Public Art
High Street Lamppost – public art & community art
The Lamppost Art Project had around 18 creatives, with different levels of experience, different backgrounds come together to create and paint their designs onto lampposts. But what was so important about this public art project?
Meeting the brief was in line with Joyti Kaur Values. With results creating a more vibrant place, where the community can be proud of where they came from. The project was predominantly about inspiring the public and revamping the Slough high street which had previously come with many preconceived notion. For artists to come together and put effort into creating beauty despite risk of anti-social behaviour is commendation to the bravery art takes.
“My aim here is to continue to change perception and show how we can take action to spread positivity and help to create a better place”.
As an artist we also got to explore the difference between inner light and artificial to explore a way to inspire others.
Lamppost name: Starry Eyes
A story of Slough, eye capturing, energetic and demanding of a stare! With wisps of bright clouds hiding the night sky. Interact with the art to see the flight of swans, the smile of flowers, the heights of butterflies and the flight of the heart. Pops of blue, greens and the golden yellow of a starry and inspirational day and night. Slough, what a beautiful place of observations
from artists such as William Herschel. A celebration of a place which grew to be where the stars of the universe were looked up to. Watch and feel the whispering of the stories of the mounds and the trees of Slough, a place that was once a swamp. Signifying shades of growth despite all obstacles. Let’s once again, like the stem, reach and look up to the stars.
This design references to “the nature of Slough”. It showcases the untouched nature of various areas of Slough, full of green and vibrant beauty. This design expands on this and is to inspire positivity, happiness and a step in the right direction. Let’s let the art do the talking!
Public comments
The public have continuously expressed their thanks for the effort and the art. People have expressed how there seems to be a change now and that they will enjoy their walks down the high street.
Children have been observed happily running towards the art
People have been excited about the colours and the design, being interactive and finding new things to look at throughout
People have been discussing their new found inspiration, how they would like to paint and expressed their interest in therapeutic art
People of the community discussed on the positive need for opportunities for artists and wanted to know if there were paid opportunities for artists where they get to keep creative freedom too
The public appreciated the hard work of working with such a surface at times of the late evenings, early mornings of different days of the week.
This project was supported by Slough Council, Slough Bid, Slough Hub
https://thesloughhub.org/lampposts-artists/joyti-kaur/
