Always Something There to Remind me is a major archival and participatory commission responding to women’s histories of organising and protest, inspired by the Ford Factory Sewing Machinists’ Strikes of 1968 and 1984 –85. The work will include materials connected to the development of Ruth’s permanent public art project, The Dagenham Agates, for Dagenham Green, curated and produced by leading public art organisation, UP Projects and commissioned by Hill / Peabody.
The Dagenham Agates are two sister sculptures created through a participatory process with local people and students from Barking & Dagenham College, launching in Spring 2026. At the Women’s Museum, Ruth will present collected materials which have informed the concept and creation of these sculptures, alongside artworks produced by Ruth over the last 20 years relating to feminist histories.