2022
“WHERE? HERE!” forms part of the Arches Studios Legacy project, it shouts at the public and directs to the party! Drawing on my all time favourite font ‘Stymie’ and giving it a circus theme, the sign is in your face and LOUD quite opposed to the use of it in ‘THE HOPE’. With letters falling over due to the wind of the weekend event, then being picked up and replaced by strangers and friends alike, it formed as an interaction of general thoughtfulness and community.
The sign was commissioned in response to visitors having a hard time finding our studios location in a tucked away industrial estate under the bridge in the city centre. WHERE? was placed right at the entrance, visible from the crossroads and traffic lights on approach, HERE! being placed further up the road where smiling artists would greet you and tell you all about the days plans and activities.
From now on no one can be confused where Open Studios is taking place!
2025 Open Studios had to change format, the industrial estate that we’re based in is undergoing some extreme development and the ‘festival’ one weekend event could not happen, instead we had an exhibition at God’s House Tower. The letters were installed on the structure of the installation in the gallery instead.
