The Greyhound Pub in Sydenham has been empty for a few years and is now being developed. A competition has been run to add some public art to the rear wall of the pub. There were 60 entries in total. Our entry
is this:
Please note, this isn’t the final design, it’s still a work in progress.
We found out on Monday evening that we won. We are very excited by this and will keep you all updated as to the progress.
THE GREYHOUND & SYDENHAM IN PIXELS:
Each tile is one pixel. Each pixel is one image supplied by the people of Sydenham. They will be images of people, historical figures, illustrations, art, places, family photo’s, events photos, etc.
All the images together will make up the image of the greyhound seen below, which is based on historical images of the sign for The Greyhound pub.
When you get close you get to see the detail and the individual pixels, from a distance (3-5 m, the width of the passageway should give you a good view of the whole image) you see the greyhound.
The idea is to give people a sense of ownership and pride in Sydenham, to celebrate the present, past and future. Everyone who participates will have their name in a plaque shown on the right that also shows the history of
The Greyhound.
The windows can be covered with the same see through window film they use on London Buses to continue the tiles across the glass.
We have also designed a hanging pub sign for the back of the pub.
This image is a visual and doesn’t not contain the final images. These are yet to be collected.
Many thanks to our Intern, Sandra for all her hard work on this.
We will be collecting images for the wall about Sydenham. They can be of local art, family photo’s, history, famous people, old pictures, places around sydenham and events etc. We will include the other entries into the competition into the design so they will all be on the wall.
Each image will have to be square, 10cm x 10cm at 350dpi.
More details about how and where to send your images to follow shortly.
There is some feedback to the competition on the Sydenham Forum, which, despite the initial review has been incredibly positive.
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