Leeds City Council: Public Art Commission

Leeds City Council is seeking to commission an artist/designer/collaborative team to create two temporary striking public art signs/murals in two locations along Water Lane, Holbeck, South Bank, Leeds city centre. The first project is to replace the existing ‘transform’ sign located along Water Lane with a new public art mural of the word ‘South Bank’ and the other is to install 17 decorative panels within the window spaces in the ‘Knight & Illison’ building also along Water Lane, exact locations of the two projects can be found in accompanying papers.

Brief

The key deliverables from this brief are:

• Project 1
  • To design, create and install a public art sign saying ‘South Bank’ within the panel/spaces on the wall where the current Transform sign is located along Water Lane. There are 11 panels in total. The mural must represent South Bank and reflect the creativity of the Holbeck, South Bank and the nature of its surroundings as well as being modern and innovative.
• Project 2
  • To design, create and install a public art mural sign within the 27 window frames spaces within the ‘Knight and Illison’ building along Water Lane. The mural must reflect the creativity of the Holbeck and South Bank and the nature of its surroundings as well as being modern and innovative.The installation of the art work will require a cherry picker and a road closure to be able to access both structures, which we will work with you to achieve.

    We will only accept proposals from artists considering both of the sites and we would like you to consider some synergy between project one and project two.