the shop of priceless things
our most recent public art commission – a collaboration with poet john w clarke. the shop of priceless things is in rotherham town centre.
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when is an annual report not an annual report?
not a joke from a christmas cracker but artworks creative communities annual report 2008-2009. similar to the report-cum-calendar we designed for coast and moors voluntary action, our solution for artworks responds to the challenge of keeping a report in people’s hands throughout the year.
it’s a little unusual in that most of the pages are blank. artworks trade in creative ideas so we thought it appropriate that they gave away sketchbooks in which other people could put their ideas. inserted at intervals throughout the book are pages of handwritten and stuck-in information on specific strands of work that can be discovered by chance. the covers both fold out to reveal the generic information.
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opening soon
photo from the press call at ‘the shop of priceless things’ in rotherham on friday. poet john w clarke admiring some of the stock collected from the people of rotherham, me dressed as a tugboat captain for no reason other than it’s the warmest jumper i have. james behind the lens.
as you can see, this was taken part-way through the window graphics being applied – which was proving to be a struggle at only 5°. there are some tweaks being applied this week and we’ll have pics of the whole shop – all nine windows – early next week.
we’re opening a shop
we’re moving into the world of retail with a shop in rotherham town centre. the ‘shop of priceless things’ [formerly burger king - above] opens this saturday and is a collaboration with poet john w clarke.
we’ll blog some images next week.
