How serious are the promises we make to one another, the vows we take, or the pledges made by our civic leaders?

This summer, in locations across the UK, Public Trust asks participants to examine the value of their word. Participants declare a promise that is recorded in a drawing they can keep. They are asked to give their word in a way that’s consistent with their beliefs, such as swearing on a sacred text. That promise is published on a monumental marquee board, placed amongst promises made by politicians, scientists, economists, companies and weather forecasters, all chosen daily from headline news.

Public Trust by Paul Ramírez Jonas is FREE to attend in all the locations it’s visiting this year.

• 21st – 22nd June, Streets Alive 2024, Bell Square, Hounslow
• 4th – 6th July, Strike a Light, Gloucester
• 25th – 27th Jule, BD: Festival, Bradford
• 2nd – 4th August, Stockton International Riverside Festival, Stockton-on-Tees
• 31st August – 1st September, Freedom Festival, Hull
• 7th – 8th September, RevoLuton Arts, Luton

Watch the video of the project taking place in Birmingham, UK, and in Boston, USA.