To celebrate unsung places, memorable locations, and recollections of local people, a series of illuminated text artworks – designed and created with artist Adrian Riley, will light up the town centre, creating an illuminated trail for this Autumn.
The activity will be brought to life in two ways, firstly by inviting the community to share their stories and love of Scarborough.
Local groups and individuals will be invited to reveal their favourite Scarborough places and the accompanying personal stories through discussions, workshops, and walking tours – sharing why certain locations were important to their generation. Maybe it’s somewhere they hung out with friends as kids, where a first kiss often happened, or where they’d meet up for a night on the town. Anywhere and anything can be deserving of being celebrated in an artwork – we want to light it up!
The second part will be through working with artist Adrian Riley, who already has created text-based public artworks from his Scarborough studio, throughout the UK.
Adrian will use people’s various stories as inspiration to create six bright and colourful text artworks – each taking the form of illuminated visual signage in various glitzy styles that have become synonymous with Scarborough.
The artworks will form a trail for fellow residents and visitors to follow, with each artwork also providing access to further information about its location, the story behind it, and what can also be seen and experienced within a few steps.
If you would like to get involved in stage one or know someone or a group that would love to get involved, please share this link with them: https://airtable.com/appviRCMcuaijeoM0/shryEUaAg2wiIkyqi
