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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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