Earlier Work of Laura Kent Textiles

Laura Kent | Level Four and Five Textiles in Practice | Manchester School of Art

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Thursday, 17 April 2014

Adding Colour to the City

In an ideal world I'd be allowed to take my paint brush and throw bright beautiful paints all around the  city, but unfortunately in Manchester I would end up in prison. Simple ideas.

LEGO: Looking at cracks in the walls and filling them in, an interesting and quite common example being pieces of lego (there is actually some examples around the Manchester School of Art campus)



THE INDIAN HOLI FESTIVAL: also known as 'the festival of colours', holi festival is a Hindu tradition- I am interested in the use of colour- with participant literally showering the city streets with paint, bring the pavements and streets to life.


STREET ART: The given example is by Mademoiselle Maurice; through use of colourful origami, she is able to liven up a usually dull urban environment. The colours also holding room for social engagement- 'what is it, what is it doing there?'