          world. Their response has now been projected                                                                           Brown and Zariha Rachadi
        projected on buildings as far away as                   all around the globe. It also helped the com-                                                                       Thank you to Phil Fearnley from Halo Vue
        Colombia, Mexico City, New York, Sweden                 munity to give messages of thanks during the                                                                        Aerial Photography for his work on the film.
        and Brazil and here in the UK on 70                   COVID-19 pandemic - aimed at those we clap
        different areas walls from Land’s End to John                                                        for.
        O’Groats, the most Southern and Northern

        areas of Britain. They were seen on places
        such as the Baltic in Gateshead, Edinburgh
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