Clarion Epic
A four-day cycle ride with Karen Breneman from London to Liverpool, investigating the Clarionettes – members of the Clarion Cycling Club, one of the UK's first cycling clubs founded in 1894 who distributed the Clarion newspaper and the socialist word - through contemporary road cycling culture.
Customised woollen jerseys made by quiltmaker Charlotte Walters - bearing designs by Walter Crane, socialist artist and cartoonist for the Clarion newspaper, and emblazoned on the back with the original Clarion mottos derived from William Morris' words in A Dream of John Ball.
The Institute for the Art and Practice of Dissent at Home hosted a roundtable discussion with artists, activists, a filmmaker, a champion cyclist and bike shop owner, a former trade unionist, and a politics and performance academic.
The original ride was made possible numerous supporters. Thanks to (in chronological order): Andrew Davies of Bicycle Works in Edinburgh; Cycling Club Hackney; Nisha Duggal, Amy Feneck and Jo Wilson; Ian & Jayne Clark of the National and Fenland Clarion Cycling Clubs; Colin & Jess Watt; Terry Bush & Bill of the Bedfordshire Road Cycling Club; Lesley Robertson, Cycles Curator at the Coventry Transport Museum and vice-chair of Coventry Road Cycling Club; Michael Richards; Barry & Pauline Wilkinson and Dave & Mary Joynson of the Kidsgrove Wheelers; Sue Booth, Roy Bunnell, Joan, Janet Gregory, and Peter Williams of the CTC; Penny and Dan; Gary, Lena, Neal, Gabriel and Sid at The Institute.