Have your say on major roadside art scheme
25 March 2010
There’s still time to have your say on one of the region’s most ambitious roadside art projects.
Commuters and the City Waterside community are being asked to vote on the artwork style which will feature on hoardings which will be erected for a 500 metre stretch of Bucknall New Road - one of the main routes into the City Centre.
RENEW has once again teamed up with innovative art group Glassball to give a unique touch to the regeneration site.
The hoardings running from the junctions with Ivy House Road and Wellington Road are necessary to shield motorists, pedestrians and nearby residents from the next phase of demolition and preparation of the land for redevelopment.
RENEW and Glassball are asking the public to choose the style of artwork that will feature on this massive blank canvas as part of this ‘Living Gallery’ project, while local residents and schoolchildren will provide pictures and images to feature on the hoardings.
Residents from the City Waterside and Northwood areas were invited to share images and thoughts that could be incorporated into the hoardings at a recent 'photo swap shop'.
Cora Glasser, of Glassball said the event was very successful with many local residents bringing along photographs and images from their personal archives, for inclusion in the hoarding artworks.
They are now building up an archive ready for inclusion into the overall artwork designs, but are keen to hear from anyone else who has images or memories of the area that they would like to contribute.
Voting on the overall design theme is taking place in collaboration with The Sentinel newspaper and ends on March 31. It will then be discussed at the next area Steering Group Meeting.
The design themes are:
Sample 1 - The first sample design/approach concerns the use of text presented, as long sentences, that span the length of the total hoarding, gathered from conversations and research that have and continue to be conducted in the City Waterside area, with the local residents and key workers. The word 'memories' has been used for illustrative purposes only, to demonstrate how the idea could be applied to the hoardings and does not reflect the final design.
Sample 2 - The second sample design/approach concerns the creative use of 3D space, placed upon the 2D hoarding surface. Silhouettes of local residents, will be presented side by side with well known characters from the past, situated in photographically collaged local landscapes from past to present. The surface of wood will provide a texture to link the images together along the length of the hoarding. Images used are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect the final design.
Sample 3- The third sample design/approach concerns the use of silhouettes of local landmarks, set within a colourful, abstract pattern. Images used are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect the final design.
Click here to see the sample designs
