Following our research into Stirchley's routes, heritage, economics, shops and empty spaces we have devised six artworks/projects and one commission. Each project or work is different and strategic to Stirchley's regeneration.
A temporary work.
Over one month we collected what people love about Stirchley and wrote it on a glow stick.
On the 2nd December we occupied a central public space with 'Love Stirchley' to coincide with the Christmas lights switch on.
With a lot of help the sticks were snapped and placed into the Love Stirchley sign and lit up the street with love.
The sign then moved to our shop where once the glow sticks ended the sign was back lit and accompanied by an LED message board containing all the love.
It will be live until the New Year, 2012.
According to the tithe map the one way or gyratory system as it is often called in Stirchley has been in place since at least 1840. This is one of the many unique characteristics that makes Stirchley Stirchley and one aspect of it's history that we wanted to celebrate. We intend it as a taster for the potential to make more of Stirchley's history publicly visible and to value it before it is lost due to future developments.
Click here to see our commemorative teatowel!
...was a response by Stirchley Happenings to the initial
research by Place Prospectors.
The event brought together Stirchley's timeline and lost property.
It took the form of a performance by two bus conductors - Vera &
Doris, who related the history to passengers. Vera & Doris delighted
passengers on the 45 & 47 bus routes one Sunday afternoon in November.
You can download the script, or listen to a bite.
Three artworks have been designed for buildings at intervals along Pershore Road in Stirchley.
The first is at the new International Supermarket, 1240 Pershore Road,
The second we hope will be on the shutters of the Fireworks shop (consent
pending) and the third is in our shop window.
The intention is to increase Stirchley's prosperity by adding something
beautiful to the existing environment.
The pieces use symbols from Stirchley's prosperity referencing the
former industries of the area including GKN, famous manufacturers of
nuts, bolts, and screws, and Cox Wilcox – lamp manufacturers,
along with the bridging of the waterways and natural phenomena such
as willow beds.
The keeping of pigs in the area is referenced, particularly for T.A.S.C.O.S,
and Stirchley's award winning past of Jewells pork pies which were popular
in the 1940s also feature along with the horsehoes that date back to when
Stirchley was a hamlet.
The many nods to the past point towards the connections that need to be made
for Stirchley to prosper again.
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