Professional Project

Brief

Community Mural – Pocket Park, Woodland Mount

A live brief sponsored by The Co-op to do a mural on a wall overlooking the pocket park at Woodland Mount off Spencer Place in Chapeltown. The Mural should have the theme of ‘co-operation’. It will involve working with a group of school children to develop the mural.

Research Proposal

- Different types of mural, including what a mural can be.
- Different types of street and community art.
- How to construct workshops to get the most out of the school children.
- Look back over research from the Sorrel Project, and other research available.
- The history of the surrounding area.

Proposition

A piece of work that will inspire and the local community.

Target Audience

The immediate local residents.

Tone of Voice

Non-patronising

Mandatory Requirements

Theme of co-operation, budget of £3000.

Considerations

How it will fit into the surroundings, how people might interact and engage with it, whether it should be the typical mural, or something a bit different, maybe even typographical.



In the tutorial we discussed how it is hard to have a non-patronising tone of voice, and that there may not be a tone of voice until after the workshops have taken place. Also, David suggested I think about how a mural might be related to graffiti and what other ways there might be of doing this rather than just painting. I also realised I had no real idea of why the project was chosen, and had just taken the brief without thinking about it, as well as finding this out, I need to form my own opinion of the project.