The Show Windows: Reflections- Coventry in the World

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on November 19, 2021

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Here are a few pictures from sessions 2 and 3:

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I have now completed two engagement sessions in the City Arcade and both have gone well. It's been great to meet people and get them involved in something creative; taking a few minutes out their day to stop, look around them, and draw something. Although it's always nice to find artists and creatives who come and take part, it's most rewarding to connect to the people who don't usually do this sort of thing and yet really seem to get something out of it. I approached an older couple in their 70s, and (I think to the wife's surprise) the man seemed quite eager to have a go. He hadn't drawn since he was in school and yet I could tell there was a natural flare and ability within him by the way he held the pen and started his piece. My hope would be that people find, develop or rekindle a creative spark within them through this simple interactive project. People have generally been 'tracing' the Arcade through the window. (It helps to have one eye closed!)...

Show Windows: Reflections: Window

Photo: © Steve Baker, English Heritage I’ve been commissioned to create a piece of work that will engage people visiting the City Arcade - encouraging them to interact with the Show Windows: Reflections project. A number of shop fronts in the Arcade will show work from the Government Art Collection throughout November 2021 relating to the theme ‘Coventry in the World’. One of these works is the video piece Letter to an Unknown Person No.3 by Rachel Lowe in which the artist is seen drawing the passing landscape on a car window, capturing some of the shapes of the outside world as it moves along. In relation to this, and the Show Windows project itself, I will be setting up a mock window that can be drawn and written on by members of the public. I initially thought how it would be interesting to literally get people to draw on one of the shop windows – looking out at the arcade (and potentially into the shop), but apart from it raising some logistical and ...

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