For July 2021, we have three commissioned artists for The Show Windows with the theme of Harmony.
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Infinity Doors by MAMIMU (June Mineyama-Smithson) at New Look
Gensler, produced by RIBA West Midlands, at UK City of Culture Shop
Coventry Phoenix Priding by Adam Nathaniel Furman at 11-12 Bull Yard, Coventry CV1 1LH
Coventry Phoenix Priding by Adam Nathaniel Furman
This window installation by Adam at The Yard is a colourful celebration of the spirit of Coventry, a city ever rising from the flames to reinvent, to improve, innovate and celebrate its citizens. The works' harmony of colours, shapes and architectural form are a true celebration of the best of british design right now, a nod to Coventry’s architectural past, and a true reflection of Adam’s unique style.
This window invites you to see Coventry in a different light, one of pride, hope and harmony. And to see, reflected in windows all around the city centre, the wonderful architecture and light found within Coventry.
Image: Gareth Gardner
Infinity Doors by MAMIMU (June Mineyama-Smithson) (has been taken down)
This window installation by MAMIMU at New Look prompts true optimism from its viewers by the artist's purposeful use of specific colours and movements to trigger optimism in our brains. The harmony within this window is found via the digital animation of doors opening and closing, revealing new lands and graphic spaces.
Infinity Doors invites people to embrace the unknown to step towards harmony, as our brains are flooded with optimism. When one door closes, another opens to reveal another graphic landscape, a metaphor for culture in Coventry for City of Culture.
Gensler, produced by RIBA West Midlands, at UK City of Culture Shop
The Show Windows programme is excited to be working with RIBA West Midlands to produce four windows in Coventry for City of Culture. The first of these four windows is by Gensler, a global superstar architect practice. Their window is a playful installation encouraging interaction and exploration of Coventry’s twinned city history. Coventry was the first city to ever be twinned with another, this innovation and awareness of linking people together is a reflection of the city, its citizens and of the power of art and architecture.
Here, Gensler invites audiences into the UK City of Culture Shop to move the blocks and create new stories or find new links (twins) within the work, whether it be colour combinations, words or places.
With Coventry Business Improvement District and the Royal Institute of British Architects
Following a year where we have mainly been gazing out of our windows, we are now inviting you to look in with this programme of ambitious window installations designed by local, UK based and international architects and artists.
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