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Porta Maris Portus Salutis is the Margate Motto meaning Gateway to the Sea and Haven of Health, here sketched in the style of the logo for Universal Credit.
The work was inspired by Sharon Goodyear and the amazing Summer Kitchen project she runs in Margate. She knew that families were going without and eating unhealthy food during the school holidays and for the last 2 years she and her team have been providing free food and essential items for struggling people. Where ever Universal Credit is rolled out, food poverty and a rise in food banks follows, only one of the serious consequences of this highly controversial policy.
Feedback from local councillors who have worked with UC claimants paint a grim picture of dependency on loan sharks, evictions and mothers feeding their children but not themsleves.
The temporary installation in Fez pub in Margate High Street is there for the duration of the Turner Prize exhibition at the Turner Contemporary Gallery and hopes to sketch a mis-match between the motto's aspirations and the reality of life for so many good people in Margate.
https://www.drapersmillsprimary.co.uk/…/det…/summer-kitchen/
https://theisleofthanetnews.com/…/last-two-summer-kitchen-…/
Mooch is greatly indebted to Phil Evans at Fez for supporting this project. Go and have a pint at this fantastic pub!
https://www.facebook.com/Fez-Margate-1004144649627700/?ref=br_rs
Sketch artwork for the Motto text
Project Signs installing the artwork
Margate Motto installed and getting noticed
Margate Motto viewed from inside Fez
Design for Fez beermat
Universal Credit Sign. Photo by Jerome Ellerby
Margate Coat of Arms and Motto